Volume 9 , Issue 32

New State Notes - September, 1908

September 11, 1908... In a news article dated 9/11/1908, The Oklahoman, on pg. 4, "New State Notes" included these tidbits across the state in 1908.

"Talk about getting even -- the ladies have organized an auxiliary to the K. of P.'s at Ardmore. This is the real "woman's rights" movement.

"The Capron editor ate a 30-pound watermelon last Thursday and got out the paper. Such is the genus wasted on editorial labor in the new state.

"All Alva turned out to see a big negro escape through the sewer after some joker had circulated the report that workmen were digging it up, because a big negro from the jail had crawled into it seeking freedom. It was an ordinary break."
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