Gore proves blind senator's mastery in Washington debate
In a praise filled portrait, Thomas P Gore of Oklahoma, a blind senator, is hailed for debate skill and factual mastery against Elkins Scott and McCumber. The piece extols his perseverance, his wife Clara Gore as eyes and library, and argues his success offers a powerful lesson in determination beyond disability.
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Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Samsons
Senate
Elkins
Scott
McCumber
United States Senate
Gore
John Milton
Helen Keller
Goer
Ada Normal Site Debate Reflects Sincere Citizens on East Side
Citizens in Ada favored the east side site for the Normal School while opponents preferred another location. The Evening News expresses sympathy for all sides and notes such contest is inevitable and regrettable, hoping for stability rather than shifting sites yearly.
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Ada
the Evening News
Opposition to Haskell Narrows to Party Line Criticism
The opponents of Governor Haskell narrow their critique to a single point they oppose him because he is a Democrat. The question remains whether any good citizen will heed this argument.
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Haskell
Pontotoc County Faces Third Foul Assassin Death
The third assassination this year shocks Pontotoc county with three deaths including Mrs. Frank Scribner of Stonewall. The editorial urges swift and adequate justice through the courts to curb the violence.
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Pontotoc County
Frank Scribner
Stonewall
Confederate Soldiers' Home Fund Drive in Oklahoma
A message from William M. Cross urges Oklahoma citizens to donate twenty five cents for a Confederate Soldiers' Home for soldiers wives and widows. June 3 is Confederate Soldiers' Day in Oklahoma, with Col J J McAlester as treasurer to collect funds and select a site after reaching a goal.
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Oklahoma
Col
J. J. McAlester
Guthrie
Wm. M. Cross
Oklahoma Division
Pontotoc County School Meeting Opens with Guidance Letter
The annual Pontotoc County schools meeting details the order of business including reports, elections for treasurer and clerk, and discussion of repairs and tax levies. The superintendent’s letter urges well equipped schools, maps, libraries, and larger school buildings, plus strict teacher qualifications and harmony on the board.
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Pontotoc County
Former treasury officials tied to Havemeyer refinery scandal
New York on May 8 reports former treasury officials in Washington are to be drawn into criminal prosecutions of Oliver Spitzer and six colleagues who served as weighers for the Havemeyers and Elder refinery. Seven men were indicted on charges of swindling the United States out of millions in duties on sugar imported by the Sugar trust. The government seeks $9,000,000 with the trust paying over $2,000,000 in fines in a bid to settle the matter. Indictments served signal ongoing criminal actions despite civil suits.
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New York
Treasury
Washington
Oliver Spitzer
Havemeyers and Elder
United States
Sugar Trust
Roland Visits Conway For Sister's Serious Illness
G. C. Roland traveled to Conway this morning to be at the bedside of his sister who is seriously ill.
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G. C. Roland
Conway
Confederate Veterans Decorate Graves Statewide Oklahoma
General order directs United Confederate Veterans to observe June 3 anniversary of Jefferson Davis by decorating graves of Confederate soldiers across Oklahoma. Major General Wm M Cross issues the order, Adjutant John St Galt confirms. Otis Weaver heads to Guthrie then Claremore for the Oklahoma Press Association meeting May 14–15.
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Oklahoma
Wm. M. Cross
John St Galt
Otis Weaver
Guthrie
Claremore
The
Oklahoma Press Association
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