Oklahoma statehood and the forty-sixth star debate
A long discussion explains that Oklahoma will not yet be a state and that statehood requires territorial division, constitutional drafting, and votes in both territories. It considers whether Arizona could join first, and notes the rule that a new star is added on the Fourth of July after a state’s proclamation, with historical flag details and Betsy Ross’s role.
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Andrews
Flynn
Arizonahoma
Oklahoma
Leavenworth
Hook
Courier-Journal
Guthrie
United States
Washington
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Arizona
Dele
Cambridge
St. George
St. Andrew
Congress
Vermont
Kentucky
Samuel C. Reid
Betsy Ross
Roosevelt
Mount Vernon
Tomb of
Py Dent
Thia Epot
Potomac
Bunker Hill
Think About It The Bow ton Globe on Statehood and Joint Statehood
The Citizen excerpts Bow ton Globe views on Oklahoma and Indian Territory joining statehood. It argues southern territories chose joint statehood to avoid prolonged territorial status and to align with national opposition to westward statehood expansion. It urges Arizona and New Mexico to accept statehood to secure futures.
Debunking Buell and Roosevelt in a Nation of Jokes
A lengthy critique contrasts Col Augustus Buell’s history of John Paul Jones with Mrs Reginald De Koven’s charges that Buell forged letters and journals. It links past deception to political reform, cites Roosevelt’s Mount Vernon episode, and notes how packing-house scandals spurred action only after The Jungle and public pressure.
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Sir Robert Walpole
Col
Augustus C. Buell
Sir Robert
John Paul Jones
Col. Buell
Buell
Mre
Reginald de Koven
Washington
Franklin
Jones
Trom
Mras de Koven
Walpole
$10,000 Depot at Willard Highlighted in Santa Fe Plan
Special correspondence from July 2 reports the Santa Fe depot at Willard will be among the line’s largest. Concrete structure costing about 10,500 dollars signals major investment on the Belen cut off. Contracts for additional wells and a $250,000 pipe line between Willard and points east are noted, with Willard poised to become a key rail and water hub in New Mexico.
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Woard
N. O
Santa Fe
Willard
Beren
Texias
Belen
Eastern Railway of
New Mexico
Whilard
Willand
Valle
Epril
Rock Island
Wik Jard
Miss Stroeusenbeck Heads to Chicago After Visit
Local notes say Miss Stroeusenbeck, former trimmer at Madame Steward Lamb's millinery, will depart late this week for Colorado Springs to visit her mother then proceed to Chicago, where Madame Steward-Lamy will join her in August. Civil Engineer Pitt Ross reports an inch of rain this week, pleasing farmers and sheepmen in the Rio Grande valley. Deming merchant Lindauer and his two sons, Sampson and Herman, arrived from the west after visiting Harvard military school in Los Angeles and the Grand Canyon, then planned to continue on to Deming.
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Pitt Ross
Rio Granite Valley
Lindauer
Deming
Sampson
Herman Lindauer
Harvard Military School
Los Angeles
Willams
Grand Canyon
Patriot Lady Sparks Fourth of July Fireworks Incident
A patriotic woman alights from a train and lights fireworks on a depot platform despite city ordinances. She ceases temporarily after a warning, then detonates more as the train departs, defying lawmen who witness the act. Also notes notaries public appointed by Governor Hagerman: Edwin Greene of Roswell Chavez county and M F Cadogan of Clays Union county.
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Cithen
Hagerman
Edwin Greene
Roswell
Chavez County
M. F. Cadogan
Clay
Union County
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Bowton Globe
Leart
Mississippi
Acolong
Tfe
Neet Watehood
Arixone
Jolatare
Col. Roosevelt
London Lancet
New York
Appeal To Reason
Sinclair
Theodore Roosevelt
Cleveland
eani‘Merk
DB. Brown
Brown
America
Wieney
Eailor
Philadelphia
M. Mandell
Mcin Jtosh Hardware Company
Nako Building
the Co-Operative Building and Loar Association of
Albuquerque
Grant Block
H.H. Tilton
Secary
Dilgard
the Bank OF Commerce
W. E. Mauger
321 West Guides
Lbuquergu
Highland Pharmacy
East Railroad Ave
Faywood
Bilicke
MO. Mitchell
Hollenbeck
Calif
Beach Line
Hollenbeck Poor
The
Albuquerque Gas, Electric Light and Power Co
J. H. O'Reilly & CO
Albuquerque, N. M
Loudon
Jersey
Porterfield
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