Harvard Economic Research Foresees High Prices in 1920
Harvard Universitys Committee on Economic Research reports the United States may see prices and business activity rise through the new year but a sudden collapse in commodity prices seems unlikely. The forecast rests on New York bank clearings stock prices and industry data, with farmers expected to prosper in 1920 and manufacturing conditions improving despite high money market rates. The board urges cautious credit policy and notes the 1920 outlook hinges on sustained demand for credit and controlled lending rates.
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Asociated Press
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Committee On Economic Research
Harvard University
United States
Assler
Federal Reserve Banks
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Warren M. Persons
Statistical Service
Keet
Federal Reserve Board
United States Treasury
Reserve Board
Charles J. Bullock
Eeonotches
Harvard
Ite
Garden Hints for Amateurs Begin in Ada News
The Ada News announces the start tomorrow of a three part series titled Garden Hints for Amateurs. It urges both novice and veteran gardeners to follow the articles as spring preparations begin.
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Ada
More Cotton This Year Than Last In Pontotoc County
A. W. McKeel special agent reports Pontotoc County ginned 34 241 bales of cotton from the 1929 crop before Jan 16 1920 compared with 13 5230 bales by Jan 16 1929. The rise exceeds expectations as wet fall weather delayed picking leaving about a fifth still in fields, suggesting a record breaking crop.
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A. W. McKeel
Ada
Pontotoc County
McKeel
Busted Fish Quote In Indian Purchases Mocked In Muskogee
A full blood Indian, wanting to buy a $1050 automobile, visits the U S Indian agency for funds. Superintendent Parker checks accounts, finds $650, and the man quips that he is a busted fish. An interpreter says the phrase means he is a blowed-up sucker.
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Muskogee
United States Indian Agency
Par‘ker
Parker
Golly
Strikes and deportation cases plague Argentina and Bisbee
Buenos Aires endures waves of strikes driven by high living costs and rents affecting thousands of workers in shops, harbors, and transit. In Mendoza and Cordoba general and wage disputes trigger paralysis, rioting, and fatal violence. The Bisbee deportation trials open in Tombstone as 1,186 miners and sympathizers were expelled in 1917, with over 20 defendants including sheriff Wheeler facing kidnapping charges and a wide-ranging civil and criminal legal fight.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
England
United States
Euiolence
Mendoza
Cordova
Congress
Irigoyen
Cordoba
Prom
Tombstone
Ariz
Bisbee
Arizona
Bisvea
New Mexico
Yicinlty
Harry 8. Wheeler
Cachige County
Samuel L. Pattee
Pima County
Statehood
Douglas Tash
Tuason
Douglas
Warren
Southwest
Tthe World
Germany
Sheriff Wheeler
Wilson
Wheeler
Hermanas
N. M
Columbuse
Paraguay tea may become Prohibition drink in U S
The Associated Press reports that Paraguayan mate tea could be banned entry into the United States as a future import. A North American beverage maker is probing import of the herb from Argentina, with mate tied to national traditions in rural areas.
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Aires
United States
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Paraguay
Brazil
Republic
Bolshevik Uprising Reported in Transcaucasia
London dispatch says a Bolshevik uprising occurred at Tiflis and Kutats in Transcaucasia with both cities reportedly in red hands. The claim notes the movement seized control, signaling a bold challenge to authorities amid regional turmoil.
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London
Tiflis
Kutats
Trans- Caucasia
Reds
Bank Robbers Use Charity Ruse in German Heists
In Cologne on January 29, reports say bandits posed as Allied fundraising operatives and Belgian officers to raid Prabst Probst bank in Aachen. A man in Belgian captain’s garb and guards searched vaults, took about 370000 marks and 75000 Belgian francs before the owner was locked away. authorities recovered the loot and captured the robber.
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Presa
Cologne
Germany
Bank of Prabstead Company
Aachen
Belgium
Probst
Death Toll in 1918 Reaches Record High in U S
The census bureau reports 1,471,967 deaths in 1918, a rate of 18 per 1000. Influenza and pneumonia caused over 477,000 deaths, with 38,996 in the last four months amid the epidemic. Heart disease, tuberculosis, Bright's disease, and cancer were the major noninfectious causes.
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Associated Frets
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Allen Real Estate Man Sells Dirt by Flashlight
Allen Oklahoma area news tells of J. E. Dugger of the Allen Real Estate selling a lot to a buyer who needed the early train. With daylight scarce, Dugger used a flashlight to show the property and complete the sale that night.
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Sereica Allen
Okla
Jon
J. E. Dugger
The
Allen Real Estate
Allen
America
Dugger
Int
Mir. Dugger
Federal Reserve announces new Oklahoma City branch directors
The Federal Reserve Board announced the Oklahoma City branch directors for the new Kansas City district bank. Appointees include K. Thummond of Oklahoma City, W. Men of Oklahoma City, P. C. Dings of Ardmore, Dorset Carter of Oklahoma City, and L. H. Earhart of the Tenth District Bank. Opening date depends on location and organizational details.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve
Oklahoma City
Kansan City
L. H. Earhart
Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Keneas City
English Would Be The Most Suitable Language in World
STOCKHOLM Jan 29 A professor from Louvain University Belgium favors English as the best world language. He cites wartime disruptions to German and French and calls English a hospitable compromise between Latin and Germanic tongues.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Carney
Louvain University
Belgium
Northern Peace Society
M. Car Roy
Farmers Oppose God Roosevelt Slaving for Us Longest Letter
Syracuse February report quotes Sherman J. Lowell of the National Grange saying lower food prices are unlikely for farmers as the group calls for fair hours and wages. Included is a funeral notice for Mrs. Morris of Allen and a long Schribner's Magazine excerpt about Roosevelt's 1911 Khartoum to London tour and a controversial Egypt and papal passage.
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Roosevelt
Associated Press
Syracuse
America
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National Grange
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New York
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London
Joseph Bucklin
Bishop
Schribner's Magasine
Mr. Bishop
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England
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Berlin
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Welcome
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Egypt
Europe
Sir George
Trevalyan
Vata
Trevelyan
Che
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Fairbanks
Holy City
Vatician
Naples
Merry de Val
Vatican
Convicts Begin Building Some Real Highways
The Pontotoc County commissioners announce the arrival of state convicts to start road construction. A crew is at Egypt bridge building a stone cross ing to be permanent while others travel the Ads to Byng bridge route. Laughlin travels to Oklahoma City to secure two Army trucks for the project as fifty convicts work under stockade guard.
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Egypt Bridge
Ads
Byng Bridge
Fairgrounds
Laughlin
Oklahoma City
War Department
Pontotoc
Little Increase in Assessments for Oklahoma Utilities
Oklahoma City January 29 authorities say public service corporations statewide were assessed for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921 the same as the current year plus improvements. Last year's valuation stood at 287 442 937 with an estimated 15 to 20 percent rise from improvements. Reassessment deemed unnecessary since real estate will be reassessed next year. Storage oil valued as last year with deductions for storage time iron and steel tankage at 15 cents a barrel and wood tankage at 25 cents.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Equalization
Bolsheviki plan spring attack on Warsaw
Centralization of Bolshevik troops north of the Dyina River is presented by Polish reports. Authorities say efforts to gather forces along White Russia and Lithuania fronts signal preparation for a spring attack on Warsaw. Newspapers anticipate a red offensive as soon as possible, with a date rumored as the 28th.
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Dyina River
White Russia
Lithunia
Poland
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