Severe Blizzard Rages Across Oklahoma State
Oklahoma suffers a statewide blizzard with snow in most regions and heavy telegraph and telephone outages. Temperatures drop below freezing as wind drives snow into drifts. 500 poles down and routes impassable. Wheat, bridges, and roads face disruptions while state agriculture officials note potential moisture benefits.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Telegraph
John A. Whitehull
State Board of Agriculture
Southwest Bell Telephone Company
Braman Post Builds Its Own Home Ahead of Charter Arrival
James Hanessy Post No. 259 of the American Legion in Braman Oklahoma organized quickly after applying for a charter on January 25. The town donated lots for a post home and local citizens financed the project. The cornerstone ceremony is set for February 22 as the post nears completion, praised by regional headquarters as a model of initiative.
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James Hanessy
American Legion
Braman
Oklahoma
Neil Richardson
8Th
Blackwell
Legion
Department
Oklahoma City
Planting Guide for Four Garden Crop Groups
Dallas Texas reports a March frost range from two degrees above zero at Amarillo to 40 above at Galveston with San Antonio frost. weather bureau notes no crop effect yet. Abilene records 12 degrees, March’s coldest since 1885. western Panhandle stockmen face losses as grazing lands and water tanks freeze.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Amarillo
Galveston
United States Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Abilene
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Rich fertilizer from poultry house cleanings advised
The text notes that cleanings from the poultry house are valuable as garden fertilizer and should be saved in barrels or similar receptacles kept dry until spread on the garden.
Vegetables Need Room For Small Garden Plots
The United States Department of Agriculture warns gardeners with limited space to grow a narrow selection of vegetables. Choose 10 to 12 kinds rather than 50 or 60 to avoid crowding and promote better growth.
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United States Department of Agriculture
House committee backs noncash soldier bonus plan
Republican members of the House Wars and Means Committee virtually agree to remove the cash feature of the soldier bonus bill. A six member committee will craft a plan avoiding large immediate drafts on the treasury for two years. President Harding asserts support and promises to sign a bonus bill.
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Washington
Mar
House
Wars and Means Committee
Fordney
Federal
Treasury
Harding
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
MacNider
White House
John T. Taylor
Legislative Committee of
The
Hogs Rally at Oklahoma City Market
Live pork values continued upward in Oklahoma City with the market closing active and mostly 20 to 25 cents higher. Receipts were about 1,900 head, versus 2,570 a week ago and 2,266 two weeks back, with top at 10.75 for one load and bulk at 10.55 to 10.70. Stockers traded 8 to 8.50 and packer sows up to 8, down from last week’s 9.80 top.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Germany Accepts Provisional Reparations Payment Plan
Berlin reports a provisional agreement between the allied reparations commission and the German government outlining an annual cash payment of 720 million gold marks and 1.45 billion gold marks in kind.
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Germany
Berlin
Frost-Proof Cabbage and Bermuda Onion Plants
Frost-Proof cabbage and Bermuda onion plants advertised by Standard Plant Co. of Bay City Texas. Open-field grown varieties include early Jerseys Charleston Wakefield Flat Dutch and Copenhagen Market with postpaid pricing for quantities from 100 to 5 000 plants. Offers prompt shipment guaranteed money back if not satisfied.
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Jerseys
Charleston Wakefield
Copenhagen
Bermuda
Standard Plant
Bay City
Texas
Wall Street Discharges Veteran Who Rebelled
A veteran discharged by a Wall Street banking house for refusing to write letters to Congress attacking adjusted compensation seeks work with help from the American Legion in New York. He was among 3 of 250 employees who refused to sell his pen after being handed four unsealed letters to President Harding and to three congressmen.
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Wall Street
Congress
American Legion
New York
Legion
Harding
Service Man Praised For Assisting Buddies
John Toberman, service officer of Charles B. Burke post No. 99 at Madill, Oklahoma, received warm appreciation for helping more than sixty men in Marshall County secure aid, hospitalization, and employment. Post members say Toberman worked untiringly for the disabled buddy, giving unlimited time without accepting compensation.
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John Toberman
Charles B. Burke
Madill
Okla
Marshall County
Toberman
Mellon’s Home Endorses Soldier Bonus Measure
The Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce led by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon endorsed the American Legion adjusted compensation bill. Simultaneously the Los Angeles Chamber with 9000 members endorsed the bonus. El Dorado local commerce board, after denying U S Chamber tactics, voted for the compensation measure.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburg
Bear Legion Plans Coyote Hunt Amid Closed Stores
The American Legion at Bear organizes a coyote hunt as stores close and residents flock to the countryside. A plane circles overhead guiding the operation and coordinating the attacks.
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American Legion
Bear
Frenchman Offers Free War Lecture to Legion Posts
Paul Rochat county commander at Chickasha offers to give anywhere in the state an illustrated lecture on France During and After the War. The talk uses 5000 feet of films and slides. Posts wanting to add to their treasury should write Rochat and pay only railway and hotel costs.
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Paul Rochat
Chickasha
American Legion
France
Rochat
Tubercular Ex-Soldiers Migrating to Colorado
The American Legion reports 25 000 tubercular ex soldiers have moved to Colorado. Only two percent of hospital cases are Colorado citizens. The Legion will send service member names to posts in their home state to establish contact lines with friends and relatives.
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Colorado
American Legion
Rickenbacker Returns State Bonus for Ohio Hospital
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, America's premier ace, returned his Ohio bonus check of 185 to a fund for a hospital for disabled soldiers. The American Legion urged other veterans without urgent need to donate as well.
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America
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ohio
American Legion
Rickenbacker
Oil Test Near Wapanucka Seeks 3900 Foot Depth
In the northeast area around Wapanucka, the Tishomingo-McPherson group rigs up for a test two miles northeast of town aiming for 3900 feet if needed. It recalls Oklahoma's first wet drill in 1888 by Doctor Fassett of St. Louis three miles east, with several oil showings before final completion at 1414 feet.
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Tishomingo
McPherson
Wapanucka
Oklahoma
Doctor Fassett
St. Louis
Socialists Say They Will Nominate State Ticket
Oklahoma City report quotes E H Gates among 200 redcard socialists stating the party will field its own ticket in the state rather than support Shawnee’s reconstruction league slate. He notes the national group did not sanction the league.
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Oklahoma City
E. H. Gates
Oklahoma
Socialist Party
Shawnee
Reconstruction League
Tulsa landlord files suit over tenant misrepresentation
A landlord sues a tenant convicted of liquor possession alleging the tenant misrepresented his business to secure a lease and damaged the landlord's reputation.
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Tulsa
State American Legion convention planned for late summer
Bartlesville announces the annual American Legion state convention will likely be held in late August or September. Committee members say arrangements are underway as they prepare for the gathering. The text notes a public comment on price trends as evidence of public interest.
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Bartlesville
The
American Legion
Ada Veterans Vote on Five Fold Bonus Plan in County
Norman Howard post commander Gil bet F. Polly announced that Ada and Pontotoc county veterans will soon receive questionnaire forms from national headquarters to express support for the five fold bonus plan under consideration in Congress. Forms will track prior compensation, insurance, and vocational training, with county canvassing and post-to-post dissemination planned.
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Pontotoc County
Congress
Gilbert F. Poly
Norman Howard
American Legion
Oklahoma
Polly
Ada
Legion
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Abbottstown Reader
Edward P. Mier of Abbottstown Pa commends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds. He notes those who have used it seldom switch to other remedies and says it is effective in easing coughs and breaking up colds.
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Edward P. Mier
Abbottstown
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