Murray plans gubernatorial bid amid Oklahoma political clash
Preston Lester asserts Murray will run for governor despite no formal announcement. He cites Murray's broad support among independents and Democrats, laboring to unite party factions while Dunn Cruce dynamics complicate the race. Curtiss aviation crash in St Louis during Centennial events details follow.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Preston Lester
McAlester
Lester
Judge Dunn
Supreme Court
Lee Cruce
Comanche County
Dunn
Cruce
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Mason and Dixon Line
Abbott L Lowell Becomes Harvard President Inauguration
Abbott Lawrence Lowell seated himself as Harvard president in Cambridge on October 6. An audience of over 5,000 witnessed the ceremony beneath the elm yard. Alumni pledged fealty to Lowell and honored Charles Eliot, who delivered the valedictory.
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Cambridge
Mass
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
College Yard
Charles William Eliot
Alumni Association
Lowell
Memorial Hall
Eliot
Bryce
Great Britain
Ruling Lets Railways Enforce Jim Crow in Interstate Travel
In Newkirk district court Judge William N. Bowles rules a passenger ejected for refusing to use a separate coach cannot seek damages from the railroad. The decision cites U S Supreme Court precedent allowing railroads to regulate interstate commerce and says state enforcement of separate coaches rests with the state, not the individual passenger. E H Adams refused the separate coach after Hutchinson Kansas boarding and was put off at Chilocco. The jury was directed to verdict for the Santa Fe railroad.
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Guthrie
William N. Boles
Newkirk
Bowles
United States Supreme Court
E. H. Adams
Hutchinson
Kas
State Line
Chilocco
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Census seeks 1600 to 1800 special agents for statistics
The Census Bureau will hire 1600 to 1800 special agents beginning January 1 1910 to collect statistics on manufacturing mines and quarries. Pay ranges from 3 to 6 dollars per day plus travel expenses. Oklahoma examination sites include Ardmore Enid Guthrie McAlester Muskogee and Oklahoma City. Applications due by October 25 1909.
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Bureau of Census
Bureau of the Census
United States
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Enid
Guthrie
McAlester
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
C. D. Carter
Fourth Congressional District
Durant Dominates Ada In Size Speed And Experience
Durant out-classed Ada with clear advantages in size speed and experience delivering a decisive performance. The statement notes Durant's superior attributes and execution throughout the contest.
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Durant
Ada
Deafness Cure Claim Offers $100 for Catarrh Cases
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the remedy. It promises $100 for any catarrh deafness not cured and notes the product is sold by druggists for 75 cents with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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South
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Grand Jury Returns 85 True Bills From Ada Term
The fall term grand jury in Ada completed eight days of sessions with 192 witnesses examined and 85 true bills issued. Sixteen felonies and 69 misdemeanors. calls for stronger enforcement by justices of the peace and constables. no leniency for violations of prohibition laws. They urged prison rules enforcement and noted jail conditions with repairs and cleaning needed. jury thanked court, county attorney, and bailiffs before discharge.
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District Court
Ada
Honorable Court
Blood Balm Ad Promises Cures for Skin and Blood Diseases
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for blood and skin ailments including cancer carbuncles scrofula eczema and rheumatism. It claims quick healing of sores and purifying of blood with bottles priced at one dollar plus free samples via mail order from Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga and Ada Okla.
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Express
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta Ga
Ada
Okla
G. M. Ramsey
Want to Buy a Town Shipton Kansas Auction
Salina Kansas reports Shipton a nine mile from here on the Union Pacific railroad will be sold at public auction October 20 to the highest bidder. The town includes a depot grain elevator six general stores post office dwellings churches and other assets. It rests on W S Irwins wheat ranch as he retires selling most farm assets and all town machinery except autos. The sale includes the town and farm equipment. The Salina Military band will perform for the occasion.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas Town
Shipton
Union Pacific
W. S. Irwin
Balloon riddled with shot lands after near tragedy
The 60 000 cubic foot South St. Louis balloon sailed from St. Louis during centennial races but was riddled with gunfire from farmers in Northern Missouri. Pilot Norris A. Hiemann and aide John Bennett escaped harm as ballast bags protected them. They landed at Laredo after losing gas and ballast, 205 miles from St. Louis.
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St. Louis
South St. Louis
Missouri
Norris A. Hiemann
John Bennett
Hermann
The
Aero Club
Laredo
Cruce Signals Oklahoma Governor Run
Ardmore Ok Oct 7 Lee Cruce returned from Oklahoma City meeting and said he would not perjure himself to be governor. He plans to race before the primaries and announce within ten days or two weeks. The contest appears between Cruce and Murray of Tishomingo, with Cruce noting a $3000 spending limit.
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Ardmore
Oklahoma
Lee Cruce
Oklahoma City
Poultry Association forms in Pontotoc County Ada
Organizers are moving to establish the Pontotoc County Poultry Association in Ada. A number of poultry enthusiasts in the area are urging the creation of the group and likely participation.
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Pontotoc County
Fire destroys cotton platform and supplies in Durant
A noon fire at Caddo damaged the Katy cotton platform in Durant, burning 100 bales of cotton and four cars of corn. Estimated loss is $20,000, with Wolfe & Co. as the heaviest losers. The town was without water and other property was endangered for a time.
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Durant
Caddo
Katy
Wolfe & Co
Sam Woolard Here A Poet and Agent Visits for Fire Loss
Sam F Woolard poet and state agent for American Central Insurance Co was here Thursday to adjust a loss by fire with E H Lucas who had nearly 1000 dollars worth of hay burned recently.
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Sam F. Woolard
Arthur
American Central Insurance Co
E. H. Lucas
Wheat and hog prices surge in Paola Kansas market
On October 4 in Paola Kansas wheat topped the market at 1.12 dollars per bushel with strong demand and record prices. Hogs sold for eight dollars per hundredweight.
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Paola, Kas
Morrows Attend Ada Trial Over Youth’s Death
Frank Morrow and the young widow of the deceased travel from Granite to Ada to attend the trial of Bill Nutt charged with the killing.
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Frank Morrow
Young Morrow
Ada
Granite
Bill Nutt
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Thomas Baldwin
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Abbott L. Lowell
Wintersmith
Arthur Peter & Co
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DR. Wilson
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J. W. Dean
Attorneys-at-Law
Reed-Douglas Building
J. E. Webb
C. H. Ennie Webb
ENNIS
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