Oklahoma Statehood Era and Urban Boom Profile
The piece chronicles Oklahoma as a new state entering the union with about 1.4 million by census, noting large Indian presence, then shifts to rapid Oklahoma City growth from a handful of buildings on launch day to a 45,000 population, booming industry, 2,347 factories, 1,176 jobbing houses, and vast resources. It highlights Guthrie, Tulsa, Muskogee and others rising alongside 250,000 farms, home ownership dominance, and strong investment in land.
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Oklahoma
Now
Indian Territories
Union
Redman
Maine
California
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Station
Santa Fe
United States Quartermaster’s House
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Guthrie
Tulsa
Ardmore
Lawton
Shawnee
Enid
South McAlester
Vinita
FE Reno
Oklahoma's New State Aims at Growth and Resources
The state leans Democratic in politics as Governor Haskell leads with a 27,000 vote majority. Oklahoma, with about 250,000 voters, shows 10,000 to 15,000 negro voters, a 20,000-prohibition majority, and a diverse mix of settlers. Notable figures include T. P. Gore, J. J. McAlister, and Charles West, with Republicans limited to one delegate in Congress. The piece catalogs schools, lands, oil, coal, manufacturing, and vast agricultural potential across the Panhandle, promising rapid settlement and strong economic prospects.
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Oklahoma
C. M. Haskel
Muskogee
Haskell
Ohio
George Bellamy
el Reno
Bill” Cross
Oklahoma City
William Cross
J.B. Menefee
Anadarka
Charles West
Enid
Commissioners of Corporations
J. J. McAlister
Senate
T. P. Gore
Mississippi
Robert Lee Owen
Virginia
Bird S. McGuire
Congress
E. L. Fulton
Fulton
Oregon
James S. Davenport
Charles D. Carter
Scott Fairns
Demographics Note on Oklahoma City's Population
Metropolis of New State notes Oklahoma City as the largest city on the Oklahoma side with a growing population. The brief outlines urban scale and regional significance for state planning and governance.
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New State
Oklahoma Side
Oklahoma City
Fine State University and Oklahoma public education system
The head of the public school system of Oklahoma heads the state university at Norman open to all students. It includes arts and sciences, medicine, applied science, pharmacy, mines, fine arts, and a preparatory school. The 60 acre campus overlooks the South Canadian river, with University Hall built five years ago for 70 000 dollars. The Science Hall is 63 by 125 feet of gray brick, plus a Carnegie library and a 55 by 100 foot gymnasium. Two engineering labs, two anatomical labs, and four other buildings, with additional institutions statewide including a state agricultural and mechanical college, three normal schools, a college preparatory school, a colored agricultural and normal university, and Chilocco School for Indian youth on a vast reservation.
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Chilocco
America
Oklahoma
Glenn Pool
Tulsa
Red Fork
Mounds
Texas Line
Arkansas
Salt Fork
Cimarron
Wachita
Red
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Louisiana Purchase
Fine State University
State Universty
Norman
School of Mines
University Hall
Science
University
Andrew Carnegie
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Colored Agricultural and Normal University
Color Line Drawn in Oklahoma Schools
The board of education oversees instruction with the state superintendent as president and the governor secretary of state and attorney general as ex officio members. A color line separates negro and white schools with equal accommodations, and education is compulsory.
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Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Secretary of State
Oklahoma
Passing of the Indian and the birth of Oklahoma
The piece traces Oklahoma’s opening to settlement in the 1880s as white pioneers pressed into Indian Territory. It notes clashes with soldiers, the branding of outlaws, the rush to found Oklahoma City, and the transfer of land from Indian Territory to Oklahoma Territory until statehood. It mentions the remaining reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Middle West
Congress
Texas
Greer County
Colorado
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma City
Above Sea Level Mean Heights and Ocean Depths
The text states the mean land elevation above sea level as 2,500 feet and the mean ocean depth as 12,480 feet according to scientists. It presents these figures as global averages from scientific geographers.
Texas Is Undoubtedly the Coming State Panhandle Promise
An analysis asserts Texas will become a leading farming region, highlighting Sherman and Dallam counties as key growth areas. The piece argues the Panhandle will rise as a major agricultural powerhouse in the United States.
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Texas
Panhandle
Great Union
Sherman and
Dallam Counties
Notice to Quiet Title in Jefferson County Iowa
State of Iowa Jefferson County notice to Sabert Scott Margaret Ann Scott James Dyer James H Dyer and unknown devisees heirs at law and unknown claimants of five acres off the east side of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter section 19 township 71 north range 9 Jefferson County Iowa you are hereby notified that thené
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State of Iowa
Jefferson County
Sabert Scott
Margaret Ann Scott
James Dyer
James H. Dyer
Township Seventy-One
Iowa
Amended Partition Suit Notices in Jefferson County Iowa
The court case No 4736 in Jefferson county Iowa involves Eliza McMullen Samuel McMullen Mattie Carmichael Effie Coppoe William E McMullen and Cora Crowner as plaintiffs in a chancery action seeking to confirm title to five acres and other real estate and to correct deed descriptions with a plan to bar unknown heirs and claimants. The defendants must appear by noon April 2 1908 at Fairfield to avoid default with publication of this notice in the Fairfield Tribune for four consecutive weeks.
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District Court
Jefferson County
State of
Iowa
Eliza McMullen
Samuel McMullen
Mattie Carmichael
Effie Coppoe
William E. McMullen
Cora Crowner
Fairfield
J. D. Jones
Fairfield Tribune
Keeping Open House and Feeling Well
advertisement noting welcome open house and claiming Dr King s New Life Pills regulate stomach liver and bowels so one feels good. mentions availability at F S Shriner s drug store and a February date.
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Dr. King
F. S. Shriner
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Falkléid National Bank
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L. J. Marcy
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Charles Spee
Wesley Cassel
Iowa State Savings Bank
J. E. Roth
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E.A. Howard
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McKenney
Ed. Hunt
Geo. W. Ball
R. F. Ratcliff
W. A. Lamson
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Wm. U. Hawk
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A. F. Cassell
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August Wailgren
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Adam Messer
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Hester Parrett
Lee T.gobble
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Dr. W. Fordyce
W. G. Ross
P. H. Roth
John Roth
Mary Kyle
Annie Lamson
Dillon Turney
C. P. Hague
M. D. Rodabaugh
L. W. van Nostrand
London
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John B. Stever
Thos. Crawford
C. M. Junkin
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