Moonshine War Expands From Mountains to Cities
Washington dispatch details a national moonshine war led by revenue officers against mountaineer distillers. It cites at least half a million gallons produced monthly, rising after July 1, with clashes, ambushes, and earnings shaping a brutal, nationwide crackdown.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Prohibition
Tom Curtis
Champion Revenue Raider
Georgia
Dawson County
Revenue Service
Blue Ridge
Cumberland
Piedmont Mountains
Appalachians
Kentucky
West Virginian
Virginia
Tennessee
Alabama
North
South Carolina
Bowman Seeks Democratic National Committeeman Post
Bowman of Kingfisher announces candidacy for Democratic national committeeman to be chosen at the 1920 convention in Oklahoma City. Wade, current committeeman from Marlow, also seeks re election. Bowman cites long public service and leadership roles in state and national party activities dating to 1912.
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Oklahoma City
George L. Bowman
Kingfisher
Democratic State Central Committee
Tom L. Wade
Marlow
G. Co. P
Bowman
Kingfisher County
Democrats
Democrats of
Oklahoma
Presidential Visit Frames Belgium's War Wreckage Tour
President and Mrs. Wilson toured shell torn Belgium guided by King Albert and Queen Elizabeth. They visited Nieuwport Dixmude Ypres Menin Ostend and Brussels, observing trenches wrecked towns and a tank graveyard while engaging with locals and officials. The trip included a luncheon in the Forest Healthout and a reception in Brussels before three planned addresses.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Wilson
Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Mr. Wilson
Ypres
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Margaret Wilson
B. M. Baruch
Norman Davis
W. W. Harts
Herbert Hoover
Inter-Allied Food Commission
Baker
Paris
Adinkerke
Elizabeth
Neuport
Nieuport
Dixmude
America
Menin
Labor Refuses To Order July Fourth Strike
Atlantic City June 19 delegates to the AFL convention adopted a resolution refusing to endorse the July 4 general strike called over the imprisonment of Thomas Mooney. The measure censured the Mooney defense committee and urged efforts for a new Mooney trial through recognized processes.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Thomas Mooney
Mooney Defense Committee
Mooney
Organized Labor
America
Roland Comes Back
R C Roland arrived in the city with his family to make the city their future home. They will live at 222 West Seventeenth Street and be at home to friends once their house is in order. Bob has not
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Roland
R. C. Roland
West Seventeenth Street
Bob
Improvements at Ada Milling Company Plant
Managers C. H. Barnes and T. S. Ables returned from Shawnee after a conference on major Ada plant improvements. The mill will be overhauled with new machinery to raise capacity and efficiency, enabling high quality soft and hard wheat flour. A larger warehouse will be built to store wheat, corn, and feed stuffs. The project, costing thousands of dollars, aims to position Ada as a leading flour mill in the state.
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C. H. Barnes
T. S. Ables
Shawnee
Ada
Mr. Barnes
Ada Milling Company
Thrift Message Week Proclaimed in Oklahoma 1919
Governor J B A Robertson proclaims June 29 to July 6 1919 as Thrift Message Week in the Eleventh Federal District of Oklahoma urging Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps, parades on July 4th, bells and whistles at 10 and 4 daily, and public thrift discussions to boost savings campaigns.
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United States
A. D
Eleventh
Federal District
Oklahoma
Eleventh Federal District
Oklahoma City
A.D
J. B. A. Robertson
Foundry Training Books Promised by U S Training Service
Washington June 19 The United States Training Service plans early issue of twelve model books for training in specific trades. A foundry work book will be prepared after a constructive expert conference. The service aims to aid manufacturers by teaching technical production and general worker information. A medical ad promotes BOROZONE as an antiseptic and healing agent with prices and Bart Smith as seller.
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Washington
United States Training Service
America
Bart Smith
Oklahoma Sanatoria Sites Planned Across the State
Oklahoma City will host one of three new tubercular sanatoria as the Health Commissioner prepares to select sites this week. Visits to Talihina Sallisaw Clinton have identified favorable conditions. a Western site may include Clinton. One facility will serve Black patients with Boley eyed for possible placement in Oklahoma City using the girls' industrial home buildings after relocation.
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Oklahoma Sanatoria
Oklahoma City
A. R. Lewis
Talihina
Sallisaw
Clinton
Boley
Girls’ Industrial Home
John W. Murray Dies at 616 West 14th Street
John W. Murray aged 38 died at his home 616 West 14th Street yesterday at 3 30 PM He leaves a wife and two small children Interment this afternoon at Bebee Murray came here with his family last September from Missouri and was employed at the cement plant
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John W. Murray
West 14Th Street
Bebee
Mr. Murray
Missouri
Terrifying discomforts from skin disease
Eczema sufferers are offered S. S. S. as a blood remedy claimed to reach the disease’s source. The ad asserts fifty years of experience and promises prompt relief, directing readers to Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for expert advice.
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Swift Specific Co
Dept
Atlanta
Frisco Train Strikes Car. One Dead, Two Hurt
Frisco passenger train No. 507 collided with a five passenger Ford car one mile west of Weleetka Bryant Sunday afternoon. Miss Pauline Lockhart was killed instantly. Miss Maude Deen and Mrs. Myers were seriously injured. Mrs. Myers is wife of the cotton oil mill superintendent at Weleetka. The train was traveling fifty miles per hour. The car occupants were crossing the track ahead of the train.
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Frisco
Bryant
Pauline Lockhart
Maude Deen
Myers
Deport Bolsheviks to their native lands plan eyed
New York June 21 information from an authoritative source indicates the government is considering wholesale deportations of Bolsheviks anarchists and other radicals. The plan would use returning troop ships to repatriate alien agitators to their homelands.
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New York
Pontotoc County Man Killed in Old Mexico
John Correll, longtime Pontotoc county resident and Ada father in law of B F McCauly, was killed near Tampico Mexico yesterday. A message to McCauly confirms his death, with Joe Correll signing the report. Correll had moved to Mexico six months ago to buy a farm, and revolutionaries are suspected.
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John Correll
Pontotoc County
B. F. McCauly
Ada
Tampico
Old Mexico
McCauly
Mexico
Mr. Correll
Joe Correll
John
Teething Troubles in Hot Weather and McGEE'S ELIXIR
Teething babies suffer in heat with sour stomach upset bowels and discomfort. The ad recommends McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR to correct sour stomach cool and quiet the bowels and aid digestion. Price 25c and 50c per bottle sold by Bart Smith.
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McGee
Bart Smith
League Forming Prompt Sparks World Unity Debate
A Muskogee Times-Democrat brief notes immediate post formation debate on whether the United States of the World is singular or plural. The editorial urges quick decision as the new league contemplates global cooperation and national identity.
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Muskogee
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