Oklahoma commercial bodies urge Jamestown exhibit funding
The Oklahoma Federation of Commercial and Industrial Organizations led by Lee Cruce seeks $25 from each county and recording district to fund a state exhibit at the Jamestown exposition opening May 1, 1907. The drive covers packing, express charges, and handling of Oklahoma and Indian Territory products for display.
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Oklahoma Federation of Commercial and Industrial Organiations
Lee Cruce
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
McNabb
Board of Agriculture of Oklahoma
Guthrie
Frantz
Washington
Jamestown
Agricultural Department
Orville Frantz
America
Commercial Club
Intensive farming praised as profitable in Greater Oklahoma
The Oklahoma City paper cites Ada Daily News figures showing a farmer paid 25 for 6000 strawberry plants and earned 420 from 3340 quarts. It argues intensive truck farming, with cheap land and reliable yields, offers greater profits than wheat, corn, or cotton as Oklahoma’s valleys shift toward truck growing.
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Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Oklahoma
Ada Daily News
A Citizen to be Proud of Furman for Ada State Role
The Ada citizen Furman is hailed as a foremost statesman of the two territories and a leading exponent of just government. He is in demand as an expounder of genuine democracy and will be needed in organizing the new state.
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Ada
Furman
Candy Scrap Use Shown To Save Losses In Candy Trade
An observer refutes the idea that stale candy must be wasted. Big makers ship weekly consignments to agents and return unsold items as scrap. Sugar value is salvaged by redirection into caramels and confections. A candy maker argues coloring and aging improve flavor and defends regulated coloring against pure food critics.
Read the Apartment Tenant Mind in Chicago Says Superintendent
The Chicago apartment house superintendent explains how tenants reveal character through their furnishing choices and planning. He notes couples who quarrel over corner placements show trouble, while well dressed women with worn shoes signal sloppy housekeeping. He adds moving is stressful and may push men to drink.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Henry
Heart of Rameses II Identified in Ancient Vase
Comptes Rendus notes a Paris Academy report confirming that one of four enamel vases held the heart of Rameses II. The heart, preserved since 1258 B C, appears hornlike in a flattened oval eight by four centimeters. Microscopic muscle fiber patterns indicate the organ, not other viscera.
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Comptes Rendus
Paris Academy
Rameses II
New York Times
Council
National Museum of the Louvre
Rameses IL
Cairo
Sret
Getting Crew for Whaler in Harper's Magazine
Clifford W. Ashley recounts the effort to assemble a whaler crew for a Harper's piece. The Sunday morning scramble shows sailors chased by a storefront crowd, with the mate delaying for a Sunday dinner and others finding excuses to dodge departure as clerks frenzy to roundup the dozen scattered men.
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Harper’s Magazine
Clifford W. Ashley
Mr. Ashley
Ada Welcomes St Joseph Commercial Club Guests
The St Joseph Commercial Club arrived in Ada with about sixty members and a ten piece band. They were welcomed at Odd Fellows Hall by Mayor Wood who praised Ada’s growth and potential. The visit inspired Ada’s Commercial Club to redouble efforts for the city’s future.
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St. ‘Joseph
Ada
T. B. Campbell
St. Joseph
Dixie
C. C. Calvert
St. Joseph Club
Senate seethes over statehood bill fate in Senate clash
Washington June 4 The conference report on the state hood bill now hinges on today’s Senate vote. Mr Foraker will move to reject the report and appoint a new conference committee. Mr Beveridge expects passage while Foraker predicts rejection as support shifts among several senators.
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Washington
House
Senate
Foraker
Beveridge
Vaem Abe
Man Morales kills guard then dies after shootout near Madrid
In Torrejon de Ardos, Manual Morales, main suspect in the Alfonso VI bomb plot, was shot by a guard and, after being pursued, killed himself with a gunshot to the heart. Senor Cuesa, hotel proprietor, identified the body as Morales from the balcony of the hotel where Morales had stayed and hurled the bomb.
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Madrid
Torrejon de Ardos
Manual Morales
Alfonso
Victoria
Morales
Alcala
Senor Cuesa
Sacred Heart and Ada Split Baseball Games in Weekend Action
Sacred Heart and Ada played baseball Saturday and Sunday with Ada winning 5 to 3 in the first game. Sunday’s game was halted after five innings due to heavy rain with Sacred Heart trailing 3 to 0. two runs scored on a grounder error and wild throw. Both games described as fine exhibitions and well matched.
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Sacred Heart
Ada
Inield
Italy King Visits Vesuvius In Diplomatic Tone
The article recalls royal visits and courtly phrases around monarchs such as Italy's king at Vesuvius and a Spanish king's entourage. A German paper once claimed a prince "was graciously pleased to be born yesterday" and an army officer struggled to tell the time for the king.
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Italy
Vesuvius
Spain
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Doss & Granger
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Ada Int
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Crawford & Bolen
Ramsey’s
Cox Greer Dry Goods
Mason Drug
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Dr. Martin
Ada Fur. & Coffin Co
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G Winn
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