Tillman to Speak Again and Senate Clash With Roosevelt
Washington dispatch reports Senator Tillman plans another speech amid Senate and House battles with President Roosevelt. The piece notes growing animosity toward the president, investigations into secret police and spending, and Tillman’s bid to frame ethics against Roosevelt with timed disclosures before Roosevelt’s exit.
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Washington
Tillman
Oregon
Harriman
Senate
Appropriation Committee
Secret Service
Senator Tillman
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Civil Service
White House
CAN'T GET HIS MONEY
Oklahoma City reports real estate man Frank G. Martin cannot access his $500 bank deposit for five years after dropping the certificate of deposit on the street and losing the receipt. The bank cites legal right to hold funds without identification, offering $40 reward for recovery of the certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Frank G. Martin
W. Grand
Planters & Mechanics’ Bank
Martin
Ardmore Adopts Commission Form of City Government
Governor Haskell signs Ardmore city charter making it the second Oklahoma city with a commission form of government. Tulsa was the first to have its commission charter signed.
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Ardmore
Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Tulsa
Oklahoma Senate Pushes School Site Bills and Gambing Penalty
Oklahoma Senate introduced bills to locate the Girls Industrial School at Chickasha Ardmore Duncan and Ada with appropriations ranging from 100000 to 150000. A separate measure would punish gambling with prison terms and fines. Harrison proposed $3500 to complete constitutional convention records with ex Speaker Murray as chairman at seven dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Senator Taylor
Girls’ Industrial School
Chickasha
Senator Allen
Southeastern State Normal
Ardmore
Senator Smith
Duncan
Roddie
Ada
Good Roads Measure Moves in Oklahoma Legislature
Representative Putnam of Oklahoma City proposes a good roads bill to create a state road commission with a 3600 annual salary for four years. Funding includes 1 million dollars state aid and equal cost sharing by state, county, township and adjacent property owners. The plan sets road widths eight to sixteen feet and a uniform system. Guthrie hosts the township trustees association as it endorses a two dollar poll tax, weed control, road overseer wages, prisoner labor on roads, cross-county routes near seat towns, and dog taxation for road revenues.
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Putnam
Oklahoma City
Good Roads
Guthrie
Township Trustees’ Association
D. T. Witt
Vinita
House Committees Appointments Under Speaker Wilson
The standing house committees are listed with chairmen and members across departments including Rules and Procedure, Judiciary, Legal Advisory, General Appropriations, Public Service Corporations, Revenues and Taxation, Education, Agricultural Education, General Agriculture, Banks and Banking, State and School Lands, Public Buildings and State Institutions, Public Roads and Highways, Charity and Corrections, Prohibition Enforcement, Elections, Labor and Arbitration, Pure Food and Medicine, Oil and Gas, Mines and Mining, Insurance, Municipal Corporations, Initiative and Referendum and Legislative Departments, County and Township Organization and Government, State Militia, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Constitutional Amendments, Cotton Warehouses and Grain Elevators, and tribal relations with Oklahoma tribes.
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House
Wilson
Speaker
J. A. Tillotson
L. P. Ross
J. R. McCalla
J. H. Maxey
Ed L. Dunn
C. G. Jones
Judiciary
Judicial
Leslie P. Ross
J. E. Terrill
M. B. Cope
Robert Wallace
W. S. Rogers
Milton Bryan
S. C. Burnett
C. A. Cook
W.S. Rogers
J. E. McCalla
C. S. Wortman
E. 8
Ratliff
George W. Patridge
General Appropriations
Ben F
J. W. Smith
J . W. Smith
W. B. Anthony
Peter J. Coyne
Joe Smith
Prentiss
E. J. Earle
H. R. King
J. W. Faulkner
C. Ashby
George W. Lewis
J. M. Ratliff
J. M. Porter
R. F. Howe
Harvey Utterback
Thomas C. Whitson
Ben F. Williams
Henry Ireton
C. M. Anderson
John M. Moore
J. J. Rottenberry
J. S. Bell
D. C. Hughes
J. W. McDuffee
C. C. Mathis
Joseph L. Pascal
Howell Smith
John H. Bridges
H. H. P. Covey
A. W. Tooley
Trust and Guaranty Companies
Prentiss Smith
L. L. Reeves
I. M. Putnam
Alex Savage
J. H. Max
W. F. Gilmer
W. F. Semple
H. M. McElhaney
Ben F. Harrison
R. L. Glover
L. Dunn
Joe Sherman
Public Roads
Oil and Gas
J. ‘A. Tillotson
Prentiss Price
E. “‘N. Ratliff
George L. Wilson
Ben T. Williams
Clint Moore
Edward Merrick
J. A. Simmons
Mines and Mining
Ed Boyle
H. M. McElmaney
Lon Lovelace
F. L. Haymes
T. L. Rider
Joe
Lee Smith
Lyman W. White
Jos
John R. Whange
J. V. Faulkner
W. S. Carson
James Knox
John Bonar
Frank Castell
J. F. Tucker
A. L. Edgington
C. B. Action
Pharmacy
Frank
Huddleston
Joseph L. Paschal
A. L. Butts
A. A. Stull
J. S. Shearer
Eugene Watrous
Dentistry
J. M. McDuffee
Charles M. Compton
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted By Ada Resident
Ada resident E L Canterbury testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured a distressing kidney complaint. Back pain and frequent urination vanished. pills bought at G M Ramsey's Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Also notes Pinesalve Carbolized for skin and minor land sales fraud in Seminole county.
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E. L. Canterbury
Ada
Okla
Doan
G. M. Ramsey
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Guardianship sale of minor Willie Latta property in Pontotoc County
Notice announces private sale of Willie A Latta minor estate in Pontotoc County Oklahoma to the highest bidder for cash at 2 pm January 30 1909 in Ada Oklahoma. Describes land in section 20 township 4n range 6e and directs bids to Galbraith McKeown Ada. Also includes bankruptcy discharge hearing for R G Gardener with January 20 1909 hearing in Ada and notice requirements.
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Willie A. Latta
County of Pontotoc
State of
Oklahoma
Ada
Pontotoc County
Galbraith& McKeown
Oklahoma State Bank
Bankruptcy Court No
J. F. McKeel
R. G. Gardener
A. H. Constant
District Court of the United States
Ada Weekly News
Night Riders Sentenced in Union City Killing Case
In Union City Tennessee Judge Jones sentences six men to death for night riding killings with Friday February 19 1909 set for execution and two others get twenty years. a new trial is denied after hearings and juror questions are dropped. In Oklahoma City sheriff asks Kansas authorities to return J Harvey Lynch to face charges of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Jones
Bud Morris
Bob Huffman
Quinten Rankin
Garrett Johnson
Union City
Tenn
Oklahoma City
Garrison
Girard
Kan
J. Harvey Lynch
Lynch
The
Oklahoman
Ramaze
Armstrong
State Federation of Labor
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Fast Burns Relief
Ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns, scalds, wounds, cuts, bruises and skin eruptions. Claims instant relief and “earth's greatest healer” for various ailments with a 25 cent price at G. M. Ramsey.
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Bucklen
G. M. Ramsey
Judge Grants Divorce Over Ill Temper and Bad Breath
A western judge awarded a divorce citing ill temper and bad breath. An advertisement for Dr. King's New Life Pills claims they cure constipation, improve breath, liver trouble, headaches, colds and chills. 25 cents at G M Ramsey's.
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Dr. King
G. M. Ramsey
Rutherford messenger named as Oklahoma elector for Washington
Morton Rutherford of Muskogee modern United States marshal and former rival for the Democratic senatorial nomination was chosen as the first Oklahoma messenger to carry the state's electoral vote to Washington. The electors met in Guthrie with Rutherford leading the ticket receiving 122 353 votes while other Democrats trailed. Republican electors counted 109 942 to 110 474.
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Guthrie
Okla
Morton Rutherford
Muskogee
United States
Robt. L. Owen
Oklahoma
Washington
Rutherford
George C. Whiteheurst
Sayre
George L. Bowman
Kingfisher
I. W.drennan
Thomas
D. A. McDougal
Sapulpa
Preston A. Lester
McAlester
J. E. Ribbons
Purcell
Independence League
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Question of Ethics
Bub Huffman
State Supreme Court
Smith
Tence
Murray
Harrison
Ating
Ing
Price, Robert Wallace, Harvey Atterback
Education
Wortman
A. J. Butts
I. M.putnam
S. W. Hutchins
J. J. Savage
S. W. Murphy
J. ¥. Tucker
E. N. Ratliff
George C. Helm
Joseph M. Porter
S. G. Ashby
E. A. Ewell
Ben T. Herrison
James Lockwood
Labor and Arbitration
W. F. Durham
John Bridges
Isaac Jacobs
Pure Food and Medicine
C. 8. Wortman
N. J. Johnson
M. Turner
H. L. Vogle
Five Civilized Tribes
W. A. Durant
A. H. Japp
John M
Lee B. Smith
George E. John
Manufacturies and Commerce
J. 8. Bell
H. R. Kink
C.M. Anderson
J. P. Calhoun
Chicago
Lyon & Healy
Fine New Mehlin, Hardman, Ivers & Pond
Smith & Nixon
Thompson Music Co
Healy Music Co
Big F. G. Theatre Piano Co
Steinway
Neys
Gwin-Mays & Co
Probate Court
Seminole County
United States District
Cobb
McAlester News-Capital
Legal Publications
Eastern District of
Sam Applewhite
Tid Burton
Roy Ramson
Arthur Cloar
Fred Pinion
Defe
Dahnke
Rutherford Messenger
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