Pontotoc County School Activities
A December 22, 1919 program at McCall's Chapel school included a pie supper raising 66.75 dollars and an illustrated agriculture lecture by Prof. Pratt. The piece highlights truancy officer A B Brandon’s work, attendance concerns, school renovations, new teacher hires, and salary-related struggles among rural educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Watson
McCall’s Chapel School
Watson
Mr. Overturf
Maxwell
Prof. Pratt
The
Normal
Buffalo herds rise nationwide under 1920 act plan
The buffalo population increases across the United States with a 1920 appropriation allowing the Agriculture Department to donate surplus animals to municipalities and public institutions. The plan aims to establish at least ten scattered herds to prevent disease spread, joining existing herds in Oklahoma Yellowstone Sullys Hill Pisgah and other sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Department
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve
Oklahoma
North America
Canada
United States
Department of Interior
Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian Institution
National Zoological Park
Washington, D. C
New York Zoological Society
Sullys Hill Park
North Dakota
Pisgah National
Dyspeptic Relief Promise with Chamberlain Tablets
Ad touts Chamberlain's Tablets as a cure for stomach troubles, claiming people have been restored to health and can eat any food they crave. The message invites readers to try the product for relief.
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Chamberlain
Chicago Rounds Up Reds in National Red Scare
Chicago reports over two hundred alleged radicals in jail as arrests continue. Chief Justice Robert E. Crowe plans a special grand jury Monday to probe the entire situation in the city. I W W secretary treasurer Thomas Whitehead is among those arrested. William D. Haywood and others are under watch.
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Chicago
Reds
Robert E. Crowe
Thomas Whitehead
William D. Haywood
Oklahoma To Form New State Pardon Board Leaders Named
Campbell Russell and Anti-Horse Thief groups push a draft amendment for a state pardon and parole board. The proposed panel would include six officials led by the state agriculture president and other department heads. Petitions to initiate the amendment will be circulated soon with lawmakers to organize the board permanently if adopted.
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News’ Special Service
Oklahoma City
Campbell Russell
Oklahoma
Farmers’ Union
State Grange
State Board of Agriculture
John A. Whitehurst
W. D. Matthews
Claude Connally
Fred Parkinson
Ed M. Boyle
Capitol
Ira I. Dibler
Weatherford
L. T. Mohnike
Reno
P. A. Fox
Coweta
J. T. Hairston
Salina
W. C. Curtis
Boswell
W. C. McGechie
Broken Arrow
E. O. Dunbar
Piedmont
W. H
Warning on wood alcohol poison risks and death
Dr Rupert Blue warns of a surge in wood alcohol poisoning from bootleg whiskey. Even tiny internal sips can cause blindness and larger amounts can kill. distinctions with grain and denatured alcohol are no safeguard as refinements blur appearance and smell.
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Washington, D. C
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
The Best Cough Medicine in Local Drug Stores
A Kentucky druggist praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine he has used in seven years. J B Jones of Cub Run testifies to its effectiveness for his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Jones
Cubrun
Adv
Middle Class Ground to Powder Says Lord Buckmaster
Lord Buckmaster in the House of Lords warns that Britain s middle class including civil servants doctors lawyers writers and teachers earning modest incomes is being ground down by inflation and heavy taxation. He says destroying this class endangers the nation to death and that its loss would be irreparable. Bad digestion robs nourishment and Prickly Ash Bitters offers a tonic for the digestive system with Bart Smith as Special Agent.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Buckmaster
House of Lords
Great Britain
Bart Smith
Adv
Jury Commission Appointed by District Judge Bolen
District Judge J W Bolen yesterday named a new jury commission for the coming year. The panel includes George West of Ada Hugo Hughes of Roff and C S Norman of Francis et Sea. The court also notes C A Cummins will frame the required notice.
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J. W. Bolen
George West
Ada
Hugo Hughes
Roff
C. S. Norman
Francis
District Court
Divorce Notice in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
Notice of publication in district court for Toy a plaintiff versus Stella Weldon defendant. Case No 3512. Defendant must answer by February 11, 1920 or petition will be taken as true and judgment for divorce will be rendered. Dated December 6, 1920. Court Clerk A R Sugg seal. Deputy L E Franklin. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Toy
Stella Weldon
A. D
New Year Hopeful Note From Walt Mason
Poet Walt Mason pledges optimism for the new year while caricaturing the old year as a bum and urging an end to riot and unrest. He hopes the fresh year will bring calm, lawful order, and restore reason, repose, and moral conduct.
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John Guesser
Bouyant
Walt Mason
No Great Act of Heroism Required
The article urges parents to treat croup with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first signs, noting no heroic action is needed and the remedy is easily accessible, prompt, and effective for children.
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Chamberlain
Miners Protest Kansas Labor Bill In Franklin Meeting
A mass meeting of miners at Franklin, Kansas adopted a protest to the Kansas legislature against the proposed court of industrial relations bill. The document calls the measure a threat of sanctified peonage and denounces Gov. Allen for executive overreach, warning the law would make striking a crime.
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Pittsburgh
Kans
Kansas
Court of Industrial Relations
Franklin
Allen
Bryan to Enter Michigan as Democratic Presidential Candidate
Detroit January 2 Associated Press reports that William Jennings Bryan will be entered in Michigan as the Democratic presidential candidate. Petitions for Bryan will total about 1,300 names and be submitted soon by the secretary of state.
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Detroit
William Jennings Bryan
Michigan
Soviets Predict World Power in 1920 Hope
A Moscow wireless message greeting the world proclaims that 1920 will see the "victorious end of civil war" and that soviet authority will be supreme worldwide. It asserts soviets will spread to Siberia Ukraine Don region Caucasus and to Berlin Washington Paris and London.
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Associated Press
London
Moscow
Siberia
Ukraine
Don Region
Caucausus
Berlin
Washington
Paris
President Signs Sugar Control Bill and Marriage Notice
President Wilson signed the McNary sugar control bill extending the United States Sugar Equalization Board through 1920. The White House announced the action before midnight, noting the president’s discretion on purchasing sugar from Cuba. Also reported is the Ada marriage of W. G. Anthony of Fitzhugh and Mrs. M. M. Saunders of Roff at the court clerk's office, performed by Justice Anderson.
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W. G. Anthony
Fitzhugh
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
McNary
United States Sugar Equilization Board
White House
Tumulty
Cuba
Beets Osteopath Moves to New Office
Dr VM Beets announces relocation to 800 block East 14th Street. When not in the office the practice can be reached at phone 843 or 732. The new office is above the First National Bank.
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First Nationa Bank
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Bebee
Buckholts
J. J. Harper
Tyrola
Anna Rice
Bertha Jones
Colberg School
B. A. Pratt
Center and
Lanham
Overland and
Willys-Knight Owners
Cadillac Garage
Ardmore
Mcfall
Ada Overland Company
Overland
Willys Knight
Emanu
Service
Overland Co
Cope’s
Cco
Cardus
Cardal
Campbell Cat
Russell
Blue
U. S
C. A. Cummins
A. R. Sugg
L. E. Franklin
King & Crawford
Plaintiff
Mr. Bryan
Oklahoma State Bank
C. H. Rives
H. P. Reich
Joe Stafford
Ellison
Cashier
J. Huddleston
Suchen
Main and Townsend, Ada, Okla
Anthony Saunders
Gwin & Mays
Ads
J. L. Huber
M. M. Webster
Stair
Rollow Bidg
Ters
P. A. Norris
M. D. Timberlake
Tom King
First National Bank
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