Wilson and Clemenceau Spar Over League of Nations
London reports show morning papers juxtapose Clemenceau and Wilson speeches. Uneasiness grows over apparent divergence in views. The Chronicle notes Wilson’s Manchester speech stressed a league of nations but urges the peace conference to form a standing body to sustain the league between wars.
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Associated Press
London
Clemenceau
French Chamber of Deputies
Wilson
Manchester
the Chronicle
League of Nations
League
Peerages for Italians May British Heroes Occupy Munich
London reports Earldoms for Field Marshal Haig and Vice Admiral Beatty in recognition of World War I services with possible money grants. Generals Horne Plumer Byng Rawlinson Birdwood and Allenby also named for peerages. Copenhagen notes Italian forces near Innsbruck aligned against Munich with Bolshevik concerns in South Germany.
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Beatty
London Mail
Horne
Plumer
Byng
Rawlinson
Birdwood
Allenby
Copenhagen
Innsbruck
Austria
Berlin
Munich
South
Germany
Americans Reclaim Kadish Front Line in Northern Russia
Archangel Jan 1 American forces recaptured Kadish on the Northern Russian front and advanced about two miles beyond Kadish toward Vologda as of yesterday and today reconnaissance and patrol actions indicated continued pressure on Bolshevik positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Archangel
Kadish
Vologda
Christmas Holidays Delayed by Flu and Weather
School suspend two weeks for Christmas due to flu. A Christmas program was planned but canceled by bad weather. Several locals ill with pneumonia or flu, including Lee Parker and Mrs. Sam Hogan. Community notices cover visits, furloughs, and local events at Center and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Parker
Chas. Auten
Camp Houston
New Faces At Normal as Enrollment Near Two Hundred
Normal notes report several new students in the halls today with enrollment at 189 and rising toward 200. The warm building gains stoves in hard to heat rooms while chapel ceiling remodeling aims to host Friday address by Senator Harrison. New library books bolster a growing collection and music majors will study harmony and history for university credit all year.
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Harrison
Milk in Winter Dearth Solved by Stock Remedy
Farmers see reduced milk in cold months due to lack of fresh forage. Agnew Milling Co of Ada Oklahoma offers B A Thomas Stock Remedy to supply the seasonable nutrients in concentrated form to increase milk volume and quality with the same feed.
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Nature
Dame Nature
B. A. Thomas
Agnew Milling Co
Ada
Oklahoma
New Cold Record Low as Winter Temperatures Plunge
The thermometer dropped to 6 degrees Tuesday night setting a new cold record for the winter season. Last week’s low was 10 degrees, signaling a deeper cold spell than recent days.
Pogroms Reported in Posen During Polish Jewish Fighting
Berlin dispatches say youths raided Jewish homes in Posen on Sunday, killing thirty and wounding many. A synagogue was reported destroyed by artillery while worshippers were inside. Berlin reports also claim Germans were attacked and robbed on Posen streets amid the clashes.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Posen
Berlin
Ford Motor Company raises minimum wage nationwide
Ford Motor Company announced a new minimum wage scale of 6 per day a 1 increase for about 28 000 employees nationwide including Ford Truck Co effective today Oklahoma case notes a civil action filed November 25 1918 seeks 951 19 plus interest and costs against Oklahoma Power and Transmission Company Interstate Construction Company and Central Trust Company of Illinois with a mechanic's lien foreclosure and first lien on specified Pontotoc County premises to secure payment and attorney fees.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford Truck Co
Oklahoma
Pontotoc
W. H. Zimmerman
Oklahoma Power and Transmission Company
Interstate Construction Company
Central Trust Company of Illinois
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Power & Transmission Company
Intestate Construction Company
Central Trust Company
Ilinois
North Range
A. R. Sugg
L. E. Franklin
J. F. McKeel
Oklahoma Wheat Improves As Acreage Rises For 1919
Oklahoma crops report shows wheat condition at 95 percent, up 2 from last month, with 3.347 million acres to be planted in 1919. Farmers hold 37 percent corn, 3 percent wheat, 26 percent oats, 46 percent kaffir millet, and have sold portions to meet feed shortages amid livestock declines and statewide shipments to scarce feed areas.
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Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Frank M. Gault
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kaffir
Milo
Quick Cure for Croup Warns Early Signs
Watch for the first symptom hoarseness and give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at once. It is prompt and effectual.
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Chamberlain
Estray Notice from Pontotoc County Oklahoma
State records that on December 10 1918 J M VanWinkle took up an estray describing a white mare pony about twelve years old a bay mare pony two years old and a black horse mule two years old kept on the NE Quarter of Section 7 Township 3 Range 4 East Pon totoc County Oklahoma post office Pontotoc County Oklahoma dated December 27 1918.
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State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Estray
Oklahoma
J. M. Vanwinkle
Westfall Named Federal Field Secretary for Defense Office
Chester H. Westfall assistant secretary of the Oklahoma State Council of Defense and secretary to Governor Williams has been appointed federal field secretary for the Council of National Defense. He will represent the field division in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Chester H. Westfall
Oklahoma State Council of Defense
R. L. Williams
Council of National Defense
Oklahoma
A Model Boy Portrait Delayed by Undressed Clothing
Edgar posed for art students as his portrait neared completion. The instructor warned against changing clothes to protect color harmony, but two weeks passed. A letter from Edith Edgar requested quicker completion because the boy’s underwear needed changing.
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Edgar
Cartoons Magazine
Famous Air Fighter Victimized by Influenza
Willie Leefe Robinson, famed Royal Flying Corps ace awarded the Victoria Cross in 1916 for downing a Zeppelin raiding London, died after an influenza attack in Marrow. Also notes a separate Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Murray County Oklahoma detailing guardianship of minor Robert S. Carter and a private sale of specified land in Pontotoc County with bidding procedures and court confirmation.
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Associated Press
London
Willie Leefe Robinson
Royal Flying Corps
Marrow
Robinson
Oil Sands and Unusual Mining Methods in Uintah Basin
The government war drive boosts oil output with Uintah basin experiments driving tunnels to create two oil mines. Large saturated oil sands deposits lie in the San Rafael country Utah and far from rail access, hindering development but spurring new highways water wells and plans for active extraction ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Grimes
Popular Mechanics
Uintah Basin
Utah
Colorado
San Rafael
Lame Back Remedies Promised By Snow Liniment Ad
An advertisement promotes BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT as a remedy for back pain from overwork or cold or disease. It claims prompt relief when rubbed thoroughly on the affected area and lists prices of 25c 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Bart Smith sells it.
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Ballard
Bart Smith
France's Plan for Palestine Takes Shape in New World Order
Paris reports France plans to guide Armenia Syria and Lebanon after the war in line with 1915 treaties with Great Britain and Russia if the peace conference does not decide otherwise. Palestine would be placed under international protection under the French plan.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Armenia
Syria
Lebanon
Great Britain
Russia
Palestine
Wilson to Visit Rome on Royal Train Arrival
President Wilson will reach the Italian frontier January 2 and be met by King Victor Emmanuel and ambassadors Page and Di Cellere. He then travels by a special royal train to Rome arriving at 10 30 Friday morning.
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Associated Press
Rome
Wilson
King Victor Emmanuel
Page
Count di Cellere
United States
American transport Northern Pacific aground at Fire Island
The Northern Pacific left Brest with 2480 wounded and able sailors, soldiers, and nurses. It ran aground in rain and fog at Fire Island early this morning and remains jammed in the sand. Uninjured aboard to be brought ashore by breeches buoy, wounded to be moved by tugs and small boats as destroyers aid the rescue effort.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Brest
France
Fire Island
Inter-allied food probe departs for Vienna
An inter-allied commission charged with investigating food conditions in German Austria has left Berne for Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berne
Inter-Allied
Austria
Vienna
McAnally Family Letters From War Front and Christmas News
John McAnally in the 90th division writes of a good time abroad but longs to return home. Mrs. B. McAnally visited in Shawnee with daughter Effie Mahan. Christmas singing at Mr Aaron’s drew a large crowd. B D Nichols hosted a Friday night play party. Della and Florence Roddy spent Christmas with Kate and Jessie Keeling in Egypt. Pollie Meek visited Miss Odie Rich. Dollie and Dovie Tiley shopped in Ada. Mrs Sam Parker improved from illness. Jessie Keeling and Charley Keeling visited Delia and Florence Roddy in Hudson wagon. FIRST CLASS SINGERS.
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John McAnally
L. H. McAnally
B. McAnally
Shawnee
Effie Mahan
Della
Florence Roddy
Kate
Jessie Keeling
Egypt
Pollie Meek
Odie Rich
Dollie
Dovie Tiley
Ada
Sam Parker
Charley Keeling
Hudson
Delia
Digestive aid Herbine advertised for quick stomach relief
An old advertisement touts Herbine as a remedy for hearthburn indigestion and stomach distress. It claims to force undigested food from the body and restore tone in the stomach and bowels with a 60 cent price, sold by Bart Smith.
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Bart Smith
Local social notes from Pickett area events
Mrs Bland Willis of Pickett visited her mother Mrs Aaron on Wednesday. Donald Faulkenberry of Pickett visited Jeff Aaron Tuesday night and Wednesday. Miss Addie Rich visited Miss Jewel Aaron Wednesday. John Kendrick has been moving this past week. Dollie and Dovie Tilley visited Miss Jewel Aaron Wednesday afternoon. Singing at Mr Richs Sunday night drew a large crowd. Della Florence Roddy and Miss Jewel Keeling visited Miss Jewel Aaron Sunday. Jeff Aaron visited Mr Albert Roddy Saturday night. MUTT And JEFF.
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Jeff Aaron
Albert Roddy
Mutt
Jeff
Mrs Roff Recovers as Camp Pike Soldier Returns
Mrs. Tom Roff, ill with influenza, improves today. Her husband, a soldier finishing at Camp Pike, arrived home Christmas day and has been at her bedside since.
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Tom Roff
Roff
Camp Pike
War Savings Stamps Drive Encouraged by Pledge
A civic appeal urges readers to participate in the War Savings Stamps campaign, emphasizing the pledge and urging everyone to buy stamps to support the war effort.
Christmas at Army Camp Showed Jolly Times and Quiet Guard Duty
From H D Led Better at Norfolk December 27 1918 he writes of Christmas at the Army Supply Base. He describes receiving multiple care packages and a special dinner with turkey chicken fruit pork chops eggs pie cake jam cigarettes and cigars. He recalls guard duty and an incident with a guardhouse crowd of colored soldiers and a rag doll message about home. He hopes for discharge soon and mentions Fort Sill muster out plans.
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H. D. Wedbetter
Norfolk
Ada
Oklahoma
Santa
Tutions
Fort Sill
H. D
Chamberlain's Tablets Aid Digestion and Bowels
When troubled with indigestion or constipation take Chamberlain's Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and help it perform its functions naturally. Indigestion is often linked with constipation and worsened by it. The tablets induce a gentle bowel movement, relieving constipation.
Down in Front Shuts View as Youth Questions Mustache
Cartoon Magazine captures a confrontation at the gallery where a newly arrived youth blocks the view and insists a mustache defines the scene, prompting a retort about viewing rights.
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Bolmanders
Field Marshal
Haig
Archangle
J. B. Buzbee
Elk City
J. E. Sutherland
Sam Hogan
Lawrence Sloan
Leona Copeland
Masonic Hall
Grady Garrett
J. E. Sloan
Nettie Brandon
Bar Leap
Center
Vanoss Grounds
Vannoss
East Prussia
Westfall
Murray County
Robert S. Carter
George M. Nicholson
Slapbur
T. F. Gafford
Italy
Frontier
Nation
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