Envy, Tariffs, and World Power Reflections Across Time
A column discusses envy as a sin from Cain to today and links it to social poisons. It critiques tariff reform as urged by Cleveland and Aldrich, suggests civil strife if not settled, and notes English expectations of American stance and naval strength in global affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Eve
Cain
Satan
Hobart
America
England
Canada
Australian
Senator Gore of Oklahoma Ushers in Tariff Debate Feat
The blind Senator Gore delivers a sharp defense of tariff revision during a Senate debate. He refutes Lodge and Aldrich by reciting figures from the Bureau of Corporations, citing capitalization, surplus, earnings and dividends of Massachusetts mills and fifty cotton and woollen firms. He is praised for memory and honesty in the contentious session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Lodge
Senator
Senator Gore
Bureau of Corporations
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Henry Fawcett
Grandstone
Senate
Gore
Aldrich
Washington
Grover Cleveland Letter Warns on Tariff Reform
A 1909 letter quoted from Grover Cleveland criticizes tariff reform as needing honest settlement for the benefit of a long suffering public. It condemns trusts and monopolies as obstructing justice and notes the Wilson act’s passage on August 28, 1894. The passage reflects political conflict and warnings from Senate leaders about reform.
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Pelf
Grov
Cleveland
Guihines
Mississippi
Wilson
Senate
Ricer
Appy
Great Man of All Time Henry Watterson Praises Lincoln Statue Speech
Henry Watterson spoke in Kentucky at the Lincoln statue unveiling calling Lincoln a symbol of American liberty and union. He praised Lincoln's leadership from Sumter to Appomattox and urged unity, contrasting it with earlier Confederate loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
North
Doric
Washington
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Sumter
Appomattox
McRae Highlights Role and Economics of Newspapers
Milton A. McRae of the Scripps McRae League of Newspapers spoke to the Detroit Wholesalers association on reporters reliability and accuracy. He noted Chicago’s five day newspaper shutdown hurt business Detroit papers’ trustworthiness and advertising power. cited rising costs and industry growth including telephone use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton A. McRae
Scripps-McRae League of Newspapers
Detroit Wholesalers Association
Detroit
Chicago
United States
Rowth
New York
Chie _o
Sale of Real Estate for Minors Ida Bond and Levicy Peters
Notice of private sale of 290 acres in Atoka Oklahoma to highest bidder under court order. Bids in writing due by June 14 1909 at 10 a.m. in Atoka or attorney Winfields Farmer Atoka. Sale subject to county court confirmation. D. N. Self guardian. Also includes historical editorial note on panic era banking deaths and newspaper censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Bond
Levicy Peters
Atoka
State of
Oklahoma
A. L
Coal
Pontotoc
State of Oklahoma
Township 4
Township 1 North
Range 14
Section 18
Township
Contagr
Winfields
Farmer
D. N. Self
Cora Neal
Andy H. Chapman
Janes A. D
Ward
Ada Weekly News
Ada
Joel Terrell
Hughes
Adeline Frazier
Atoka County
C. B. Weeks
Court Street
Calvin Allison
Guardian
Atty
Kimarian Goer
Henderson Creer
William Goer
A. D
Rachel Wiliams
Alabama
Rachel Williams
England and America and War Impending War Talk
A collection of editorial and legal notices discusses a potential Anglo German conflict and the role of the United States Britain and the press in wartime sentiment. It notes opinions from W T Stead and others and includes several guardianship court orders and notices from Ada Oklahoma involving real estate sales and divorce actions.
Tolbert seeks majority rights in Pontotoc County court
Don A. Tolbert by his next friend Sherwood W. Hill petitions the Pontotoc County District Court Oklahoma on June 25 1909 for majority rights to contract and transact business. The notice also mentions Mrs W T Cox recovering from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Don A. Tolbert
Sherwood W. Hill
State of Oklahoma
Don
Popular Visitor of Stratford Heads to Town
Daily report notes Ben K. McKinley greeting News editor with a cheerful welcome this Monday morning as he visits Stratford. He mentioned his wife and her parents are in town, adding a personal note to the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben K. McKinley
Public sale of minor estate in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
Guardians of the Willie McSwain minors announce a public sale by order of the Johnston County Court Oklahoma. On June 30 1909 at noon at the Ada courthouse, bidders may bid for the minors right title and interest in the south half of the southeast quarter of section 2 and the west half of the north half in Pontotoc County Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie McSwain
Johnston
Oklahoma
McSwain
Court House Door
Ada
Ohio
Charles H. McSwain
Joel D. McSwain
Lulla McSwain
Joel D. Swain
Clarence Thomas McSwain
Pontotoc County
State of
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Labe
Congress
Legal Publications
Everett-Moore
Germany
Europe
Britain
Asquith
W. T. Stead
Gray
Haldane
Morley
Churchill
Winfield S. Farmer
Charles McSwain
Newman & Lawrence His Attys
Etna Young
J. H. Young
L. H. Young
Crawford & Bolen
W. T. Cox
Stratford
Piage
Nickel Store
China
S. M. Shaw
Prop
Frisco
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