24 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1907
Page
1
In Okfuskee and Wagoner counties the canvassing board reports results from early returns. A senate race in Okfuskee-Wagner area shows Bransford and Bisbee with narrow margins. Allies of statehood mobilize in Washington as Oakahoma fights delay prospects.
The twenty seventh annual convention of the PRS met in Oklahoma City with officers named Ralph Searles and C D Hill as secretaries from Nebraska and West Virginia. Invitations extended from Indianapolis New Orleans Sacramento Lincoln Madison and Denver. Resolutions praised the city’s hospitality and supported temperance tuberculosis crusade flaxine distribution and railroad freight policy to aid farmers. Governor Frantz and W O Cromwell were discussed for federal posts as the state presses for appointive and legislative gains.
President Bellamy expects completion by December 1 as the line will connect Lawton with UD and run through Finney Haskell Brank Stevens counties in Kansas and parts of Oklahoma and Texas. Electrical work advances with buildings rising and Trainmaster Pred Hahn overseeing dispatch duties for the Central.
Local notes hint at evolving tastes and future offerings in Muskogee with mentions of favorites and anticipated items. The fragment suggests trends, preferences, and planned selections without specific details or clear events.
Topeka October 22 Kansas members of Congress unite to support the re appointment of J B Dickerson as federal judge of the eastern district of Oklahoma and Burwell for the weather Curtis they agreed to recommend Dickerson He is governor Hoch’s brother in law and now serves his term as territorial judge Train wreck east side residents Jack and Myrtle were hurt when a southbound Midland passenger train derailed killing the infant passenger.
The special census indicates Oklahoma may gain two additional congressmen beyond its current five. Observers say the shift could affect national representation once statehood progresses.
St Louis reports an authoritative source says William Jennings Bryan will publish a mid November letter stating he will accept the Democratic nomination for president if the convention wills it. Gov Joseph Folk is expected to announce a Senate bid to succeed Stone.
In Muskogee Oklahoma thieves broke into the First Presbyterian Church last night and stole the Rabies Pennies fund totaling about 255 to 275 dollars. The money collected from children on their birthdays accumulates in a small deposit safe to be opened New Year’s Day. Church officials are puzzled by the theft and amount.
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