The Romance of Pocahontas and Seminole Hero Milly Harjo
The article contrasts the Pocahontas legend with Milly Harjo of the Seminoles, recounting Harjo’s father Hillis Harjo known as Francis the Prophet and his 1817 conflict with the whites. It describes Milly Harjo’s intervention at Mekasuku when a white captive, McKrimmon, faced execution by stake.
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E. A. Macmillan
John Smith
England
America
McKrimmon
Mekasuku
Hario
Milly
Oklahoma
Fresh fruit desserts cited in summer menu guide
A 1920s cooking piece discusses using fresh fruit as the base for summer desserts and offers recipes and tips. It praises simple fruit dishes like watermelon and cantaloupe, and provides methods for baked pears peaches and bananas, with notes on sugar, syrup, and light dietary benefits.
Oklahoma To Produce 556000 Bushels Peanuts This Year
The 1940 peanut crop across the south is forecast at 55,531,000 bushels, up 1,000,000 from last year, with Alabama leading production though down 1.7 million bushels. West of the Mississippi Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas rise, Texas drops nearly 5 million, and total acreage falls 22 percent to 1,738,400.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Associated Press
Washington
South
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Mississippi River
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mansfield
Merchants and Planters National Bank
Ada
How to Restore Appetite and Digestive Rest
The guide notes that missing meals temporarily may renew appetite. It advises five hours between meals for digestion and rest, moderate outdoor exercise, and eating only as much as desired. For constipation causing appetite loss, a dose of Chamberlains Tablets is recommended. Ady.
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Ady
American Loan Secured by German Bank Seeks Bond Deposits
London reports a $100 million American loan to Martin Nor degg representing Deutsche Bank of Berlin. Dispatch from Berlin states ten percent of the loan will be placed in foreign bonds to bolster the German bank's credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Martin Nordegg
Deutsche Bank of Berlin
Exchange
Berlin
McKeown Promises Help to Secure Lt Chauncey Dates
A July 19 1919 letter from Tom D McKeown to Commander W H Fisher Adjutant Wyatt Webb and Wm Byrd Camp 1545 Ada Oklahoma pledges to present the request to the War Department to secure Lt Chauncey for August 26 27 and 28. The note expresses sincere goodwill and friendship.
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W. H. Fisher
Wyatt Webb
Byrd
Ada
Okla
War Department
Chauncey
Tom D. McKeown
Pay to Chickasaws and Choctaws Approved in Oklahoma
Washington July 28 Secretary Lane approves rules to pay Chickasaws 200 dollars each and Choctaws 140 dollars each. Cato Sells notifies Oklahoma delegation and Gabe Parker to issue the payments.
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News
Washington
Cato Sells
Oklahoma
Lane
Sells
Gabe Parker
Moline Universal Tractor Promises One-Man Farm Work Advantage
An advertisement extols the Moline Universal Model D Tractor as a one man solution, enabling a farmer to control both tractor and implement from the implement seat. It claims higher efficiency, continuous operation with self starter and electric lights, and 9 18 HP engine with robust construction for plowing, cultivating, and harvest tasks.
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Moline-Universal
American ranchman pays ransom to Mexican bandits
John West Thompson an American ranchman near Mexico City paid fifteen thousand pesos to bandits who had kidnapped his fourteen year old son. Mexican authorities said the child was at risk of murder and the payment followed advice from the Mexican government.
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Washington
John West Thompson
Mexico City
State Department
Predatory wealth is what the other fellow has
A concise aphorism notes the envy of wealth seen as predation by others. It frames wealth as a contest of accumulation and moral blame, implying unequal access and social critique in economic life.
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Do. A. Cummins
Iversal Tractor
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North Broadway
Stauffer’s Business College
East Main
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M. R. Chilcutt
H. W. Wells
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