Roosevelt Returns From Isthmus Trip Aboard Louisiana
President Roosevelt completes a landmark journey by sea and land visiting Panama and Porto Rico. The Louisiana reports the voyage 560 miles off Cape Henry with transfer planned at Wolf Trap light. Local notices warn Ada residents against firing cannons within city limits except in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Navy Yard
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Panama
Porto Rico
Cape Henry
Virginia Capes
Loeb
Chespeake Bay
Wolf Trap Light
Atlantic
Pacific
Americas
Great Isthmain Canal
Isthmus
Republic of Panama
Coal Dealers Forecast Coal Famine If Rail Cars Don’t Arrive
Oklahoma City report says coal dealers warn that railroads must supply cars within ten days to handle Indian Territory output or a coal famine will ensue as prices have already risen beyond reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Indian Territory
Card of Thanks for Baby's Illness and Burial
We respectfully thank friends and neighbors for assistance during our baby's illness and burial. Your sympathy, floral offerings, and kindness will not be forgotten. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wheeler.
Accident Claims Life of Harris While Hunting Near Flag Lake
Charles T. Harris, 21, an employee of the Claremore Electric Light Company, accidentally shot and killed himself while hunting near Flag Lake, Tulsa Territory, on November 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
I. T
Charles T. Harris
Claremore Electric Light Company
Flag Lake
Prohibition Leaders Confident on Statewide Bend in Era
Guthrie Ok Nov 24 Prohibition leader Rev E M Sweet secretary of the church federation of Indian Territory says the outlook in the constitutional convention favors extending the 21 year prohibition clause to the new state. He cites support from National Anti Saloon league and notes Haskell to chair county lines and county seats committee with Sequoyah map influence and possible smaller counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie, Ok
E. M. Sweet
Church Federation of Indian Territory
Prohibition
Indian Territory
Murray
National Anti-Saloon League
St. Louis
Sequoyah
Haskell
Tillman Passes Through Chicago to South Haven
Senator Tillman of South Carolina rode through Chicago en route to South Haven Michigan. He dismissed protests by Chicago’s black community against a lecture for a hospital benefiting all races, stating no lecture will be altered and comparing the idea to stopping President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tillman
South Carolina
South Haven
Mich
United States
Roosevelt
Douglass Plans New Republican Paper in Muskogee
Clarence B. Douglass announced in Guthrie that he and Tams Bixby, five tribes commissioner, will launch an afternoon Scripps-McRae newspaper at Muskogee in the near future. The venture will be Republican in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Clarence B. Douglass
Tobacco Plant Offers Weevil Extermination Method
Durant Oklahoma November 26 a former Kentucky farmer named Crautch now on a Blue County farm reports a simple no cost method to spare cotton fields from boll weevils by interplanting tobacco in every fourth cotton row. He claims consistent success over three seasons and plans a dedicated tobacco barn to expand the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Blue County
Crautch
Kentucky
Gompers Re-elected President of Labor Federation in 25th Term
Samuel Gompers was unanimously re-elected president of the Federation of Labor for the 25th time in 26 years. The executive staff also retained their positions by acclamation. The resolutions committee’s declaration of principles received endorsements after two amendments, outlining goals such as eight hour workdays, public ownership of utilities, anti child labor laws, woman suffrage, and government issued money systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
American Federation of Labor
State Ownership Stirs Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
Guthrie Ok November 24 The convention debated removal of Indian restrictions and the sale of segregated lands with emphasis on state ownership of natural resources. Judge J Henry Shepard urged decisive action while delegates proposed memorials on mineral timber and surface land issues. Farmers Union delegates opposed corporate influence and called for integrity in rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Indian Territory
J. Henry Shepard
South McAlester
Washington
Senate
R L Williams
Durant
Boone Williams
Lehigh
Williams
Congress
Ledbetter
Ardmore
Harrison
Newberg
Farmers’ Union
Oldest Chickasaw Judge Overton Love Dies
Governor Byrd announced the death of Judge Overton Love in Marietta. Love was the oldest Chickasaw Indian, a leading figure for more than fifty years, having held nearly every tribe office except governor. He served as speaker of the first house in 1855 and leaves a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. L. Byrd
Overton Love
Marietta
Love
House of Representatives
Ladies' Aid husk corn to aid Carnegie church project
In Anadarko Oklahoma on November 22 the Ladies' Aid society of Carnegie's Christian church husked forty two bushels in under four hours at P. C. Dawson's field. They sold the corn at auction for ten cents above market value, raising sixteen dollars to finish the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anadarko, Ok
Hotels signal uptick in varied business lines
Evidence of rising commerce appears in the strong transient hotel patronage of the moment, indicating improved activity across several commercial segments.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ada
10Th Street
16Th Street
Constant Avenue
Stockton Street
L. E. Mitchell
Mrs
R. O. Wheeler
Will
LABOR
Gompers
ADA Steam
Watchei
Committee On Rules
Sage
Ladies Aid Shuck Corn
Hotels
Campbell-Harriss Lumber CO
Smith Lumber Co
Ada, I.T
Little Brothers In
Side Main Street
M. L. Walsh
General Merchandise
East Main Street
Graham-Pyeatt Abstract CO
Dortch Young, Mgr
Crawford & Bolen
W. L. Reed
H. T. Douglas, V. Pres
M. D. Timberlake, Cash’r
1St National Bank of
Capital Stock
Brin
Ori
Ramsey’s Drug Store
Edison
Pratt’s
International
Standard
G. M. Ramsey
Clark Drug Co
Otis B. Weaver
Weaver Building
Ogree
12Th and
Broadway
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!