Timber lands sold to raise over 1.5 million dollars in Indian land auction
The interior department oversaw a public sale of Choctaw and Chickasaw timber lands in Oklahoma. About 1.5 million dollars, roughly 1,512,703, was reported from auctions across McCurtain, Pushmataha, LeFlore, Latimer, Latimer, and Pittsburg counties with several tracts selling above appraised values.
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McAlester
Vwdepartment of the Interior
Muskogee
McCurtain
Pushmataba
le Fiore
LeFlore
Latimer
Latimer County
Mortgage tax law uncertain in Oklahoma City court case
Oklahoma City January report notes the Supreme Court voided the Mortgage tax law citing timing of passage after adjournment. The measure imposed registration fees on mortgages and raised questions about revenue status and future adjustments. About $4,500 had been paid under the graduated land tax. The attorney general expects a court ruling to determine revenue status.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Attorney General’s Department
Merchants Advertise in the Weekly News
The Weekly News highlights local merchants who advertise to serve readers well. Their ads promise fair treatment and reliable goods, encouraging shoppers to support area businesses.
Lusitania Rescues Mayflower Crew at Sea
Cunard liner Lusitania rescued eight men, including Captain, from the Canadian schooner Mayflower after it burned and crew abandoned ship. The rescue occurred about eight hundred miles off Nova Scotia as Captain Dowe reported by wireless. Lusitania will make first stop at Plymouth, England.
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United Press
New York
Cunard Company
Cape Race
Dowe
Nova Scotia
Plymouth
England
President Wilson Defends Tariff Effects on Business
President Wilson announced unfounded reports that the new tariff harmed business are false, noting smaller interests have grown in trade since the tariff's enactment. He acknowledged some railroad equipment dependent industries face brief losses but expect gains soon and denied urging railroads to raise rates. He said the administration seeks to ease big business into anti trust reforms without court action and that violations have been more in spirit than in letter. The Attorney General will not repeal laws but allow corporations time to adapt.
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United Press
Washington
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Towns Push City Manager Plan Similar to Dayton Model
Residents in multiple Texas towns move to adopt the town manager system as in Dayton Ohio. Amarillo voters approve hiring a town manager at a high salary to save money and improve governance. Denton citizens plan to reform the charter to place commissioners on nominal pay and appoint a town manager at 3000 dollars or more.
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United Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Dayton
Ohio
Lone Star
Amarillo
Denton
Wakefield and Plew to hang. reprieve for Wakefield ordered
New Haven officials announced Bessie Wakefield will not hang on March 4. An appeal for a new trial was set for the supreme court but records are incomplete. Wakefield is reprieved until the March term. James Plew, condemned for the same murder, will likely be hanged March 4 as his case was not appealed.
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United Press
New Haven
Conn
Bessie Wakefield
Supreme Court
James Plew
Presidential primary plan to be presented as definite bill
Washington January 19 chairman Rucker said the elections committee will begin consideration of a definitive primary bill tomorrow. He did not think the president at the present session believes suffrage questions should be included in the proposed constitutional amendment.
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United Press
Washington
House
Rucker
Elections Committee
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Hit by Nationwide Strike
Albany on January 19 reports every employee except telegraphers struck, involving 4700 workers. State Labor Commissioner Lynch seeks mediation but union leaders say timing is late. no trains left since 5 pm and about 30000 commuters unable to reach work. Wilkesbarre also reports only one train today with regular crew, no disorder or extra police.
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United Press
Albany
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Lynch
Wilkesbarre
Delaware and Hudson
Four Die in Brockton Fire at Three-Story Apartment
A Brockton, Massachusetts blaze killed four occupants and injured eight when a three story apartment house burned this morning. The dead suffocated by smoke before escaping, while the injured jumped from upper story windows. Loss is estimated at $8,000.
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Brockton
Mass
Fort Bliss Readies Tented Camp for Mexican Refugees
A tented city is built at Fort Bliss Texas to house 4500 Mexican soldiers and refugees from Ojinaga arriving from Presidio. General Hugh L. Scott leads camp setup with 1500 tents 10000 blankets and kitchen supplies. rations required every two days and refugees are guarded around the clock within the enclosure.
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el Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Ojinaga
Mexico
Presidio
War Department
Hugh L. Scott
Flour hurled at Scotland’s secretary during public meeting
In Edinburgh a suffragette threw a bag of flour at Chief Secretary for Scotland Wood as he spoke at a public meeting. Police ejected the woman, and no one was injured.
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Speaker
United Press
Edinburg
Scotland
Wood
Local professionals and attorneys directory snapshot
A compact list of professionals including physicians surgeons lawyers and a veterinary surgeon with office addresses in Ada Fitzhugh and surrounding area. It names Dr Isham Dr Overton Dr WimBish Dr Granger and others plus law firm Epperson Maxey Pendleton and Reed Douglass Building as office locations.
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Dan M. Pendleton
B. H. Epperson
Epperson
Maxey & Pendleton
Oklahoma State Bank
Wimbish & Duncan
Reed-Douglass
Meritol White Liniment Promoted for Cold and Chest Pains
Meritol White Liniment advertised as a remedy for sore throat cold on the lungs croup and chest pain. Directions advise saturating a flannel cloth and applying as a plaster. Described as penetrating not blistering and effective with Ram sey Drug Co as exclusive agents.
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Meritol
Ramsey Drug
Pay Day Under Profit Sharing Plan at Ford
Detroit January 19 More than eight hundred Ford workers received their first pay under the profit sharing plan. The remaining fifteen thousand employees will be paid on separate days during the month.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Ford
The Oak Poem Reflects on Slow Growth and Ambition
Nellie Wildwood's poem speaks through a giant oak about gradual growth from a tiny acorn to a forest king. It contrasts patience with ambition and endurance through dry summers and snowy winters. A final note mentions Bahia replacing its telephone service with an American system.
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Bahia
Norris Trial Judge Faces Replacement Motion
Fort Worth Texas January fifteenth The county attorney asks Judge James W Swayne to retire during the arson trial of Rev J Frank Norris and for the governor to appoint a substitute due to alleged disqualification over beliefs of Norris innocence The judge defended his fitness in an emotional response stating he can administer justice to all parties involved.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. Frank Norris
Seventeenth District Court
James W. Swayne
Swayne
Dr. Norris
Supreme Court Allows Cancellation of Naturalized Citizenship
The Supreme Court ruled that Federal courts may cancel or annul citizenship of aliens who gained naturalization by fraud when requested by the immigration bureau. The decision was made in the Maibaum case from Chicago. The court adjourned without ruling on several other major cases.
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United Press
Washington
Immigration Bureau
Supreme Court
Charles Maibaum
Chicago
Submarine A-7 Sinking Rescue Called Off In Plymouth
Plymouth England January 19 search for submarine A-7 resumed but failure to find it suggests the vessel is buried in quicksand. Eleven men were aboard and all hope of saving anyone alive has been abandoned.
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United Press
Plymouth
England
Ireland’s June 1912 farm labor force dwarfs population
Census shows 1,073,238 people worked in farming on June 1, 1912, about 24 percent of Ireland’s 4,390,219 population. Among them 810,503 were men and 262,735 women.
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Ireland
Register Office A Busy Place
The register of deeds reports heavy activity with 1,100 filings this year and about 25 deeds recorded daily. Oil leases show activity but not as brisk as earlier, while chattel mortgages remain a major item at Madison's office.
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Office of Register of Deeds
Rebels Seize Pay Train Near Tezuitlan
Rebels killed four of twenty five escort soldiers and captured an Interoceanic railroad pay train with fifty thousand dollars near Tezuitlan, reportedly led by Nestor Barrera. The Mexico City to Vera Cruz train was not dispatched. Additionally a Massachusetts note reports earnings of farm students, two over three hundred dollars, twelve over two hundred, and three under one hundred.
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Mexico City
Tezuitlan
Nestor Barrera
Vera Cruz
State Schools to Receive $1.25 Per Capita Funds
The state will allot $1.25 per capita to public schools for the first six months of the fiscal year ending July 1914, higher than the previous period’s $1.10. Total apportionment is $696,255 with $584,854.20 from the school land department and $111,400.80 from the state treasurer’s office.
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School Land Department
State Treasurer's Office
Bell County approves $600000 road bond plan
Temple Texas voters in thirteen Bell County precincts including Temple approved a $600,000 road bond by about four to one. total votes 1769 for and 578 against. Temple city wards backed the measure 1202 to 105. The victory ends years of road improvement agitation.
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Temple
Tex
Advocates of Good Roads
Bell County
City of
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