Indians gain US citizenship as land-title suits are dismissed
Judge E Campbell in Muskogee Oklahoma sustains demurrers and dismisses 150 plus federal suits to clear allotment titles. He holds allottees are now US citizens and may sue individually in federal or state courts, ending government pursuit of thousands of lands worth millions.
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Muskogee
E. Campbell
United States Circuit Court
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Interior Department
Russell
Department
A. N. Frost
United States
Oklahoma petitions seek end to federal liquor licenses in prohibition areas
Guthrie Oklahoma August petitions call for suspension of federal liquor licenses in prohibition counties and curbs on interstate shipments into dry states. The drive targets President Taft and Congress to enforce state morality and end federal protection of liquor commerce across borders. Senator Campbell Russell promotes his New Jerusalem bill while delaying a special election strategy to avoid a three way fight.
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Guthrie
Taft
Oklahoma
White House
Indian Territory
Congress
Okla
Campbell Russell
Warner
New Jerusalem
Haskell
Oklahoma City Capital
Russell
Oklahoma City
Twain says tobacco heart keeps him to four daily smokes
Mark Twain in his Connecticut home reveals he is limited to four pipe smokes daily due to a tobacco heart. He recalls his long smoking habit, jokes about Dr. Tracy’s critique, and notes Oxford degree ceremonies where two of four conspirators smoked after Kipling guidance.
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Redding, Conn
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Tom Awger
Clemens
Here
James L. Tracy
Twain
Oxford
England
Uni
Dr. Tracy
Rudyard Kipling
Edward Ramsey
Seeking Gold in Wichita Mountains Draws Still Hopeful Prospectors
Guthrie Okla Aug 6 Adverse reports on gold in the Wichita mountains have not driven dozens of prospectors from their claims. About 200 men remain in camps awaiting fortune while some assays showed ore with zinc and lead, though gold is rarely found and some samples were salted. Walter Stevens of Lawton notes persistently hopeful miners endure, selling or staking, returning to their claims after brief work elsewhere.
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Guthrie
Okla
Wichita Mountains
United States
Wichitas
Colorado
Walter Stevens
Lawton
Stevens
Cache
Thaw In White Plains Court Faces Fate Of Sanity Ruling
Harry K Thaw sits in White Plains jail awaiting a decision on his sanity as habeas corpus proceedings end in a court hearing. Prosecutors attack Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Thaw's mother while defense contends for medical review before possible appeal.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Charles Morschauser
Matteawan
Thaw
Supreme Court
Jerome
Morschauser
Isaac N. ‘Mills
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Austin Flint
Justice Mills
State Court of Appeals
Alice
Yarmouth
Mrs. Josiah
Demand for Return of State Funds From Lieut. Gov Bellamy
Oklahoma reports Attorney General West sent a formal demand for the return of 1937.50 paid to Lieut. Gov George Bellamy for acting as president of the state banking board. The move follows a salary increase from 125 to 175 monthly and may lead to a civil suit if funds are not repaid. Also noted are board discussions to rescind the salary and a defense by Gov Haskell regarding extra compensation for duties. Geo Howerton of Maidin, Texas, arrived to live with his mother.
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Guthrie
West
George Bellamy
State Banking Board
Bellamy
Mr. Bellamy
Banking Board
Mr. West
J. P. Connors
Board of Agriculture
Haskell
Whites Steal From Negro In Bebee Area
Amos Sampson, a negro from near Bebee, sought help from county attorney Wimbish about two mules stolen Tuesday night. The mules were reportedly recovered from Wetumpka, and two white men, George Willfong and Dick Birdwell, were in jail after being returned yesterday. Birdwell lives near Sampson, while the other accomplice stays about five miles away.
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Amos Sampson
Bebee
Wimbish
Wetumpka
George Willfong
Dick Birdwell
Birdwell
Sampson
Predicts Haskell for Senate in Oklahoma Election
Col. Ham P. Bee of Ardmore, registered in St. Louis, predicts Gov. Haskell will be the next U.S. senator from Oklahoma. Bee says Haskell will be acquitted in Tulsa land cases next month and defeat Sen. Robert M. Owen of Muskogee easily in the campaign. He dismisses the land suit as frivolous and notes Bee remains a prominent Oklahoma political figure.
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St. Louis
Haskell
United States
Oklahoma
Col
Ham P. Bee
Ardmore, Ox
Col. Bee
Tulsa
Robert M. Owen
Muskogee
Charlie Bills Melon King of Pontotoc Leads Ada Load
Local farmer Charlie Bills, highly popular in Pontotoc, showcased an extraordinary shipment of thirty melons weighing 50 to 60 pounds each in Ada. Photographers captured the display, and Bills plans to demonstrate scientific melon farming next year while continuing to expand his field crop.
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Charlie Bills
Ada
Stall
Kodak
Charlie
Pontotoc
Bills
Becks Vacationing at Walla Walla Lakes Area
Mr and Mrs Adam Beck and children stay at a summer home in Walla Walla near the lakes with cool air close to Canada. The note comments on the travel wish for Canada and the cooler climate.
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Adam Beck
Walla Walla
Canada
Ramsey Returns to Ada After Texas Oklahoma Trip
G M Ramsey a local Ada druggist recounts a month away on vacation spent in western Texas and Oklahoma. He notes profitable business interest and building work in Sentinel Washita county and discusses happenings in Mobeta including the West and Allen killings and the $2000 life insurance payout to Jessie West widow. He confirms seeing West and Allen the morning after the event, not the night.
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G. M. Ramsey
Ada
Ramsey
Texas
Oklahoma
Sentinel
Washita County
Joel Allen
Jesse West
Mobeta
Woodman Lodge
Jessie West
West
Allen
Herring Family Promotes Ada Asphalt Beds
Mrs. Herring visits husband D. A. Herring and son R. A. Herring, the prominent Ada phalt contractors. The family continues a campaign to advertise Ada's rich asphalt beds and business ventures.
Hon Duke Stone Recovers At Portland
Information from Hon Duke Stone at Portland states he has recuperated above normal and that he and his small family are getting along famously in all respects.
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Duke Stone
Portland
Misses Gladys and Estelle Torbett Return Home
Misses Gladys and Estelle Torbett, during their western itinerary with father and mother, visited Ardmore Oklahoma City and attended a house party in Texas before returning home this morning.
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Gladys
Estelle Torbett
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Texas
New Opera House Promoters Win City Support
There is broad positive sentiment for the 3d story opera house convention hall plan over the city hall. The project bids fair to be a success and citizens are urged to subscribe starting Monday as a public spirited investment.
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Convention Hall
Professor Howerton Back From Mississippi Peach Harvest
Prof G T Howerton, biology geology and geography professor at East Central Normal, returns from Tupelo Mississippi where he supervised a peach crop. He reports an expected 6000 bushel yield but heavy rains and floods reduced output to 1200 faulty bushels unfit for shipment. He adds cotton is poorer in the old state than twenty years ago and corn is being replanted due to flood damage.
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G. T. Howerton
East Central Normal
Tupelo
Miss
Mississippi
Howerton
Old State
Mill Creek School Boss Prof Leo Butt in Ada
Prof Leo Butt superintendent of Mill Creek schools visits Ada to transact business of value to his district. He notes Mill Creek has a $20 000 brick school building five additional teachers and about 350 pupils. A Texan and Grayson College graduate, he projects strong leadership for the district.
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Leo Butt
Mill Creek
Ada
Butt
Grayson College
Whitewright
Weaver closes house aids News office transition
Moonaday's Daily reports Mrs. Carlton Weaver closed house during Carlton's absence and assisted in the News office following the departure of Mr. Brown and Miss Jernigan.
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Moonaday
Carlton Weaver
Carlton
Brown
Miss Jernigan
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Charlie Bills Melon King
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