Oklahoma Sets State Races and Expense Totals
State officers results show Williams leading Supreme Court race with 122100 votes, Hayes 120657, Bennett 21089 and others. Reports detail campaign spending by candidates in multiple districts and by parties with totals for Republican and Democratic committees and notable local contributors. Doan's Kidney Pills testimonial follows local notice.
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Guthrie
State Gestion Board
Justice of the Supreme Court
R. L. Williams
Hayes
Bennett
State Corporation Commission
Watson
Reynolds
O’brain
What the Kidneys Do
The kidneys filter the blood, removing waste as blood passes through them. When healthy they eliminate about 500 grains of fluid daily and work continuously to maintain body balance.
Digestion Advice From Mrs Dowling of San Francisco
Mrs Mary Dowling of 228 8th Ave San Francisco testifies to Electric Bitters a remedy for acute indigestion stomach and liver troubles. She credits the tonic with invigorating the system purifying blood and aiding female weakness as sold by F Z Holley and G M Ramsey drug stores.
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Mary Dowling
8Th Ave
San Francisco
F. Z. Holley
G. M. Ramsey Durg
Balm for Aches and Pains Promoted at Local Store
Advertisement claims Ballard's Snow Liniment relieves rheumatism lumbago sore muscles strains sprains cuts bruises burns and all aches and pains. Sold by G M Ramsey with a 29-w-1mo notation.
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Ballard
G. M. Ramsey
Last Cherokee Indian Files Allotment With Dawes Commission
In Muskogee on November 14 the final full blood Cherokee Indian filed to select his allotment just before a 5 o'clock hour change at the Dawes commission. About twenty five Cherokees filed that day, with nonappearers to be arbitrarily allotted. The Dawes commission, begun eleven years prior under Harry Dawes, divided millions of acres among Indians, a vast estate style task that sought rightful land ownership amid many imposters.
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Fulton
Morgan
Randall
Davenport
Creager
Banks
Carter
Hatchett
Congress
Soc
Charles Carter
N. Carter
Major Packett
A. Champlin
Logan County
Reynolds
Atoka
State Corporation Commission
Col. Watson
State Republican Committee
National Committee
Oklahoma
Old State Committee
Bartlesville
Republican Club
Dennis T. Flynn
Beveridge
State Democratic Committee
Haskell
Thompson
Ction Board
Ac- Samoa
Socialist State Committee
Muskogee
Five Civilized Tribes
Dawes Commission
Harry L. Dawes
Dawes
Bryan to Visit Monterey With Wife for Two Weeks
William Jennings Bryan and his wife will arrive in Monterey on the 18th and stay two weeks as guests of Col. and Mrs. J. Robertson at Bella Vista. Bryan seeks rest and may pursue duck shooting with local sportsmen. the American Colony plans entertainments to honor the visiting Nebraskan.
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Monterey
Mexico
William Jennings ‘Bryan
Oklahoma Legislature Party Strength Snapshot
Guthrie Oklahoma reports the Second Oklahoma Legislature composition with 109 house members and 44 senators. It notes 130 Democrats and 23 Republicans on joint ballot, pending contests could shift totals. The piece lists prior term holdovers and new members from the constitutional convention and last session.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Littell's Liquid Sulphur for Eczema and Prickly Heat
Advertisement extolling Littell's Liquid Sulphur as a cure for rough skin and eczema with claims of instant itching relief. A testimonial from a user in St. Louis praises its efficacy for eczema and prickly heat, offering postpaid samples.
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Eczemar Y “ Littell
Abuma-Sulphur Co
New State Elections Limited to Three Rounds
The new state has only held three elections. Addresses for house members use county based formats while senators address uses post office based formats.
Baby Thrive If Not Something Must Be Wrong With Its Food
Fragmentary note suggests concern over infant health tied to nutrition. No follow up details or context available to confirm source or outcome.
Complete Handy Atlas of the Wend Promotes Postage Covering
An aged fragment references a bottle dosage of half a teaspoonful three or four times daily and notes charges for postage. Mentions SCOTT & BOWNE and the Complete Handy Atlas of the Wend in New York.
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Scott & Bowne
Peart St
New York
ald Cwin-Mays@ Co
Oklahoma Dispensary Fight Moves Toward Court
Oklahoma City officials prepare to contest the November 3 vote on the state dispensary and wholesale liquor system. Attorneys for the Alexander Drug Company seek to void the election arguing the ballot merged constitutional amendment and legislative act. The anti saloon League plans a Tuesday meeting amid financial strain and a bid to keep Oklahoma in prohibition.
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Oklahoma
Haskell
Antisaloon League
Board of Directiore
League
Supreme Court
Noble County
Oklahoma City
District Court
Logan County
State Supreme Court
Byttorney
Henry E. Asp
Alexander Drug Company
Net results shape cotton policy and markets in 1908
Memphis report outlines minimum 10 cent price for short staple and a plan for growers to market one tenth of remaining 1908 crop monthly to ease congestion. Bankers to form a large cotton bank at a southern lending center to aid financing and marketing. Textile departments urged in Southern schools and a warehouse at New Orleans endorsed. Calls for fairer cotton exchange contracts, five-grade limit, and condemnation of gambling, speculation, and night riding.
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Memphis
Tenn
Great Cotton “Bank
South
Indorse
Port of New Orleans
Turmoil in Convention Over Night Rider Debate
At the opening of today's session the conference faced disruption as Walter Clark of Clarksdale Mississippi diverted from his cotton handling paper to denounce night rider activity. His sharp language targeted participants in night rider reveals.
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Walter Clark
Clarksdale
Miss
Ealing
Clark
Political Contest Shapes Indiana Gubernatorial Scene
W J Bryan ally Benjamin Shirley leads a strong Democratic bid for governor with a notable Congress record. Other active candidates include John E Lamb Terre Haute George V Menzies Mount Vernon and L E Slack Franklin. Thos Taggart may join, though victory unlikely could split Kern support.
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W. J. Bryan
Benjamin Shirley
Congress
John E. Lamb
Terre Haute
George V. Menzies
Mount Vernon
L. E. Slack
Franklin
Thos. Taggart
Kern
Shiveley
Taggart
Mississippi Delegates Clash At Conference Amid Rousing Debate
The scene in the Mississippi delegation room grows heated as night riders are denounced and calls for adjournment are made. T. H. Bission seeks order while the program resumes after a brief uproar. A clergyman praises Preventics cold cure tablets as safe relief for colds and fevers, sold by G. M. Ramsey.
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Mississippi
Night Riders
Roan
Jordan
T. H. Bission
G. M. Ramsey
Eczema Cure Promoted by Zemo Medicine
An ad promotes Zemo as a cure for eczema and skin diseases claiming instant itch relief and germ destruction. It states eczema yields to a permanent cure and notes availability everywhere with sample requests to E. W. Rose Medicine Co., St. Louis, and Gwin-Mays & Co. as sellers.
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E. W. Rose Medicine Co
St. Louisa
Gwin-Mays & Co
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