Confederate Veterans Rally Presses for Trans-Mississippi Reunion
The Trans-Mississippi Department calls on Texas Arkansas Missouri and other territories to grow Camps and boost Confederate veteran membership ahead of the Louisville reunion set for June 14 to 16 1905. Delegates urged monthly Camp meetings and organized transportation efforts for the event, while welcoming former comrades to join and renew ties. In Louisville hosts promise warm hospitality and a grand reunion. A separate note discusses public sentiment on a constitutional convention for two territories with opinions from J F Mckeel on statehood and governance.
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Dallas
Tex
Trans-Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
United Confederate Veteran
Wm. EK. Mickle
Trans Misissippi
Louisville
Wm. E. Mickle
Oliver Steel
Mendez
B. F. Wathen
L. A. Daffan
Milton Park
Graber
Trans-Mississippi Department
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Trans- Mississippi
W. L. Cabell
J. F. Mckeel
Congress
Women rights and marriage as partnership speech at Washington
Roosevelt argues for women's self-respect and equal rights before the Mother's Congress. He defends marriage as a partnership and condemns those who deny or neglect the blessings of family, comparing such behavior to cowardice or laziness.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Gambling implements burned in Guthrie raid
By order of Judge Burford Deputy Sheriff Bob Myers burned five thousand dollars worth of gambling apparatus here Tuesday night. The raid last Saturday yielded twenty five slot machines five roulette wheels and related gambling gear including outfits tables cards dice chips and all devices.
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Guthrie
Okla
Burford
Bob Myers
Statehood Drive Prompts Call for Unified Constitutional Convention
A historical editorial urges quick enactment of a single statehood for the territories, arguing division risks delaying statehood and inviting graft. It warns that rival factions in Oklahoma and Indian Territory could stall progress, leading to internal strife and lost relief from Congress.
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United States
Congress
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Okla
New Mexico
Arizona
Auction sale of Sunrise Addition lots in Ada
Big auction on Thursday and Friday March 23 and 24 offers one hundred choice lots in the Sunrise Addition Ada. The lots are high dry and level near the eastern city edge three blocks from the business district. Terms: half cash and balance in six and nine months at five percent interest.
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Ada
Another Democrat Arrives A Baby Brings Joy to Rogers Family
A. Rogers smiled and greeted supporters as rumors swirled about his candidacy. He clarified the day’s happiness came from a nine pound baby boy born Sunday morning, a new member of the Rogers household who is described as a good democrat and a symbol of democratic harmony.
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A. Rogers
President Roosevelt’s Stop Favored at Sherman
March 14 Sherman Texas dispatch notes Roosevelt’s Rough Riders largely from Caddo I T and local citizens urged a stop there. The committee invites Caddo Rough Riders to Sherman in a body to welcome the President, citing strong demand from Caddo.
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Sherman
Texas
Roosevelt
Caddo
I. T
St. Louis
Caddo Rough Riders
Boy shot dead in Swartz shop dispute in Purcell
March 14 report states Roy Newman 17, son of H. E. Newman, was felled by a shot at 6 o'clock this afternoon in Albert Kerr's alleged attack after a dispute in George Swartz's Main street clothing store. Kerr is in custody.
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Purcell
I. T
Roy Newman
H. E. Newman
George Swartz
Swartz
Albert Kerr
Convention of Woodmen Heads to Oklahoma City Meeting
The head camp convention of Woodmen of the World in Oklahoma City will run Tuesday and Wednesday with N. B. Maxey of Muskogee presiding. About 15,000 members belong to the jurisdiction and a large attendance is anticipated.
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Oklahoma City
Woodmen of the World
N. B. Maxey
Muskogee
Mayor Draws a Salary in Ardmore Special Session
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory city council in a special session fixes the mayoral salary at 1200 dollars per year marking the first remuneration for the post. The move ends a period where the mayor served without pay.
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Ardmore
I. T
Dawes Commission Moves Chickasaw Land Office to Ardmore
The Dawes Commission announces that after March 20 the Land Office of the Chickasaw Nation will relocate to Ardmore Oklahoma. Ardmore is the new site for the office serving the Chickasaw Nation.
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Ardmore
I. T
The
Dawes Commission
Teddy's Body Guard in Sherman as President Arrives
Confederate Veterans will escort the president on his Texas trip to Sherman and Grand Army Veterans join in line with two thousand school children armed with flowers led by juvenile rough riders. Two pretty school girls with bouquets were proposed but all will act. The visit is to be a brilliant city event with low railroad rates expected to draw large crowds and officials aim to ensure a pleasant stay.
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Sherman
Tex
Grand Army Veterans
Texas
General Wood Calls Confederate Veterans Meeting in Louisville
Gen Wood of the Chickasaw Brigade in Indian Territory urges delegates to attend the United Confederate Veterans gathering in Louisville Kentucky on June 15 and 16 1905. He asks camp commanders to recruit attendees and send ten cents per member by April 1 to General Mickle in New Orleans.
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Chickasaw Brigade
Indian Territory
United Confederate Veterans
Ada
Unite Confederate Veterans
Louisville
Kentucky
John D. Galt
Ardmore
W. L. Caball
William N. Mickle
New Orleans
J. P. Wood
Indian Territory Division
General Lee Thanks for Returning Civil War Flags
General Lee commander in chief of the Confederate Veterans issues a proclamation thanking the president and Congress for returning flags captured during the Civil War. He declares the north and south no longer exist.
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New Orleans
Lee
The
Confederate Veterans
Congress
Farmers Unions Elect Delegates in Madill Meeting
In Madill Oklahoma territory twenty six unions sent delegates to a district gathering on Saturday. The session elected delegates to the state convention to be held in Shawnee on the 22nd of the month.
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Madill
I. T
Shawnee
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Constitutional Convention
Inter-Territorial Bar Association
Bar Association
Inter-Territorial Press Association
Europatkin
HO HA
Convention of Woodmen
Teddy
Wood
Farmers’ Unions
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