Dawn of Oklahoma Embracing a New Era in the Nation
A ceremonial, patriotic tribute extols Oklahoma joining the United States as a full participant in American citizenship. It lauds the pioneers who forged the state's growth, frames statehood as a Lincoln era achievement, and honors leaders who freed the people from political restrictions. The piece celebrates progress, unity, and a brighter future for Oklahoma within the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Man’s Land
Oklahoma
Columbia
Lincoln
Muskogee Offers Free Legislature Hall to State
Muskogee signs a resolution requesting Governor Haskell consider Muskogee as the site for the first state legislature free of charge. The plan notes Guthrie’s high rent blocks a December session and cites Muskogee’s new convention hall with modern facilities available without conditions.
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Muskogee
T. H. Martin
C. L. Jackson
Commercial Club
C. T. Madison
Charles N. Haskell
Haskell
Guthrie
Women oppose state prohibition bill in Alabama legislature
In Montgomery Alabama women leaders led by Mrs E Semmes Colton daughter of Admiral Semmes and Miss Kirkland urged senators to kill or amend the prohibition bill. They argued loss of saloon taxes would end Mobile school funding and hinder district programs. The measure has passed the house.
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Montgomery
Ala
E. Semmes Colton
Raphael Semmes
Kirkland
Trans Mississippi Congress Opens in Muskogee Delegates
More than 1500 delegates gather in Muskogee as David R. Francis opens the eighteenth Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress. Moty Tiger of the Creek Nation delivers a greeting, translated for attendees. H. D. Loveland gives the annual address on federal waterway improvements. Oklahoma provides the largest delegate list, chosen by mayors and Frank Frantz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee Muskogee
David R. Francis
Missouri
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Oklahoma
Moty Tiger
Congress
H. D. Loveland
Frank Frantz
Prohibition Bill Passes Senate With 1909 Start
In Montgomery Alabama the statutory prohibition bill clears the senate by a large majority amid outside opposition. The measure, crafted to take effect in 1909, now goes back to the house for ratification where no opposition is expected. Mobile residents fought the prohibition but helped set 1909 as the start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Fire destroys Pleasantville family home. five cremated
Five children of Thomas W. Zuver were cremated after their Pleasantville, Pennsylvania home burned. The father, mother, and another child were seriously burned. gas pressure is suspected as the cause. In New York Justice Wyatt sent William R. Hearst for the grand jury on criminal libel. Hearst posted bail. Chain Iowa, a town near the Missouri line, was wiped out by fire leaving only one building standing.
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Thomas W. Zuver
Pleasantville
New York
Chain
Iowa
Missouri Line
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
United States
Manitoba
North-West
Ohio clubs back Foraker for Senate and presidential nomination
Republican clubs across Ohio endorse Senator Joseph B. Foraker for re election to the United States Senate and for the party nomination for president, signaling strong local support for his political rise.
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Joseph B. Foraker
Republican Clubs of
Ohio
United States Senate
Judge Landis Refuses Oil Appeal Bill of Exceptions
In Chicago district court Judge K M Landis refuses to sign the bill of exceptions prepared by Standard Oil in an appeal over a $29 240 000 fine. Two workers died and a building was obliterated at Pinole California when 500 pounds of gelatine exploded at E I DuPont de Nemours Powder Company plant. Unknown cause of the blast may cost $5 000 in damage.
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K. M. Landis
United States District Court
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Pinole
Cal
E. I. DuPont-de Nemour Powder Company
Walsh Trial Reveals Unpaid Notes At Chicago Bank Flagged
The trial of John R. Walsh for misappropriating bank funds brought out that 20 notes totaling 1 840 000 dollars remained unpaid when Chicago National Bank suspended in December 1905 and that many notes claimed paid at maturity were renewed instead. Evelyn Romadka, Milwaukee socialite linked to burglaries in Chicago with a reported Black accomplice, began a Joliet penitentiary sentence of one to twenty years.
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Chicago National Bank
John R. Walsh
Evelyn Romadka
Milwaukee
Chicago
Joliet
Fowlkes Murdered and Robbed in Moving Box Car
J H Fowlkes a Doniphan Missouri farmer was found murdered and robbed of 1000 dollars in a box car used to move his household goods to New Bern Tennessee The car was set on fire in the incident.
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J. H. Fowlkes
Doniphan
New Berne
Tragedy in Newtonville A Kansas Mother Kills Herself and Two Sons
Mrs William T Hedges killed herself and her two sons William 11 and Butler T 6 by asphyxiation at their Newtonville Kansas home. All cracks in doors and windows had been plugged and the gas turned on.
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William T. Hedges
William
Butler T
Newtonville
Kansas
Judge revokes Standard Oil license in Tennessee
In Nashville Chancellor Stout voided Standard Oil of Tennessee license amid alleged illegal discrimination. The company plans an appeal. Mobile residents oppose prohibition with secession threats after Carmichael bill passage.
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Nashville, Tenn
Stout
Standard Oil Company
Tennessee
Southern agriculture heads convene in Columbia South Carolina
Commissioners of agriculture from several states held their ninth annual convention at Columbia last week. Agricultural workers from across the south attended as a program of papers on issues of interest to southern farmers was presented.
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Commissioners of Agriculture
Columbia
S. C
South
Open season for southern cattle begins December first
John Baker Kansas livestock sanitary commissioner declares open season for southern cattle into Kansas from December 1 to January 31, 1908. Treasury discussions show approval of the presidents financial policy and Panama bonds subscriptions. Cabinet notes indicate anticipated oversubscription of loans similar to the 1896 Cleveland administration issue.
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John Baker
Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Kansas
Ooncen
Treasury Department
Cortelyou
Panama
Cleveland
WEDDING OF MISS ROOT AND LIEUTENANT GRANT AT WASHINGTON
In Washington the President and Mrs Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks and others witnessed the marriage of Edith Root to Ulysses Simpson Grant III. The event linked the Root and Grant families with a simple ceremony in the Root residence and a brief honeymoon.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Supreme Court
Edith Root
Ulysses Simpson Grant 3d
United States Engineer Corps
Miss Roosevelt
Longworth
Elihu Root
General Grant
Frederick Dent Grant
Wedding of Elihu Root Jr and Alicia Stryker
The ceremony includes Elihu Root Jr and Alicia Stryker daughter of M Woolsey Stryker Hamilton college president. Root, oldest son of the secretary of state, will wed in ten days after his sister’s marriage to Lieutenant Grant. Washington invites were limited to must invited. about 250 local invitations and many officials attended. Few out of town guests were present.
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Grant
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Dr. Stryker
Hamilton College
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Rush
Superior Streets
Root
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Sartoris
Vivian
Frederick Roosevelt Scovel
Roosevelt
Elihu Root, Jr
Alicia Stryker
M. Woolsey Stryker
Stryker
Lieutenant Grant
Washington
Wireless Addenda Rise From a Japanese Inventor
Mr Bacon notes a Japanese electrician has devised a wireless system claimed superior to current tech. Mrs Bacon remarks on the revival of bustle in fashion as the Yonkers Statesman reports.
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Mr. Bacon
World Submarine Cables Reach Vast Global Network
A catalog notes 1 750 submarine cables spanning 290 000 miles. Total investment amounts to 275 million dollars.
Plagues of Nerve Sufferers and Auto-Suggestion Cure
The article lists phobias such as monophobia castrophobia agoraphobia and somniphobia and notes Dr Samuel McComb credits auto-suggestion as a remedy for these mental miseries in Good Housekeeping.
Women and Men Suffering Kidney and Bladder Trouble
An advertisement promotes Swamp-Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues affecting men women and children. It claims kidney disease harms mind ambition beauty and vigor and offers samples and a pamphlet from Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York with dosage and bottle sizes.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Swamp-Root
Women of Great Britain in Professions and Trades
The article notes strong female participation with about 4.5 million women earning their own living. It lists 124,000 teachers and 10,000 bookkeepers, 3,000 printers, 500 editors and compilers, 1,300 in photography, nearly 2,300 civil service clerks, 3,800 in medical work and nursing, and 350 women as blacksmiths.
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Great Britain
This Is No Joke Hunt's Cure Claims Universal Scratching Relief
An advertisement boasts Hunt's Cure as the ultimate itch relief, claiming it saves more people from the Old Scratch than any other agent. It promises one application or one box can cure any single case of itching skin disease.
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Hunt
A Soft Answer Sparks Interest in Furniture Installment Firms
A concise remark toward the end of the segment signals growing curiosity among youths about furniture installment houses influencing local purchasing habits and financial choices.
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Clarence B. Douglas
Trans-Mississippi Congress
McCumber
North Dakota
Young Men’s Christian Association
Brooklyn
Navy
Helen Gould
Gould
Russell Sage
James S. Haslam
Edey, Brown & Sanderson
No. 7
Wall Street
Haslam
Mobile
Young Soldier
Levi P. Morton
Count Cassir
Scott Circle
Fifteenth Street
Miss Root
Countess Cassini
Potter Palmer, Jr
Clinton
Boston
Brookline
Edward Burr
Massachusetts
McKinley
White House
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Philip Sheridan
Louise Honore
Palmer
Cantacuzene
Columbia College
Porto Rico
West Point
Philippines
Washington Barracks
U. S. Grant
Secretary of State
Mrs. Root
Edith
Ulysses S. Grant
United States Corps of Engineers
Rhode Island Avenue
City of
TIVER
Dtes
J.S. Crawford
W. Ninth Street
Kansas City
Missour
Seosen
Croager and
Thompson
Cye Water
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