Veterans Reunion Draws 200 Plus Attendees Downtown
About 200 veterans and many Sons Daughters and visitors have arrived for the reunion. The Ponto toc building serves as the downtown headquarters with flags and a welcoming banner across Main and Broadway. The crowd grows to about 400 with arrivals on today’s trains as the program proceeds with speeches and memorial services.
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Bureau of Information
Pontotoc
Main
Broadway
Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy
Veterans
Daughters
Sons
D. M. Hailey
T. F. Brewer
C. W. Briles
The
Normal
Roddie
New England
Child health warning and vermifuge ad in 19th century paper
An advertisement urges parents to treat pale sickly children with White's Cream Vermifuge for worms. It claims the remedy clears parasites and restores health and cheerfulness. The product is priced at 25 cents per bottle and sold by Ramsey Drug Co.
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Ramsey Drug Co
Democrats Battle to Hold Maine in Key Election
Maine voters face a tight race as Democrats push to reelect Governor Plaisted and win the Legislature with national issues like tariffs shaping the campaign. Rep Ww. Co. Redfield of New York headlines the outside support as Republicans seek to keep state and national contests separate.
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Portland
Ww. Co. Redfield
New York
Plaisted
Gardner
Washington
Interesting Display of Relics in Local Windows
A Mad Ox Drug store window features old weapons paper money and war relics loaned by citizens for the exhibit. Shaw's display includes a tattered battle flag carried by a Confederate battalion in Franklin Tennessee where seven men died, plus a sash from a Union officer killed while attempting to capture the flag.
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Mad- Ox Drug Store
Shaw’s
Franklin Tennessee
County commissioners announce key appointments across townships
The county commissioners at their last meeting named Lee Sherrell treasurer for Stonewall township and Charles Daggs constable of Ada to fill Joe Foster's vacancy in Stonewall after his removal. Miss Clar Browder was appointed deputy sheriff for Steedman.
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Lee Sherrell
Stonewall Township
Charles Daggs
Ada
Joe Foster
Stonewall
Miss Clar Browder
Steedman
Flynn Wipes Charley Miller in San Francisco Showdown
Jim Flynn defeated Charley Miller when Miller refused to come out for the sixteenth round. After even early exchanges Flynn’s heavier punches and uppercuts battered Miller who weighed 218 to Flynn’s 282. Miller claimed fractured ribs but stayed through fifteen rounds. referee Spider Kelley oversaw a fierce bout watched by a crowd.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jim Flynn
Charlie Miler
Miller
Flynn
Spider Kelley
August Weather Report with Decorated Rig Contest
August weather notes show mean 79.9 with a high of 100 on the 27th and a low of 62 on the 5th and 6th. Precipitation 5.11 inches, greatest 1.31 inches in 24 hours on the 4th. Thunderstorms on the 4th, 6th-9th and 14th. W S Greveling signs off and supporters urged to enter vehicles for the $5 prize by Friday for best decorated rig.
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W. S. Greveling
Wilson Attacks Progressive Labor Platform on Wage and Monopolies
Buffalo Sept. 2 Woodrow Wilson analyzed the third party platform at a Labor Day gathering by the United Trades and Labor Council. He contrasted sympathy for social betterment with the real program, opposing federal wage minimums and a federal commission to regulate monopoly, arguing it would legalize monopoly and subjugate workers to monopolies.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Woodrow Wilson
United Trades and Labor Council of
Wilson
Consolidated Industries
Progressive candidate blocked from November ballot in Oklahoma
E L Persons of Chickasha failed to gain a mandamus to place his name on the November general election ballot. The Oklahoma County Superior court ruled the Progressive party did not exist at filing and Persons was not nominated in the primary. He will appeal as the party files for supreme court to carry its state ticket to November.
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R. B. Coleman
U. D
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Library of the Normal
W. R. Clement
Oklahoma City
Tom Hope
Ada
T. D. Davis
McAlester
Ratliff
Col
A. P. Watson
J. W. Davis
A. M. Barrett
Vinita
D. M. Hailey
Confederate Veterans of the
E. L. Persons
Chickasha
Oklahoma County Superior Court
State Election Board
Persons
E. D. Oldfield
Superior Court
Election Board
Progressive Party
Supreme Court
Fletcher
Howe
Metzger
Mead
Watson
House
Republicas
Vermont
Republican Representatieves
Roosevelt
Flood Devastates Western Pennsylvania and Surrounding Areas
The flood toll rises to forty with missing John Demster family near Canonsburg and extensive property loss. Severe flooding swamps towns from Pittsburg to Ohio and Virginia, halting transport as streams surpass banks after a hot spell. Fatalities include Cherry Valley and Collliers West Virginia with multiple drownings.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Panhandle
Virginia
Ohio
John
Demster
Chartier’s Creek
Canonsburg
Vermont election shows Progressive gains and Republican drop
White River Junction Vermont September results indicate the new Progressive party made a strong showing against Republicans who still secure a governor's race. Fletcher leads with 22 360 votes while Howe trails, Metzger 13 630 and Meed 976, with Republicans likely losing ground in the Legislature.
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White River Junction
Vermont
Allen F. Fletcher
Nn Opany
Dreselden
Mr. Fletcher
Allen M. Fletcher
B. Howe
Frazier Mertzger
Clement F. Smith
Old Men Walk to Confederate Reunion
A. N. Fowler aged 70 and H. W. Conrad aged 84 started from Ardmore to walk to a Confederate reunion. They walked to Mill Creek then rode a train due to heat, arriving in Ada spry as young colts. Conrad expects to attend sixteen more reunions, reaching 100.
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A. N. Fowler
H. W. Conrad
Ardmore
Bis Place
Mill Creek
Ada
Mr. Conrad
Revival Begin Next Sunday at Second Baptist Church
Rev J W Hulsey of Walden Ark will lead a revival at the Second Baptist Church starting next Sunday. The general public is invited to attend.
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J. W. Hulsey
Walden
Arkansas
Second Baptist Church
Victor Allen Trial Opens In Hillsville Courthouse Murders Case
Wytheville Virginia September 4 Victor Allen the last of those held in connection with the Hillsville courthouse murders March trial opened today Several of his co defendants Floyd and Claude Allen father and son face death sentences while Friel Allen has already been sentenced Those linked to the six slain at the court are still at large.
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Wytheville
Victor Allen
Hillsville
Victor ‘Allen
Floyd Aid
Claude Allen
Friel Allen
Proclamation on Southern Prosperity and Legacy
Fragmentary remarks praise the South's postwar growth after Reconstruction. The speaker credits era leaders with building peace and prosperity, claiming the region's advancement stands as a monument greater than any future construction by descendants. The passage remains incomplete.
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Thuthern
Ople
South
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