Territorial Reunion Draws 15000 to 17000 Visitors at Ardmore
Ardmore Oklahoma July 28 Thousands more visitors arrived as the territorial reunion continued with estimates of fifteen to seventeen thousand attendees. The event featured United Confederate Veterans and Sons and Daughters sessions, amalgamation talks with Oklahoma divisions, elections of officers, receptions by the Elks, and plans for next year’s gathering at South McAlester.
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Oklahoma
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Brant Kirk
Oklahoma City
John W. Jordan
Tulsa
United Confederate Veterans
McAlester
Order of Elks
Daughters of the Confederacy
Indian Territory
Gulfport
Miss
W. T. Culbertson
Kiowa
South McAlester
Governor Lew Wallace Curio Car Misrouted in Transit
During his New Mexico governorship Lew Wallace sent a carload of curios home to Indiana. A Mexican burro meant as a neighbor’s pet was misread as bureau by a freight agent, causing confusion. The exchange prompted a telegram and a playful reply from Wallace to swap places with the jackass.
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New Mexico
Lew Wallace
Indiana
Albuquerque
Wallace
Jackass
Two Kinds of Farmers
Arthur Stringer, author, retires for the summer to his Lake Ere fruit farm at Cedar Springs Ontario. He notes amateur farming yields little revenue and contrasts the gentleman farmer with the everyday farmer saying the first sells what he cannot eat while the second eats what he cannot sell.
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Arthur Stringer
Lake Ere
Cedar Springs
Ont
Stringer
Family Reunion Notice Sparks City Visit
S. M. Torbett and family visit from Ada with wife and daughter Miss Gladys. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce in town for a reunion of their children, adding pleasure to the planned union. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce of Pauls Valley and Mr. Stanley Bruce of Dallas arrive today.
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S. M. Torbett
Gladys
Ada
Bruce
Pauls Valley
Stanley Bruce
Dallas
Ardmore
Districting board meets as towns gather in Muskogee
Delegates from Tishomingo Keota Chisea Claremore Okmulgee Miami Coweta Pauls Valley Duncan Pryor Creek Broken Arrow Haskell Ryan Coalgate Port er Eufaula Caddo attend in Muskogee. Judge Burford and Secretary Filson with Gov Frantz discuss funding. Burford expects a supplemental appropriation at next winter session.
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Muskogee
Indian Territory Districting Board
Tishomingo
Keota
Chisea
Claremore
Okmulgee
Miami
Coweta
Pauls Valley
Duncan
Pryor Creek
Broken Arrow
Haskell
Ryan
Coalgate
Porter
Eufaula
Caddo
John H. Burford
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Chas. Filson
Oklahoma
Frank Frantz
Tams Bixby
Gill
Indian
Congress
NO TRIBAL ELECTION CALLED FOR CHICKASAW NATION
The Chickasaw Nation reports that Gov. Johnston has not been instructed by the Interior Department to call a tribal officers election. The department has refused any order or advice for another election, and Gov. Johnston consulted Charles Curtis for the law’s intent, receiving a reply that the act makes no election necessary.
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Tishomingo
I. T
Chickasaw
Chas. Curtis
Topeka
Kansas
D. H. Johnston
Charles Curtis
Unprecedented Volume of Indian Business Reported at Muskogee
Indian agent Dana H. Kelsey files the year ending June 30 1906 record showing total business of 2 923 953 67 with receipts over previous years. Revenues from Choctaw Chickasaw Cherokee Creek and miscellaneous sources total 1 701 - detailed figures show coal oil and gas royalties town lots and other items. Leases presented 9 569 with 2 065 approved covering 157 660 acres. pending 5 464 oil and gas leases.
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Muskogee
I. T
Dana H. Kelsey
Indian Agency
Enrollment totals for various tribes as of July 1
The Muskogee Phoenix reports census figures showing Choctaws by blood and marriage numbers, Choctaw freedmen totals, and new births through March 1905 to 1906. It lists Creek and Seminole populations, Cherokee counts, and freedmen, with many minor births and age group classifications.
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Muskogee Phoenix
Debs Expounds Socialism in Ada Address
Eugene V. Debs spoke at the Texas Wagon Yard shed in Ada charging 25 cents admission. About 300 heard the socialist advocate for two hours as he argued labor is life and condemned the capitalist system and centralization, citing John D. Rockefeller and the Czar as examples of inequality.
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Eugene V. Debs
Ada
Texas Wagon Yard
Debs
John D. Rockefeller
Missouri
Russia
Poland China Hogs For Sale Near Ada Iowa
Piv for sale with satisfaction guaranteed and pedigree furnished with each animal. Located two miles north of Ada. Contact Joe Rushing for details and pricing.
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Ada
I. T
Joe Rushing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Districting Board
R. E. Haynes’ Hardware Store
Poland
China Hogs
Little Brothers South Side Main Street
Ada National Bank
Ind
Ter
China
A. F. Manning & CO
W. L. Reed
H. T. Douglas, V. Pres
M.D. Timberlake, Cash’r
1St National Bank of
Oosc.&co
Brevard
S. A. Steel
Ada, I. T
M. L. Walsh
General Merchandise
East Main Street
Ada, I. Tt
Clark Drug Company
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