Negro cook sparks mob pressure against LeFlore in Fort Smith
In Fort Smith Arkansas a mob threatened to blow up Chet LeFlore s house and kill inmates over his hiring a 15 year old black boy from Memphis as a cook. Officers dispersed the crowd and LeFlore refused to dismiss the worker despite warnings and prior attacks on the boy.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Stigler
Okla
Chet LeFlore
Memphis
Tenn
le Flore
Frank Felbrecht
LeFlore
British squadron sails for Moroccan waters
AP Madrid Aug 2 report says the situation at Milla is unchanged with Moors hidden in gorges. Mount Garaga, a Moorish stronghold, is under constant bombardment by Spanish artillery as British cruisers Lancaster and Suffolk join four torpedo boat destroyers and sail for Moroccan waters.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Milla
Mount Garaga
Lancaster
Suffolk
Moroccan
Old Bank Charter Held Still Valid
Guthrie Ohio August 2 A Guthrie National Bank seeks to form a state bank under an old charter. The Bank of Indian Territory charter, issued May 31 1892, may be revived for a $50 000 capital bank. Attorney General says dissolution steps were not taken but may allow revival with formal advice.
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Guthrie
Ohio
Guthele National Bank
Old Bank of Indian Territory
Bank Coromivetower
A. M. Young
Bank of Indian Territory
Guthrie National
Ita
Sidewalk Obstruction Violates City Law Vinita Ordinance
Ordinance 268 of Vinita bars placing boxes signs or stoves on sidewalks except in the footway beside buildings. Violation is a misdemeanor with a fine from 5 to 26 dollars. The Bunl nea district reports widespread flouting. enforcement urged to prevent wholesale sidewalk obstruction by merchants.
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Vinita
Bunl Nea
Board of Agriculture Reports Semiannual Expenditures to 1909
Guthrie Oklahoma July 20 The state board of agriculture reports to Governor Haskell its detailed semiannual expenditures under the first legislature appropriation act covering nineteen and a half months ending July 1 1909 Total appropriations stood at 10026250 with 48700 for livestock inspectors eradication work and board dues printing and per diem The board returned over 18000 unexpended reflecting prudent public spending County farmers institutes cost 4607 24 with every county organized except Love and Harmon Nine thousand copies of the biennial report were printed and quarterly and monthly crop reports issued An August 10 Stillwater meeting will elect three board members from county institutes and present a broad program of progress across all board activities.
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Guthrie
Ohio
State Board of Agriculure
Chas, F Barrett
Haskell
Board of Agriculture
Love
Harmon
State Institute
Stillwater
Tax Rate Compared With Old Rate in Guthrie Story
An elderly farmer in Guthrie denounces Oklahoma tax increases under the Democratic administration. Dialogue explains state tax rate at two and a half mills, plus one quarter mill for schools, and compares current $450 state tax on an $1,800 assessment to territorial levies and related costs. The piece ends with the farmer reacting with incredulity.
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Missouri
Oklahoma
Little Riple
Defeat Faces Report of Conferees in Senate
Washington Aug 2 The tariff conference faces defeat in the Senate over the Hide and Leather compromise known as the Toker. Conferees will reconvene at one to prepare an official explanation of the schedule. The president allegedly declared the amendment language on boots and shoes is as agreed by himself Aldrich and Payne. A supposed Joker in the Weather schedule was dismissed as absurd.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
Aldrich
Payne
Government report on cotton crop condition
Washington reports a July 26 cotton crop condition at 1.9 percent of normal, down from 74.6 percent a month ago, 80 percent three years ago, and near the ten year average of 80.6 percent. The Agriculture Department announced the figures today.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
Automobile Insurance Ad for Fire Theft and Explosion
Automobile insures your car against fire theft or explosion. Includes coverage for a local building auditorium balancing terms.
Democratic Economy Criticized At Guthrie
Guthrie Oklahoma August 2 The Republican press of Lee state pretends to be very dissatisfied with the economy practiced by the Democratic administration The State Capital is vociferous in declaiming its contempt for the Democratic fraud It recalls that the Capitol previously paid three dollars per volume for printing the Supreme Court reports and now the work is done for eighty Whevents The article argues this shows why the State Capital objects to the economy.
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Guthrie
Okla
Aum
Lee State
Supreme Court
Lydia Howland Taken to Chandler for Prisoner Hearing
Sheriff reports Lydia Howland a state convict to be moved to Chandler for an August 10 hearing to test the state's right to detain her. Her lawyers claim no record of conviction exists and contend she is illegally held.
Ghutehills Visit St Louis During Upcoming Visit
A. L. Ghutehill and daughter Miss Helen have traveled to St Louis for a family visit.
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A. L. Ghutehill
Miss Helen
St. Louia
Propose 10 Enact Bill This Week
Washington D C Aug 2 Unless something happens to provoke heated discussions of a policy character the new tariff bill should be enacted into law and the extraordinary session of congress adjourned before the end of this week The senate met at 10 oclock this morning The session probably will begin at this hour each day and will continue until 7 oclock p m daily until the report be adopted Senator Aldrich is determined that the conference report shall not be carried over into next week He does not expect to occupy very much time himself or is probable that senators who were opposed to the placing of hides on the free list will have something to say and that all of the republicans who voted again at the jp when it was on its passage in the senate will take occasion to explain their action Senator Culberson leader of the minority is authority for the statement that the democrats will debate the conference report thoroughly but will not filibuster against its adoption.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Aldrich Ja
Culberson
Opium and Cocaine Threat to the Nation
A historical piece condemns opium and cocaine harms, urging U S action at home before urging international discussions in The Hague. It argues cocaine poses greater danger than opium and urges federal and state authorities to control the drug domestically to avert a nationwide crisis.
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F Knight
H.R. Warner
A. Davidson
Sec. and
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Homa
Pond
Farmers National Bank
the Farmers State Bank
Cal
Fateort Building
F. M. Gwinnup
Son Vinita, Chlahoma
Fahsead
Ing le
Chicago
Lear Ontely
Au Cricugranean
Lrescriptier
Paris
Copal
Va Ares
Pei
Ee Bates
Wilson
Ai Ecuattl
Cycle Company
United States
Lydia Howland
Chandler
Kansas City
Claude Brooks
Sidney Herndon
Taylor
Tex
Herndon
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Hertdon
Wanhngton
Universal Fellowship
The
Hague
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