Gettyburg Anniversary Letter Urges Union Tribute
A 1912 Gettysburg commemorative letter from I H Trimble of the Grand Army of the Republic invites United Confederate Veterans to join in a centennial celebration. The missive envisions reconciliation, peace monuments, and shared national progress, urging unity at the battlefield ceremony in July 1912.
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Grand Army of the Republic
United Confederate Veterans
Corse
Lehelf
United Confederate
H. Trimble
Letter from Watsila Chieftain on Bob Nix clerk race
A letter discusses Bob Nix announcing for county clerk in Craig County. Voters are urged to support a sober candidate in the August primary and avoid “drunk” influence at the courthouse. The writer recalls Nix as a good man in the past but questions current conduct.
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Bob Nix
Vinita
Bob
Gosh
McBride
Arkansawer
Chieftain
Craig County
Centralia
Davenport Bill Likely to Issue Seminole Land Patents
Washington May 6 The house Indian affairs committee reported Representative Davenport's bill directing the Interior secretary to issue land patents in the Seminole country with the aim of removing chaotic conditions. Few patents have been issued, causing tax resistance and halted development, though Interior opposes loosening restrictions. Patents would enable clear titles and broader land dealings, boosting prosperity.
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Washington, D. C
House Indian Affairs Committee
Davenport
Secretary of Interior
Seminole County
Department of Interior
Oklahoma
Tulsa hosts annual Oklahoma Bankers convention event
Tulsa Oklahoma May 3 elaborate entertainment planned for 1,200 bankers and families attending the Oklahoma Bankers association annual convention May 10 and 11. Notables from St Louis Kansas City Chicago and New York to address finance and amusement topics. The Hyec hka Musical club brings Victor Herbert orchestra to the opera house May 10 with matinee and night shows. A baseball game and a ten round boxing bout are scheduled and the new ten story Tulsa hotel opens to the public Thursday night.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma Bankers’ Association
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
Hyechka Musical Club
Victor
Herbert
Opera House
Peta Shaungnessy
Fort Worth
Art Magirl
Bartlepville
Maryland Primaries Show Clark Roosevelt In Tight Race
Baltimore May 6 The Maryland presidential primaries yield Clark leading in Democratic delegates with 72 to Wilson 44 and Harmon 9 in doubt. Roosevelt tops Taft 66 to 63 in Republican tallies. City results favor Clark in Baltimore with a strong Democratic organization showing, while Roosevelt leads in the GOP despite Harmon votes. Delegates bound to support chosen candidates in the national convention.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Theodore Roosevelt
Champ Clark
Roosevelt
Taft
Clark
Wilson
Flarman
Prince Georges County
Baltimore City
Harmon
New Jersey
William F. Stone
Oklahoma Leading State Industries in Thirteenth Census
A May 7 bulletin outlines Oklahoma manufacturing growth to 1910, detailing 2510 establishments, 18,044 employed, $53.68 million output, $19.53 million value added, and fuel-driven expansion from oil and gas. Includes context on national share and wages. Also mentions party delegates and state convention effects.
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Washington, D.C
Oklahoma
Loy
Durand
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce and Labor
Whi. M. Steuart
United States
State Industry Overview 1909 Employment and Output
The 1909 state industry report highlights flour milling and suistail products as leading manufacturing, employing 842 wage earners and yielding 19,144,000 dollars in products, about 30.7 percent of the state's total. It notes growth in goat-mill and gristmill outputs 1899-1909, oil extraction/refining, lumber and whiher products, and a rapid rise in logging related firms. Printing and publishing totaled the most establishments and high worker counts after lumber.
Oklahoma lead and zinc production in 1911 report
United States Geological Survey summarizes Oklahoma ore output for 1911 showing 19 1 925 tons of lead, a rise from 1910, while spelter production fell to 2247 tons. Nationally, lead output rose 3.4 percent and zinc declined due to smelter price offers.
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J Lead and Zinc
Oklahoma
C. H. Siebenthal
United States Geological Survey
United Staton
United States
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Lce
Miami
Stormy Session of City Fathers
The regular monthly city council meeting turned turbulent as a plan to cut polio force drew strong reactions from the mayor and Aldermen. Several sidewalk petitions and a bridge project for Bull Creek were referred to the improvement committee, with a probable special meeting and vote on funding. R. J. Wright was elected to fill a council vacancy after Jasper Martin’s removal. the meeting adjourned near midnight without approving the finance ordinance due to opposition on bridge funding.
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Atatates
North Brown Street
Bull Creek
Third Treateid Sequoyah Avenue
Noto
Lcense
Peddiers
Vinita
Busey
Ox Street
Ecouncil
Basey
Marrs
Davin
R. J. Wright
Jasper Martin
Reyal Finance
Card of Thanks from Worhfle and Families
We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and assistance during our late bereavement. W. E. WORRIBLE AND FAMILY, L. A. WANDERS AND BYP LANDERS
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W. E. Worrhle
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Gettyoburg
Watsila
Bill
Harmory
The
Census Bureau
von Witter
W. L. Petasen
Milford-Berger
Bankers Vrecienceess
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