Census Costs and Privacy Debate Shaped 1920 Plan
Washington April 17 Congress faces multi million dollar 1920 census funding. Director Rogers outlines plans covering population and trade inquiries with costs 20 to 22 million and 10.44 million for population. Debate centers on safeguarding confidentiality and use by courts or governors.
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Washington
Congress
Rogers
Census Bureau
Bureau
Tanners Council
United States
Fuel Administration War Trade Board
County Court Docket Faces Guilty Pleas at Monday Session
Judge Orel Busby presided as Clyde Mattox pled guilty to vagrancy with $50 and costs. Arthur High also pled guilty to vagrancy with $100 and costs. Jim Price pleaded guilty to liquor with sentence to be passed later. Henry Ginnis pled guilty to unlawful possession with $50 and 30 days.
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Vaily
Orel’ Busby
Clyde Mattox
Arthur High
Jim Price
Henry Ginnis
Quiet Comeback Joke Stirs Dinner Table
A husband tries a lame joke about a surgeon finding a young man in a girl's eye. The wife, silent at first, responds that it would depend on the man. some could be seen through easily. The remark hints at wit and irony in a domestic exchange cited by the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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Pittsburg
Cullins Aids Red Cross With Artesian Well Water
T. E. Cullins assists Red Cross by supplying headquarters with water from his artesian well, a practical gesture praised by local volunteers and officials.
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T. E. Cullins
Red Cross
Chiropractor Malpractice Jury Awards Ten Thousand
Deseret News reports a ten thousand dollar default judgment in James Holm v Freenor and Freenor Chiropractic. Judge J L Brown of the Third District Court found for the plaintiff over alleged malpractice harming the three year old daughter, causing paralysis. The column urges state board exams for doctors and warns against diploma mills and unqualified chiropractors.
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Deseret News
Salt Lake City
J. L. Brown
Third District Court
James Holm
F. J. Freenor
Freenor
Order Coal Now to Secure War Fuel Supply
United States Fuel Administrator Garfield warns all households utilities and industries to place coal orders for the 12 months starting April 1. Delaying risks shortages and higher costs. borrow money in spring to pay for coal and enlarge storage if needed. Government agencies stand ready to assist, but consumers must act now to avoid repeating last winter's suffering.
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Fuel Administration
Oklohoman Flour Shared With Allies Reported
Reports from across Oklahoma indicate residents are sharing flour with soldiers and allied forces engaged in national battles as well as their own. The State Food Administration gathers this information to document wartime generosity and support.
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Pood Administration
Big Hotels Ban Wheat Policy Spreads Worldwide
The county’s large hotels vow to use no wheat products through September 1, removing wheat from menus as a show of sacrifice. The note contrasts food rules across nations with rich classes evading or embracing restrictions, and asserts American followship of allied examples.
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Germany
France
England
America
Grain rules enforced by new Kansas City bureau
A zone enforcement bureau is established with headquarters at Kansas City to detect and punish grain rule violations from marketing to retail. All evidence will be sent to Kansas City instead of Washington as a vigorous policy against dishonest practices and careless dealers is inaugurated with faster punishment.
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Kansas City
Washington
Flour Returns Flood Beaver and Adjacent Counties
Beaver County reports 1 500 sacks of flour returned by surplus holders under government command at a price it will fix. Pittsburg County yields its surplus flour and McAlester merchants struggle to handle the returned supply.
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Beaver County
Pittsburg County
McAlester
Home Guards Act Targets Wheat Hoarding in Cleveland County
In Cleveland County home guards with the county food administrator visited farmers to discourage hoarding of wheat. They enforced the view that disloyalty includes hoarding, and pledged to stamp out disloyalty. Large amounts of wheat have already been marketed in the county.
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Cleveland County
Farmers Sell Wheat Across West State Counties
Farmers haul in grain in excess of seed demand as government calls for wheat marketing. Grant County reports substantial sales with more wheat expected as farmers respond to the need.
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Grant County
Wealthy urged to lead in food conservation drive
The county food program asks sacrifice from all, starting with the wealthy. Those with means can buy fewer scarce foods as Mr. Hoover urges rich classes to adopt the rules first for success.
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Hoover
People of Means
Food briefs urge wartime rationing and thrift in Grimes County
Community notes celebrate wheat flour surrender to the Food Administration and pledge no wheat flour until after the next harvest. Citizens are urged to eat substitutes, plant more potatoes beans and onions, and consider federal ration guidelines of six pounds flour and three sugar per person per month. The piece contrasts German losses with American resilience and mentions a temporary ban on meat until April 1936.
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Grimes County
Texas
United States Food Administration
Germany
America
Sebastian County
Arkansas
Food Administration
Oklahoma
Fitzhugh notes and local updates from Pontotoc County
Miss Edith Bibb is on the sick list and Ed Cartwright suffers appendicitis. Families travel to Oklahoma City while rains aid farmers. Pres Majors buys the P A Norris farm near Fitzhugh. Jack Price Jr. boards here to pursue education ahead of a future fortune. Liberty Loan honor flag arrives as $12,400 in subscriptions beat an $11,000 quota. Road improvements update and plans for a Chimney Hill route. Also, a court notice: hearing set June 6, 1918 for Rossey Frazier real estate sale with publication notices ordered.
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Edith Bibb
Ed Cartwright
Cass Hill
Norris Wesson
Oklahoma City
Pres Majors
P. A. Norris
Fitzhugh
Jack Price, Jr
Dr. Overton
Lawrence Depot
Overton
Wes Hattox
Cas Hill
Hattox
Hill
Lawrence
Chimney Hill
Ada
State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Rossey Frazier
A. H. Constant
A. D
Czernin in High Favor With Press of Vienna
Vienna papers praise Count Czernin for making peace with Russia and hint at potential return to office. Fremdenblatt commends his enhanced Austria's prestige, Reich Post cites a strong successor, and Wiener Tageblatt urges continuity with Berlin's confidence.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Count Czernin
Russia
Roumania
Fremdenblatt
Austria
Reich Post
Wiener Tageblatt
Berlin
Francis Frisco work and crops rise with rain
Francis Benedum and Trees have one derrick up and will soon have three more at work the new well is about 800 feet deep near the Oliver farm J H Vickery puts in a concrete floor for a confectionery building Red Cross ladies continue making items for soldiers and nurses Frisco railroad raises coal chute four feet higher rainfall benefits crops and ground water increase supports vegetation growth
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Benedum & Trees
Oliver Farm
J. H. Vickery
West Main
Vickery
Mercury
The
Red Cross
Frisco
Modesty as a Mark of Success in Youths and Leaders
A quotation from Youth's Companion notes that true success is signaled by modest behavior. It links humility with achievement, suggesting restraint and conduct as indicators of accomplishment in young people.
Ada Seed & Feed Co Advertisement Teases Alfalfa Mix Feed
Milk producer urged to try a sack of alfalfa mix feed from Ada Seed and Feed Co. Phone 697. Advertisement notes delivery or contact for supply. Dated April 18 with reference 2tw.
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Ada Seed & Feed Co
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Houston
Tenn
Helm
Garfield
Harry A. Garfield
United States Fuel Administrator
Official Food News OF
Federal Food Administration
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Norman, Oklahoma
Oliver
W. C. Rollow
Orel Busby
C. F. Green
Czernin
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