Oklahoma Quail to Suffer Bombardment Wednesday
Guthrie Oklahoma on November 14 reports that Oklahoma quail season opens soon under new rules. The season runs November 16 to February 1 with tight restrictions, while prairie chickens grow scarce and ducks, snipes, and plovers attract hunters. Deer and wild turkeys open later with bag limits and horn rules in place.
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Guthrie
Okla
Athens General
Graham Burnham
Deep Fork Creek
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North Fork
Jack Fork
Choctaw
Farmers Meet to Organize Crale County Farmers Institute
An earnest drive to organize Crale county farmers begins November 15 in Vinita at 2 PM with state lecturer Elliott from the Oklahoma Farmer Institute. Additional meetings follow November 16 and 17 at various towns to boost cooperation and income, urging farmer families to attend.
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Vinita
Elliott
Tate
Oklahome Farnerk Institute
Maejacket
Im Welch
Kinnleon
Centralia
Entolia
Big Cabin
White Oak
Geo. M. Martin
Craig County Farmers Institute
Tiping practices under sleeping car companies examined
A New York court testimony reveals sleeping car porters earned 25 dollars monthly while tips brought about 75 dollars, effectively making workers one quarter wages and tipping the rest to the company. The piece urges readers to direct tips to the companies, not porters, noting vast profits and dividends. The report also notes Missouri Governor Hadley and Minnesota Governor Deneen dedicating a new Mississippi River bridge, the McKinley Bridge, with Archbishop Glennon blessing it before about three thousand guests.
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Sleeping
Ile
Sleeping Car Company
Sleeping Car Companiles
Haverhill Gazette
Hy Associated Press
St. Louis
Hadley
Missouri
Deneen
Miinels
Mississippi River
J. J. Glennon
St Louis
McKinley Bridg
Two Good Number Readings From The Companion
A brief promotion touts two excellent numbers of the beet reading selections from The Companion. It promises nearly three hundred entertaining stories, with famous contributing writers, and invites readers to subscribe for next year with free sample copies and a 1910 calendar.
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Berkeley St
Boston
Prohibition crack down in Wichita nets eighteen arrests
Wichita chiefs report eighteen drunkenness arrests from Sunday morning to 9 PM. Three liquor men are in the tolls. Assistant Chief W H Boston says monthly liquor shipments flood the city as police struggle to curb sales, mainly from private houses in residential areas, with bootleggers using these homes as headquarters.
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Wichita
Kans
W. H. Boston
Mexican Consul Watching Caddo County Affair
Associated Press reports Kansas City dispatch that Osecar Opet is not a Mexican, per Leon Gomez Mexican consul. Gomez says if Opet is the killer of Temple he is not Mexican and will watch Guthrie, Oklahoma developments. he may not travel to Oklahoma without orders. Also Guthrie notes the Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear a fee and salary law case involving Hathaway Harper and the state, challenging constitutionality and applicability.
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Kansas City
Osecar
Guthrie
Caddo County
Oklahoma
Okla
Supreme Court
Oklahoma County
Superior Court
E. E. Reardon
Hathaway Harper
District Court
Harper
Commercial Club to Fulf Fill Its Obligation on Woodcock Plant
The Commercial Club met recently and heard reports on the Woodcock building and the oil refinery site. President D H Wilson led the meeting. Secretary W H Deck reported 533 dollars received toward the oil refinery site and a motion urged immediate payment of Woodcock subscriptions to pay contractors and finalize turnover to Woodcock Manufacturing. A committee of A L Churchill, Dr Oliver Bagby, E N Ratcliff, S R Frazee, and W B Depue was named to secure the remaining funds. A vote of thanks for publishing the election returns was also granted.
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D. H. Wilson
W. H. Deck
Judge Gill
Woodcock Manufacturing Company
W. B. Depue
W. Day
Lee Barrett
Wilson
A. L. Churchill
Oliver Bagby
E. N. Ratcliff
S. R. Frazee
Mannly B. Updike
Haskell County Judge shoots his assailant
In Muskogee Oklahoma on November 1 county treasurer J C McBrayer was fatally shot by Haskell County Judge A L Beckett after a confrontation over election results. McBrayer, a re candidate, blamed Beckett for his defeat. Beckett is jailed on the shooting charge. The piece also comments on tariff policy and party promises.
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Haskell
Muskogee
Oklo
Haskell County
A. L. Beckett
McBrayer
Beckett
West says tests required in Oklahoma voting dispute
Guthrie Nov. 11 Attorney General Charles West denounces District Attorney John Embry s ruling that affidavits by negroes may qualify at voters and calls for felony prosecutions for those who aided or voted under such affidavits He criticizes United States attorney s advisory as misleading and states state authorities must interpret laws first while opposing plans to discard precincts with ineligible negro votes under the grandfather clause He notes county boards have only tabulation duties if returns appear regular.
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Guthrie
Okla
Charles West
John Embry
United States
West
The Fool and Life's School of Love
Poem by Chatlea B Mitchell reflects on life as a strenuous school where scholars chase knowledge yet miss the core truth. Despite college learning and mastery of science and languages, the speaker concludes that the greatest truth is love, without which the learned man remains a fool.
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Chatlea
Mitchell
Five wounded in battle in saloon near Chicago
Three masked men attempted a hold up at Louis Belmont’s saloon in Cicrovo near Chicago. A wild west revolver battle followed leaving five shot, two fatally, including Policeman John Maine who was shot five times. Belmont and Fred Cobb were also hit. One bandit was fatally shot. others escaped.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louis Belmont
Cicrovo
Tohn Maine
Belmont
Millie Coller
Fred Cobb
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