Knights of Pythias Meet in Denver for Biennial Session
Prominent Knights from all states and most Canadian provinces converge on Denver for the twenty seventh biennial Supreme Lodge meeting. The Uniform Bank encampment is not held this year, but the allied Pythian Sisters will gather. A later note touts Chamberlain's remedy for diarrhoea and extols electricity as essential for the home.
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Knights of Yythias
Denver
Colo
Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge
Uniform Bank
Pythian Sisters
Frisco Railway Agents Form Local Association
A meeting of Frisco division railway agents at Francis formed a local association for mutual benefit of company employees and traveling public. Ira McNair of Ada elected president with S D King of Hope as VP and C F Manning of Henryetta as secretary. Holdenville Chamber of Commerce invited the group to meet next in Sept. The broader organization funds agent travel and supports cooperative efforts to improve service.
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Co Road
Red River Division
Francis
Frisco Railway
Ira McNair
Ada
S.D. King
Hope Ark
C. F. Manning
Henryetta
Chamber of Commerce of
Holdenville
The Pace of Life and Leisure Across Nations
Kate Masterson reflects on modern life’s rush in Lipincott's Magazine, contrasting American speed with European leisure. She laments the nonstop routine of office, dressing room, dinner, theater, and travel, urging slower living and savoring everyday moments.
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Kate Masterson
Lipincott
Punch
America
Jones
Bois
Oklahoma City Tax Penalty Not Remittable Says AG
Attorney General West holds county treasurers and commissioners have no authority to remit the legal penalty on back taxes. Treasurers are liable for such amounts and faces suit on bonds if they remit. Treasurers should not accept Santa Fe Railway payments for 1908 taxes unless the 18 percent penalty accompanies full payment. partial payments are not acceptable. The US circuit court ruling in the Santa Fe case was affirmed, with the case headed to the Supreme Court.
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Oklahoma City
Okk
West
Key
Anly
Santa Fe Railroad
United States Circuit Court
Santa Fe
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Tribute to the Onion and its Unique Place in Taste
A reflective essay extols the onion as sui generis among vegetables. It argues onions shape palate and culture, contrasting them with other produce and praising their potent aroma and flavor as a triumph of nature over human expectation.
American Architecture and moving pictures abroad
A traveler notes American architecture exists but believes many Americans doubt it without exposure to cinema abroad. He observes unmistakably American wooden steps and porch entries on houses seen on his journey from Inver. TM end of those houses we knew we.
Elevator chatter at church picnic prompts jab about dancing
In a humorous exchange, Mr. Topfloor jokes with Alger about yesterday's absence. Al gernon recalls a Sunday school picnic with his brother in law family of about 600 children, noting there was no dancing due to the minister's beliefs, yet plenty of ice cream sandwiches and music from a band.
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Algernon
Mr. Topfloor
Dancin
Waller
Elevators Split by Doctors Offices Standoff Settled
A dispute over elevator usage for doctors offices was resolved by designating a single elevator for sick patients. The compromise aimed to simplify access and reduce crowding in medical areas.
Banquet for Hale Halsell Co. managers and salesmen held in Ada
Mrs. A. M. Bailey and husband returned from McAlester after attending a banquet for 45 Hale Halsell Co. managers and salesmen on August 31 at the Busley hotel. They visited at the Hale home with Mr and Mrs J C Meadors and Mr and Mrs G T Meadors before leaving Ada.
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A. M. Bailey
McAlester
Hale-Halsell Gro. Co
Busley
Tom Hale
Mrs. Bailey
J. C. Meadors
G. T. Meadors
City
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Oklahoma
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Hartman
W. D. Faust
ADA Electric & Gasco
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Midas
Phrygia
B. C
Christ
Babee
Ruth
Ramsey Drug Co
Peisa
Conkeys
The
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L. T. Walters
Wesleyan University
Pai Kappa
Cecil Douthitt
Douthitt
Frisco
Mr. McNair
Engi
Neering
S. A. Hughey
G. O. Black
W. A. Summers
T. G. and
Alfred Summers
Maxwell
Talpa, Texas
Egges
Rhode Island
Gibson
Orpington
Missouri
R. O O. Wheeler
West 14Th St
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