County Officials Shift as Oklahoma Statehood Nears
County leaders discuss who can administer oaths after statehood. They debate whether notaries and territorial officers retain power until the constitutional provisions are implemented. Local clerks appointed by the convention may hold elections, with residents urged to cooperate during the transition period. A fragment mentions relief and a testimonial for Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
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Robert Wimbish
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Arther
Gary
Hey
W. A Ledbetter
Pontotoc County
Third Termers in Kansas At National Convention
A fragment recounts a Kansas group described as third termers who say they would “run over everybody else” at the national convention. The garbled text references a botany cure and cane powder in a vague medical context.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas
Texas
Botani
Time Framed in a Thimé Case Heads to Court
A fragment notes a time framed in a thimé case proceeding toward judicial action. No further names, dates, or locations are readable to specify parties or venue.
Arrest Raid Fails to Halt Illegal Trade Leader
Deputy Cone and deputies raided a joint establishment controlled by W T Cavers on a side street at 830 last night. They captured Cavers and his effects but the raid tipped off other jointists and subsequent checks found no intoxication. Cavers posted bond that night.
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Cone
W. T. Cavers
Cavers
Ada gas franchise and concrete housing ventures reported
The article notes Ada's gas franchise terms requiring piping by 2177 or 1907 and two years for supply. It also describes Edison’s iron molds for three story concrete houses costing about $30,000 to make, with $1.50 day labor, aiming for fireproof homes at about $1,000 each once set and dried.
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Ada
Thomas A. Edison
Ada City Council Considers Nuisance Ordinance 1907
The Ada city ordinance targets storing coal oil naptha benzine gunpowder dynamite and other explosives within city limits. Passed October 1 1907 the measure enforces nuisance removal by owners or agents and takes effect November 1 1907 after publication.
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Ada
Piles Cured at Home by New Remedy
Read how sufferers are advised to cure piles at home with a new method. The notice promises relief from bleeding itching and protrusion and asks readers to send for details.
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