Oklahoma City Forms Owen For President Club
A temporary Oklahoma Owen For President organization was formed led by Governor Robertson with Lee Cruce as vice president. The group plans a aggressive western campaign to promote Senator Owen’s candidacy for the Democratic nomination and will include women Owen clubs and a statewide executive committee.
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Oklahoma City
Owen
J. B.A. Robertson
Lee Cruce
United States
Oklahoma
Middle West
Wilson
League of Nations
Congress
Russia Unable To Pay 50 Million Loan By Default
The imperial Russian government's 50,000,000 six percent three year credit maturing yesterday will not be paid. S Ughet charge d affaires ad interim and financial attache to the Russian embassy in Washington cites circumstances beyond control as the reason. He says external obligations issued before November 1917 will be recognized, though no reply from Admiral Kolchak's government is yet received.
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New York
S. Ughet
Washington
Ughet
Missing Ada Printer Believed Kidnapped or Harmed
John Berton King a Tupelo Tribune printer disappeared in Ada Oklahoma on Sunday night June 15 after searching for a missing companion. Fears of foul play grow as authorities and his father seek information about his whereabouts. The family says he is married with two children and may have been last seen with Elvin Eads and others.
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Sheriff's Department
John Berton King
Ada
King
Roff
Tupelo Tribune
Tupelo
Oklahoma
Elvin Eads
the Tribune
Katy
Stratford
Joe Clarke
Mr. Clarke
Wyoming Goes Dry July First Under State Prohibition
Cheyenne June 20 Wyoming will enter prohibition July 1 by state law regardless of federal action. The law creates a prohibition commissioner and privately funded Law Enforcement League to enforce the ban on sale and manufacture of liquor. Breweries shift to soft drinks as saloons liquidate stock.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
West
State House
Fred L. Crabbe
Wyoming Anti-saloon League
Prohibition
Crabbe
Sheridan
Casper
Public Health Service Campaign Urges Education to Curb Venereal Disease
The U S Public Health Service and Oklahoma public health leaders press education as the primary tool to reduce venereal diseases, arguing that unhealthy homes and wartime lessons demand public cooperation. Statistics show high shares of insanity, imbecility, and blindness linked to venereal disease, with substantial state costs and calls for decisive leadership.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Uncle Sam
Oklahoma
White's Cream Vermifuge Ad Promises Quick Worm Cure
Children affected by worms are pale and sickly and liable to contract fatal disease. White's Cream Vermifuge expels worms promptly and puts the child on the road to health. Price 20c per bottle. Sold by Bart Smith.
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Bart Smith
Adg
Tin nla
Local notice provides fragmented text about an event or sale. Readable names or places are not clear, with uncertain details limiting full comprehension.
Deen Resigns as Pontotoc County Election Board Chairman
Dr J A Deen resigns as secretary of the Pontotoc County Election Board and his resignation is accepted. G Logan Wall is named his successor and will receive all letters and business for the board. Wall works in the county clerk’s office and is viewed as a leading young Democrat.
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J. A. Deen
Pontotoc County
G. Logan Wall
Wall
Mr. Wisler Credits Relief from Indigestion
In 1909 William B Wisler of Douglassville Pa received a free mail sample of Chamberlain s Tablets during a severe indigestion attack. He tried them and bought a package. He reports no further similar attacks since.
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Mr. Wiser
Chamberlain
Wm. B. Wisler
Douglassville
Pennsylvania Tightens Punishment for Worthless Checks
Philadelphia reports a new Pennsylvania law defining issuing a worthless check as a misdemeanor. The law makes the act prima facie evidence of fraud unless the drawer pays the amount with interest within ten days. Fines and imprisonment vary by amount, with $100 fine or 30 days for under $120 and up to two years for over $20.
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Philadelphia
Statute Books
Pennsylvania
Judge Busby Sells High Priced Ada Oil Lease
Judge Busby auctioned an oil lease on Lot ten May Vice land in Sections 12 and 13 58 comprising 100 acres. The Texas Co. bought the lease for 2700 dollars about 27 dollars per acre. The sale signals strong faith by major operators in Ada district as an oil territory.
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Busby
Ada
Lottie May Vice
The
Texas Co
Rexall Chill Breaker Promises Quick Chill Relief
Ad claims Rexall Chill Breaker cures chills fever and malaise with a 500 cap guarantee. Warns against substitutes and markets the product as supreme for feverish ailments.
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Rexall
Taylor Named Cashier at Allen Bank Move July
G W Taylor, long associated with Ada M and P Bank, has been elected cashier of the First National Bank of Allen and will relocate to Allen around July first to assume his duties. He has risen from teller to acting cashier in Ada and is praised as a capable, prominent young man.
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G. W. Taylor
M. & P. Bank of
Ada
First National Bank of Allen
Taylor
Allen Institution
Bourn Divorce Notice In Ada Oklahoma
State court case announces Nellie Bourn suing W W Bourn for absolute divorce child custody alimony and transfer of Lots 43 44 in Ford addition Ada Oklahoma. Respondent must answer by July 18 1919 or court grants divorce custody and transfers title. Judge A R Sugg clerk deputy L E Franklin and attorney Co F Green.
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State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Nellie Bourn
W. W. Bourn
Ford
Ada
Oklahoma
W. W Bourn
A. R. Sugg
Pontotoc County
Okla
L. E. Franklin
Oscar Smith
State of
Radie Smith
Red Cross inquiry on returned allotments at Washington
The parties named Margaret Susan Cates Ada Pearlie West Wolf Francis Lizzie Gordon Roff Carrie Speers Ada Letha Pearl Moss Allen Mineola Kennon Roff are to visit Red Cross headquarters for information regarding allotments that have been returned to Washington.
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Red Cross
Washington
Margaret Susan Cates
Ada
Pearlie West Wolf
Francis
Lizzie Gordon
Roff
Carrie Speers
Letha Pearl Moss
Allen
Mineola Kennon
Peanut Not Nuts Says Nut Expert In Humorous Column
A humorous column declares peanuts are not nuts, classing them with beans. It notes market figures of 10 million dollars in peanut sales and 4 million bushels, and jokes about peanuts as muscle-building food and peanut butter babies.
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City Park Zoo
America
P .Nut
J. Barleycorn
Germans Say They Were Forced to Sign Treaty
Paris reports a German note to the Council of Four states the terms are impracticable and signed under duress. It adds Germany will sign with reservations about turning over those accused of crimes and admits guilt in causing the war.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Germany
Grace Threlkeld Tolbert marriage at Threlkeld home
Grace Threlkeld married Ben S Tolbert at the Threlkeld residence Sunday night at 10 o clock in a high society event noted as one of the year’s most brilliant gatherings.
Tornado Toll Rising in Fergus Falls Disaster
Evansville Minnesota reports list 47 dead and 160 injured after a storm swept Fergus Falls with millions in damage. Grand Hotel ruins being searched may raise deaths to about sixty while relief teams mobilize. Additional reports from St Paul note early toll of 206 killed and 700 injured as communication lines fail.
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Associated Press
Evansville
Minn
Fergus Falls
Grand Hotel
ST. Paul
Federal Aid Totals by County for 1918 and 1919
The record lists the amounts of federal aid received by the county to support schools during 1918 and 1919. It includes a lengthy OCR-filled section with numbers and dates, followed by court notices and foreclosure sale details for Pontotoc County Oklahoma including sheriff sale dates and amounts owed by named parties in a mortgage foreclosure action.
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District Court of
Pontotoc Couny
Oklahoma
George W. Byers
Commercial National Bank of Sherman
Texas
Southwest National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Cottonseed Products Company
Roff Oil & Cotton Company
Rofs
Pontotoc
Southwest National Bank of Commercce of
Commercial National Bank of
Sherman
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Nash
Pontotocy
Koma
J. F. McKeel
Atty
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