Carnegie to Donate Million for International Peace
St Louis scene reports Andrew Carnegie will give Congressman Richard Bartholdt $1,000,000 to fund a worldwide peace propaganda bureau. The fund’s income about $40,000 to $50,000 yearly will finance a campaign to steer public opinion toward arbitration as a method to settle international disputes. The effort targets nations most engaged in war and threats of war.
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St. Louis
Richard Bartholdt
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Bartholdi
Negroes to Protest at Muskogee Convention Meet
The Negro league calls a December 27 protest in Muskogee against discrimination by the Guthrie constitutional convention. Parson H. L. Storms, league president, will appoint a committee to present the protest. Noted figures Judson Lyons W. T. Vernon and Bishop Turner may address attendees.
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Muskogee
Guthrie
Parson H. L. Storms
League
Parson Storms
Parson
Republican Party
Judson Lyons
W. T. Vernon
Bishop Turner
Twenty One Committees Named by Constitutional Convention
President Murray announced the 21 standing committees and chairmen for the constitutional convention. Carlton Weaver of the 87th was named to Immigration and Privileges and Elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Carlton Weaver
W H Murray
Rose
Moore
Legislative
Tosh
Judicial Department
Ledbetter
Johnson
Henshaw
Brewer
Agriculture
Hendricks
Savage
Harrison
Graham
R L Williams
Hughes
King
Wyly
Hansen
Jones
Alder
Ada Bar Association Holds Meeting and Elects Officers
Ada Bar Association met at Crawford and Bolen offices. W. C. Edwards named president James E. Webb secretary. Committees drafted memorial to Congress to preserve U S courts in eastern Oklahoma until criminal cases end. A schedule of fees and county boundary map plans discussed. Adjourned to November 30 at a & Currie offices.
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Ada Bar Association
Crawford & Bolen
J. W. Bolen
W. C. Edwards
James E. Webb
C. O. Barton
H. C. Thompson
A. M. Croxton
J. E. Grigsby
W. G. Currie
Congress
U. S
Oklahoma
I. M. King
L. D. Ratliff
Duke Stone
J. F. McKeel
B. H. Epperson
C. H. Ennis
J. P
Durant Man Faces Court On Heinous Crime Allegations
Reported in Durant on November 23, Tom Tate is held in Elting's court on multiple brutal charges. Authorities say he harmed a family near Colbert on Red River and abused Mrs Tate and her siblings. Investigators secured the children, now placed in foster homes.
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Durant
Tom Tate
Elting
Tate
Marshal Sexton
Indian Territory
Colbert
Red River
Sterrett
German Insurance Company Placed Under Receiver
Freeport Illinois November 24 Chicago Trust and Title Company named receiver for the German Insurance Company its vast business exhausted by the San Francisco fire and re insured last week in the Royal of Liverpool. The action was before Judge Heard at Mt Carroll and the firm proposed 60 cents on the dollar to policy holders but liquidation was decided.
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Freeport
Ill
Chicago Trust and Title Company
Royal of Liverpool
Mt Carroll
San Francisco
Texas Testimony Wharton Texas 1905 Drug Advert
A Wharton Texas advertisement from May 22 1905 requests shipment of three gross Dr Mendenhall s Chill and Fever Cure citing six years of sales and calling it the Bago-Chill Tonic. The request lists L B Cutler Co druggists and a tale by G M Ramsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharton
Texas
Mandamus Sought to Enroll Choctaw Citizens
John T. Pickens and others petition for a writ of mandamus against Commissioner Tams Bixby to place their names on the Choctaw Nation Indian rolls. The case could affect about 3000 people, with potential land allotments of 320 acres each and tribal fund value around 5000 dollars, trial set for November 26. J G Ralls represents the applicants.
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John T. Pickens
Tams Bixby
Citizenship Court
Congress
Pickens
United States Court
Indian Territory
Daws Commission
Fonda Kane Union
J.G. Ralls
Muskogee Phoenix
Royal Insurance Reinsures German Policyholders in Freeport
Local Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool informs policyholders in Freeport that the German Insurance Company has failed on November 15, 1906. Royal assumes all liabilities, endorses German policies, and will not cancel existing coverage. The firm emphasizes strong assets nearing $70,000,000 and urges policyholders to retain their policies for continued protection.
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Royal Insurance Company of
Liverpool
German Insurance Company
Freeport
Ill
Royal Insurance Company
The
Royal
Man robbed of $100 after dice game in East St. Louis
W Q Cluney of Ada Chickasaw Nation I T told East St. Louis police he was robbed at a Main Street saloon after a dice game when a man with an automatic shotgun forced him to surrender his winnings and cash. Chief Purdy ordered an investigation.
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W. M. Cluney
Ada
I.T
East St. Louis
Cluney
Prairie Avenue
St Louis
East St Louis
Purdy
Unlucky Opal Superstition Tied to Black Death Tale
The article links opals to superstition from the European Black Death era. It claims opals seemed to brighten on dying victims and dull after death, fueling superstition that opals are unlucky. It then compares this to a persistent but dubious scientific question.
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Europe
Improved land leases near Stonewall for sale
Farmers are offered two to five year leases on good land near Stonewall with ample water and grass. Provided by 32 21 Rollow & Jackson.
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Stonewall
Rollow & Jackson
Denison Grocer Company v Howe in Indian Territory suit
The United States court in the Indian Territory Southern District issues a warning order. Denison Grocer Company sues E. B. Howe and requires appearance within thirty days to answer the complaint. Judge J. T. Dickerson presides. clerk Co. M. Campbell signs. October 4, 1906.
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United States
Indian Territory
Denison Grocer Company
E. B. Howe
Denison Grocerie
J. T. Dickerson
M. Campbell
A. H
Oklahoma constitutional convention opens second day in Guthrie
The Oklahoma territorial convention met in Guthrie for a second day with song and prayer. It adopted the Constitution of the United States as the convention’s first act and set out standing committee structures with a large, colorfully described session.
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Guthrie
Oklis
Constitutional Convention of
Oklahoma
United States
Roosevelt
Murray
Naylor
J A. Baker
Wewoka
W. A. Ledbetter
Ardmore
Oklahoma Territory
Baker
For Sale English Berkshire piglets in Sherman Texas
Four month old registered English Berkshire pigs for sale at 1000 dollars each. Sired by Headlight 2nd, 86506 winner of first prize at Dallas state fair. Dam Lill King 79990. Ad by R Walsh, Sherman Texas.
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Headlight
Dallas State Fair
Lill King
Add. R. Walsh
Sherman
Texas
Ada Indian Territory Court Warning for Ayers Appearance
First published notice warns M. H. Ayers to appear within thirty days and answer the complaint in the Ada city court. Mayor J. P. Wood announces the order dated Oct. 29, 1906, with legal representation by Galbraith & McKeown for the plaintiff and W. C. Edwards for the non resident defendant.
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J. P. Wood
Ada
Indian Territory
C. M. Chauncey
Intisfarning No
M. H. Ayers
I. T. Date
Ind
Ter
Galbraith & McKeown
W. C. Edwards
Ed L. Reed v Oklahoma Oolite Stone Company
Federal court in Ada Oklahoma issues notice to Oklahoma Oolite Stone Company to appear within thirty days and answer Ed L. Reed's complaint in the Southern District of the Indian Territory. Official seal and date October 16 1906. U G Winn United States Commissioner. No. 1529.
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United States Commissioner’s
Indian Territory
Ed L. Reed
Oklahoma Oolite Stone Company
Oklahoma Oolite Stone Aera
Ed L
Ada
U. G. Winn
United States
Farmlands For Rent Near Ada
Cash in advance requested for one year or longer. Two excellent farms, each about 65 acres in cultivation with strong improvements. Land described as the best quality and located four miles from Ada. Interested parties may inquire for terms and arrangements.
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Ada
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised by Milaca Pastor
Reverend James Lewis of Milaca Minnesota uses Chamberlains Cough Remedy at home for seven years and finds it reliable. He says it helps especially with croup and whooping cough and notes its sale by G M Ramsey.
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James Lewis
Milaca
Minn
M. E. Church
G. M. Ramsey
Court notice in Indian Territory against Leonard Womack
First published Nov 8 1941 Court in the Indian Territory Southern District Dr G W Burns plaintiff vs Leonard Womack defendant. The defendant Leonard Womack is warned to appear in this court in thirty plaintiff G W Burns. Witness U G Winn U S Commissioner this 30th go October 1906. U G Winn U S Commissioner Crawford Bolen A B C King non resident 4
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United States Commissioner’s Court
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Haskell
Mandamus Bixby
Pistel Point
A. H. Ellis
Orlando
R. T. Williams
Altus
Reading
Henry Asp
Mnorur
ADA Weekly News
Old States
Southwest
Rerewalx
ADA Weekly
Tiuday
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