Taft Machine Panic In Pennsylvania Blues
Washington April reports say the Taft machine in Pennsylvania is panicking over Taft’s nomination. Bosses led by Penrose fear a Democratic result and seek uninstructed delegates to negotiate a deal at Chicago, with Roosevelt forces pressing hard in Philadelphia and other counties.
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Winfield Jones
Washington
Taft Machine
Pennsylvania
Taft
Oliver
Teter
Penrose
Pennsylvans
Chicago
Berry
Pattison
Santo Domingo
Gibraltar
Penrose State Machine
Wright
Roosevelt
E. M. Bigelow
Pitterburg
Oliver Machine
William Fans
Bigelow
Big Boss
Magee
Philadelphia
Yabel
Penrose Organisation
New York
Massachusetts
Roming
Death of Mrs Weaver at Fairland home
Mrs Mary Weaver Delaware Indian died at her daughter’s home in Fairland at 2 am. She lived in Vin tx and nearby for over 30 years, reared a large family and had many friends. Interment will be held here tomorrow.
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Weaver
Mary Weaver
Fairland
Millions to Jacks Seventy Thousand Loggers and Horses Employed
A Bangor Maine article previews a vast New England forest campaign this winter. Seventy thousand men and twenty two thousand horses will harvest pine cedar spruce hemlock and birch totaling about two and a half billion feet. The pulp wood stock rises while river drives shift to large trees and rail served camps. Steam and electric logging machines begin to replace horse power as headwaters like the Kennebec Penobscot and Aroostook advance the industry.
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Bangor
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ma‘se
Kennebec
Penobscot
Aroostook
Congress balks at funding federal liquor law in Oklahoma
In Muskogee Oklahoma the state argues it should pay for enforcing prohibition in forty old Indian Territory counties. Justice says no funds are available and deputy marshals on a fee structure fear arrears. Arrests slow as officials wait for quarterly pay and possible funding shifts.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Department of Justice
Washington
United States
Grant Victor
Department F Justice
Cbme
Farmer boy nets big crow bounty with elm shade trick
In Cottonwood Falls Kansas a Matfield youth claims a clever harvest by letting crows gather under elm shade trees. He earned 32.20 for 644 crow heads. he had sometimes used strychnine to speed kills with the county bounty of five cents per crow. A separate London case reports a chambermaid shot in the back by a revolver found in a guest’s trunk. The court ruled that toying with revolvers did not fall under the employer’s liability act.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Matfield
George Golten
Golden
London
West London
Gwendales Vaughn
South Kensington
Gwendolen
Gwendolyn
Eldest Citizen Coasts At 83 With Youthful Companion
In Rochester area, George H. Comstock aged 83 celebrated his birthday by coasting downhill on a Toronto toboggan with Miss Mary Harvey aged 19. Neighbors and Ogden Center Presbyterian Church members viewed the scene with surprise, noting Comstock’s expert handling despite the age gap.
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Rochester
N. Y
Ogden Center
Prefers Eggs to Jewels in Baltimore Home Invasion
Baltimore police arrest a 5 year old boy after a break in at John B. Browns 300 North Sticker street home. Patrolman Daly notices a broken window and confronts the suspect with a pistol drawn after seeing a quantity of cars and concludes eggs are valued over silver and jewels.
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Baltimore
James Frisby
John B. Brown
North Sticker Street
Daly
Bathes In 800 Gallons Tub In New York Home
Ellison BN Cooper of Au Sable Forks New York has a new porcelain bathtub measuring 7 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 4 inches by 4 feet and holding 800 gallons of water. It weighs 1940 pounds and requires steel girders for support. Cooper stands six feet four inches tall and weighs about 400 pounds. The article also notes medieval doors and defenses and explains their narrow passage and recess design.
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Au Sable Forks
N. Y
Ellison BN
Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Mother's Day Proclamation by Governor Lee Cruce
Oklahoma Governor Lee Cruce proclaims Sunday May 12 1912 as Mother's Day to honor mothers. Proclamation notes the text was largely written by Lorena Cruce and urges wearing white carnations in remembrance of mothers.
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Lee Cruce
Lorena Cruce
Earth
Heaven
Lee Crace
State of
Oklahoma
State of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Benjamin F. Harrison
More Candidates for Congress from Oklahoma State
Oklahoma City April 7 Leslie P. Hoss of Lawton former member of the second Oklahoma legislature and former gubernatorial candidate in the Democratic primary announces a run for Congress at large. Ross, a former chairman of the Oklahoma Territorial Democratic Organization and land office receiver, also seeks the seat. Judge J B A Robertson of Chandler, former Lincoln Pettis district judge, joins the field, having earlier served in the supreme court commission and district bench and been active in Odd Fellows circles.
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Oklahoma City
Leslie P. Hoss
Lawton
Oklahoma Legislature
Congress
Ross
Oklahoma Territorial Democratic Organization
Statehood
Oklahoma Land Office
Longressman
J. B. A. Robertson
Chandler
Supreme Court Commission
Justice Kane
Roberson
Lincoln-Pottawatomie
Robertson
Odd Fellows
National Troubledous to benefit Episcopal church in Vinita
Home Talent Production brings eighty person cast to the Vinita opera house next Monday night April 15 for the Episcopal church benefit. Professional director Miss Helen Line leads rehearsals nightly at the high school auditorium. A big local talent event promised to be the greatest ever in Vinita. An up to date stock of merchandise offered to trade for land or property in Vinita. Inquire at Chieftain office.
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Vinita
Episcopal Church
Helen Line
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