Good Road Advocates to Meet at Weatherford
Oklahoma City dispatch reports a meeting of good road advocates in south western Oklahoma to launch an east west state highway from Arkansas to the Texas Panhandle with a preliminary meeting at McAlester to organize a north south route along the Katy railroad. The plan ties into a broader public lands convention and lists delegates from multiple cities for a Denver gathering.
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Katy
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Weatherford
Arkansas
Texas ‘Panhandle
Muskogee Fair
Sidney Suggs
Aibway
Couniel
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Muskogee
Westville
Council
Tahlequah
Fort Gibson
Okmulgee
Sac and Fox Indian Agency
San Antonio
Caldwell
Kans
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Shawnee
el Reno
Geary
Bridgeport
Hydro
Clinton
Elk City
Sayre
Highway Department
Rock Island
Acting Governor McAlester Pardons Former Jailor Cannon
Oklahoma City report notes Acting Governor J J McAlester granted a pardon to John Cannon a former county jailer serving a forty year murder sentence for killing City Marshal Thomas Radford in Enid on January 10 1906. Cannon claimed Radford sought to run him out of town prompting the shooting on Enid's main street. Cannon was convicted March 16 1907 after a Watonga trial. appeal cited judge Milto Garber remarks. Pardons long sought and Confederate veteran support cited.
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Oklahoma City
J. J. McAlester
Johnson
Thomas Radford
Enid
Cannon
Radford
Canon
Adford
Watonga
Milton C. Garber
Criminal Court of Appeals
Brink
Tuleo Doyle
Staal
Oklahoma Grafters Organized for Statewide Drive
W. M. Malone departs for Sulphur to attend a meeting with five mayors and bankers to plan ridding the state of the so called blue sky grafters. The Oklahoma City start led to eight stock selling companies being driven out of the state. State Bank Commissioner D. Lankford and Malone serve on the organizing board. Muskogee hosts next gathering. County Clerks and County Treasurers Associations wrap two day session naming officers and electing leaders.
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W. M. Malone
Oklahoma City
Players and Bankers
D. Lankford
Muskogee
Muckogee
Okla
Oklhoma
W Treasurers’ Association
D. W. Foyer
Lawton
Neal Whmher
Hufania
Clerks’ Association
Gus Pool
We Fotka
Abner Birnie Saalpa
S. E B. Swinney
Yirant
Maloney Defends County Workers and Jail in Letter
Bluejacket Okla Sept 10 in defense of county commissioners for cattle inspection and the county work house. He argues dipping vats and inspector pay, though costly, curb fever and crime. Notes limited prisoners, road work done, and the jail at times empty as proof of savings and deterrent effect.
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Bluejacket
Okla
Daily Chieftain
Craig County
Kansas
Texas
Hluejacket
Vinita
Maloney
Court House Fight at Jay in Delaware County
Oklahoma City. Sept. 11. Delaware county residents spar over the county seat location and Jay’s victory faces new court actions to fix the exact spot for records in the planned town. Grove had been designated by the constitutional convention, but the supreme court upheld Jay’s selection against it.
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Oklahoma City
Delaware County
Jay
New Jerusalem
Grove
Supreme Court
Vinita Fans Show Baseball Fever At Electric Park
From Monday’s Daily Vinita crowds filled Electric Park Sunday to watch two City League games. The Jobbers beat the Colts 5 to 0 in the first game. The Vinita team defeated Kelso and a picked City League squad 9 to 6 in the second game.
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Vinita
Electric Park
Colts
Kelso
Vinsta
Not a subject for pity
A suburban youth, long a neighborhood bully, attends a school tied to an orphanage. When chairs are scarce, he bullies new pupils for a seat and mocks a boy asking about his home. After a teacher notes his behavior, a new pupil arrives and defends his own place, prompting the intruder to be hurled aside.
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Chicago Evening Post
Vinita Schools Open With Largest Opening Day Attendance
Public schools in Vinita opened with the largest first day attendance in history. The new ward school on North Scraper street used for the first time. Lower grade pupils north of the Frieco railroad will attend this school. The new high school building is not ready. high school to use a room in the old frame building until completion.
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Vinita
Ward
Farmer Refuses Payment, Sells Team for $50 a Head
In a Harper's Bazar tale, Witherbee begs a farmer for help freeing a car from mud. The farmer refuses cash, citing conscience, but offers the team for sale at fifty dollars per head, highlighting the odd moral twist in a simple Good Samaritan scene.
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Witherbee
George
Waal
Harper’s Bazar
The Shutter Vanishing From London Shops
A London Chronicle reader questions a writer’s claim that Strand and Fleet Street are a shuttered desert on Sundays. The shutter has disappeared from central London and dwindles in the suburbs, with shops only showing blinds or closed doors on Sundays, not shuttered windows.
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Fleet Street
London
London Chronicle
A Musical Prodigy Arrives in London in 1841
In 1841 a Russian boy named Antoine Rubinstein arrived in London at not twelve years old. His piano feats astonished musical amateurs, covering both ancient and modern styles. He played Bach and Thalberg with ease, executing the most difficult passages and often mimicking the composers’ characteristic tricks.
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London
Antoine Rubinstein
Man Starts Venus Collection to Stop Photo Demands
An economical young man bored by requests for photos announces a plan to create a Venus collection of the 100 most beautiful women, hoping to end the costly returns and postage demands as the subjects stop asking for their pictures.
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Dor
Irustration: Life's mingled sweet and sour in a jam
An illustration quoted lines on life blending sweetness and bitterness. A playful note likens a bad crow to being stuck in a jam amid a busy situation. The exchange hints at balancing misfortune with humor.
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