Precinct Voting Places Set for 87th District
Election commissioner Joan W. Beard lists designated polling sites for the 87th constitutional district in Indian Territory. Precincts span townships and sections, naming Oakman Beard building Center Lanham Walling Hart Knox Price Fitzhugh Franks Pontotoc Reagan Mill Creek with specific boundaries and venue details.
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Oakman
Range
Canadian River
Beard
North Broadway
Ada
Town of
Main Street
Townsend Avenue
Twelfth Street
City of
Johnson Building
Lanham School House
Walling
Hart
Davis
Knox School House
Price
Pratt
Fitzhugh
Byrd
Franks
Pontotoc
Reagan
Mill Creek
Joan W. Beard
87Th Constitutional District
Indian Territory
Missouri River and Gulf railroad to be built soon
The Harriman line from Kansas City to Denison Texas will begin construction soon with surveys nearly finished for a southern entry into Kansas City. Plans include a Lehigh Oklahoma Shreveport branch and a Cherokee county Kansas to Joplin link amid talks of acquiring Harriman Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf interests.
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Kansas City
Missouri River and Gulf Railroad
Harriman
Denison
Texas
Lehigh
I. T
Shreveport la
Cherokee County
Kans
Joplin
Missouri, Oklahoma
Gulf Road
Pittsburg
Wazoner
Dustin
Butt
A Comparison of Party Principles Advocated
Oklahoma voters face a choice on who writes the constitution. Democrats push direct democracy provisions to curb corporate influence and empower the people through initiative and referendum, primaries, and ballot decisions. Republicans lack a unified platform while critics accuse them of railroading private interests and failing to curb rates and oil control in Indian Territory.
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Oklahoma
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Indian Territory
Henry Asp
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Afro-American Suffrage League Repudiates Ticket
In McAlester on October 12, Afro-American Suffrage League members vow to repudiate the republican ticket for the constitutional convention if Indian Territory Republicans do not halt separate school and car agitation. Parson H. L. Storms denounces the stance and warns of broader actions across districts.
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McAlester
Residence rule change allows six months and thirty days in precinct
The Indian Territory districting and canvassing board with Tams Bixby and others announced a uniform rule for voters. Electors must be male US citizens or tribal members over 21, residing six months in Oklahoma and thirty days in the precinct before election to vote for delegates to a constitutional convention. Each elector votes in their precinct.
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Muskogee
Indian Territory
Tams Bixby
Joseph A. Gill
W. H. Clayton
Charles H. Filson
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Election Board
Osage
United States
Mrs Fry Dies of Heart Failure Near Ada At 79
Mrs. Rachel Fry of Ada area aged 79 years 3 months 9 days died suddenly from heart failure at 2 this morning after visiting Ada with her son and family. She lived 4 1 2 miles southwest of Ada. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday in the new cemetery.
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Rachel Fry
L. B. Fry
Ada
Two Men Indicted for Theft of Creek Indian Rolls
W T Martin Jr a former Dawes commission employee and M F Dunleavey a real estate man were indicted by the federal grand jury in Muskogee on the theft over a year ago of Creek Indian rolls. They were arrested and released on bonds of 1000 dollars each. The rolls list names of Indian landowners and land locations and could aid buyers once Indians may dispose of lands. The case cites new law making possession of a copy of any Indian roll a felony.
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Muskogee
W. T. Martin, Jr
Dawes Commission
M. F. Dunleavey
Murphy
Missouri
Ada Cement Plant Enhanced by Bonus Lake Plan
Muskogee reports on Ada's new cement plant under Huntington, Indiana interests. The facility aims 1000 barrels daily capacity and 300 workers, funded by a $25,000 town bonus and a fifty acre artificial lake for water. A. L. Beck leads the company as president.
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Muskogee
Southwest
Ada
Huntington
Ind
Adt
A. L. Beck
Monument proposed to commemorate Indian Wichitas battle
Tah ay bo a Kiowa trader reports Kiowa Comanche Apache Caddo and Wichita chiefs favor a granite monument from Wichita mountains to mark the September 1858 battle of the Wichitas. US forces under Van Dorn and Ross fought a daylong fight with heavy Comanche losses and Lizzie Ross captured during the engagement.
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Lawton
Okla
Tah-ay-bo
United States
van Dorn
Ross Texas Brigade
L. S. Ross
Ross
Wichita Mountains
Lizzie Ross
Nationals Defeat Africans in World Championship Series
The Chicago Nationals defeated the American League champions 7 to 1 on the visitors' grounds in the second game of the world championship series. Cold, snowy weather kept about 9 000 to 10 000 spectators from enjoying a comfortable afternoon.
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Chicago
Dollar Travels Far From Farmer's Hands
A farmer marked a dollar with his initials and spent it in town. Over six years it returned four times with locals noting it in the community. The final exchange sent the bill away to a mail order house, and the farmer never saw it again. The note laments the dollar leaving its local circle and ceasing to fund roads, schools, and homes.
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Roff Eagle
Frisco Low Rate To State Fair
I McNair agent Ada offers a Frisco round trip rate of 5.30 to the State Fair in Dallas Texas. Tickets go on sale on October 11 12 15 17 19 22 and 24 with return by October 29 1906.
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Frisco
Dallas
Texas
I, McNair
Ada
I. T
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Kodaks
Edison Phonographs and
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Clark Drug Co
Hes
Gieveland
Ohio
Thoro
Poland
China
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General Merchandise
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Treens
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Graham-Pyeatt Abstract Co
Dortch Young
Mgr.Over Cit. Nat’l Bank
Crawford & Bolen
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