Excerpts from Early Newspapers...by the late Herbert Friend

“Holdenville, Indian Territory, May 24, 1907. “Monday a team of ponies hitched to a wagon near the depot became frightened and broke the running record getting up town. They turned into the alley behind the Hyde Drug Store where they were stopped by Carl Stanford who lambasted them over the head with an empty box until they decided there was nothing to running away and came to a s...