Progressives Fear Taft Pushes Corporation Tax Plan
Washington reports President Taft emphasizes a corporate tax amendment to the Senate with Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Knox aiding. Critics warn the plan faces strong opposition from Aldrich supporters and risks sidetracking the income tax.
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Taft
Senate
State Finance Committee
Aldrich
Wickersham
Capitol
Finance Committee
Root
Knox
E H Lucas Chosen Director of Oklahoma Commerce Board
An official Muskogee letter announces E H Lucas of Ada elected to the Oklahoma State Board of Commerce and Publicity. The organization aims to unite state business interests, promote taxation fairness, develop resources, and attract industry to boost Oklahoma’s growth. The piece urges broad statewide participation.
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Oklahoma State Board OF Commerce and Publicity
Muskogee
E. H. Lucas
The
Oklahoma State
Board of Commerce and Publicity
Ada
Lucas
Oklahoma State Board of Com
Oklahoma
State Board of Commerce
Commonwealth of Oklahoma
Bank Robbery Strikes Fort Worth Branch on Main Street
In Fort Worth Texas on June 22 a lone robber with a six shooter robbed the Waggoner Bank and Trust Company at 1416 Main Street near the Texas and Pacific station. Cash nearly 8195 in greenbacks and gold and silver about 1000 were taken while cashier W G King watched. The thief walked south with the money and escaped. no arrest made as of press time. Insurance covers the loss.
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Fort Worth, Tex
The
Waggoner Bank
W. G. King
King
T. B. Yarbrough
Waggoner Bank and Trust Compa
Heston
Eighth Streets
Main Street
Ada to Build Street Crossings With Lumsden Contract
Mr E D Lumsden accepts the Ada street crossing contract and will take the $10,000 bond issue at par despite bond attorneys' rejection. He also takes $20,500 funding bonds at par in cash. City can retire old warrants and fund the project, work to start immediately.
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E. D. Lumsden
Ada
Is Mark Twain Guilty of Shakespearean Authorship?
The text debates a theory that Bacon wrote Shakespeare and that a cryptogram could misattribute Mark Twain’s works to his old friend Henry H. Rogers. It warns that Rogers could lose reputation if he confessed and imagines a clever argument to support such authorship.
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Mark Twain
Bacon
Henry H. Rogers
Mark
Ten Indicted on Wight Rider Charges in Oklahoma
Purcell Oklahoma June 19 grand jury indicts Barney Hanks Charles Barnes W A Wallace M L Spencer Samuel Spencer A L Bledsoe Albert Bacon and Matt Hanks for belonging to a night rider band that has terrorized western McClain County. Additional indictments were returned but not released. Tension grows near Purdy as families flee the area. more charges expected when court reconvenes.
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Purdy
Oklahoma births rise and health bulletin urges fly control
Oklahoma City June report shows April births 3 848 and deaths 1 198 with a net rise of 2 650. Pittsburg and Pottawatomie lead in births. Pneumonia tops disease list with 152 deaths. smallpox and scarlet fever show better results. health bulletin urges window and door screens to curb flies and notes Okla nine foot sheet laws for hotel inspection amid ridicule.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Mahr
New York City
Fourth of July Tournament Race Adds Prize Splash
A July 5 tournament race invites all comers with a 3 pm start. Riders compete for multiple prizes including a 21 jewel Waltham watch, gold and silk bundles, shoes, a Stetson hat, a Kodak, and various items from local merchants. Tie breakers rely on rings. time and officials to be chosen on grounds.
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Jewel Waltham Watch
R. EK. Haynes
Katz & Rosenfield
S. E. Chapman
Texas Department Store
G. M. Ramsey
Gwin & Mays Co
F. Z. Holley
H. C. Evans
J. Harris
C. C. Nash
Harry Sprague
S. M. Shaw
Semple Feed & Produce Co
Mad-ox-Drug Co
Tobin & Coffman
Injunction cases against Osage county dismissed
In Guthrie Oklahoma June 22 injunctions filed by the Santa Fe Katy and Midland Valley against Osage county attorney to stop interference with Texas cattle shipments for grazing were dismissed in federal court The county attorney had secured a county court injunction and the federal suits are dropped leaving the matter to Osage county court Railroads have completed spring shipments into Osage county.
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Guthrie
Santa Fe
Katy
Midland Valley
Osage County
Osage
Old Texas Senator Mills Calls Out Corporate Control
The Enid Democrat quotes ex Senator Rogers Mills of Texas urging action against the “base men” in Congress and criticizing corporate influence. Mills asks if the people will awaken to smite the hydra of corporate combines as the nation debates party integrity and mobilizes public sentiment. E Matthews conducts business in Bebee.
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Tribe of Judah
Congress
Rogers Q. Mills
Texas
Enid Democrat
French marriage theory warned against by Dowd
Norman Oklahoma June 19. Dr Jerome Dowd of Oklahoma University critiques a French sociologist Leitumneous plan for future marriage abolishing legal matrimony. Dowd argues state control of children would erode civilization and worsen crime, stressing the family’s central role in child welfare.
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Norman
Okla
K. J. Letturneous
Etter
Jerome Dowd
Wisconsin University
Hean
Oklahoma University
Leitumneous
Lincoln Heiress to Wed William J Bryan Jr in Colorado Romance
Helen Berger daughter of a Nebraska grain man will marry William J Bryan Jr son of the Democratic presidential nominee. The couple met during a world tour with the Bryans in Venice and later connected in Lincoln and Grand Lake Colorado where mereka pursued amid family opposition. The wedding is planned after June 24 with a Tucson Ariz. postscript.
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Lincoln, Neb
Grand Lake
Colorado
Helen Berger
Nebraska
William J. Bryan, Jr
Bryan
Cupid
Bryans
Venice
Mrs. Bryan
Grace
William
Bergers
Miss Berger
Alexander Berger
Paris
Liverpool
William, Jr
America
Lincoln
Mr. Berger
Colo
Miss ‘Berger
New York
Fairview
University of Nebraska
Wiliam Bryan, Jr
Miss . Berger
Berser Ane
Grand Pg
Eng
Levering
Tucson
Ariz
Ada Famous Abroad and Its Prosperous Town Reputation
Ada earns praise beyond state lines as a prosperous little city. Travelers from Ada hear positive things about home, boosting local pride and confidence.
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Ada
All Off at Ada
A Frisco train arrived at Ada last night and drew a crowd as passengers left. A young girl exclaimed that everyone seems to get off at Ada, capturing the hometown moment in a brief, vivid scene from the Daily.
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Ada
Tournament race set for Fourth of July celebration
Interest grows in the tournament race to be held during the Fourth of July event. Entrants listed include George W. Culver C. J. Warren E. C. Hunter Dr. T. W. Hartman W. B. Nutt Lee Eadleman and Clifford Hardin. Prizes are on display in the Madox Drug Co. show window for all to see.
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George W. Culver
C. J. Warren
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