One Dollar Per Year Democratic Ticket List
A historical ballot snippet lists candidates for the United States Senate and other state offices. Names include Robert L. Owen and Thomas P. Gore for Senate, R. L. Williams and C. N. Haskell for Justice, George W. Bellamy for Lieutenant Governor, and Chas. West along with William M. Cross as generals. Also listed are James Menefee, M. Be. Trapp for Clerk of the Supreme Court, W. H. L. Campbell and Chas. Taylor, and E. D. Cameron for Superintendent Public Institution.
District Officers Co D Carter State Senator R M Roddie
District officers are listed for Company D with names including Carter and state senator R M Roddie. The notice records the appointment or designation of these officials and their titles within the organization.
County Officials List for Election Race
County officials named include Representative Frank Huddleston County Judge Joel Terrell County Attorney Robt Wimbish Clerk of District Court W D Lowden County Clerk W S Kerr T J Smith County Treasurer J C Cates Register of Deeds C C Hargis County Surveyor George Truitt Superintendent of Schools T F Pierce County Weigher Charles A Thomas County Commissioner District No 1 John D Rinard County Commissioner District No C W Floyd G M Short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Smith County Treasurer
J. C. Cates
Register of Deeds
C. C. Hargis
Township Officers Listing by Precincts and Officials
Precincts numbered with trustees justices of the peace and constables listed. Names include Jester Brown Nettles Raney Looper Floyd Gaylor Martin Sturdivant Smith Hopkins Dillard Rushing Hammond Willard O Smith Thompson Price Gambel Tigner Price Robertson Tinsley Miers Baker Anderson Bolen Fleet David Nichols Attaway Collins Lindsey Allen Perrin Boles Parker Allen Snodgrass Corbin McConnell Harris Roberts Mercer Galey Wa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. R. Floyd
A. Gaylor
P. H. Martin
C. Sturdivant
G. A. Smith
Chas. Hopkins
A. BP. Dillard
J. B. Parker
Wm. P. Allen
Snodgrass
Prohibition Debate Across Oklahoma Territory Headlines
The Ada Daily News editor advocates statewide prohibition with the constitution at the upcoming election. The Muskogee Times-Democrat warns against local option and argues for state wide enforcement, citing Kansas as a cautionary tale and urging Indian Territory delegates to back a unified prohibition measure. The piece ends with a weather imagery metaphor of floods and a dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Democrat
Otis B. Weaver
Ada Daily News
The
Oklahoma
Prohibition
Oklahoma Democrat
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Kansas
Senator for Four Days from Chandler to Osage Mission
Colonel Roy Hoffman of Chandler Oklahoma recalls his four day tenure as United States senator after a campaign with 129 speeches. He recounts the surprise nomination and loss, then plans to resume law practice and back Gore. He predicts victory for Gore and comments on the upcoming constitutional convention set to meet July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hoffman
Chandler
Okla
Osage Mission
Kan
Oklahoma
United States
Colonel Hoffman
Baltimore
Canada
Senate
Gore
Hoffman
Kansas City Journal
Census Districts Named for Oklahoma Conduct
Guthrie Oklahoma July 8 William C Hunt census supervisor announces district chiefs and headquarters. He aims to finish work and depart for Washington by August 15. Three clerks Wetzel McCord Belt added. Districts align with congressional boundaries. five districts list counties and tribes including Osage Nation Cherokee Creek and Seminole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
William C. Hunt
Washington
G. B. Wetzel
S. P. McCord
D. G. Belt
Oklahoma
Grant
Kay
Garfield
Noble
Pawnee
Osage Nation
Kingfisher
Logan
Payne
Lincoln
Cleveland
Pottawatomie
Cimarron
Texas
Beaver
Harper
Woodward
Woods
Alfa
Antidrinking speech argues liquor costs Massachusetts
Boston July 7 Hon John B Lewis argued in the Massachusetts house for bill 1191 asserting liquor traffic costs the state over 2 million annually. He cited figures from state bureau reports linking alcohol to pauperism crime and insanity and claimed licenses yield 838,474 while losses total 1,173,945 borne by taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts House of Representatives
John B. Lewis
Middlesex
Lewis
Massachusetts State Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Affection of the nerves in stammering discussed
Professor explains stammering stems from nervous contraction of the larynx and habit. Singing reduces stammering as pitch and air flow stay steady. The piece cites a small city area with 36 stammerers and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a money back offer and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
B. L. Paryer
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Knabenshue Plans Long Toledo to Cleveland Airship Flight
Toledo July 9. A. Roy Knabenshue announces his new passenger carrying airship will fly Toledo to Cleveland this week with his wife aboard. The 120 mile voyage would be the first long distance airship flight and the first to carry a passenger a woman. Estimated time seven hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knaubenshue
Toledo
Ohio
A. Roy Knabenshue
Cleveland
Knabenshue
Clerk Inherits $200,000 After Job Loss
Sapulpa Oklahoma July 8 a local clerk H A Palmer learned by letter from Pennsylvania he had inherited 200000 from a dead uncle. He had just lost his job and worried about finding another when the notice arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapulpa
I. T
Funds for Convention Grow as Backers Give
President Murray reports liberal funds flowing to support the constitutional convention with many small donations. Notable contributions include banker John Gerlach of Woodward sending 100 dollars and ex-senator D. P. Merraum contributing 25 dollars. County divisions seem to be easing as support rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Guthrie
Okla
John Gerlach
Woodward
D. P. Merraum
Editor Prouty Backs Ratification of Constitution
Guthrie July 8 Frank Prouty formerly of this place now editor of the Cherokee State Journal Republican paper indorses the constitution and urges adoption Cherokee is seat of government for the new Alfalfa county formerly part of Woods county He believes northern Oklahoma will support the constitution at the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Prouty
Guthrie
Okla
This Place
Cherokee State Journal
Cherokee
Alfalfa
Old Woods
Prouty
Oklahoma
New Jobs for Science Promise Quiet Power
A playful verse laments noisy inventions while praising progress in science. It calls for silent solid-state devices and quieter technologies beyond horseless carriages smokeless powder and telegraphy, envisioning a future of less disruption.
Abe travels for wife’s health in Kansas region
A former Ottawa county resident visits the southeast area of Kansas to see his wife, explaining he is traveling for her health as neighbors greet him and remark on his appearance and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa County
Kansas
Abe
Kansas City Star
Runaway Auto Ends After Mechanic Intervention in York
John P. Julius, a York piano dealer and auto enthusiast, could not stop his electric car during an endurance run. He steered through streets and country roads for hours until a garage mechanic jumped aboard and removed plugs to halt the runaway. In the reading, dialogue mentions a life sentence for fraud and a twelve pound boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Jusius
York
Mr. Julius
Julius
Not Equal to Luxuries in Madison Square Park
A dapper young man sits with a silver cigarette case in Madison Square Park. He finds his cigarette supply empty and asks a nearby tramp for a match. The tramp, in deep melancholy, asks, “Who do you think I am J Pierpont Morgan?”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Park
New York
Landon
J. Pierpont Morgan
False Signal and a Balcony Kiss Gone Wrong
A young man with a head bandage recounts a romance mock tragedy. He explains how a balcony signal to kiss his love led to a brutal thrashing when the old boarder, unseen, lit his pipe on the same balcony. The tale ends with a sly punchline about mistaken signals.
Apples Preserved in Ice by Wallis Run Grower
J C Braunbeck of Wallis Run Lycoming County PA devised an ice storing bin for apples last fall. A seven by fourteen by three foot bin filled with straw and apples was sealed with straw and corn stalks topped by a water barrier. Water formed ice around each apple but the fruit remained sound crisp and wrinkle free after thawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Braunbeck
Wallis Run
Lycoming County
Pennsylvania
Pencil instead of cigar in social set tale
A frugal Mason refuses cigars offered at a stationery and cigar store. He jokes that he will take a pencil instead, turning a moment of indulgence into humorous restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Harper’s Weekly
Why call a handcuff a bracelet in Irish exam
A commissioner asks an Irish recruit why handcuffs are called bracelets during a police examination. The applicant replies the term is intended for use on prisoners, and the recruit wins the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bekase T
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ada Weekly News
Ada
Democratic
Robert L. Owen
Thos. P. Gore
Justice Supreme Court
R. L. Williams
C. N. Haskell
Geo. W. Bellamy
Chas. West William M. Cross
James Menefee
M. BE. Trapp
Supreme Court
W. H. L. Campbell
Chas. Taylor
E. D. Cameron
R. M. Roddie
W. S. Kerr
George Truitt
T. F. Pierce
Charles A. Thomas
John D. Rinard
C. W. Floyd
G. M. Short
R. C. Jester
H. J. Brown
W. H. Nettles
J. M. Raney
J. D. Looper
J. C. Rushing
Justice of the Peace
W. H. Hammond
Jas. W. Willard
J. O. Smith
W. M. Thompson
J. D. Price
Joe Gambel
G. W. Tigner
Lee Price
J. B. Robertson
W. 8. Tinsley
R. D. Miers
R. S. Baker
R. F. Anderson
W. C. Bolen
Joe W. T. Fleet
G. W. David
M L. Nichols
R. Attaway
Geo. R. Collins
L. C. Lindsey
Will Allen
Seth Perrin
P. Roberts
J. A. Mercer
D. L. Galey
J. W. Wa
Nowata
Craig
Ottawa
Roger Mills
Mayes
Delaware
Creek
Tulsa
Wagoner
Adair
Okfuskee
Okmulgee
Sequoyah
Seminole
Hughes
McIntosh
ANTIS
Funds For Convention
Cherokee County
Jack Smith
Robt Wimbish
First National Bank
Attorneys-At-Law
Reed- Douglas
Des. Browall
Faust
J. W. Dear
Epperson
Reed-Douglas Building
Henry M. Furman
Duncan Building
Crawford & Bolen
Attorneys AT Law
Citizens National Bank Building
Ada, I. T
J. E. Webb
C. H. Ennis Webb
Ennis
Lawyers Office
First National Bank Bldg
John I. Meccoole
Atty
At Law Notary Public
Francis
Ind
Ter
Furman & Croxton
C. A. Galbraith
Tom D. McKeown
Galbraith & McKeown
Citizens National Bank
H. T. Saffarrans
Freeman Bldg
H. Granger
Granger
ERB Dentists
Nat’ Bank B’l’g
T. W. Chadwick
Texas Wagon Yard
R. D. Love
Pearl M. Love
Love & Love
Rollow Building
Dr. Runyon
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