Judge weighs writ in fight over minor marriage
Judge Terrell conducts a habeas corpus petition filed by S M Nelson of Wapanucka county Johnston County seeking return of his minor daughter Hattie Nelson who wed Louis Page a full blooded Indian on the 21st license allegedly fraudulently procured on the 19th. Page faces forgery charges to be tried before Justice Brown while the couple, jailed at Ada and staying at Byrd Hotel, defend the marriage as audacious but binding. Judge Wood represents the plaintiff and R C Roland the defendant.
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Heabeas Corpus
Louis Page
Page
Ada
Hattie Nelson
Justice Brown
Wapanucka
Byrd Hotel
J. P. Wood
R. C. Roland
Haskell and Roddie to Speak in Democratic Campaign
Gov Haskell will tour the nation’s doubtful states in September and October for the Democratic ticket. Reuben M Roddie and Richard A Billups join the effort in Kansas Nebraska and Iowa. Senator Gore Debs and Han ford receive heavy requests nationwide.
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Guthrie
Haskell
Oklahoma
National Democratic
National Committee
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Jonesboro
Union County
Reuben M. Roddie
Ada
Richard A. Billups
Cordell
State Senate
National Democratic Committee
Roddie
Billups
Gore
Socialists Launch Debs Tour Aboard Red Special Train
Chicago August 30 A socialist rally launches Eugene V Debs and about a dozen speakers on the Red Special for a nationwide tour. The train will run 10 500 miles with 240 stops and speeches from both cars and street corners aided by literature distributors.
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Debs
Chicago
Red
Eugene V. Debs
Oklahoma Christian Missionary Society Holds First State Convention
The first annual Oklahoma Christian Missionary Society convention met in Shawnee August 24 to 28 with 285 delegates from across the state. Notable addresses were given by E V Zollars Myron C Settle J J Morgan W J Wright Mrs Louise Kelley and Mrs McDaniels plus local ministers. Delegates enjoyed a Shawnee welcome and a trolley trip to Benson Park courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce. The next session will be in Chickasha in early September 1909.
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Oklahoma Christian Missionary Society
Shawnee
E. V. Zollars
Enid
Myron C. Settle
Topeka
Kan
J. J. Morgan
Fort Worth
Tex
W. J. Wright
The
Christian Church
Frank L. van Voorhis
Chamber of Commerce
Benson Park
Chickasha
Fine Ear of Corn Grown in Pontotoc Soil
E D Crow from Bebee neighborhood brought a very fine ear of corn to the News office. The ear measures 12 inches, weighs one and a half pounds, and has 14 rows with 54 grains per re-Great in Pontotoc soil and its industrious farmers.
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E. D. Crow
Bebee
Pontotoc
Lightning strikes Bryan barn in Lincoln Nebraska
Lightning hit the barn of William J. Bryan in Lincoln Nebraska recently. When told by a reporter, Bryan asked if there was damage and joked that he had waited years for lightning to strike him, drawing a broad smile and laughter.
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Wm. J. Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Mr. Bryan
Faith Cure Fails as Child Dies Near Roff Oklahoma
Aug 29 near Roff Oklahoma the infant son of Mr and Mrs Joe Barton of the Holiness band died after neighbors urged against summoning a physician and parents faced remonstrances while seeking medical help for the child.
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Roff, Ok
Joe Barton
Holiness
Neghbors
Delegates Named For Tulsa Convention
Robi Wimbish and Reuben M. Roddie left this morning for the Tulsa convention. Others will follow this evening. Attendees from here include Jno Crawford J W Bolen Geo Thompson Sam McClure Tom McKeown H M Furman Otis Weaver of Ada C Y Partain Joe Thomas Clay Jones L J Shook of Roff.
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Robi. Wimbish
Reuben
M. Roddie
Tulsa
Jno. Crawford
J. W. Bolen
Geo. Thompson
Sam McClure
Tom McKeown
H. M. Furman
Otis Weaver
Ada
C. Y. Partain
Joe Thomas
Clay Jones
L. J. Shook
Roff
Abstracts of Indian Lands in Eastern Oklahoma
Fort y government clerks in Muskogee are compiling a county by county abstract of allotted Indian lands. The record includes allottee name post office address age sex Indian blood, descriptions of surplus and homestead, deaths to date and removal of restrictions, indicating taxability.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma
Mourning In Haileyville After Hailey Ola Mine Disaster
Haileyville Oklahoma residents mourn twenty nine miners who died in the Hailey Ola Mine No 1 disaster. Businesses are closed with many funerals and crepe on doors. Bodies recovered. oil fire near the shaft caused suffocation. State mine inspector Peter Hanratty to investigate potential owner liability.
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Haileyville
Hailey-Ola
Murray Denounces False Charge From Marietta Speech
Guthrie Oklahoma August 31. William H Bray says a Chickasha Journal dispatch misquoted his Marietta remarks. He asserts he praised Socialist independent thought and warned against socialist government while distinguishing reform from socialism. He accuses Republicans of using dope and falsehood in a campaign.
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Guthrie, Ok
Marietta
Chickasha Journal
Constitutional Convention
Bryan's Campaign Route Sets Speech Tour Across Midwest
William J. Bryan launches a multi city tour from Lincoln Nebraska heading to St Paul Minnesota to discuss governmental extravagance. He will also speak in Fargo Grand Forks N C and Sioux City Iowa and plans no single topic beyond campaign issues. Bryan notes Taft's labor remarks but offers no comment and attends services at Normal Methodist Church with his family after Labor Day speeches.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
St. Paul
Minn
Fair Grounds
Fargo
Grand Forks
N. C
Sioux City
Iowa
Bryan
Ohio
Taft
Little Methodist Church
Normal
Fairview
Peoria
Accused of Murder Caught in Oklahoma
Muskogee August 29 Fonso Smith, third of the quartet accused in the Frisco bridge tollman David Conway murder, is jailed. A fourth suspect, Jim alias Cotton Taylor, remains at large after a Waterloo arrest failed. Taylor was later shot by police during a Centerville Iowa burglary and fled hospital.
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Jim
Cotton
Taylor
Con- Way
Waterloo
Ramsey
Centerville
Iowa
Frisco forfeit of charter halted by federal stay
Guthrie Oklahoma August 29 Acting Secretary Leo Meyer revoked the St Louis and San Francisco Railway license over Goode damage suit removal. A U S circuit court restraining order blocked the revocation and a hearing before Judge Cotteral is set for the first Monday in October.
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Guthrie
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
Goode
Comanche County
Leo Meyer
Oklahoma
Meyer
United States Circuit Court
Cotteral
Murray to retire from active politics and take up farming
Oklahoma City August 30, William Murray of Tishomingo speaker of the house announces retirement from politics due to health during the present campaign. He plans to engage in farming after leaving office.
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Oklahoma City
William Murray
Tishomingo
Advertise in the News Pays for Ada Houses
Ada business leader John L. Higgins touts the value of local ads. A 15th street house sold after one insertion, and a 12th street rental drew three families by Monday. Thousands in Ada and surrounding areas read the Daily News.
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John L. Higgins
Ada
Higgins
15Th Street
12Th Street
Daily News
THAWS WON'T ASK A DIVORCE DENIES REPORT
In Poughkeepsie New York August 30 H Thaws says he and his wife will not seek a divorce and denies rumors they will sue for separation.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Thaw Denies Divorce Suit Against Evelyn Thaw
K Thaw denies reports he will sue for divorce, says wife is in a sanitarium for a rest cure and not seeking separation. He asserts he knows she is not contemplating proceedings. Fire in New Orleans center destroys many wholesale houses and plants, causing up to two million dollars in losses.
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K. Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Thaw
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Norman
Eastern
Oklahoma Division
Abstracts OF Indian Lands
Peter Hanratty
Murray
Johnston County Statesman
Demietg
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Fonso Smith
David Conway
Frisco Bridge
Frisco
of the Order
Coalgate
Farmers State Bank
Ada, Ok
C. S. Aldrich
East Main Street
Naer
Katy Railroad
W. Main St
New Orleans
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Bienville
Chartres
Conti
Royal
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