No. Carrancista advance in Mexico sparks Veracruz clash plan
By United Press El Paso December 2 Carranzista troops cut the railroad between San Luis Potosi and Queretaro and engage Gutierrez at Queretaro. Villa and Zapata prepare to march on Carranza in Vera Cruz and aim to move two gunboats to block him.
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United Press
el Paso
Carranzista
San Luis Potosi
Queretaro
Gutierrez
Villa
Zapata
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Russians Storm Trenches in Lodz Vicinity and Hold Plock
Reports from Petrograd describe blood soaked uniforms after Siberian troops stormed German trenches near Lodz while holding Plock. Berlin notes German positions favorable after 120 days of war with more war credits to be voted. Paris reports repulsed attacks on Ypres trenches and German artillery between Ypres and Arras.
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United Press
Petrograd
Lodz
Plock
Lowicz
Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Germany
Paris
Ypres
Laon
Craonne
Poland
George
France
Poincare
Gen. Joffre
King George
London
Great Britain
Arras
Death of Miss Florence Stanger
Miss Florence Stanger died November 21 1914 at age 14 in Chism Oklahoma. Daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Stanger she was loved in Sunday school and singing and her favorite hymns were We are Crossing Over the Dark River and Nearer My God to Thee. She leaves four sisters and one brother and we extend sympathies.
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Florence Stanger
J. J. Stanger
Chism
Oklo
Christ
Bebee
Okla
Lillie Bray
Nora Roper
Alice Summers
Maxwell
Ruby Blankenship
Earl Stanger
Tulsa
Darling
Essie Bray
Lela Odom
Winnie Willis
Bessie Gray
Bertha Bray
1913 Coal Miners Death Toll in the United States
In 1913 a deadly year for coal mining left 2,785 miners dead across the United States. The toll highlighted dangerous working conditions and the hard fate of laborers in mines nationwide.
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United States
Ada Post Office Receipts Rise In Late 1913
Receipts at the Ada post office show strong growth with November stamp sales totaling 1642 dollars 93 cents the largest on record and December 1913 close behind at 1624 dollars 72 cents For June of the current year receipts were just fifty cents below December indicating improving business conditions across branches.
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Ada
Byrd’s Mill Road Work Needs Volunteers Friday and Saturday
Citizens along Byrd’s Mill road plan to repair the route and request help from Ada on the upcoming Friday and Saturday. Volunteers and teams are urged to report at Main and Broadway Friday at 7 am, with business owners asked to supply a man if unable to attend. For details contact the Commercial Club secretary or R. E. Blanks.
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Main
Broadway
The
Commercial Club
R. E. Blanks
Bull Moose Leaders Meet to Chart 1915 Course
About a hundred Bull Moose leaders from across the country met in Chicago behind closed doors to review November results and outline plans for the party. Some favored merging with Republicans, but Perkins and O K Davis urged maintaining the party and running its own ticket in 1915 despite setbacks. Roosevelt had not yet responded by afternoon.
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Chicago
Perkins
O. K. Davis
Roosevilt
Ada Woodmen Elect Officers
The W. O. W. of Ada elected officers including W. L. Nettles C C Williams and Otto Stone banker. Lee Hargis Es cort H. P. Merryman Watchman W. E. Edwards Sentry W. B. Jones Manager J. E. Hurry P C C. Fourteen applications for membership were accepted and county class initiation planned for December 31.
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Ada
W. L. Nettles
C. C
W.-e. Williams
A. L
Otto Stone
S. KE. Chapman
Lee Hargis
H. P. Merryman
W. E. Edwards
W. B. Jones
J. E. Hurry
Nunnery Sues Granite Baptists for 4000 Over Withdrawal Letter
Rev. A Nunnery of Granite Oklahoma files suit in Mangum district court seeking 4000 from fourteen Granite Baptist congregation members for cancelling his withdrawal letter after he joined Lake Creek church. He alleges motives to reinstate him only to dismiss him in disgrace. Three defendants are women. Nunnery edits the Baptist Worker newspaper.
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Mangum
Okla
Rev
A. Nunnery
Granite
Granite Baptist Congregation
Lake Creek
Granite Church
Rev. Nunnery
Baptist Worker
New York Rioters Clash With Police in Major Night Riot
A 5,000 strong mob of African American men attacked 150 police officers after a patrolman tried to arrest a drunken black soldier in the negro section. Many were hospitalized and several leaders were arrested.
Investigating Coal Strike Opens in Denver
Denver December 1 a sweeping inquiry into the coal strike will be opened tomorrow by the federal commission on industrial relations. Chairman Walsh secured pledges of hearty cooperation from both sides to help settle the dispute.
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United Press
Denver
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Walsh
Supreme Court Grants Stay in McLaughlin Case
In Little Rock Arkansas the Supreme Court granted an appeal for Neal McLaughlin who faced execution for alleged criminal assault. The governor had issued a temporary stay to allow the appeal as evidence showed the girl later repudiated her initial testimony.
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Little Rock
Ark
Dee
Supreme Court
Neal McLaughlin
Death of New York financier
J Borden Harriman, renowned retired New York banker and broker, died in Washington today after a prolonged illness.
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New York
Provisional President Gutierrez to Enter Mexico City
Washington reports provisional President Gutierrez and General Villa expected to enter Mexico City today. Advices deny a rift between Villa and Zapata as Pan Uca oil fields near desertion by Villistas, who head south to prepare a campaign against Carranza.
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United Press
Washington
Gutierrez
Villa
Mexico City
Zapta
Panuca
Villastas
Carranza
Boy Kidnapped From Home in Missouri Town
In Moberly Missouri on December 1 six year old Orville Beach was kidnapped from his home. His father heard a scuffle on the porch and found the child’s bed empty when he checked. The motive remains unknown.
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United Press
Cutting Affray At Tyrola Involving Two Negroes
Sunday a cutting scrape occurred at Tyrola leaving Charley Oliver with facial injuries. Undersheriff Kennedy and Storney Roland brought back Louis Homer, charged with the cutting, for a preliminary hearing this afternoon. Both combatants are described as negroes.
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Tyrola
Charley Oliver
Kennedy
Storney Roland
Louis Homer
Youth Robs Dallas Telephone Exchange in Hold-up
In Dallas on December 2 a young white man wearing a handkerchief over his face robbed the Automatic Telephone exchange of $15, wielding a revolver during the daytime incident.
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United Press
Dallas
Germans Demand Blood Money from Belgium
A Brussels message to Handelsblad reports the German governor of Brabant summoned financiers and demanded Belgium pay seven million dollars monthly for troops. It adds a war levy of seventy five million dollars as punishment for neutrality violations and related losses.
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Amsterdam
Brussels
Handelsblad
Brabant
Belgium
Germany
Oklahoma Lincoln Highway Progress Delayed Meeting Postponed
Oklahoma Lincoln Highway Association members planned a January meeting after changes. Commissioner Kroth reports improvements of several miles between Ada and Francis and further work near Ada Fitzhugh and Roff with Byrd's Mill road scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
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Oklahoma-Lincoln Highway Association
Kroth
Ada
Francis
Fitzhugh
Roff
Byrd’s Mill
People in Northern France Harvest Bumper Sugar Beet Crop
Paris reports residents in the war zone have adapted to bombardments and hardship. Women, children, and elderly toil in fields and live in shacks atop ruined buildings as they harvest a bumper sugar beet crop, showing changes over ten weeks.
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Paris
France
Ada High selects debaters for district and state contests
Ada High School held a preliminary debate to form its team and reserve for the district and state contests. First team members are Elizabeth Neal Ferdie Guin and Guy Woodward while Ruth Mitchell Thomas Guin and Cleveland Hall comprise the second team. The issue is government ownership of railroads.
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Ada
Elizabeth Neal
Ferdie Guin
Guy Woodward
Ruth Mitchell
Thomas Guin
Cleveland Hall
Ammons testifies on Colorado coal strike settlement
Governor Ammons opened the industrial commission inquiry in Denver describing efforts by Secretary of Labor Wilson and himself to settle the Colorado coal strike a year earlier. He said neither side would accept compromise terms offered.
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Denver
Wilson
Colorado
Ammons
Industrial Commission
Senate
Great Lakes Ore Handling Reaches 45 Million Tons
Annual ore movement on the Great Lakes totals 45 million tons. The figure reflects substantial shipping activity by regional mining and transport operations across major ports.
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Great Lakes
Robbers' Capture Accounts Disputed by Hall and Oates
A syndicated note recalls the Tupelo bank robbery capture by Henry Oates and John Hall with deputies, detailing the pursuit two miles west of Allen. Hall contests the original credit and argues he and Oates should receive most of the reward for their role in halting the robbers.
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Tupelo
Henry Oates
Centrahoma
John Hall
Lula
Will Peel
Alen
Jesse Hays
Allen
Hamilton Ranch
Anti German Riots Reported in Chilean Cities
In Valparaiso crowds attacked German consulate and German buildings after rail fare hikes imposed on German owned networks. Troops wounded several as order was restored amid Chilean neutrality tensions involving German warships.
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United Press
San Tiago
Chile
Valparaiso
Bank Failures in New York Close Three Kass Private Banks
In Newark on December 1 three branches of Abraham L. Kass private banks closed. Long lines of east side customers formed as doors shut. An involuntary bankruptcy petition cites assets of 750000 and liabilities over 1000000.
Widow and Wife Clash Over Neighborly Love
A provocative social note questions moral duties when a man loves a charming widow and his wife objects. The anecdote pivots on communal expectations, faith quotes, and the tension between personal desire and marital harmony.
Iron Mountain Reopens Shops at Argenta
Argenta Arkansas December 1 The Iron Mountain railroad shops reopened today employing six hundred men. A slow steady rain fell Tuesday afternoon and night will benefit the wheat and help insure good pastures for the winter in this section.
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Iron Mountain
Argenta
Ark
Marriage Licenses Listed for Pontotoc and Nearby Towns
A list of marriage licenses shows A. C. Compton of Pontotoc age 21 marrying Mamie Duty also of Pontotoc age 20. W. H. McFarland of Wetumka age 26 wed Nedia Laxton of Ada age 26. Arch Beller of Center age 22 to Mary Mc Loud of Stratford age 18. C. C. Woodard of Fitzhugh age 25 to Mer ron Tillery of Fitzhugh age 18.
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A. C. Compton
Pontotoc
Mamie Duty
W. H. McFarland
Wetumka
Nedia Laxton
Ada
Arch Beller
Center
Mary McLoud
Stratford
C. C. Woodard
Fitzhugh
Merron Tillery
Unemployed at Dallas Threaten Trouble
Dallas business men opened a relief fund after wild threats of a raid on grocery stores were voiced at a meeting of the unemployed last night.
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United Press
Dallas
Miners to Press Arbitration Plan at Colorado Convention
The executive board of the miners union will appear at Denver's special Colorado miners convention Monday to present President Wilson's arbitration commission proposal.
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Indianapolis
Miners Union
Colorado
Denver
Wilson
Galey Happenings Celebrate School Progress and Supper
Galey progress report notes singing school led by Mr. M. G. Green of Ssakwa Okla with Miss Winston Ada assisting. A box supper December 11 at the Galey school to raise funds. A Xmas tree and Santa Claus program planned. death of infant Florence Stanger remembered by neighbors.
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Galey
M. G. Green
Sa- Ssakwa
Okla
Santa Claus
A. T. Watson
Miss Winston
Ada
Pontotoc County Medical Association Holds Strong Meeting
The Pontotoc County Medical Association held a well attended profitable meeting featuring Dr. L F Watson of Oklahoma City presenting on appendicitis and goitre injections with lantern slides. Dr. E S Layne spoke on goitre Scrofula nephritis and Dr L P Van Duzer discussed reciprocity of medical licenses. New officers were elected for the coming year including Dr M Overton president and Dr A J Weeda vice president.
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Son
Oklahoma City
Watson
E. S. Layne
L. P. van Duzer
American Medical Association
Government estimates vast waste from coke ovens in U S
Officials say 1 350 000 horsepower in the form of gas is wasted daily by traditional coke ovens across the United States highlighting huge energy loss and calls for modernization to improve efficiency.
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United States
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Abraham L. Kass
Untary
Pontotoc CO. Medical Association
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Fea
L. M. Overton
Catherine Threlkeld
A. J. Weeda
Sasakwa
J. L. Jeffrees
S. M. Richey
J. R. Craig
I. J. Cummings
Wilkinson
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