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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
4
The Tulsa Star pledges continued support for the common people in all questions affecting them and asserts its commitment to their side, criticizing political disputes as being full of potluck rhetoric and bias.
The piece condemns widespread social corruption in churches schools fraternal orders and homes. It argues pastors and church leaders are hypocritical and complicit in debauchery, urging a fearless searchlight on these abuses. The narrator predicts no relief soon and promises continuation in the next issue.
Quiet number of Negro baseball fans went down to defeat with the Philadelphias in the world series. The Boston club to win four straight in such a series would be a remarkable feat. Charley White of the Creek Parti ture Co. is highlighted as an encyclopaedia of the sport. Moore and Byas, young Negro men in Muskogee, hold responsible positions with white firms. Moore from Louisiana and Byas from Texas, both rising in their careers. Moore is a committed Baptist worker, and both heads of nice families. Mrs John Gratton will leave for Little Rock to join her husband.
Rev J V Kersh is in McAlester this week attending the State Baptist Convention.
We pay top prices for second hand furniture of all kinds. We carry feed from a Go-Cartop to fine bed room or parlor suites stoves heaters ranges coal wood or gas. Cheapest place in town to buy new and second hand furniture. Your credit is good here. 207 E 2nd Street A C Hawkins Prop. Phone 236.
Local tidbits relay gossip and brief notices from Muskogee area. Topics include alleged ballot irregularities on page one, upcoming weddings, school consolidations, staff moves, a notable editor’s death, civic group projects, prize ribbons, medical certificates, and family illness trips.
A Tulsa letter from Traders reports escalating angst in the flour market. Banks are blamed for consolidating power as debtors suffer while mills threaten contract cancellations. The note warns of price pressures and a push to compel shipments of flour priced at $2.50 per hundred, with rivals charging higher.
East Second St Muskogee lists Grand Lodge officers and district names for The G U of O Oklahoma Jurisdiction. Included are G M Jefferson Muskogee D G M El Reno S J White treas Ok magee S See y Wagoner and multiple local officers across the state.
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