Stormy Scenes At Memphis Reunion
The United Confederate Veterans adjourned after re electing General Clement A. Evans as commander in chief and selecting Mobile Alabama as the next reunion site. A heated vote followed a loud reception for speaker L A Sisson of Mississippi who urged another in congress speech while delegates endured the 100 degree heat.
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Memphis
Tenn
Clement A. Evans
Mobile
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
General Bell
Trans-Mississippi
Houston
Nashville
Chattanooga
Oklahoma City
John W. Apperson
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
L. A. Sisson
Mississippi
Sisson
Board of Public Affairs May Block Weatherford Normal Building Cash
Guthrie June 9 The State Board of Public Affairs refuses to approve a $16,250 claim on the Weatherford Normal school building contract of $95,000. The work awaits review and an architect’s report, risking Supreme Court action to define the board’s authority. Governor Haskell intervenes to resolve the dispute.
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Guthrie
State Board of Public Affairs
Weatherford Normal School
Supreme Court
Board of State Normal School Regents
Cameron
West
Board of Affairs
Weatherford
Haskell
Memphis
Thoroughbred Meet Opens June 15 at State Fair Grounds
The fifteen day meet features the Oklahoma Derby with a $1000 purse and thirty nine entrants. Officials from St Louis Kansas City Houston and Milt Mooney organize a premier event with a new saddling paddock and 350 stalls. Two year old Hoo Hoo handicap June 19 aims to draw Oklahoma entrants and visitors from Ionia Norfolk Jacksonville Houston and Ft Worth. Races start at 3 PM with electric car and boulevard access for statewide attendance.
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P. A. Brady
St. Louis
O. W. Boardman
Arthur McKnight
Kansas City
Milt S. Mooney
Houston
Oklahoma
Ardmore Bond Issue Test Case Goes to Supreme Court
Ardmore Oklahoma reports a suit to test the validity of the 40000 dollar bond issue approved two months ago. Bond buyers wait to disburse funds as two technical objections are raised regarding late polling and returns to county rather than city authorities. The court is expected to rule for the city, guiding nearly 500000 dollars in public improvements and ten miles of paving.
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Ardmore
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
County Election Board
Sanitary Inspector Shuts Bakery in Muskogee
State Sanitary Inspector W. J. Emery from Oklahoma City visited Muskogee and ordered closure of a bakery with doors locked. He cited dire unsanitary conditions in restaurants and local jails, pollution of a waste dump into a small stream, and warned of serious public health dangers amid public uproar.
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Muskogee
Okla
W. J. Emery
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
Second Half of 1908 Taxes Delinquent in June
Guthrie Oklahoma June 13 The second half of the 1908 taxes will be delinquent on June 15. State Auditor Trapp says County Commissioners may grant extensions if deemed necessary. Taxes were delinquent January 15. Legislature extended time 90 days due to excessive rates in some counties. This period expires Tuesday and several counties have reduced levies.
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Guthrie
Trapp
Opinion outlines penalties for uncertified Oklahoma doctors
Oklahoma Attorney General West issues an opinion stating that doctors lacking a state board certificate or not filing certificates with the county clerk commit misdemeanors. Fines range from 100 to 590 dollars with 60 to 100 days in jail.
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Guthrie
J. M. Baker
Enid
State Medical Examining Board
West
McAlester
Referendum Dead on Ada Chickasha and Claremore Bills
Senator Campbell Russell of Muskogee County failed to gather enough signatures for a referendum on school bills in Ada the Girls Industrial School at Chickasha and a Claremore branch of Oklahoma Preparatory University. He collected about ten thousand names over forty days but was roughly two thousand short.
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Ada
Girls’ Industri
Oklahoma City Whirl Wind Reaping and Political Talk
Oklahoma City reaps the whirl wind as El Reno American notes, while McAlester News-Capital comments on harvest hands and the city’s fate. The Oklahoma press debates statesmanship versus spoils, and praises the Missouri mule as a sturdy draft animal for the South.
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el Reno
Oklahoma City
McAlester News-Capital
State whiskey pushers tour counties to defend dispensary
Dispatches from rath say state exclusive whiskey sellers tour counties to suppress competitors and organize civic leagues to promote Sunny Brook as a snake bite remedy. The note references malaria rheumatism and other diseases as part of the message from the Wapanucka Press.
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Rath,rie
Sunny Brook
Wapanucka Press
Towns must back claims with advertising says editorial
The piece argues a town cannot credibly claim status as financial and commercial hub without strong local business advertising. It cites Purcell and national papers, notes judges advising lawyers to be bold and assertive, and mocks meek conduct in court and in town boosters. It contrasts confident stars with cautious, timid effort.
Murder Trials Begin in Creek and Okmulgee Counties
District court opened in the new Creek Okmulgee district with Judge W L Barnum presiding. Commissioners were named for grand and petit juries. Seven murder trials lie ahead including the Sid Reynolds case with notable cattlemen funding his defense. County Attorney Eaton and Sheriff Vance attended along with Judge Carruthers who previously presided at a prior hearing.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Creek
W. L. Barnum
Haskell
Albert Ewers
Beggs
Geo. R. Hail
Henryetta
W. F. Brown
Attorne Eaton
Bronze Tablet Unveiled At Davis Home Then and Now
Memphis Tennessee June 10 a bronze tablet placed on Jefferson Davis residence from 1875 to 1878 was unveiled by Lucy White Hayes granddaughter of Jefferson Davis. Tyler chapter of the Confederate Dames donated the tablet with Ella Guy presenting speech and Mayor Malone accepting in the city name. General Clement Evans spoke as United Confederate Veterans commander in chief and Confederate choirs provided music during the reunion.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jefferson Davis
Lucy White Hayes
Confederacy
Tyler Chapter
Confederate Dames
Ella Guy
Tyler
James Malone
Clement Evans
United Confederate Veterans
Lulu Temple at Louisville arrestees charm court with My Old Kentucky Home
Shriners from Lulu Temple Philadelphia parade in white uniforms at adjournment in Louisville police court. Judge McGee orders arrest for “imprisonment in the heart” of Louisville as the troupe humorously proclaims the judge a “jolly good fellow.” Elsewhere bids from Layster & Lowe Dayton Ohio for a large temple project are recommended, with 54 buildings and over three quarters of a million dollars involved. work to start in 30 to 60 days and take two years. bids for a central heating plant open June 21.
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Louisville
Lulu Temple
Philadelphia
Lulu
A.howard Thomas
Kentucky
Wheeler McGee
Luin
Judge McGee
Ders
Layster & Lowe
Dayton
Ohio
Washington
Oklahoma bids opened for largest building contract
Fort Sill Oklahoma June 10 bids for the largest building contract ever offered in the state were opened at the quartermaster's office starting at 10 o'clock. Fifteen bids were submitted.
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Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Quartermaster’s
County Commissioners Approve Bridges and Ditches in Districts
The Ada county board met to approve bills and authorize several bridge projects. A two mile west Boggy bridge near Ahloso in Rinard district, a sixty foot Rock Creek bridge eight miles southwest of Adam, and a 100 foot Blue River structure in Short district were ordered. Bulls Lumber Co. to supply timber for Sandy creek bridge. ditcher and sewerage contract work progress. R. H. Gambrell of Sasakwa visited Ada Saturday.
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Boggy
Ahloso
W. B. Crowder
Rinard
Rock Creek
Adam
Floyd
Bulls Lumber Co
Vaness
Sandy
Blue
Short
R. H. Gambrell
Sasakwa
Ada
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