Wild Gat Insurance Abuses Targeted by Oklahoma Officials
Insurance Commissioner Charles H. Filson notes wild cat livestock insurers operating in Oklahoma without licenses. He plans to involve county attorneys to prosecute agents soliciting business, citing unverified financials and lack of local representation. Fifteen companies, linked to Texas, risk removal under a soon effective Texas law August 12. Farmers urged to buy only licensed protection.
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Guthrie
Charles H. Filson
Oklahoma
Texas
Filson
Fort Worth
Dallas
eBaymont
Texas Points
Steam Road Proposal Reaches Sulphur Promoters
W A Cullin of Newark New Jersey president of a major U S construction firm arrived in Sulphur to discuss a contract to build the St Louis Springfield and Western Oklahoma steam road. The route runs from Sallisaw through McAlester Sulphur to Lawton. A D Goodenough, the line's general manager, examined the proposed path with Mr Cullin.
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W. A. Cullin
Newark
N. J
United States
St. Louis
McAlester
South McAlester Leads Gypsum Imports in New State
South McAlester has become the largest importer of gypsum in the new state, supplying material for her pulp plaster plant.
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South McAlester
New State
Prosperity at Snyder Highlights New School and Growth
At a Snyder school board meeting citizens agreed to build a $10 000 brick school house for the next session. The town reports over 650 new residences plus an electric light sewerage plant and water works, marking an era of unprecedented prosperity.
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Snyder Snyder
Snyder
Mayor to investigate waterworks paving and garbage graft charges
In Muskogee a city graft probe targets council Republicans. James Fore calls for an inquiry into contracts for waterworks, paving and garbage, alleging payments to council members and a $6500 bribe attempt for a garbage deal. Mayor Martin promises exposure and contemplates a commission government.
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Deal Muskogee
James Fore
City Republican Committee
Fore
T. H. Martin
Frank Helgoth
St. Louis
Muskogee
Helgoth
Martin
Blood Cry by Mobiles at Muskogee Rail Yard
A mob of African Americans surrounded a box car where T L Amonds, a bridge foreman, and his family sought refuge after a fatal shooting. Amonds fired at D Kane during a clash, wounding him as the crowd vowed to kill the foreman. An engineer coupled onto the car and pulled the train toward Muskogee to escape.
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Muskogee
T. L. Amonds
Taft
Amonds
D. Kane
Democratic state senate hopeful James Sevier dies in Kansas City
James Sevier of Weber Falls a leading Democratic candidate for state senate died in a Kansas City hospital after a recent illness. His death leaves the race with an uncertain path and prompts condolences from supporters and opponents alike.
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James Sevier
Weber Falls
Kansas City
Green bugs devastate Oklahoma mutual insurance firms
Guthrie reports show green bugs drastically reducing farm crop insureds in Oklahoma. Wheat and oats coverage shrinks across counties, risking small mutuals’ stability. one Comanche county field of wheat insured vs. typical hundreds. Some companies pivot to insuring cotton for hail as land shifts from wheat to cotton.
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Mutual Insurance Companies
Guthrie
Mutual Insurance
Alahoma
Farmer Mutuals
Oklahoma
Comanche County
Three Men Bound Over in Fort Gibson Panic Case
Hayes Thompson and Walter Williams were bound over by U S Commissioner W R Hoyt on manslaughter charges after a Fort Gibson opera house panic left three dead. Each man posted a $5000 bond. Joe Cain of Anadarko wounded Chief of Police Coley in a Monday drunken brawl at Fort Gibson.
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Muskogee
Hayes Thompson
Walter Williams
U. S
W. R. Hoyt
Fort Gibson
Joe Cain
Anadarko
Police Coley
Breweries oppose prohibition plan in Oklahoma meeting
Twenty one Oklahoma brewers and outside agents met at Hotel Threadgill parlors to discuss defeating the prohibition question tied to the state constitution. President Henry Braun said the secret gathering leaked and stressed that while opposed to prohibition the industry will not dictate how voters choose.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Threadgill
Henry Braun
Guthrie
Braun
Can of Raspberry Poison Alarm Under Pure Food Law
Mrs Oatley Anderson opened a can of raspberries for supper in Chickasha. Her husband refused to eat them after suspecting trouble. She fell deathly sick but recovered after medical treatment. The label claimed the fruit was canned under the Pure Food Act.
Oil Producers Meet in Tulsa Grievances Rise at Gathering
Mid-Continent Oil Producers association held its annual meeting in Tulsa with N. V. V. Franchot elected president and a new lease form promised to Sec Garfield. Secretary Garfield missed the event due to Mrs. McKinley’s funeral. The group plans permanent Tulsa headquarters and showcased several oil field yields including Gilcrease, Crow land, and Edith Durant properties with multi hundred barrel first-24-hour outputs.
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Tulsa
Mid-Continent Oil Producers’ Association
Indian Territory
Garfield
McKinley
Edith Durant
Winona Oil Company
Appeal Filed In Oklahoma Election Injunction Case
Constitutional representatives submit a brief in error to the Oklahoma Supreme Court appealing Judge Pancoast’s injunction against county division election. Attorneys claim the constitutional convention may form counties and provide election machinery under enabling act to draft a new state government.
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Constitutional
Guthrie
Lebester, Dale and Bierer
Constitutional Convention
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Alva
Pancoast
G. E. Autry
Oklahoma
Kremlin Fire Destroys Block. $25,000 Loss Estimated
An early morning blaze in Kremlin destroyed the rear of the R W Shrewsberry general mercantile store and three other buildings on the block. Total loss around 25 000 with insured amounts listed for each damaged property. Origin believed near rear oil tanks. fire discovered after it had gained headway.
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Kremlin
R. W. Shrewsberry Seneral Mercantile
Shrewsberry
Robert Williams Hardware
S. C. Crail Lumber Company
Rich Land Set Free for Creek Freedmen in Tulsa Ruling
Judge Lawrence in Tulsa denies intervention by Creek freedman Joseph H. Tiger and rules Creek freedmen on the enrollment roll may sell land without restriction. The decision removes limits on 800000 acres and affects about 5000 Creek freedmen under the 1904 act.
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Lawrence
Tulsa
Tiger Tulsa
William R. Lawrence
Western District
Indian Territory
Joseph H. Tiger
Smith and Fewell
S. S. Steele
Tiger
Troops Move From Fort Sill To Fort Leavenworth
Orders require four cavalry troops to move by land to Fort Leavenworth on June 15 to clear space for four light field artillery batteries arriving then. The transfer proceeds overland from Fort Sill.
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Fort Sill
Fort Leavenworth
Topeka Union Official Charged With Disloyalty
James M. Butler of Topeka Kansas, a member of the National Board of the Farmers Union, was placed on trial before the National Board on a charge of disloyalty and official negligence. Prosecutors allege he divulged information to an outside organization.
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Topeka
James M. Butler
Kans
National Board of the
Farmers’ Union
National Board
Butler
Oklahoma Scottish Rite Masonry celebrates temple dedication
Guthrie marks a milestone week for Oklahoma Scottish Rite Masonry with a seventh anniversary reunion and a new class of 130 taking degrees from four through thirty two. The centerpiece is the dedication of a $150,000 Masonic Temple, among the finest equipped in the United States. The consistory now has over 1,200 members.
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Masonic Temple
Guthrie
Oklahoma
United States
Manitou Merchant Files Bankruptcy in Kiowa County
C H Putman, a leading Manitou merchant, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 40000 dollars and assets of 17000 dollars. Major loans from the First State Bank of Manitou cited as the cause. bank claims 27000 dollars owed, Putman says 13000 dollars. Bank commissioner’s court takes charge of the bank.
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Guthrie
C. H. Putman
Manitou
Kiowa County
Putman
First State Bank of
Bank Commissioner’s Court
Illegal Marriages Said Not Valid In Oklahoma
Judge John Embry explains federal law from 1884 applies to Oklahoma limiting proof of marriages. No marriage certificates filed means acts can threaten legitimacy of children inheritance and homestead titles. Punishment for violations includes two years in prison or a $1000 fine or both.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
United States
John Embry
Utah
Federal Penitentiary
Embry
Twenty-Seventh Farmers National Congress to Meet in Oklahoma City
The Twenty Seventh Annual Farmers National Congress will convene October 17 in Oklahoma City and run through October 22. George M. Whitaker secretary says the meeting will be the largest and most profitable for Oklahoma City with talks by noted agricultural and political speakers. John M. Stahl will open the congress. Invitations have been sent to ex Governor Hoard Harvie Jordan and George L Flanders.
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Oklahoma City
Farmers’ National Congress
George M. Whitaker
Washington, D. C
Congress
Oklahoma
John M. Stahl
Hoard
Wisconsin
Harvie Jordan
Cotton Growers’ Association
George L Flanders
Cheaper Fuel for Lawton
Promoters of the Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railroad project say cheaper fuel will reach Lawton soon. The line, a Katy company venture, runs sixty miles south from Wichita Falls into a rich coal region, then connects with Lawton line via the river, shortening Lawton to fuel distance to about one hundred miles.
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Lawton
Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railroad Company
Katy
Wichita Falls
Texas
Texas City
Wichita Falls & Northwestern
Tulsa fruit growers form plan for Oklahoma association
Fruit and truck growers from the region will meet in Tulsa on June 8 to consider creating the Oklahoma Fruit and Truck Growers' Association. J. P. Gowmaz, a leading local grower, issued the call. Despite unseasonable weather, farmers expect large apple, pear, peach crops and a sizable potato harvest.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma Fruit and Truck Growers’ Association
J. P. Gowmaz
Widow of Collis Huntington to reside in Paris
The widow plans permanent residence in Paris closing her New York house and moving to a new mansion in the French capital costing nearly 1,000,000. She inherits most of Huntington's fortune to use as she wishes. A separate note recommends Defiance Starch for better fabric stiffness with less visible paste.
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Paris
Collis P. Huntington
Washington
New York
Piety Echoes in German Tales of Selfishness and Duty
A German magazine reprints a tale from a children's sayings book where two girls seek a stool and one declares there would be more room if the other left. Another Teutonic vignette has a man by his dying wife murmuring that if God wills, he will go to Berlin.
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Berlin
Hunt's Lightning Oil Promises Quick Pain Relief for All
A reader testimonial extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as a universal remedy used by the whole family. Grand Pop treats rheumatism, Dad treats cuts sprains and bruises, Mamy for burns scalds and aches, Sis for catarrh and chillblains, and the speaker uses it for everything with claims it removes pain at the root.
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Grand Pop
Dad
Mamy
Sis
Hunt
Anarchist Named For His Chicken Chasing
An old farmer nicknames a man the anarchist for chasing other chickens to steal their vittles. A summer boarder asks why, and the farmer explains the description as a humorous character trait.
Defiance Starch Marks New Quality with Added Ingredient
The text touts Defiance Starch as superior to the 25 year old patents with harmful chemicals removed and a new ingredient improving strength and smoothness beyond rival brands.
Wasteful Snuff Scattering Joke In Harrisburg
A brief joke from the Philadelphia Ledger notes that a few snuff takers in Harrisburg could trigger sneezes across the crowd, calling the scene a waste of material.
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Harrisburg
Sarsaparilla Promise Alarmingly Bold Health Claim
An advertisement urges immediate cleansing of the system to prevent fever, promoting Simmon's Sarsaparilla as a cure for impurities. It claims the remedy will improve blood, appetite, strength, and ambition.
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Simmon
Hints to Beautiful Women Book Sells Among Homely Readers
A witty exchange from the Houston Post notes that the book titled Hints to Beautiful Women is widely read not by the wealthy or glamorous but by homely women. The author puzzles over the book’s audience and its presumed readers.
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Houston Post
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Texas Concern
Manitou Merchant
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John Emery
Tulsa Fruit Growers
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Berner
Philadelphia Ledger
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