Ada area land listings with varied crops and prices
Real estate notes describe multiple tracts near Ada and Roff including No 14 to No 21 parcels with acreages from 10 to 240, houses, barns, wells, and cultivable land. Prices range from 25 to 335 per acre with terms and possession details. Walter Floyd and Willy Weaver farms noted. Office location moved to North Broadway near Guaranty State Bank.
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Ada
Springbrook Bottom
Roff
Normal School
15Th Street
Center School House
Pontotoc County
Walter Floyd
Price
Willy Weaver
John Paine
Steedman
North Broadway
West Side Street
Guaranty State Bank
Clothing and Food at Cost to Employees in Pittsburgh
The Associated Press reports Pittsburgh manufacturers offer workers food and clothing at cost to curb rising living costs. Plants supply ham and bacon direct from packers, groceries, overcoats, shoes, and even a planned tailor shop. A department store run by the company serves only employees, charging cost plus rent and utilities. The piece notes rents remain high and worker housing is scarce.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Gore's Picture Vanishes From Statehouse Walls
In Oklahoma City a framed portrait of U S senator Thomas Pryor Gore disappeared from the United Confederate Veterans assembly room on the statehouse fifth floor. Reported by veterans and staff, no one admits knowledge of its removal though Tulsa residents Tate Brady and Albert T. Hunt claim a 1919 Sons of Confederate Veterans resolution called for Gore's portrait to be taken down. No official action by the Sons has been recorded.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Sherlock Holmes
Craig Kennedy
Statehouse
Thomas Pryor Gore
United States
Oklahoma
United Confederate Veterans Assembly Room
Veterans’ Assembly Room
Veterans’ Association
United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans
Ada
Senator Gore
Tate Brady
Albert T. Hunt
Tulsa
Brady
Mr. Hunt
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Australians urged to prepare for defence amid League of Nations talk
Sir Joseph Cook, Navy Minister, told the Navy League meeting in Sydney that Australians must keep rifles ready and spend the last dollar on preparation. He warned Europe remains full of hatreds and urged disarmament efforts but stressed Australia could need its rifles at home. He linked hope to the League of Nations and urged continued vigilance.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Joseph Cook
Navy League
Europe
League of Nations
National Rifle Association
Women’s Reform League
Cee Wa
Hungarians Appeal to World for Help
Berlin dispatch reports the Austrian Democracy central board appeals to world workers, especially socialists in the United States and Europe, to halt what it calls the slaughter of communists and socialists in Hungary. The piece claims 500 victims under Bela Kun, with more than ten times that number charged by drumhead court martial under Admiral Horthy's government troops.
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Special
Berlin
United States
England
France
Italy
Hungary
Bela Kun
Admiral Horthy
Robbers Loot State Bank of Kinta in Oklahoma
Robbers entered the State Bank of Kinta in Haskell County Oklahoma late Thursday night or Friday morning and escaped with $1,000 in Liberty Bonds. Bank officials discovered the loss Friday morning and the vault was damaged with one side torn open.
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State Bank AT
Kinta
Oklahoma City
State Bank of
London forms American Legion chapter for veterans
The National Council sanc tioned a London branch of the American Legion with Edward Cantor receiving the charter. Former AEF members join as the chapter will run the Washington Inn to keep veterans in touch while hosting up to 100 men with Lady Waldorf Astor as patroness.
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Associated Press
London
American Legion
National Council of the Legion
Edward Cantor
Europe
America
American Expeditionary Force
Washington Inn
France
Lady Waldorf Astor
Reeves and Weir Wed in Ada Home Ceremony
Reeves of Idabel and Weir of Ada married quietly at 3 PM in Ada. Rev. Morris officiated. couple to live in Idabel after a trip to Oklahoma City. She worked at Southern Ice and Utilities. he manages a hardware store and was with Ada Milling Company.
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Reeves-Weir
Ollie Weir
Ada
Noble B. Reeves
Idabel
A. O. Weir
Rev
C. C. Morris
Miss Weir
Southern Ice and Utilities Company
Reeves
Ada Milling Company
Katy
Oklahoma City
City Sustained In Gas Hearing By High Court
The Oklahoma high court dismissed the McThwaite Oil and Gas appeal from a district court ruling over Ada gas rate increases. The case arose after the corporation commission in 1918 ordered rates up from 25 to 35 cents per thousand, while Ada city framed a charter clause guaranteeing 25 cent rates. A district court restraining order blocked the higher rates pending further action. The supreme court denied the writ of prohibition, leaving uncertainty about next steps by the parties.
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McThwaite Oil and Gas Company
District Court
Pontotoc County
J. W. Dean
High Court
Corporation Commission
Ada
McThwaite Company
Bolen
Supreme Court
PE R U N A Promoted For Chronic Bronchitis And Catarrh
A testimonial notes twenty six years of chronic bronchitis, relief after using PE R U N A for hoarseness and fatigue. Promoter claims it aids catarrh in head and chest, stomach trouble, constipation, rheumatism, and intestinal catarrh. Available in tablet or liquid form through any store.
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Ionappy
Jerusalem plans to reform while preserving ancient charm
Professor Patrick Geddes outlines Zionist plans to improve Jerusalem without erasing its historic feel. He will start Hebrew University work next year using existing buildings and add chemistry labs. Dr. Weizmann to lead research. a Palestine museum is proposed with safeguards for artifacts.
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Associated Press
London
Patrick Geddes
Jerusalem
Zionist Organization
Zionist Bulletin
Geddes
Hebrew University
Weizmann
Owen’s College
Manchester
Palestine
Gunfight Near Blue Mound Ends in Death
Lorden McLish was killed and William Isaacs wounded in a midnigh gun battle near the Rose home southwest of Franks. John Rose and two sons are jailed on charges related to the shooting amid conflicting accounts of who fired first and why the Indians were attacked.
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Lorden McLish
William Isaacs
Crump Brown
John Rose
Will
Ira
Rose
Blue Mound School House
Franks
McLish
Isaacs
Pontotoc
Blue Mound
Johnston County
Japanese Government Bans Cotton Yarn Exports
Tokyo December 26 The Japanese government will prohibit export of cotton yarns and cotton tissues to curb rising prices and raw cotton costs. A shortage amid growing demand drives prices up. speculation by yarn brokers and futures trading cited. Customs duty exemptions will apply to imports of cotton yarn and tissues. Osaka spinners and mills plan expanded imports from the United States and China to boost production. Indications were also noted that the Tillman County poultry exhibition will be a standout event.
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Associated Press
Osaka
United States
China
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State Register
Springfield
Henry Pord
Hillsboro
Hell
High
Orleans
Miami News
Llin
PRAMS
Austmas Fve
Great Britain
Lorden M’lish
Washington
Imperator Group
New York Harbor
Shipping Board
Inter-Allied Naval Council
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Payne
The
Wilson
Tillman County
Frederick Leader
Eeee
H. W. Wells
P. G. Case
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