Gore Leads In Official Oklahoma Returns
Official returns from Oklahoma show C N Haskell leading for governor with a 4 000 vote plurality over Lee Cruce and Tom Doyle in a tight Democratic primary. T P Gore wins the U S Senate on the Oklahoma side by about 2 900 votes, while Robert L Owen leads the Senate field with strong Indian Territory support.
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Oklahoma City
Haskell
Muskogee
Lee Cruce
Ardmore
C. N. Haskell
Ohio
Putnam County
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Sequoyah
Beckham
Cherokee
Harper
Wagoner
Woods
Tom Doyle
Cruce
T. P. Gore
Lawton
United States Senate
Oklahoma
Gore
Roy Hoffman
Robert L. Owen
Furman
Rutherford
Texas
Bryan
South Dakota
Walthall, Miss
Columbian University Law School
United States
Owen
Bar Association
Owens
The
Greer County
Luke Roberts
Taylor
Cameron
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Trapp
Hanraty
Needham
Campbell
Patton
Supreme Court
Murray
Dougherty
McComb
Burke
Corporation Commission
McAlester
Watson
Callahan
Love
Pittman
Enid
Alcott
Panthers Attack In Wewoka Killing Boy And Maiming Men
Reported sightings and attacks by wild panther like animals terrorize Wewoka residents. A boy was killed and Mundy Davis was found injured after a highway encounter as his horse was killed and butchered nearby. Citizens fear after dark and move cattle indoors.
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Wewoka
Wewoka Creek
Mundy Davis
Mr. Davis
Davis
James
Death by own action letter found in river near Hyde Park
A beer bottle with a two page letter signed Dollie and Lenora claims two girls planned to die by drowning in the Arkansas River. The note dated May 13 from Palace hotel Haskell I T questions if hoax or real and the case is under U S marshal review.
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Muskogee
F. F. Steeber
Arkansas River
Hyde Park
Palace Hotel
Haskell
I. T
Dollie
Lenora
Post Office Raises to Money Order Offices in Several Oklahoma Regions
The Post Office Department lists new money order offices in Indian Territory including Blanchard Blecker Dawes Fanshaw Olive Seper and in Oklahoma Angora Cline Goodwell Pecogecess. The changes extend official money order coverage to these towns.
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Post Office Department
Indian Territory
Blanchard
Blecker
Dawes
Fanshaw
Olive
Seper
Oklahoma
Angora
Cline
Goodwell
Pecogecess
Railroad to Build Stone Stations Across Indian Territory
Kansas City Southern railroad plans construction of stone stations at multiple sites across the Indian Territory, expanding its network and improving passenger and freight services.
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The
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Indian Territory
Wagoner Claims Distinction From Fig Tree Harvest
Wagoner bases its claim to distinction on a fig tree owned by a colored man at the location, from which a half bushel of figs were gathered last season.
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Wagoner
Town Lots Sold in Big Pasture Site Isadore
The interior department townsite commission began selling government lots in Isadore as the fourth site offered. The sale is midway between Chattanooga and Frederick, eleven miles north of Quanah, with Chairman Miller seeking permission to sell remaining Quanah lots after current disposals.
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Lawton
Interior Department
Isadore
Chattanooga
Frederick
Quanah
Miller
Commission
Secretary of Interior
Two Held For Murder In Greer County
J M Pumphrey and Claude E Walkup were arrested for the murder of J J Duffy in Greer county. Pumphrey was taken at Melrose Arkansas and Walkup at Duguen Arkansas. both are jailed in Mangum. The neighbors and Delphi residents disappeared after the body was found, with reports of a land transfer deal linking the men to the crime.
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Greer Cunty
Lawton
J. M. Pumphrey
Claude E. Walkup
J. J. Duffy
Greer County
Pumphrey
Melrose
N. N
Duffy
Walkup
Duqueen
Ark
Mangum
Delphi
Erick
Blackwell Opens New Brick Plant In Operation
The Blackwell brick plant has started full operation, expanding local manufacturing capacity and creating jobs in the community.
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Blackwell's
State Body Formed To Organize Fruit Growers in Oklahoma
Delegates from county fruit growers associations convened in Oklahoma City on Thursday June 20 to form a state association. The Logan Canadian and Oklahoma county groups issued the call to unite all counties under a single state society.
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Oklahoma City
Logan
Oklahoma County
Supreme Court heated clash over constitutional convention injunctions
Guthrie involves Chief Justice Burford and Associate Justice Irwin in a lively dispute during Horace Speed's arguments on the injunctions. Judge Pancoast notes President Murray's election proclamation, and the court reserves ruling until June 25 unless the proclamation is halted.
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United States
Irwin
John L. Pancoast
South McAlester
William H. Murray
Pancoast
Murray
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Constitutional Convention
South
McAlester
Ledbetter
Oklahoma Territory
Tornado Strikes Quanah Territory Damages Government Townsite
A Sunday twister devastated the Quanah Frederick area and wrecked the government townsite tents. G D Gilmore and his wife suffered severe injuries. L E Waldrop family escaped serious harm as homes collapsed and heavy rain and hail followed.
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Guthrie
Quanah
Frederick
G. D. Gilmore
Mr. Gilmore
L. E. Waldrop
Collar Button Causes Death in Tahlequah
In Tahlequah a small bone collar button caused the death of Alla Kapps the son of T W Kapps. While pulling on his shirt the boy held the button in his mouth and it was sucked into his windpipe choking him before it could be dislodged.
Southwest imports record hogs say railroads and express firms
The state leads the Southwest in importing more fine hogs than any other state, a claim supported by railroad and express companies.
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Southwest
Railroad and Express
Attorney General to File Sweeping Rail Charge Suits
Oklahoma Attorney General W. O. Cromwell will soon file multiple complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission against most territorial railroads. Complaints target Santa Fe grain rates to Kansas City, refined oil rates to Oklahoma, and several rail lines over lumber origins, livestock, and grain shipments from Texas and Oklahoma to Kansas City and Fort Worth.
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Washington
W. O. Cromwell
Oklahoma
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Kansas
Rock Island
Frisco
Ft. Smith & Western
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Louisiana
Ft. Worth
Garfield cuts red tape in Indian Territory oil rules
Secretary Garfield tightens and eases oil and gas regulations in Indian Territory. Bank deposits are removed and financial responsibility shown instead. Sliding royalties replace flat rates. well spacing and abandonment rules tighten. lease transfer and cancellation require secretary approval. lease holdings cap remains at 4800 acres. Garfield plans field visit to Muskogee on August 23 for a week.
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Washington
Garfield
Indian Territory
S&s
Muskogee
Washington man becomes Oklahoma City campaign press agent
Francis E. Curtis of Washington has established headquarters in Oklahoma City as press agent for the republic an campaign in Oklahoma. Curtis serves as chairman of the literature bureau of the Republican National Campaign Committee.
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Francis E. Curtis
Washington
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Mr. Curtis
Republican National Campaign Committee
Cotton Seed Oil Pays Off For Mangum Mill Stockholders
Oklahoma cotton seed oil mills in the Mangum area report strong profits as Farmers' Oil Mill stockholders declare a 40 percent dividend after five months of operation. Officials say funds remain to begin the next season, signaling continued earnings from the oil processing venture.
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Guthrie
Cotton Seed Oil Mills of
Oklahoma
Farmers’ Oil Mill Company
Mangum
Lawton Prepares Monster Celebration for Sixth County Opening
Lawton gears for an August 6 celebration marking the sixth anniversary of Kiowa Comanche and Apache country creation from which Comanche Kiowa and Caddo counties were formed. Indian dances horse races and other attractions are planned with an expected attendance over three thousand Indigenous people.
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Lawton
Comanche
Kiowa
Caddo
Governor Names Delegates to Denver Lands Conference
Governor Frantz names a group of delegates from Guthrie Watonga Muskogee Coalgate Blackburn Norman Atoka Newkirk Guthrie Oklahoma City to attend the public lands convention in Denver Colorado June 18 to 20 in a body. They will support President Roosevelt's public land policies.
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Guthrie
Frantz
Public Lands
Denver
Colo
William Grimes
Jerome Harrington
Watonga
C. B. Douglass
Muskogee
A. E. Perry
Coalgate
Frank Russ
Blackburn
D. R. Boyd
Norman
Paul B. Smith
Atoka
P. W. Smith
Newkirk
C. A. McNabb
I. N. Holcomb
C. E. Hunter
Oklahoma City
Roosevelt
Defeated Candidate Denounces Governor Candidate Libel Case
W E Cardwell defeated candidate for Oklahoma City legislature had a warrant issued for C N Haskell for criminal libel over a June 6 New State Tribune article. Haskell editor faced bond of 1000 dollars for trial July 1. Haskell blamed business elements in coal and lumber interests for the suit.
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Oklahoma City
Cruce Boosters
New State Tribune
W. E. Cardwell
C. N. Haskell
Haskell
Cardwell
Moran Prusett
J. Harvey Lynch
Shawnee
New State Tribune Company
Mr. Haskell
Prusett
Federation of Labor
Bond
Winne State Bank Incorporations Granted in Cherokee and Clinton
Articles of incorporation issued for Winne State bank of Cherokee with 25000 capital stock. Incorporators include Van Lee Hood S B McFaddin John Jobes T W Wotan and George Monahan of Cherokee Scott E Waynne of Wichita Kan Also to Winne State bank of Clinton with 25000 capital stock.
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Winne State Bank of
Cherokee
van Lee Hood
S B. McFaddin
John Jobes
T. W. Wotan
George Monahan
Scott E. Waynne
Wichita
Kan
Clinton
Heads of First Families 1790 Census Names Publicized
The census bureau releases heads of families for 1790 with New Hampshire Vermont and Maryland in press. Earlier schedules were burned in 1812 fires affecting several states, and Congress funded transcripts last year. Lost City on Lost Mountain near Tulsa is being re inhabited by workers for a crusher project and the Portland cement plant.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maryland
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Delaware
Georgia
Kentucky
Maine
New Jersey
New York
North
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
Tennessee
State Department
Congress
Lost City
Lost Mountain
Tulsa
Lehigh and Coalgate Talk Electric Road Link
Lehigh and Coalgate discuss plans for an electric road to connect their towns. Officials foresee improved transport and regional integration as feasibility studies begin.
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Lehigh and
Coalgate
British Ambassador Bryce Tours Oklahoma Cities
British ambassador James Bryce visited Oklahoma City and several towns including Chickasha Lawton Hobart Muskogee Tulsa and other key points this week. Elaborate receptions were held in his honor but he declined speeches and banquets.
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Ambassador Bryce
James Bryce
United States
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Lawton
Hobart
Muskogee
Tulsa
Pryce
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James Menefee
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Charles A. Taylor
Pond Creek
Pete Hanraty
South McAles
M. J. Kane
Kingfisher
Samuel W. Hayes
R. L. Williams
Durant
John B. Turner
Panther
Thomas Taylor
Collinsvile
Supreme Bench
Burford
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Chadwell
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