Oklahoma Tornado Toll Rises In West North Oklahoma
Gov West says no statutory authority for governor to appoint special deputies or state constables, pending clear legal authority. Severe tornadoes hit Woodward area and Nashville Oklahoma, killing dozens, injuring many, and wiping several towns off the map. Areas report extensive damage, downed wires, and disrupted communications as officials assess casualties and collect details.
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Guthrie
West
Haskell
Oklahoma City
Woodward
Grand
Arnett
Estelle
Vici
Mutual
Cooley
Richmond
Little Robe
J. M. Hale
O. E. Null
Cestos
Dewey County
Mr. Hale
Dr. Hauser
Arthur Sibet
Ellis County
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
Kansas
Stomach Ailments Advised Remedies Sold By Crescent Drug
A garbled ad style notice touts stomach and digestive remedies from W V Ayes and a Chicago firm. It mentions backache weak kidneys and bladder pills linked to a drug company Mogul G. CoWitt & Co and Crescent Drug Co distributing in Chicago and Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
Oureast
G. Cowitt & GO
Chicago
Crescent Drug Co
McGees Baby Elixir Promised To Soothe Cries
An advertisement touts McGee s Baby Elixir as a cure for crying infants and disordered bowels. It claims to calm nerves and induce normal sleep, with no harmful drugs. Sold by G M Ramsey at 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
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McGee
G. M. Ramsey
Detectives Detain Passenger on Train at Utica
A mourning woman arrested as the Atlantic Express left Syracuse and taken to Utica with her mother. She claimed to be Mrs. Belle Guiness, a Laporte farm fugitive, and said her husband died in January while visiting her brother near Cooperstown Pennsylvania.
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New York
Syracuse
Guiness
Donovan
Neil
Pulman
Asthabula
Ohio
Franklin
Utica
N. Y
Atlantic Express
Belle Guiness
Laporte Mystery Farm
Chicago
Jani
Cooperstown
Enforce Prohibition Faces State Constable Plan
Oklahoma Attorney General presses for authority to appoint state constables to enforce liquor laws. He cites delays by local officers and states another government official faced the same hindrance. A bill for state constables is before a senate committee as adjournment nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Attorney General’s Department
Senate
West
Modern climate cures with electric bitters touted
The article claims the world’s best climate still harbors disease at different elevations and recommends Electric Bitters as the remedy to overcome fever lassitude malaria jaundice biliousness and debility. It notes the product is sold under guarantee by F. J. Holley and G. M. Ramsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Holley
G. M. Ramsey
Fairbanks Likely to Withdraw From Presidential Race
Indianapolis reports that after Taft’s Kentucky victory Fairbanks supporters see no path to nomination. No formal withdrawal planned, headquarters in Chicago being arranged while the Indiana contingent remains quiet and delegates unlikely to hear Fairbanks name at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Taft
Kentucky
Friends
Fairbanks
Chicago
Indiana
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve credited for cure
Charles F. Budahn of Tracey California says two 25c boxes cured his years long itching piles. The seller F Z Holley and G M Ramsey’s drug store offered the product under guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Charles F. Budahn
Tracey
California
F. Z. Holley
G. M. Ramsey
Governor Signs Hatchett Anti Nepotism Bill in Guthrie
Governor Haskell signed the Hatchett anti nepotism bill with effect after 30 days and the Memminger measure to ban pooling by bridge contractors. The actions occur in Guthrie Oklahoma on May 9.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Haskell
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J. B. Clapp
Pioneer Telephone Company
Nashville News
M. L. Walsh
Bebee Mammoth Bronze
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Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
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