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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1920
Page
8
The readable fragments reference a pledge to virtue and happiness, mentioning principles and a promise to uphold faith and social order. Names and clear events are obscured by garbled OCR, yielding a vague civic or ceremonial aim without concrete details.
The document urges voters to support James M. Cox for president and Franklin D. Roosevelt for vice president, arguing the Democratic ticket offers stability and capable leadership. It contrasts the party with opponents and emphasizes public service, constitutional values, and a strong newspaper tradition.
The piece extols Abraham Lincoln and urges reverence for laws. It lauds Judge Williams and other county judges for integrity and fairness. It estimates Oklahoma voters as forty thousand with shifts toward various parties, describing political dynamics and racial rhetoric of the era.
The passage notes that people across the country show they can apply common sense to politics and religion. It argues they prefer living and planning for life over merely preparing to die and acknowledges that many friends are not in the Republican party.
The piece praises a Marton grammar school commencement where colored and white children coexist with little prejudice. It notes a top student, a night-dressed girl, and describes balanced honors among races, warning that schooling and society may erode this natural democracy through later education and societal pressures.
The Army and Navy Journal reports an organized effort to free all Negro soldiers of the 4th Infantry jailed for participation in the Houston raid of August 1917. Pollock in Kansas City, Kansas, represents 30 soldiers in federal penitentiaries at Fort Leavenworth. 41 were convicted at court martial, two died since. The journal notes the U.S. was not at war then, so no war-law violation occurred.
On Tuesday evening June 2 Madam Lettie T Partee a Tulsa teacher and John Seward a Tuskegee graduate and electrician wed at the bride's home with Dr C R B Tucker officiating The bride wore georgette dress pink satin slip and a long white veil with pearl bandolier A large bouquet of white sweet peas accompanied by Miss Artie Oretta Lacey The Hithe Mower girl carried pink sweet peas and a veil Expected details of the reception follow in later report.
The ceremony featured many gifts for the newlyweds with Mrs p Limberman and Mrs Kinard offering notable items. Attendees included Mrs Grayson, Dr S Sinvetly, Mr and Mrs Gavers, Mr and Mrs Harney Cleavers, and Miss Caroline Robertson among others, as the couple departed for Malvit Wisconsin.
In Duluth on June 14, a mob lynched three innocent African Americans. Investigations reveal no evidence Irene Tusken was raped by any Black man. Authorities indict the incident as a travesty on humanity, law, and justice, blaming hoodlums and a weak police department.
Jing Nance, a peace officer in Okmulgee, was seriously wounded when he accidentally discharged his revolver while lying down Tuesday. The bullet passed through his body, damaging a lung. Initial hopes for recovery were held, with prospects gradually improving.
Records from Tuskegee Institute show 12 lynchings in the first half of 1920, all Black victims and most charged with rape. The figure is 17 fewer than 1919 and 33 fewer than 1918, with 29 and 45 respectively.
Fragmented OCR text lists states and names in a damaged record about lynching events. Readable items mention Kentucky Kansas South Carolina Texas and individuals or titles, but content is garbled, making precise facts unclear. The piece appears to be a historical notice or listing from a 19th or early 20th century American newspaper.
In Pulva County Oklahoma on July 1 1120 a publication notice informs Hiechatilson Malet defendant of a divorce suit filed by the plaintiff on grounds of abandonment. The defendant must answer by August 25 1020 or the court will grant divorce and dissolve the marriage. Clerk Jno D Porter and deputy K Spellman notarize the record with attorney Hh AL Giress listed.
Resident physician at Bellevue Hospital New York is M Russell Nelson Db a recent University of Pennsylvania graduate. He follows the hospital's first colored interne hired last year. The ad also notes hotel Givens and a real estate loan offer from Elgin Muskogee Oklahoma with contact details.
Tulsa area retailer Elliott and Hooker announces four large stores in Okmulgee and Muskogee areas offering clothing shoes ladies wear millinery home goods and mail order depart ment recently added. Write for catalogue from 124 N Greenwood St Tulsa Oklahoma call Usage 7682.
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