Roosevelt laid to rest in private family ceremony
Former President Theodore Roosevelt was interred at 1 43 p m in the family cemetery overlooking Long Island Sound after services at Christ Episcopal church. Mrs Roosevelt stayed at Sagamore Hill as thousands watched the cortege amidst bright sunshine following a snowstorm.
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Associated Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Pilot
Long Island Sound
Christ Episcopal Church
Sagamore Hill
Christchurch
Lenine Arrested by Trotsky Leaders New Bolshevik Split
A Moscow dispatch reports Nikolai Lenine has been arrested on Trotsky’s orders. Trotsky, now dictator, opposed Lenine’s plan to form a coalition with Mensheviks while pursuing a harsher revolutionary path.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Leon Trotsky
Moscow
Gothenburg
Sweden
Trotsky
Lenine
Mensheviks
Anarchy in Berlin Sparks Civil War Report
Berlin is in anarchy and civil war has begun, says Politiken’s Munich correspondent. Banks and many public buildings are in Spartacus hands as thousands of armed workers fill the streets and firing erupts at several points.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Berlin
Politiken
Munich
Spartacus
Oil Wells Activity Rises in Pontotoc County
Renewed interest sweeps Pontotoc oil fields with several wells resuming operations before summer. The Magnolia well near Ada resumes at 400 feet, the Durant Ada well at Ford Switch 24-46 at work with minor pipe issues, and Fossil Rock's seven miles southeast of Allen at 665 feet. Manager Hardage predicts a Healdton-sized pool.
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Pontotoc County
Magnolia
Sec. 34
Ada
Francis
Durant-Ada
Ford Switch
Fossil Rock Company
Allen
Hardage
Troops Arrive From French Front On Transports
The transport President Grant with 284 officers and 7,419 men, and battleships Montana South Dakota and hospital ship Comfort sailed from France to New York. In Newport News the battleships Georgia and Kansas arrived bringing home 2,650 troops.
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Associated Press
Washington
President Grant
Montana
South Dakota
Comfort
France
New York
Newport News
Georgia
Kansas
Will Develop OKt Held At Steedman
R P Ford has bought the lease and two wells on the Nannie Ford allotment at Steedman from Gathing and Moffitt plus the rig. He plans to start drilling soon and will gauge the field to see if the Allen field extends to Steedman, noting oil was found at about 500 feet previously. The site lies on the railroad for easy handling.
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R. P. Ford
Nannie Ford
Steedman
Gathing & Moffitt
Bank Statement from Pontotoc County Bank 1919
The document shows a balance sheet with totals and categories including capital stock paid in reserves for taxes individual deposits and time certificates of deposit. J I McCauley as cashier swears the statement is true before Notary Chas L Berger on January 7 1919 with directors J B McCauley and Helen M McCauley.
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State of Oklahoma
Pontotocoss
I. J. I. McCauley
J. I. McCauley
Chas. L. Berger
Community correspondence appeal from editor
The editor invites readers to submit local correspondence from various communities not yet represented. Writers should use one side of the paper and include their names, as the editor prefers to know who is submitting. Stationery and stamps will be provided, and the paper sent free.
Amateur wireless problem raises youth interest in government action
In St Louis on January 8 two thousand youths seek government plans for amateur wireless stations. They cite wartime shutdowns and a pending congressional bill to place all wireless stations under federal control. They warn that banning amateurs would curb experiments and inventions.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
United States
Germany
Congress
Middleton Railroad Damage Slit Settled
Mrs Zimia Middleton of Francis receives 1000 dollars from the Frisco railroad after her husband was killed in an accident while in the company’s employ several months ago.
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Middleton
Frisco
Zimia Middleton
Francis
Kidney Trouble Relief Ad Promotes Swamp Root
An Ada Weekly News advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician prescription for kidney and bladder ailments. It claims rapid, proven results and urges readers to buy at drug stores or request a sample by sending ten cents to Binghamton New York, mentioning Ada Weekly News.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ada Weekly News
Hay for sale at Boggy barn by W. C. Rollow
Miss Myrtle Roberts of Wetumka enrolled at the Normal after arriving Wednesday. A sale notice states alfalfa and prairie hay available at a Boggy hay barn with sales on Mondays and Fridays each week.
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W. C. Rollow
Myrtle Roberts
Wetumka
Normal
Edmond
Berlin Turmoil and City Forces Move as Conflicts Rattle Europe
Copenhagen dispatch says hundreds dead in Berlin street fighting with little condition detail as government holds grip. Troops moved outside Berlin and are ready to enter, with Field Marshal von Hindenburg possibly arriving. Telegraph service disruption limits reports from the scene. Sparta forces are being mashed as government forces brace for attack.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Co
Exchange Telegraph
von Hindenburg
Oklahoma Ratifies Prohibition Amendment in Oklahoma
Oklahoma lawmakers in the seventh general assembly ratified the federal prohibition amendment in the first hours of the session. Governor Williams will sign the enrolled resolution, making Oklahoma the eighteenth state to approve the amendment as part of the nationwide move against intoxicants. Earlier Ohio acted as the seventeenth state, followed by Colorado as the nineteenth.
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Walabonma City
Gil
Oklahoma
General Assembly
Williams
Ohio Assembly
Colorado
Move to replace scrub bulls with registered sires gains pace in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City January 8 sentiment favors replacing scrub bulls with registered sires to lift cattle value by 40 to 60 percent within five years. Frank M. Gault, president of the state board of agriculture, says sires must have bone, good conformation, a strong pedigree and transmit excellence. He notes ticks are removed and cloning plans advance, with Gault retiring January 13 to focus on Hereford herds in Caddo and Canadian counties aiming to raise the best white face cattle in the country.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Frank M. Gault
State Board of Agriculture
Gault
The
Agricultural Board
Caddo
Canadian
Good Hustler Wanted for Farm and City Loans
Commercial Trust and Mortgage Co announces $2,000 salary for a live farmer or businessman to secure farm and city loans, fire and hail insurance, oil leases, real estate, car lot shipments, and lumber supplies. Small investment required. Send for full information. Oklahoma City.
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Commercial Trust and Mortgage Co
India Temple Bldg
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Poles March Toward Berlin in Early 1919 Dispatch
A Polish army of 30 000 men reportedly advances on Berlin with Gustave Noske in charge of military affairs ordering the German 5th division to meet the Poles. Separately Polish troops are said to have entered Frankfort on the Oder and occupied Bethuen Bromberg in Posen, intensifying the frontier push.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Berlin
Gustave Noske
Ebert
Frankfort
London
Oder River
Express
Bethuen
Prussian Silesia
Bromberg
Posen
Posen City
Death of Wylie Corvin in Pontotoc County
Wylie Corvin died Wednesday evening at his home in Jesse from pneumonia. Funeral and interment will be at Egypt cemetery Friday afternoon under the Masonic fraternity. He was a respected Pontotoc County farmer, leader in Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives, survived by his wife Glennie Griffith.
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Wylie Corvin
Jesse
Egypt Cemetery
Pontotoc County
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Corvin
Glennie Griffith
Army veteran Elmo Kiersey returns home after armistice
Elmo Kiersey, once at sea during the armistice, has come home and received his army discharge. The ship he served on immediately returned to port in New Orleans.
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Elmo Kiersey
New Orleans
Elmer Crabtree
City
Stonewall
Final Notice for 10 Delinquent Registrants in Ada Oklahoma
Final Notice dated January 8 1919 warns registrants aged 18 to 36 who have not filed questionnaires to contact the Adjutant General in Oklahoma City by January 15 1919. After that date mail to registrants will be restricted and unfiled records will be sent to Washington as delinquents, with the stain on their records. Local Board of Pontotoc County Ada Oklahoma signed by Thomas P Holt Chairman.
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Washington
Oklahoma City
Pontotoc County
Ada, Oklahoma
Thomas P. Holt
4Th and Brady
Ada
Okla
Offie Clarence Allen
Fitzhugh
Oklahoma
Steven Brown
Francis
William J. Brown
Stratford
Lee Edmond Brown
Holley Lee Carlisle
Steedman
Tom Cook
Allen
Floyd Drimon
Roff
Earnest Fox
Pontotoc
Andy Fox
Robert Earl Parnell
William Fred Price
Herman Page
Jeffie Lester Robbins
New Albany
Miss
Sampson Sealy
William Rolley Turner
Rt. 3
Box
Stonewall
Ernest King Vogles
Frisco
James Wesley
Mack Brent
Arthur Canatier
Viregil Farmer
Henry F. James
John F. Watts
Samuel I. Gain
S. Cherry St
John Gee
Rufus Lee Nickell
Albert Washington
William Francis Creegs
William A. Morton
Herbert Charles Scott
W. 17Th St
Daniel Ernest Bray
Charles Arthur McGahee
Claud Everett Jeter
Obja
Stanford Harpes
Charles Henry Moshire
Charles Emory Higle
Henry Ethridgeg Finley
Oscar Monroe Wheeler
Walter Everett Black
Important War Department Notice on Mail and Registrants
Ada Oklahoma January 8 1919 public notice warns post January 15 1919 mail only from Adjutant General of Oklahoma and Provost Marshal General Washington. lists registrants 18 to 36 delinquent for failing to file questionnaires and urges quick action to avoid life long stain. includes names and addresses and calls for contact with Major Eugene M Kerr.
Williams Sends Names to Senate for Confirmation
Oklahoma Governor Williams announced he had sent Dr. F B Fite of Muskogee and J G Ralls of Atoka to the Senate for State Board of Education seats and J A Roach of Atoka J J Savage of Hollis and C L Edmondson of Chandler to the State Board of Agriculture. The Senate has until Jan 13 to act.
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Oklahoma City
Williams
F. B. Fite
Muskogee
J. G. Ralls
Atoka
State Board of Education
J. A. Roach
J. J. Savage
Hollis
C. L. Edmondson
Chandler
State Board of Agriculture
Senate
Senate Confirms Williams as Judge for Oklahoma Court
Washington January 7 The Senate confirmed the nomination of former Governor Robert L Williams to be judge of the United States court for the eastern district of Oklahoma.
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Washington
The
Senate Today
Robert L. Williams
United States Court For
Eastern District of
Oklahoma
Winter Night Low Sets Record At Five Degrees
The thermometer fell to five degrees during the early hours Friday night marking a new winter low before the temperature began to moderate afterward.
John Hoggatt Dies in Union Valley
John Hoggatt, a well known farmer from Union Valley, died Tuesday night of pneumonia. He is interred at Stonewall cemetery. In life he was active in Liberty Loan and war work campaigns, often paying above his quota. He leaves a wife and one child.
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John Hoggatt
Union Valley
Stonewall Cemetery
Film Exchange Blast Kills Ten in Pittsburg Fire
A spectacular fire and explosion in the Film Exchange building in Pittsburg Pennsylvania late yesterday left ten dead and about twenty injured. Damage is estimated at one million dollars.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Penn
Jan
Film Exchange
Death of Mrs Ida Giftyson Dims Indian Citizen’s Legacy
Mrs Ida Giftyson died yesterday four miles southeast of the city. She was the daughter of Amos Hays a well known Indian citizen in the county. Burial was in the Hays cemetery near the Hayes home. G G Davis left on a business trip to Muskogee and other points. Charles Fulton departed for West Baden Indiana as his son Robert in the army is ill.
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Ida Giftyson
Amos Hays
Hays
Hayes
G. G. Davis
Muskogee
Charles Fulton
West Baden
Indiana
Robert
Calotabs Calomel Advised for Early Cold Treatment
Physicians warn against trifling with colds and grippe recommending Calotabs. Take one calomel tablet at bedtime and repeat only if needed, with no salts or diet interference. If satisfied, use Calotabs in sealed packages priced thirty five cents and guaranteed by druggists.
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Roosevelt
Christ Church
Grave
Iautory
OL Wells
First State Bank
Vaness
J. B. McCauley
Helen M. McCauley
Eee
Acta
WAR Department
Adjutant General of
Eugene M. Kerr
Morris Anderson
Dora Henry
Lasater Henry
Ahloso
Rosedale Cemetery
A. C. Chaney
N. F. Mathis
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