Prohibition Bill Moves Toward Governor Approval
Oklahoma legislators approve a dispensary and prohibition enforcement bill with emergency clause. Senate 32 7. House 3 14 with many absentees. The measure requires governor approval and a fall vote on dispensary plans in towns of 2000-plus. if approved, state supervision expands to towns of 1000 or more after December 1908.
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Guthrie
Senate
Brownlee
Cunningham
Updegraft
Brazell
Davis
W.H. Johnson
Mathews
Curd
Rep
House
Mr. Hobdy
Craig
M. Boyle
Haskell County
Gd. Haskell
Igus
Bristow
Chicago
South Carolina
Thomas
Branson
Hobdy
Oklahoma City
Rainey
Atoka
The
Corporation Commission
McCalla
Love County
Johnston
Perry
Taylor
Posse Prepares to Battle Bandits in Haskell Pursuit
A Muskogee led by Sheriff Ramsey and deputies heads toward the Concharly Mountains near Welaka to locate two of the outlaws who robbed the First Bank of Hoffman yesterday. Reinforcements are dispatched to Haskell as new details surface about Henry Starr and his associates.
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Muskogee
Ramsey
Bill” Jackson
Sam Tulk
Haskell
Concharly Mountains
Welaka
Hoffman
Tulk
Henry Starr
Boxby
William Murphey
Martin Rowe
Starr
Mayes County
Strained relations over Ada joints and city interests
The Ada community weighs its stance on local joints amid News disputes. Ada colonists praise Oklahoma Portland Cement head Mr. Adam L. Beck for aiding the bid to win the state school for Ada. Guthrie ties and legislative figures Howard Parker and Capt. J Etter back Ada efforts.
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Adam L. Beck
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Guthrie
Ada
Beck
Howard Parker
The
News
Capt. J. Etter
Oklahoma Liquor Trial Dominates Bunty Court Day
In Oklahoma a heated bunty court session centers on the case of Ollie Law and Luke Jenkins accused of selling liquor. Judge Ennis faces defense claims of prejudice while Terrell appears ready to handle duties as proceedings unfold amid contentious counsel and heated exchanges. A separate oil field fire near the city erupts as drillers strike oil sand, oil shooting a hundred feet into the air and igniting a nearby steam boiler, creating a dangerous blaze.
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Oklahoma
Ollie Law
Luke
Jenkins
Bunty Court
Ennis
Terrell
Oil Company
Iles
Charlie Thomas Returns from Guthrie
Charlie Thomas returns from Guthrie where he had been attending to business and incidentally looking for opportunities.
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Charlie Thomas
Guthrie
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Murray
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Department
Durant
Japp
Lindsay
Senator Wynne
Posse
Haskell, Okio
C. B. Weaver
Agency Fire and Tornado Insurance
Ada News Co
Luke Jenkins
Lancaster
Okla
San Francisco
Los Angeles
California
Portland
Seattle
Oregon
I. McNair
Frisco
Ferdy
Anal Bank
Tsident
T. B. Liner
A. L. Fentem, Solicitor
Lahoma
Ing and Banking
Lill
Plete
Benks
F. L. Norton
Pres
Roff, Oklahoma
Stonewall, Oklahoma
Charlie
Joe Kemp & Co
Ada, Oklahoma
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