Biggers Disbarment Upheld for Bribe Confession
Oklahoma Supreme Court revokes Virgil Biggers law license after disbarment proceedings cite his bribe confession while county attorney of Pottawatomie County. court notes immunity clause applies to criminal, not civil actions, and disbarment is civil. ruling by Justice Williams with syllabus outlining immunity limits and civil proceeding status.
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Guthrie
Okla
Supreme Court
Virgil Biggers
Pottawatomie County
Biggers
Justice Williams
J. L. McKeown
Ada
State Bar Commission
Wilson
Arkansas Loses Rate Suit Against Railroads
Hot Springs Ark October 19 Judge Henry Evans of the United States Circuit Court ruled that Arkansas antitrust law does not apply to railroads in setting intrastate rates. The state’s suit against the Rock Island and Hot Springs Western railroads sought over 1 million dollars for rate agreements between Little Rock and Hot Springs. The judge dismissed the suits noting the state created a railroad commission with authority to order rate adoption, repealing part of the law.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Henry Evans
United States Circuit Court
Rock Island and
Railroad Commission
The Ninety and Nine Hymn Origin and Impact
A condensed feature on Ira D. Sankey and the hymn The Ninety and Nine. It recounts Sankey and Moody’s collaboration and the hymn s sudden inspiration in Edinburgh as a world changing moment for gospel song. The piece notes the song s evangelistic reach and Sankey s role in popularizing sacred lyrics.
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Ira D. Sankey
Dwight L. Moody
Glascow
Edinburgh
Moody
Sankey
Dr. Bonar
Advice to cotton farmers in the Carolinas and the South
United States Senator E D Smith former head of the Southern Cotton Growers Association says mills curtailment of production is unfounded and urges farmers to resist the bear raid. He notes a planned movement to assess crop conditions and reports the crop will fall far below last season with state by state estimates including Louisiana Arkansas North Carolina Texas Mississippi and others indicating varying shortages and holding capacity.
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Florence
S. C
United States
E. D. Smith
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Smith
Louisiana
Arkansas
Dealing With Bank Failures Across States
Guthrie reports compare two methods of bank failure response. Oklahoma’s largest bank fails but depositors receive full support via guaranty funds and assessments on all state banks, preserving deposits and circulation. In another state a national bank closes, causing wild scenes and severe losses for depositors, prompting debate over the Taft administration approach versus critics.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Columbia Bank and Trust Co
Oklahoma City
Haskell
California
Zoological Garden of
Cranks
Taft
Mrs S K Smith Visits Daughter En Route to Texas
Mrs S K Smith travels from Okemah to Texas to visit her daughter Kathleen during a journey.
Examinations for Teachers Set For Saturday
Examinations for conductors and instructors certificates to teach in normal institutes will be held Saturday at the county seat in each county and at each state normal school building. Questions are prepared by the state superintendent. County superintendents will conduct the tests and send papers to the state office for grading.
Blood Balm ad offers cure for skin and blood diseases
An old newspaper advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm B B B for blood poisons, eczema, scrofula, ulcers, rheumatism, and related skin conditions. It promises sores heal, pains stop, and purification of blood with a one dollar bottle price and free samples from Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta, Ga, with Ada Oklahoma dealer G. M. Rameey.
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Express
Atlanta Ga
Ada
Okla
G. M Rameey
Nomination for 33d Degree Masons in Southern Jurisdiction
Washington Oct 20 The fifty fourth biennial session of the supreme council of the Scottish Rite Masons resumed with an executive afternoon session. The committee on nominations named numerous Knights Commanded for the 33d degree with electees from Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri and institutions. Grand Commander Richardson announced the degree would be conferred Friday evening.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Masons
Court of Honor
Arkansas
Elmer Leroy’ Biggs
Hot Springs
Samuel Posey Collings
George Guy Wood
Little Rock
Oklahoma
Eive Clinton Barrows
Tulsa
Louis Warren Baxter
Guthrie
Okouwis Berlowitz
McAlester
Edard Augustus Cahoon
Roswell
Frank Alvin Derr
John William Duke
Onecome
William Hayes Fuler
James Franklin Steuthern
Tishomingo
Harmon Thodore Swearingen
Willis Lee Sullivan
Pauls Valley
Abraham Ulysses Thomas
Charles Augustus Wade
Missouri
Charles Herman Arcularius
Joplin
Frederick Hampden Bacon
St. Louis
Thomas Herron
John William Holtman
St. Joseph
Frank Frederick William Krenning
George Thomas Matthews
Oklahoma Cotton Ginnings Reach 225470 Bales by Oct 15
The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture reports 225 470 bales ginned in 1909 up to Oct 15, including 217 357 square and 16 227 round bales, from 563 gins plus 121 not reporting. The board notes 10 037 gins on its list, planning to inform county attorneys of nonreporting ginners by Nov 1.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma
United States Census’ Bureau
Board of Agriculture
Amalgamation Move For Oklahoma Indian Territory Lodges
A joint committee of Oklahoma and Indian Territory Odd Fellows and Rebekah reps recommends amalgamating in April 1912. A parade drew about 1500 members, with floats titled The Good Samaritan and Our Duty Ministering to the Sick. Canton degree led the parade, grand lodge sessions and officer installations planned for Friday.
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Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma and
Indian Territory
Odd Fellows Lodge
Grand Lodgie
Rebekah Assembly
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Good Samaritan
Canton Degree
Grand Lodge
Becker Theatre
Woodman Hall
Clifton Lodge No. 75
Meeker
Dr Breckenridge Visits City From Saltillo Mexico
Dr Breckenridge formerly of Ada now living in Saltillo Coahuila Mexico shakes hands with friends while attending to business. He resided here for years and moved three years ago to his present home. He runs a major sanitario at Saltillo and serves as surgeon for the National Railroad of Mexico.
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Breckenridge
Ada
Saltilla
Coahuila
Mexico
Great Sanitario
Saltillo
Republic of Mexico
National Railroad of Mexico
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim and Cure Notice
Deafness cannot be cured by local applications and requires constitutional remedies. Nine of ten deafness cases are caused by catarrh in the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. Hall's Catarrh Cure offers a $100 reward for any case cured that is due to catarrh. Circulars free. sold by Druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Prospecting for Silver Near Foraker in Osage Nation
Arrangements are being made to prospect for silver under the townsite of Foraker in the Osage Nation near Pawhuska Oklahoma. Tests indicate paying quantities of silver in the area. Foraker lies about twenty miles north of Pawhuska, close to known lead and jack territory.
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Tulsa
Okla
Foraker
Osage Nation
Pawhuska
Typhoid Stricken Dyer Family Seeks Help
Two Dyer children remain ill with typhoid and were moved to their uncle Lewis Cooper near town after their father William Dyer died four weeks earlier and the mother was buried last Sunday. An aunt in Fitzhugh cares for several siblings as sympathizers assist.
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Dyer
Lewis Cooper
4Th Street
Johnston
Wm. Dyer
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Newman
Sarah Flower Adams
Cowper
John Henry Newman
Wintersmith
Ll Drugit
Antour Peter & Co
Hill Street
Louisville
Kentucky
South
Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
Mississippi
Northern Bank
Council of Southern Jurisdiction
Dr. Breckenridge
East Main
P. C
Story & Clark
Hoffman
Carlisle
Howard, Strauc
Marshall & Wendall
Estey
Elgin
Farrand
G. M. Ramsey
DR. Wilson
Harris Hotel
B. H. Epperson
J. W. Deas
Attorneys-at-Law
Reed-Douglas Building
J. E. Webb
C. H. Ennis Webb
Ennis
Lawyers Office
First National Bank Bidg
T.W. Chadwick
Ada, Oklahoma
F. E. Rushing
Fort Worth
Drs. Faust & Hartman
Pineule Medicine CO
Chicago
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