City Officials May Hold Over Amid Election Law Debate
Oklahoma attorney general ruling says state primary and general election laws do not apply to special city or spring elections. City officials in larger cities may hold over until a fall election if a new law is enacted, with the league of municipalities expecting action before adjournment. The situation leaves many officers in limbo for another year.
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Charles West
Oklahoma
League of Municipalities
Rstelaka
Vineta
Oret Chow Ti Oklalomm
Wheat 15 Selling at One Dollar in Oklahoma
Okeene Oklahoma reports wheat prices rising as the Okeene Milling company announces it will pay one dollar for all wheat it can secure from farmers. Many farmers held last year’s wheat awaiting a better price, while much of the local harvest remains stored in granaries. Industry observers expect a large portion of the grain to move to market soon.
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Okeene
Oklahoma
Okeene Milling Company
Stop Marital Speculation Among Indian Minors
Guthrie Oklahoma February 17 The house considered Mussel Keys senate bill to forbid marriages under 18 and property acquired before marriage. Indian Territory features minors wed for land and oil holdings with parental consent.
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Guthrie
Okla
Mussel Keys
Senate
Indian Territory
Atute
Parenta
Giele
Noted Indian Chief Geronimo Dead at Fort Sill
Associated Press dispatch from Lawton Oklahoma reports Geronimo the noted Apache leader died at Fort Sill hospital this morning of pneumonia. He had been a prisoner of war for twenty three years after surrendering to General Nelson Miles following the Skeleton Canyon engagement.
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Associated Prem
Lawton
Oklo
Geronimo
Fort Sill
Ile
Twentyalx
Bla Band
Skeleton Canyon
Arizona
Nelson Miles
Waldester 10 to Launch New Democratic Daily Paper
Guthnie Olen Keb report a new daily newspaper of the Democratic faith to be formed in McAlester. A corporation with 10,000 shares will take over the Union Herald weekly. Jaggery of the Herald notes the consolidation behind the democratic daily venture led by McAlester party leaders and Tumlenn men.
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Guthnie
Olen
Keb
Pire Democratie
McAleater
Union Herald
Rittor 1
Jaggery
Terald
Gisleiene
Rat Ager
Papur
McAlester
Lina Ben
Weather Improves Across Southwest Amid Restored Services
Clearing weather and falling temperatures spread across the southwest today as telegraph and telephone service resume gradually. Railroad service shows marked improvement while the lake region storm shifts slowly eastward in the current outlook.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Lake
Enrollment in Oklahoma state schools reaches 297 075
A historical report notes 297 075 children enrolled in public schools across Oklahoma including 88 790 colored students and 45 845 white students. The data covers six to twenty one year olds and reflects territory history and district distributions under state administration.
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Guthrie
Okun
Web
Oklahome
Cameron
Lian Terriory
Counguet
Old Oldahors
Miss Barnard Returns to Guthrie for Reform Measures
Kate Barnard, Oklahoma state charities commissioner, arrived in Guthrie to urge the legislature to establish a penitentiary and reformatories. She supports an adult convict reformitory for ages 16 to 25, a boys industrial school, and a separate boys reform school, resisting combining reforms with other facilities.
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Guthrie
O&lo
Claremore
Kate Barnard
Joharities
Esbblsh
Ming Hornard
Segislature
Ind
Giehs
Reformatory
Industrial School
Carr Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Marion February 17 W T Carr, aged thirty, was found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing express messenger A Bailey aboard a Santa Fe express car between Marion and Newton in 1907. Carr, a friend of Bailey, was alleged to have entered the car and attacked Bailey with a hatchet to rob him. the first trial produced a hung jury.
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Associated Press
Marion
Kana
T. Carr
A. Bailey
Express
Newton
Carr
Bailey
Ber
Seismic Disaster Destroys Sixty Persian Villages
A Persian earthquake report from Teheran via Associated Press notes a violent quake on January location across Labastin province in Western Persia. About sixty villages were wholly or partially destroyed with widespread damage and upheaval among local communities.
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Teheran
Persia
Ata Hou
Labastin
Aye Middle
Annod
Earthquakes Disrupt Asiatic Turkey Collapses Reported
Earthquakes in Asiatic Turkey cause widespread collapse of government buildings and structures. At least thirty killed and many injured as tremors are felt across the region including Constantinople and adjacent districts. Officials struggle to assess damage amid ongoing aftershocks.
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Pri
Constantinople
Turkey
Athens
Not How Much 3 But How Good
Guthrie Oklahoma February 1 The Egger man bill for a joint home for Confederate and Union veterans passed the senate long ago but may be dead now The Oklahoma Confederate organization opposed the plan and favors funding ex Confederates by subscription Representative Mareick from Muskogee introduced a bill to locate Northwestern Normal at Muncore The message Carron apportions $100000 The Walton toll bridge project is approved for Take county The Redwithe bill seeks to reduce tax on rose production and cuts to five percent A campaign focuses on improving paths and fire safety policies The policy shift emphasizes not how much but how good in the second chamber’s work of December and related legislation
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Guthrie
Okla
Eggerman
Senate
Oklahoma
Iseften
Hagerman
Mareick
Muskogee
Northwestern Normal
Munkore
Carron
Bryon
Simmons
Board of Comity Comemissioner
Take
Walton
Arkin Fac
Henatar Yourser
Geof. Johnson
Gu. de
Nia
Senate Committee
Lan
Agricultural schools located in Guthrie and districts Oklahoma
Guthrie Okla Feb 11 The establishment of three more district agricultural schools in the state is approved by the house after final passage of the Higgs bill. Funds total 147000 for construction and maintenance through 1911. Schools to be in the Third Fourth and Fifth supreme court districts under the state board of agriculture, locations chosen by the board. Budget includes 50000 for buildings and equipment and 87000 for maintenance. Each school to receive 29000 for annual costs. Governor Hankett approved related appropriations for the prison board of control and other state expenses, with emergency clause. Debate and committee actions followed as legislators considered site selection and regulatory measures.
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Guthrie
Okla
Hilhigs
Senate
Fifth Supreme Court
Bowed of Agriculture
Howe
Boyle
Hankett
Dunn
Prison Board of Control Nine
Oklahoma
Kansas
Olghorna
Ollila Macriconora
Chickasha
Ardinane
Bng
Abe White
House
Atin
K. Benator
Committee On
Public Marines
Need of Prison Urged in Oklahoma Hearings
Fiuthrle Okla Feb 15 The state board of prison control met today and adopted a resolution urging the legislature to provide a modern prison. The measure calls for $200,000 to fund construction and asks lawmakers to consider the recommendations of the prison superintendent. Attorney General Wet opposed any immediate action.
Roosevelt May Be Subpoenaed In Conspiracy Trial
Indicted governors and Muskogee city officials face trial for conspiring to strand the government revenue. The defense seeks to subpoena President Roosevelt to testify about prior knowledge of a town deal, arguing a political plot tied to a former inquiry and reports by Special Examiner Dudley Vourke.
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Mircogee
Oita
Hal 18
Une Nowncedere Ovat
Roonevelt
Con
Haniel
Wewen
Haskell
Extra Session of Congress to Revise Tariff
An extra session of Congress will be convened on March 15 to revise the tariff. The date was announced today by the President, who authorized the statement.
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Congress
Washington
Dt, C
Keb
False Arrest Damages Sought After Deputy Arrest Case
In Muskogen County Oklahoma, two petitions seek 14 000 each for alleged false arrest and mistreatment by a man claiming to be a deputy in Hamacy's employ. The plaintiffs say they were seized at home during February and transported to Moreriton Arkansas before release. Mary Wert alleges injuries and reputational harm from the nighttime arrest and exposure to winter elements.
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Muckentee
Mary Wet
Willen Wilson
Joe Perry
Hamacy
Cty
More Riton
Arkansas
Mary Wert
Oesich
President Taft Becomes A Mason In Secret Meeting
President meets with Mason group at his brother’s fence in Washington. discussion reportedly touches cabinet appointments. Taft arrives from Washington and attends a routine initiation meeting of the Kowining Daige Masom, with other members present.
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Cliciniati
Taft
Washington
Frank HM
Font
Kowining Daige Et Masom
Six Die As Passenger Train Wreck Reported
An Associated Press dispatch from Murphysboro Indiana says a southern Illinois Central passenger train from Louisville to New Orleans wrecked six miles east of town. Six people killed and thirty injured reported though telegraph lines are down leaving details uncertain.
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Murphysboro
Ind
Tinos
Parkenger
Louie
New Orleana
Oklahoma Senate Busy With Appropriations Bill
Guthrie Ola Feb 17 The Oklahoma Senate debates the amended deficiency appropriation bill funding government for the year ending May 10. The committee reports several amendments and lists allocations for Governor’s office Secretary of State State Auditor Attorney General Superintendent of Public Instruction and other agencies including Supreme and Criminal Courts, State University, normal schools, and health programs with figures ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars.
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Guthrie, Ola
Senate
Hovernor
SUS
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chitet
Southwestern Normal
Maine
Normal Sanitarium
School For Mind
School For
State University
House of Representatives
Oklahoma Suffrage Blocked for Two Years in Senate Vote
Guthrie Okla August 18 Women’s suffrage legislation is out of the question for two years after a Senate vote 21 to 1 sustained an unfavorable committee report on Senator Yeager’s proposed amendment to grant suffrage.
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Guthrie
Okio
Oklahoma
Committee
Yeager
TDI
Aaskell McReynolds Case 18 Postponed
A postponed hearing in the Aaskell McReynolds case delayed further action. Judge at Lerner Hepiuea awaiting a clearer record as state aviation lines influence the ruling. The decision remains pending with no new date set.
Powell Eyewitnesses Probe Fatal Powder Explosion
In Stienville, O on February 18, three persons burned to death and others fatally injured when a powder explosion occurred at a home. The Associated Press reports the blast caused extensive damage and investigators seek the cause of the accident.
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Associated Prem. Stienville
First National Tariff Commission Convenes
A raw OCR fragment reports the First National Tariff Commission convening with delegates aiming to shape tariff policy. JW Van Clover of Br Lewle is described as presiding, though text is garbled and many names unclear.
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Ceruuture
JW van Clover
Lewle
Chase
Three Countries Would Conserve Resources Conference
Waenington DC Feb 1 delegates from the United States Canada and Mexico attended a North American conservation conference to discuss resource preservation. The session opened with remarks from officials and a focus on shared approaches to conserving energy and materials.
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Waenington
United States
Cagais
Mexico
Che Preston
Divorce Granted and Alimony Ordered in Lemp Case
Mrs Wm J Lemp Jr was awarded a divorce and alimony with custody arrangements and related support terms established by the court. The ruling specifies the ongoing obligation for alimony and the disposition of any marital assets as part of the divorce decree.
Taft Breakfast at the White House with Roosevelt
In Washington on February 1 President Taft joined President Roosevelt for breakfast at the White House. The meeting followed discussions on national matters and marked a cordial prelude to ongoing policy debates between the administration and the former president.
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Taft
White House
Western Farmers Organize a Union in Spokane
Washington Oregon and Idaho ranchers forming a combination to market grain, control over 36 million bushels, aims to eliminate middlemen and raise prices, with executive meetings in Spokane. The move draws 700 farmers supporting repeal of grain acts and a broader plan including local option measures and banking reforms.
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Spokane
Wash
Pebe
Washington
Tate
Oregon
Arnere’ Educational and Cooperative Union
Crown
Wiley
Pardele Post
Taelf
Baye
Thay
Seeelot
Girls Leap From Factory Window In Chicago Attack
A crowd of 320 workers at the Klotuly Manufacturing plant in Chicago fled after a shooting attack. The intruder forced entry and injured several people before police arrived. All workers escaped unhurt. property damage estimated at $300,000. The motive remains unknown.
Pennsylvania Banker Convicted of Bribery Scandal
A Pennsylvania banker, Wy Hoomey, linked to the National Bank, was found guilty in a bribery case. Rumsey charged with bribery. Klett accused of accepting seventeen thousand five hundred dollars to influence an ordinance favoring the bank as city depository.
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Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Pittwbure
National Bank
War Today
Rumsey
Bribl Councilonn
Jobo
Klett
Ity Fonda
Oklahoma Corporation Commission Seeks Ten Aid Road Help
In Cutrig Oklahoma on February 18 an effort to lower the cost of conveying culverts in road construction faced hearing. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has been hearing evidence from the railroads and their attorneys last week as it weighs proposed rate cuts to assist cheaper freight for this material.
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Cutrig
Okla
Oklahoma Corporation
Ion
Governor Haskell Wins Legal Battle in Oklahoma
In Cutie Oklahoma a legal dispute involving Governor C WN Haskell concluded with a ruling against the opposing party. The decision, issued today, remanded claims and set a damages grant of forty thousand dollars to be collected from the defendant.
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C. WN. Haskell
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Walester
NEW Democratic Daily Paper
W. T. Carr
Absiatic
Prison Board
Oklahoma Hay
Rooseveli
Munkogee
Ramsey
Muskogee County
Prenn
Fei
Aérionalines
Lerner
Hepiuea
Atrang
Kale
Hackell MacReynolde Welcune CIA
First National Tarriff Commission
Wm. J. Lemp, JR
Laila
Factory
Windons
Corporation Commission
United Today
York
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