Parker Hails Southern Backing for a Democratic Nominee
Judge Alton B. Parker, speaking with Homer D. Wade on a train, argues the South should unite behind a Southern presidential candidate. He says a Southern nominee could win with broad, sectional support and predicts strong loyalty from the South if a strong Southern figure is nominated.
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Waco
Texas
Itm
Alton B. Parker
Homer D. Wade
Norfolk
Asheville
N. C
South
United States
The
Bowling Green
Ala
State Bar Association
Judge Parker
Wacoan
East
New York
Woman abducts by husband in fraud marriage case
A woman fled with her husband soon after Hoyt Shelby wed her. The husband faced charges of obtaining a marriage license by fraud and perjury in the application. Judge Phelps ordered actions, and Dr. Brown was arrested for carrying concealed weapons. He failed to post bond and was jailed, while the woman seized the chance to return to her spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Shelby
Phelps
Oklahoma School Tax Levy System Change Described
The passage discusses shifting from a high state tax limit to local control of school levies, noting the amendment removes the cap and rewrites to levy taxes on fair cash value at voluntary sale. It argues the new system will raise public revenues.
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United States
Oklahoma
Pineules for the kidneys offer quick relief
An ad notes Pineules for kidney relief sold by G. M. Ramsey's drug store. The fragment mentions kidney, relief, and a local pharmacist as the seller.
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G. M. Ramsey
Indian Woman Notes In Despair Ends Life in Oklahoma
In Muskogee Oklahoma July 19 Annie Malone of Stigler Indian Territory committed suicide by drowning in the North Fork of the Canadian river. John Bullette a Cherokee Delaware elder said she is the second full blood Indian to end her life in twenty years and recalled one prior case on Cotton Creek in the Cherokee Nation. He noted that Indians hold to a three score years and ten lifespan and suicide makes reconciliation with the Maker difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
I. T
Annie Malone
Stigler, I. T
John Bulette
Cotton Creek
Butette
The Doctor Away from Home When Most Needed
Public notices urge keeping remedies at home for cramps colic and cholera morbus with Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad claims prompt treatment saves lives and promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for kidney and bladder issues sold by Crescent Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Ramsey
DeWitt
Crescent Drug Store
Government Agent Probes Choctaw Nation Warrants
Muskogee July 19 James P Foster a DOJ special agent in Indian Territory completes work on Choctaw Nation debt and warrants. He found no recirculated warrants but notes past efforts to obtain unpaid warrants, including a 1872 issue valued at 9808.83.
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Muskogee
James P. Foster
Department of Justice
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Foster
H. L. Wood
Peter Hudson
First’ National Bank of
Fort Smith
LaFollette Urges Congressmen Visit Territory
Wisconsin Senator R M LaFollette told a Tulsa chautauqua audience that all congressmen should visit the territory and learn firsthand. He advocated removal of restrictions on the area and voiced support for broader exploration and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
J. T
R. M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Mosquito Swarm Delays Minnesota and St Louis Train
In Bagley, Des Moines reports a swarm of millions of mosquitoes stalled a heavily loaded Minneapolis and St Louis train for two hours, trapping 120 passengers as open windows allowed the biting pests to invade the coaches amid hot weather.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Bagley
Jaffer Helps In Probate Custody Decision
In Lawton Oklahoma on July 16 in Anadarko probate court Judge Phelps awarded custody of the fourteen year old daughter of Dr. B. B. Brown.
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Lawton, Okla
Anadarko
Phelps
B. B. Brown
Center Items Recap From Local Center
Crops reported fine with corn stable and cotton improving. Early crop outlook brighter. prospe ct of a larger harvest noted. Birth announced for Hugh and wife a girl nine pounds born Sunday. Sloan child recovering from long illness. Mauldin brothers visiting Sloan. Portraits in demand. Bancett chosen for finest subject. Local sicknesses noted. fruit canning active. Baptist protracted meetings begin next Saturday with wide involvement expected.
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Hugh Deal
Hugh
J. E Sloan
Joe
Jess
Dick Mauldin
Konawa
J. E. Sloan
Shed Bancett
Brundage
Page
Baptists
Court rules minor oil lease final despite interior approval
In St Louis on July 20 Judge Sanborn ruled in Morrison et al v Laurel Oil and Gas that a Creek Nation lease for Edith Durant, a 13 year old, approved by the federal court in Indian Territory, is final and cannot be revoked by the interior department. The case centers on guardianship, probate court approval, and the role of the interior department in leasing minors land.
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St. Louis
Sanborn
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Garfield
Interior Department
Probate
Edith Durant
Laurel Oil and Gas Company
Chelsea and Galbreath Oil Company
Indian Territory
Federal Circuit of Appeals
Common School Fund Revenue Under Oklahoma Levy
Guthrie reports that under the constitutional convention amendments the common schools may receive nearly half of the Oklahoma levy. Current laws assign about 20 mills of a little over 100 total, with Guthrie at 20 of 97 and Enid 20 of 95. The constitution allows for 10 more by popular vote and two more by county boards, totaling 17 mills.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Perry
Enid
Oklahoma City
Board of County Commissioners
Town Creek seeks name change to Teddytown over baby boom
In Town Creek Alabama on July 19 fifteen babies were born to six couples in two weeks prompting residents to petition postal authorities to rename the village Teddytown.
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Teddytown
Town Creek
Ala
Girls Smash the Beer in Des Moines River Incident
Sheriff George Ross of Dallas County seized 2 200 bottles of beer on July 4. Seven coeds and Aden school students moved the confiscated beer to the Raccoon River and smashed the entire quantity into fragments on the river piers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Ross
Dallas County
Aden
Raccoon River
Heldenville Shooting Injures 12-Year-Old Boy
In Heldenville I T July 19 Lem, son of George rear of a store, was hit by a stray bullet from a leaning target rifle. The bullet entered the right shoulder and moved upward toward the neck. The boy is in a dangerous condition. The item also notes remedies sold at G M Ramsey's drug store. The second part covers Cherokee Nation allotment disputes with freedmen facing removal from allotments and Indian policemen poised to enforce possession.
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G. M. Ramsey
Heldenville Bey
Heldenville
I. T
Lem
George
Freedmen Ejectment Writs Spark Cherokee Nation Tension
Six Indian policemen left Muskogee to serve writs of ejectment on freedmen occupying land in the Cherokee Nation, with tensions rising as potential trouble threatens.
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Muskogee
I. T
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Promoted at Crescent Drug
Advert says the laxative DeWitt’s Little Early Risers relieves bad headaches biliousness and constipation and notes Crescent Drug Store as the seller Ella Wheeler Wilcox is quoted about diet for writing hot material referencing prunes and milk and her early career reputation
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DeWitt
Crescent Drug Store
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella
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Fis
Congress
Lafollette
Jaffer
Common School Fund
Scotts
G. M Ramsey
Little Bros
Creed
Little Brothers
Staple A
C. B. Weaver Agency
R. O. Wheeer
M. L. Walsh
General Merchandise
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