Capitol may be used for hotel Oklahoma City
The $2.5 million marble and granite state capitol building may be turned into a barracks for the inaugural celebration for Governor-elect J. Walton. The plan, proposed by the state board of affairs, aims to accommodate up to 5,800 people with two floors of corridors and open offices.
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Oklahoma City
State Capitol
J. €. Walton
State Board ,of Affairs
H. V. Bird
Board of Affairs
Bird
Bryan County
Harper County
Sird
Capitol
Adj
Charles F. Barrett
National Guard
Petition Filed to Re Open State Rate Case
A petition to re open the state rate case on grain and related commodities was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by carriers. Copies were served on the State Corporation Commission and the Oklahoma Traffic Association. A January hearing was set to discuss re opening and potential interstate rate involvement with an ICC examiner expected.
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Oklahoma City
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Corporation Commission
Oklahoma Traffic Association
J. K. Moore
Ackers
W. A. Disque
Merce Commission
Moore
Local cryptic note reports JAX Blue Rogers
A fragmented item mentions JAX Blue Rogers with unclear context and sparse details. The readable text provides no dates places or events, leaving only a brief cryptic reference to an individual nickname and surrounding odd characters.
Bee Keeping Emerges as Western Canada's Farm Side Line
A Department of Agriculture report shows honey production growing across Manitoba British Columbia and Saskatchewan with farms boosting incomes. Manitoba led with 903 000 pounds from 14 721 colonies in 1921 while British Columbia yielded 309 074 pounds from 2 072 apiaries and 10 329 hives.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
British Columbia
Manitoba Bee Keepers Association
Swan River Valley
Saskatchewan
Glenavon
Aberta
Americans Consider Commission on German Reparations
Washington debates a proposed American commission to decide how Germany should pay Allied reparations. Negotiations reportedly involve the United States Great Britain and Germany with Premier Poincare of France considering the plan after talks with industrial leaders. Secretary Hughes issued a brief statement saying the government has presented no proposals on the subject.
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Washington
America
Europe
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Poincare
France
Hughes
White House
Dawes Reveals Post Office Deficit for Three Months
General Charles Dawes released what he called the submerged balance sheet of the post office department showing a deficit of 16.198 million dollars for the first three months of the year. The report lists liabilities at 140.846 million and assets at 124.649 million with a letter from J C Knapp of Otis Elevator Co. assisting in the preparation.
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Chicago
Charles Dawes
National Budget
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Chicago Tribune
J. C. Knapp
Otis Elevator Company
Shriners donate clothing and shoes to Ada children
The Ada schools received 38 pairs of shoes 16 coats 8 sweaters 11 pants 21 dresses 40 underwear 79 hose 25 caps and 21 other items from Shriners. The total cost is hundreds of dollars and Willard school had no children in need. One Shriner says charity has changed his mind, believing the joy to children repays the donors.
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Ada
Shriners
Willard
Readers Endorse Road Legislation At East Side Meeting
Ada Oklahoma December 2 1922 readers report a highly enthusiastic east side Good Road Convention in Antlers with representatives from Le Flore Bryan Pushmataha Choctaw McCurtain Latimer and Pontotoc counties endorsing Senate Bill 3115 a State Highway Commission and local tax and funding measures for state highways. The Ida Oklahoma delegation pushed for Ozark Trail extension from Antlers to Ida via Mena Arkansas Hot Springs.
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le Flore
Bryan
Pushmataha
Choctaw
McCurtain
Latimer
Pontctoc
Antlers
Oklahoma
Senate
Robert L. Owen
Congress
State Highway Commission
Chambers of Commerce
Lron Clubs
Rotary Clubs
Good Road Booster Clubs
Good Road
Chamber of Commerce
McCurtain County
Ida
Okla
Mr. Knight
Kate K. Knight
Central State Normal
Mena
Ark
Ada
Awakening Gabriel and the Coot Stew Scheme
A narrator details Gabriel Smithers waking at Arville's attic and a playful, evolving romance with Camille. Gabriel exchanges codfish heads for a peace offering and coot stew with Susan Cartwright, while Camille plans to work and navigate love with independence.
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Gabriel
Arville
Oakland
Susan
Mr. Smithers
John
John Cartwright
Camille
Gabe
Christendom
Mussolini the tireless dictator of Italy
Rome dispatch profiles Benito Mussolini detailing his 18 hour workdays since seizing control of Foreign Affairs and the Interior, his minimal sleep, wine habit, and hobbies of fencing and walking. It notes his WWI service as a corporal with many shell wounds and his role in Italy joining the Allies.
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Mussolini
Italy
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Interior
Centaur Figurine Teases Golden Age Racing Tale
A playful scene imagines a centaur as a racing information mascot from a mythical golden age. The text also notes the deadly potential of poison gas, stating that a tenth of one percent in the atmosphere would be fatal, and mentions its use to clear a ship of rats and vermin.
Lawyers Lose Majority Voice in House of Commons
London report notes first time in 50 years lawyers are not a majority in the Commons as 83 members are trade union officials and 80 are lawyers. The article lists the profession counts across the new Parliament including ministers, engineers, farmers, and others.
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London
House of Commons
New Commons
New House of Commons
Father of Senator Harreld Dies at Home in Ardmore
Ardmore, Dec 21. Funeral plans for T. N. Harreld, father of Senator J. W. Harreld, are delayed awaiting the arrival of the senator who left Washington last night. It is expected the body will be buried in Ardmore. Postmaster Eugene P. Harreld, another son, stated this morning.
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Harreld
Ardmore
T. N. Harreld
J. W. Harreld
Senator Harreld
Washington
Mr. Harreld
Eugene P. Harreld
Oklahoma Bank Robber in Jail
William T. Price surrendered in Richmond California claiming involvement in the January bank holdup of Hulbert Oklahoma. He said brothers Charles and an unnamed man helped steal 2855 dollars. Charles and George were killed in a Eureka Springs Arkansas raid.
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Richmond
Cal
William T. Price
Hulbert
Cherokee County
Oklahoma
Charles
Price
George
Eureka Springs
Ark
Tahlequah
George Gould
Calif
First National Bank
This County
Polics
H. Woods
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Texas
Homer D. Wade
Ule
Panhandle
Mlel Wade
First Presbyterian Church
E. O. Whitwell
Jax Blue Rogers
Raerminenemiments
Commission
Dawes
Ala Evening News
East Side
McClure
Mper Syndicate
Sue
Kellogg’s
Jack
Carl
Kelloggs
Kellogg
California
Stephen H. Kincer
F.D.1
Cripple Creek
Thedford’s
Thedford
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