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Canadian County, Oklahoma
News Paper Stories Page 2
El Reno Lodge No. 6, Kights of Pythias, will install officers Friday night. An interesting program has been arranged for the occasion. The lodge is now occupying new quarters in the Masonic temple, and is making a rapid growth.
[Oklahoman Bureau, El Reno, Okla., Published Jan. 13, 1910, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
The Little Crater Crude Oil Burner company is preparing to make this city a distributing point for its fuel and will began the erection of a huge storage tank.
[Oklahoman Bureau, El Reno, Okla., Published Jan. 13, 1910, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Orran Barker, a 10 year old boy, disappeared from his home in this city last Monday and no trace of him can be found. Last seen was when he left for school between 8 and 9 o’clock Monday morning. The boy’s mother, a widow, Mrs. James Barker, is distracted at his absence and has made every effort to locate him. He has light hair and blue eyes, rather a round face and speaks with a slight impediment. He wore corduroy breeches, grey coat, overcoat and cap.
[Oklahoman Bureau, El Reno, Okla., Published Jan. 13, 1910, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Postmaster Appointment, there is a three cornered fight on for the postmaster appointment for this city between G. G. Lewis, editor of the El Reno American, A. F. Newell and Charles W. Walton, the present incumbent. Mr. Lewis has the support of Congressman Dick T. Morgan and Mr. Newell is supported by W. A. Maurer, republican state central committeeman. Who is supporting Mr. Wattson(?) has not been made known as yet.
[Oklahoman Bureau, El Reno, Okla., Published Jan. 13, 1910, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Rock Island, it is reported today that another change of time in the passenger trains between this city and Mangum will become effective on the Rock Island Sunday, Jan. 15. The train leaving here in the afternoon at 4:20 to be restored to its former schedule of 1:35 p.m.
[Oklahoman Bureau, El Reno, Okla., Published Jan. 13, 1910, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Rock Island Ticket Agent, the Oklahoman reporter asked the Rock Island ticket agent if travel was as good under the 3-cent fare as it had been under the 2-cent fare, “Not on your life,” he said, “there has been an awful slump. It held up for about twenty days, and then the bottom fell out. I am not selling as many tickets now as I did before the 3-cent fare went into effect.”
[Oklahoman Bureau, El Reno, Okla., Published Sept. 18, 1910, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Dedication Week of the First Methodist Church, the closing exercises of the dedication week of the First Methodist church of El Reno will occur this evening when Chancellor Bradford will deliver the evening sermon.
The first event of the week was the “Supper of Seven Tables,” on Tuesday night. Thursday night there was special prayer night, and Friday night, the choir rendered the sacred oratorio “The Holy City.” Saturday night a large crowd listened to Bishop Quayle’s famous lecture on “Stalwartism.” This morning the bishop preached an able sermon, immediately after which the dedicatory exercises took place, the bishop presiding.
Immediately after dinner the district superintendent, Rev. D. G. Murray of Oklahoma City, conducted exercises, at which several former pastors spoke, and Rev. Forrest Maddox of the Baptist church spoke in behalf of the minister’s alliance.
[Oklahoman Bureau, El Reno, Okla., Published Sept. 18, 1910, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
A Daring Pension Fraud
El Reno, Ok., May 20—J. P. Houston, deputy postmaster at Union City, who, for four years after the death of Isaac Cooper, an old ex-Illinois soldier, impersonated him and regularly drew his pension, was convicted of perjury and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
[Daily Oklahoman, Published May 21, 1898, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Bull Moose Leader Charged With Murder Alva McDonald Charged With Killing A Man In El Reno
El Reno, Ok., Nov. 27—Alva McDonald, state chairman of the progressive party, is under arrest, charged with murder as a result of a fight with A. T. Marsh, an attorney, at 5:30 o’clock Tuesday, the outcome of which was Marsh died from the wounds received. Marsh accosted on the street an old soldier named Morris and requested the loan of fifty cents which was offered. McDonald appeared at this juncture and asked the soldier if that was the last fifty cents he had. Receiving an affirmative answer, McDonald struck Marsh in the face, saying “You are the biggest thief in the country,” knocking him to the pavement. The concussion crushed Marsh’s skull and he was carried into a butcher shop where he recovered sufficiently to wash his head and was taken to the police station and thence to the hospital where he died Wednesday night at 5:30. McDonald was arrested and placed under $1,500 bond. Marsh was a socialist and forty-five years old and married. Following the fall of Marsh, McDonald assisted him to his feet and carried him into the butcher shop and went to the hospital. He sat at his bedside until 11 o’clock Wednesday night. At that hour McDonald himself fainted and afterward was place in jail without bond.
[Tulsa World, Published November 28, 1912, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Men of Affairs
El Reno, Okla. – As the result of an altercation leading to
blows, F. T.
Marsh, socialist, and prominent El Reno attorney is dead
and Alva McDonald, state chairman of the progressive part is in
the Canadian
county jail charged with murder. Marsh suffered a
three-inch fracture of the skull above his left eye.
According to eye witnesses of the affair,
McDonald
was talking to an old soldier named Morris when Marsh appeared
and asked to borrow 50 cents of Morris. Morris was handing the
piece of money to Marsh, who is said to have been drinking, when
McDonald asked if Morris owed Marsh this money. On receiving an
answer in the negative it is said McDonald snatched the coin
from Marsh’s hand and handed it back to the old soldier,
remarking to Marsh that he (Marsh) was the biggest thief in the
country. It is said Marsh came back with a retort which led to
blows and Marsh was knocked to the pavement.
Skull
Fractured
While the blow itself was not damaging, it is thought Marsh’s
skull was fractured by striking against the pavement that his
opponent was hurt. McDonald picked him up and carried him into
an open door close at hand.
Chief of Police McCartney, happening along at this
instant, assisted in starting to the
police station
with Marsh. Marsh, however, had recovered sufficiently from the
shock to be able to walk to the
police station where he bathed his own face and walked to
a cell to lie down upon a bunk.
At the time it was not thought that he was injured, but an hour
later, when McDonald returned with a brother of the injured man,
they found him unconscious and his limbs cold. Alarmed, they
removed him immediately to the hospital. He never regained
consciousness.
Placed in Jail
On a warrant charging assault and battery, McDonald was
arrested. Later the charge was changed to assault with intent to
kill and his bond was raised to $1,500 which immediately was
given. A third warrant, sworn to by a brother of the dead man,
was served on McDonald, charging murder, and he was placed in
the county jail.
McDonald is greatly distressed over the affair. He says he did
not intend to injure Marsh, and after finding that he really was
hurt, did everything he could for him. Sheriff C. O. Greer said
that McDonald insisted on staying at the hospital with the
injured man until physicians ordered him home to bed and
accompanied him there in an automobile.
(Farmers’ Champion, Elgin, Okla., December 5, 1912, page 7) Transcribed by Peggy Thompson
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