Sunday release of first class mail begins at Muskogee
Muskogee Okla Sept 8 First application of the rule banning Sunday first class mail distribution was made Sept 1. Mail from Saturday night to Sunday night was held until Monday morning. Newspaper and hotel mail will go out with special delivery mail Sunday morning after special delivery handling.
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Muskogee
Okla
Fenal Post Office
E. T. Bushnell
Geneneral
Postal Department
Congress
Marshall B. Cook
Milford Berger Team Defeats Allawe In Vinita Game
Milford-Berger of this city defeated Allawe 10 to 1 at Electric Park yesterday. Vinita’s Greable pitched well for six innings then BI dominated, yielding only three hits while Vinita made eleven off Scott of Mune. The Vinita band led a parade, gave a concert, and provided music for the crowd.
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Electric Park
Milford-Berger
Allawe
Vinsta
Donse
Vinita
Scott
Mune
Canadian Avenue
Hilnoia and
Wilson
Murder in Oklahoma City Leaves Bowman Dead
A machinist named John Bowman was found in a city alley with fatal knife wounds. He died in hospital after suctioning a jugular puncture. Police arrested John Rainey, whose clothes are bloodied, as a suspect who denies involvement.
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Oklahoma City
John Bowan
Bowman
John Rainey
Rainey
Depot Site Fight Delays Action in Salina
Trouble over depot location as M. Co. and Co. V. Carselowey report the state commission’s visit and reconsideration until the 16th. Protests prompted a fresh look, with hope the new town wins the depot. Plus a Pawhuska judge rules state law weak on wagon confiscation for bootleg contraband. Sheriff Wisener returns confiscated teams to owners proving ownership.
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V. Carselowey
Salina
Corporation Commission
Old Town
Leahy
Pawhuska
United States
Wisener
City Council Deliberates On Sewers and Bids At Busy Session
The city council crowded with citizens protesting new lateral sewers sustained a mayoral veto on a prior district plan. Reports on South Brewer street improvements were approved, sidewalks petitions referred, and bids opened for street and bridge work. Fire department equipment bids were reviewed with three proposals under advisement pending chief’s review of an Anderson truck. Gaylord Bebout and Rev Talmage families return from Spavinaw fishing trip with good catches.
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South Brown Street
South Brower Street
J. P. Gooch
Will Baxley
South Brewer Street
Bulleroek
Sequoyah Avenue
W. A. Armatrong
Illinois Steel Bridge Company
American-LaFrance Company
Elmyra
N. C
Convicts Revolt At Michigan Pen Unrests Tremble Guards
Jackson Michigan September 3 five companies of national guardsmen camped inside and outside the Michigan penitentiary guarding prisoners who rioted causing a reign of terror. Warden Sampson said all convicts were in custody with one trusted man seriously shot and escaped. Fifty men in the bull pen were held responsible and the riot raged over an hour before soldiers arrived to restore order.
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Jackson
Mich
National Guardsmen
Michigan Penitentiary
Sampson
Bull Pen
Simpson
Michigan National Guard
Adjutant General
Osborn
Prison Board of Control
Board of Control
Indian school funds to aid eastern Oklahoma districts
John B. Brown reports on a $300,000 federal appropriation for Indian schools in eastern Oklahoma. The interior department will allocate funds by district with state supervision, paying per child in some districts and partnering with district trustees in others. About 15,000 school age Indian children exist near five nations, with distribution focused in Choctaw and Chickasaw areas. contracts to be signed promptly.
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Muskogee
Oklo
John B. Brown
Washington
Valentine
Department of the Interior
Congress
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
Leach
Supreme Court of the United States
Brown
First tragedy in Cotton County as treasurer shoots man
In Temple Oklahoma on September 4, Cotton County’s first serious crime occurs when G. C. Blackwood, newly elected treasurer, shoots Arthur Graham 23 in an ice delivery dispute over ten cents. Graham wounded twice in the back, Blackwood flees on an afternoon train toward Walter to surrender to Sheriff Mullins.
Murray and Suggs Rally in Guthrie on Good Roads and Politics
Col Sidney Suggs Ardmore state highway commissioner and Wm H Murray Tishomingo Democratic candidate spoke to a large crowd on the federal square. Suggs urged county organization for good thoroughfares while Murray attacked socialism as a threat to American institutions and urged electing a Democratic House to give the party a fair chance.
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Murray
Wilson
Democratic Party
Mr. Murray
O. J. Fleming
Baltimore
Haskell Will Not Debate Roosevelt In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City September 4 Governor Haskell formerly treasurer of the national democratic committee declines to debate Theodore Roosevelt during the latter's Oklahoma visit. He cites similar platform lines and the need for capable leaders, preferring to issue a signed statement and defer leadership to others in the democratic party. He warns of vicious criticism against defenders of the common people's rights.
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Oklahoma City
Theodore Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Haskell
National Democratic Committee
Colonel Roosevelt
Hankell
Roosevelt
Democratic Party of
United States
Brady Receives Big Ovation At Baxter Springs Reunion
Frank Brady candidate for congress in the Third Kansas district, brother of Edward H. Brady, received a warm reception as crowds gathered at the Baxter Springs reunion. The Joplin Tribune predicts Brady will defeat Republican Phil Campbell by a handsome majority. Brady counts friends in Oklahoma who wish him success.
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Brady
Frank Brady
Kansas
Edward H. Brady
Baxter Springs
Joplio Tribune
the Tribune
Phil Campbell
Oklahoma
A Good Company at Grand Is Highly Praised This Week
The Fred C. Stein Stock Company at the Grand earns high praise for performances this week. Manager Dan Myers is lauded for securing a strong company at popular prices, with Louis Nipp & Co handling heating appliances metal roofing and kitchen fixtures for the Big Cabin school and a Portland store project.
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Fred C. Stein
Dan Myers
Louis Nipp & Co
Big Cabin
Puiland
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Hatel
Milford-Bergers
Anderson Fire
Gaylord N. Bebout
Rev. Talmage
Spavinaw
Michigan
Jeffries
Court of Appeals
Sid
Fayetteville
Criminal Court of Appeals
Furman
W. V. Thraves
T. L. Brown
H. O. Jeffries
Nowata
Thraves
Amos North
Kingman, Arizona
New County
Bill Murray
Sidney Suggs
Commercial Club
Ball Park
Milfordberger
C. N. Haskell
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