Beveridge Questions Oklahoma Governor Haskell on Funds
Senator Beveridge grilled Governor Haskell in Muskogee over the state guaranty fund and dispensary finances. Haskell replies deny misuse, defend transparency, and accuses Beveridge of misrepresentation while praising open records and public scrutiny.
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State Banking Board
State Guaranty Bank Fund
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Republican State Committee
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Haskell
Beveridge
Pierce Must Face Charge In Texas Indictment
Henry Clay Pierce head of Waters-Pierce Oil Company must travel to Texas to answer a Travis County grand jury indictment charging false swearing connected with the companies readmittance into Texas in 1900. The Waters-Pierce ouster and penalties are before the U S Supreme Court and a rehearing denial exhausted counsel options. Extradition was granted with custody to be transferred from St Louis to Texas authorities. Dallas reports cheers greeting Gov Haskell after the events.
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Washington
Henry Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Travis County Grand Jury
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Pierce
St. Louis
Oklahoma Governor Haskell Visits Texas State Fair
Governor Haskell with wife and family arrives in Dallas for a welcome crowd and state fair appearances. He receives ovations at Fort Worth and Dallas stations, thanks supporters, and vows to hold President Roosevelt accountable over Osage oil lands lease and Prairie Oil and Gas franchise.
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Guthrie
Haskell
Fort Worth
Dallas
Union Station
Oriental Hotel
Girl Kills Father on Texas Farm in Turkey Creek
On the Henry Hoch farm near Taylor, 17 year old Bessie Griffith shot her father J William Griffith twice in the left breast with a 41 caliber revolver after he demanded she pick cotton. He was 50. A preliminary hearing granted her bail of $500. M B Donaghey, recently in town, planned to leave for McAlester to seek health treatment in Hot Springs.
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Taylor, Tex
Henry Hoch
Turkey Creek
Taylor
Bessie Griffith
J. William Griffith
Griffith
John Black
M. B. Donaghey
McAlester
Hot Springs
Watterson Attacks Republicans in First Address Since 1892
Louisville editor Henry Watterson denounces the Republican Party as outlived and a menace to equal taxation and orderly government. He urges support for Bryan, cites trusts and tariffs, and warns of civil conflict if party power endures. He calls for change through voting and criticizes leadership and tactics in national politics.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Bryan
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Watterson
Republican Party
White House
Hearst
Aldrich
Cannon
Payne
Dalzell
Sunny Jim Sherman
Nicholas Longworth
Have You a Baby Watch It Closely for Worms
Advertisement warns caregivers to monitor infants for worm infestations and signs of illness. Promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as the foolproof, side effect free cure, sold by G. M. Ramsey.
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G. M
Notice to creditors and note-holders at Citizens National Bank
Citizens National Bank of Ada Oklahoma closes affairs and notifies note holders and creditors to present notes and claims for payment. J W Hays president. dated October 10 1908.
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Citizens National Bank
Ada
Oklahoma
Curable claim emerges for eczema treatment
A fragment notes a term ZEMO claiming scientific use could stop itching, suggesting a breakthrough in eczema treatment. The text references a Pte term and internal use, but details and validation are unclear.
Roosevelt Succession Debate as Family Campaign
The passage argues that Roosevelt's succession was viewed as premature and framed as a family affair. It criticizes the machine that backed Taft for mercilessly crushing Republican allies and questions whether extending eight more years of moneyed influence justifies opposing free institutions. It accuses the president of descending into a matador like role, swearing and inflaming his rhetoric.
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Roosevelt
Taft
The Negro Vote and Oklahoma Politics
A political essay questions the Republican claim of progress by noting white vote patterns in national elections. It argues most states would not carry Republican tickets without black voters and asks Oklahoma counties like Alfalfa and Major if whites alone could secure a Republican majority.
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Republican Party
Party of Progress and Prosperity
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
California
Oklahoma
Party of “Progress and Prosperity
Lincoln
Grant
Taft Labor Rights Contrast Highlights Jury Question
In Oklahoma City August 1907 Taft argued against a constitutional bias that grants jury trial rights to working men in contempt cases but not to corporations cited by the corporation commission. He contrasted this with Lincoln’s 1861 belief that labor precedes capital and deserves priority.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Corporation Commission
Taft
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Oklahoma Democrats question Harris veracity in Roosevelts Haskell critique
In Shawnee Oklahoma on October 21 Democratic state chairman J B Thompson attacked Republican treasurer James A Harris as untrustworthy, aligning with Bonaparte's Senate Document critique. He argued Republicans must purge Harris amid allegations echoed by Hearst and Roosevelt.
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Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Haskell
William Randolph Hearst
Republican Party
Charlies J. Bonaparte
J. B. Thompson
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic National Committee
Charles J. Bonaparte
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Secretary of the Interior
Public Service
Indian Territory
James A. Harris
Wagener
Republican State Central Committee
Shoefelt
Harris
LEA
Court OF Equity
Wberg
Tervor
Dis Estry
Haskessece
William
Ka Hearst
Central Committee
Boneparte
Bani
Velun
Republicans Face Slow National Ticket Effort in Oklahoma
The Guthrie State Register describes little work by Republicans for the national ticket. It notes Flynn is regaining ground and aiming for reelection to Congress while McGuire seeks another term. Secretary House and state chairman Joe Norris drive the campaign efforts amid intra party focus.
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Guthrie State Register
Flynn
McGuire
Register
Oklahoma
Gobbie
Republican State Organization
Congress
the Register
Secretary House
Republican State Committee
Joe Norris
State tax levy set at 5.25 per 5000 for 19 months
The state tax board estimates nine hundred thousand dollars in direct taxes to run government for nineteen and a half months and levies one and one quarter mills. A five thousand dollar assessment, whether farm, business property, city residence, or stock, pays $5.25 for nineteen and a half months.
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State Tax Board
Taft Speech Critiques Southern Democrats and Black Nationalism
In a 1907 address in Oklahoma City Taft criticizes Southern Democrats for their stance on racial issues. He argues they remain bound to the Democratic Party by the so called Negro question, claiming their views on every issue still tie them to the party while decrying nationalist sentiments.
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Willians Taft
Homa City
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