New Jersey Progressives Nominate State Ticket for November
Asbury Park July 24 New Jersey leads Eastern States in the Progressives launch a state party. A full State ticket is nominated for November with presidential electors pledged to Theodore Roosevelt and delegates to Chicago asked to support him. A State Committee will organize and alliances with other parties were rejected. The platform includes initiative referendum and recall and woman suffrage approval. Roosevelt sends good wishes while remaining at distance for the Chicago convention.
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Asbury Park
N. J
New Jersey
Theodore Rosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
Roosevelt State Committee
Chairmanort
THEODORE R/SEVELT
Platfor
North Dakota Democrats Hope for Victory in 1924
North Dakota Democrats push to reorganize the state committee and launch a vigorous campaign to carry the state in the presidential race. They aim to unite factions, back Wilson against Roosevelt and La Follette, and seek to win the state ticket and at least one congressional seat if North Dakota votes Democratic in the national contest.
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Roosevelt
la Follette
Rogevelt
Wilson
North Dakota
Pony Starr Sentenced to One Year in Penitentiary
Polk City report says Pony Starr is to serve a one year term at McAlester for cattle stealing after the Oklahoma Court of Appeals denied his request for a new trial. His friend Bob Davis is already serving time for the same crime and both men pursued appeals to the supreme court. Judge Furman reaffirmed harmless error doctrine in the ruling. Starr anticipated the decision and awaits the mandate.
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Muskogee
Pony Starr
Bob Davis
McAlester
Bob
Davis
Starr
Supreme Court
Criminal Court of Appeals
Furman
Allen Altruist to Debut This Week
A new newspaper, the Allen Altruist, will launch this week in Allen. It is published by T. H. Watson. the town has lacked a local paper for several weeks and residents expect a successful weekly edition.
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Allen
T. H. Watson
Welch Brothers Visit Then Head to New Orleans Sugar Estate
W. W. Welch of Fresno California spent Monday night with his brother W. M. Welch before traveling to New Orleans to oversee a sugar plantation he owns there.
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W. W. Welch
Fresno
California
W. M. Welch
New Orleans
Carter Land Bill Favora bly Reported
Ardmore Oklahoma July 23 Congress man Charley D Carter received telegram from John H Stephens chair of the house committee on Indian affairs stating H R 22083 as substitute for S 4948 will be acted on swiftly. The bill gives Oklahoma probate courts full jurisdiction over inherited estates of Indians from the five civilized tribes, with prior approvals by the interior department no longer required for post May 27 1908 allotments.
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Ardmore
Okla
Charley D. Carter
John H. Stephens
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Shington
C. D. Carter
House
Senate
John H. Stephen
Oklahoma
Five Civilized Tribes
State of
Okla Probate Courts
Federal Court of
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Supreme Court of
State of Oklahoma
Attorney General of the
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
House of the Representatives of the
Congress
A Word From Fred Branson for Oklahoma Democrats
Muskogee Oklahoma July 23 1912 Fred P Branson appeals to Pontotoc County Democrats as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for congressman at large He cites his role as a former state legislator and as former chairman of the state Democratic committee from 1910 to 1912 praising his Grandfather Clause initiative and urging party support for his campaign and future service
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Muskogee
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Fred P. Branson
Oklahoma election board chief insists independents cannot vote in primaries
Muskogee Oklahoma July 24 secretary of the state election board Ben Riley announces that independents who register as such cannot vote at the August 6 primaries. He informs county officers that the ruling stands and accuses Attorney General West of overstepping. The note says the primary law aims to block cross party nominations and hints at Socialist plans to nominate a weak Democratic ticket for November. In Cedar Rapids Iowa 1034 Democratic delegates prepare to convene with McGinnis as temporary chair and focus on resolutions and supreme court judges.
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Muskogee
Okla
State Election Board
Ben Riley
West
Oklahoma City
F. L. Montgomery
County Election Board
Riley
Wek
Johnson
Alfalfa
Board of Elections
Montgomery
Muskogee County
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
W. R. McGinnis
Leon
Supreme Court
B. G. Dunn
Mason City
Wer
Times-Democrat
Ben W. Riley
Atorney
General West
Fashionable Army Wedding Unites Sally Garlington and Lieut Chamberlain
In Washington at St. John’s Episcopal Church this afternoon, Miss Sally Garlington daughter of Brigadier General Ernest A. Garlington and Mrs Garlington married Lieut. Harry Dwight Chamberlain of the 7th United States Cavalry. The bride, known as a top army horsewoman and athlete, met the groom while visiting relatives in the Philippines.
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Washington
Military c
Rcles
St. John's Rrates
Episcopal Church
Sally Garlington
Ernest A. Garlington
Harry Dwight Chamberlain
7Th
United States Cavalry
Lieut. Chamberlain
Philippines
Millet Crop Impresses In AhLoso Parade Of Crops
Ahloso leads the procession with tall millet four feet high and large heads. Lindsey reports five tons from two acres and showcases soybeans as stock feed. A second oat crop yields more than the first, with oats averaging about 50 bushels per acre. Corn suffers from scarce rain. cotton is thriving.
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Ahloso
Lindsey
Mr. Lindsey
Roosevelt supporters organize in Alabama for National convention
In Birmingham on July 24 a mass convention formed a permanent organization for Roosevelt supporters in Alabama and began steps to ensure adequate state representation at the Progressive party National convention in Chicago next month.
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Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Alabama
Progressive Party
Chicago
Ada Resident Mrs Grammar to Remain Local Fixture
Mrs G B Grammar a former citizen of Ada who moved to Galveston will become a permanent resident of Ada noting Ada and Athletic Tea stock as decisive ties to the town and its community.
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G. B. Grammar
Ada
Galveston
Conway O Barton for County Judge
Judge Conway O Barton seeks a second term as County Judge of Pontotoc county praising a businesslike administration. He cites cost savings strict opening times and efficient probate and juvenile court work while noting revenue generation and reform efforts under his first term.
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Conway O Barton
Pontotoc County
Ada
Barton
Attorney General clarifies primary voting rights in Oklahoma
In Muskogee Times Democrat the AG disputes a claim that electors must vote for their registered party. West states electors may demand any ticket at the primary, regardless of past affiliations, though they must vote for candidates on the chosen ticket. He contrasts with Riley's view and notes independents may vote freely for any ticket.
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Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Head of Rye Found in Child After Lung Operation
Decatur Texas July 23 One of the most remarkable medical cases concerns the three year old son of Henry Cook a farmer near Decatur. A rye head swallowed during coughing traveled from the throat into the windpipe then into the lungs emerging through an incision after an abscess formed. Part of a lung has been removed and doctors report the case as unique in their experience.
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Decatur
Texas
Henry Cook
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