Conflicting reports on Mexican fighting near Guadalajara
United Press dispatches from El Paso say Carranzistas evacuated Guadalajara while a 15,000 strong Villista assault under Angeles continues. Telegraph service is interrupted as Villa is expected to reach an early victory. Carranza sends Obregon’s division to Guadalajara and troops to Tampico and Sonora as Villa’s main army nears Mexico City.
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United Press
el Paso
Guadalajara
Villa
Carranza
Obregon
Tampico
Sonora
Mexico City
Government to Help Oklahoma Hog Raisers
The government funds a new anti hog cholera program using lab and farm field trials funded with a half million dollars. Experiments will occur nationwide to exterminate the disease in test areas and develop practical control methods, addressing Oklahoma where hog cholera causes 70 deaths per 1000 and losses amount to about 798 009 dollars annually.
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Congress
United States
Oklahoma
Growing Celery in Pontotoc County
T. H. Clark of North Ada presented the News with a fine home grown celery stalks reaching considerable height. The report notes it proves Pontotoc county can grow celery as well as other regions with only a little attention.
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T. H. Clark
Ada
Pontotoc County
Successful box supper by Y W C A at the normal
The Y W C A of the normal held a box supper Monday evening that raised 24 dollars to defray delegates’ expenses for a general conference. W C Duncan served as auctioneer and proved an effective presenter. Boxes sold from three dollars downward. The event took place in the Barringer building on East Main Street with Halloween themed decorations in the normal colors.
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Normal
W. C. Duncan
Barringer Building
East Main Street
Hal
No Quarantine in Kansas City
Kansas City reports that Monday's note about a foot and mouth disease quarantine in the stockyards was an error. It likely confused Kansas City with Wichita's quarantine situation.
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Kansas City
Wichita
Kansas
Indictments Against Coal Strike Leaders
Rumor says nine more indictments charging prominent union miners with obstructing justice were returned by a federal grand jury probing the Prairie Creek coal strike riots. The grand jury adjourned sine die. The story notes electric fans allow southern Indian churches and theaters to stay open all summer.
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United Press
Fort Smith
Prairie Creek
India
Forest Fires Raging in Kiamichi Mountains Oklahoma
Dozen serious fires sweep the Kiamichi mountain range in southeastern Oklahoma. Smoke blankets the state as fires threaten small towns including Woods and Ludlow, with pumping stations and timber regions at risk. Fires cross from Arkansas into Louisiana near Ida.
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Kiamichi Mountains
Muskogee
Okla
Kiamichi
Oklahoma
Smithville
Beach
Page
Hockatown
Big Cedar
Ludlow
Woods
McCurtain and
Shooting in Hughes County thriller over rent money
Sasakwa November 24 Special to News S D Kilpatrick was shot at 5 am by C A DeLozier. The wound is serious and may be fatal. The shooting occurred three miles east of Sadkwa in Hughes county. Kilpatrick rented on DeLozier s place and the quarrel stemmed from a rent difference under 16 dollars.
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Sasakwa
S. D. Kilpatrick
C. A. DeLozier
Hughes County
Sadkwa
Kilpatrick
DeLozier
Parish Chapel and Center Pickups and Farewell Sermon
Messrs Saunders and Stephenson visited Ada on Saturday. Brother Berry McGraw preached his last sermon at the Chapel on Sunday the 22nd and began in the same place his first sermon as well as four times a year. He heads to Hickory to make his home. Mae Long of Ada visited McCraw relatives Sunday. Ben Marberry of Vaness plans to move his mother and sister back here, praising the country. Grandma Dollch died last Friday and was buried in Center cemetery. The bereaved receive community sympathy. Bro Frank Beller will preach at the Chapel on the fifth Sunday. Mrs Chancellor has sons visiting from Texas.
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Messrs
Saunders and
Stephenson
Ada
Bro
Berry McGraw
Hickory
Mae Long
McCraw
Grandma Carlock
Grandma
Dame
Ben Marberry
Vaness
Ben
Mr. Fate Wyatt
Ft. Worth
J. R. Wyatt
Will Wyatt
Candian River
Lone Oak
J. H. Medlock
Storm Sinks Steamer Hanalei Near Duxbury Reef
San Francisco news reports a disaster when the steamer Hanalei broke apart after 18 hours on a reef. Twenty to thirty lives were lost, with twenty survivors reaching shore by wreckage. Golden Gate rescuers saved five of fifty eight aboard after failed attempts to shoot a line to the ship.
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United Press
San Francisco
Duxbury Reef
Double Murder Shocks Florida in Blaze at Home
Miami reports a prominent attorney Adam Boggs and his young daughter were murdered Tuesday night and their house set on fire to conceal the crime. The case remains enveloped in a deep mystery and unanswered questions.
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United Press
Miami
Fla
Adam Boggs
Wilson to push budget economy in coming year
President Wilson weighs cutting government spending for next year due to the European war. He aims for a coordinated budget aligning expenditures with incomes and plans greater scrutiny of appropriations. A Treasury secretary presence in Congress may be recommended in his forthcoming message. The House Appropriations Committee opens hearings on the District of Columbia appropriation bill.
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Wilson
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
House
District of Columbia
Mail Christmas Re Packages Early
Patrons urged to mail parcels early to ensure delivery by Christmas. Encourage spreading mailings over multiple days to avoid congestion and ensure tags like Not to be opened until Christmas are respected. Early mailing increases chances gifts arrive on or before Christmas.
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W. M. Ligon
Fire drives 100 girls from college dorms in Abingdon
In Abingdon Virginia on November 25 a dormitory blaze at Stonewall Jackson Institute forced more than 100 frightened girls to flee in nightgowns. Nearby Martha Washington College dormitory residents also evacuated in an orderly retreat.
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Abingdon
Stonewall Jackson Institute
Martha Washington College
Siegel Averts Jail Term In Business Collapse Case
Henry Siegel, once a merchant prince, convicted of misdemeanor after his business collapse. Sentenced to ten months in jail and a $1000 fine, with the sentence deferred to allow creditors to be paid. If not paid by June, he will serve the sentence.
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United Press
New York
Henry Seigel
Chicago
Seigel
Siegel
Forest Fires in Southwest Arkansas Check by Rain
Rainfall checked forest fires near Little Rock as winds eased and flames were within four miles of the city. The rain helped suppress fires in southwestern Arkansas and neighboring areas in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
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Little Rock
Ark
United Press
Forest
Funeral services of M. M. Sanders held at home
This morning at 10 o clock the funeral for M. M. Sanders was conducted at the family residence by Rev. C. Stubblefield. The service followed his scripture selections and a brief sermon to a large gathering. Confederate veterans supervised interment with pallbearers W. F. McCaskle A. M. Crow J. M. Vaden W. H. Fisher W. A. Walker and A. H. Kilpatrick. The veterans sang How Firm a Foundation and fired the last call as the body was lowered.
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M. M. Sanders
Rev. C. Stubblefield
W. F. McCaskle
A. M. Crow
J. M. Vaden
W. H. Fisher
W. A. Walker
A. H. Kilpatrick
Murray Lucas
Another Veteran Answers Last Call
W. W. Bevels died at Tyrola this morning at 3 o'clock. The body will be brought to Ada Thursday morning and met by Confederate veterans who will accompany it to Rosedale cemetery. He was 86, a Confederate veteran long resident of the area and highly respected.
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W. W. Bevels
Tyrola
Ada
Rosedale Cemetery
Forest fire threatens Muskogee as flames close in
Nov 25 dispatch from Muskogee reports a forest fire cutting telegraph lines and moving within four miles of town. The Oklahoma Pipeline company's $400,000 plant and 35,000 barrels of stored oil are endangered as flames isolate the town. Authorities awaited word from Woods at midnight.
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United Press
Muskogee
Oklahoma Pipeline Company
Seminole Full Blood Lands Not Taxable
Oklahoma City reports the state supreme court ruled that lands allotted to a full blood Seminole and inherited by his full blood heirs are exempt from taxation while owned by the heirs. The decision, in Sallie Marcy vs. Seminole County, may apply to other Indian tribes and overturns prior tax actions from 1910 and 1911.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Sallie Marcy
Board of County Commissioners
Seminole County
Bleakmore
District Court
Naval engagement reported in the Adriatic Sea
Rome reports a naval engagement in the Adriatic Sea dated November 25 with no details provided. The item notes an active conflict while leaving specifics unavailable.
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Rome
Adriatic
President Grants Immediate Pardon in Liquor Shipment Case
Washington announces a presidential pardon for O. H. Storm of Dallas who had been sentenced to a year and a day in Leavenworth for shipping liquor labeled Floor Sweep into old Indian Territory. Mrs. Storm helped secure the pardon, and Storm’s father in Dallas, L. Craddock, a liquor dealer, had been fined $5,000 earlier for the same offense.
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United Press
Washington
O. H. Storm
Dallas
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Apple Crop Forecast for 1914
The 1914 Oklahoma apple crop is estimated at 1,458,000 bushels, up from 1,100,000 in 1913 and 1,700,000 in 1912. Current crop condition stands at 57 percent of normal, matching the ten year average. Nationwide the United States apple crop is put at 230,249,000 bushels with last year at 145,400,000. Farmers receive about 62 cents per bushel.
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Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Federal Department of Agriculture
United States
Croker to wed Indian princess in Oklahoma church
Keetan Kalunt chy of the Cherokee nation in Oklahoma will marry Richard Croker, 71, at St Agnes church tomorrow. Croker once led Tammany Hall. his first wife died in September. Keetan Edmonston, a suffragette, met Croker at the National Democratic convention in Kansas City with her father a delegate.
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United Press
New York
Keetan Kaluntchy
Oklahoma
Richard Croker
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Croker
Tammany Hall
Keetan
Beulah Edmonston
War Reports From Front Lines Across Europe
Heavy losses for retreating German infantry near Lodz and gains for Russians in Poland. German forces defeated near Warsaw and forced back toward Sedek. Indian troops retook trenches and captured officers near the Franco-Belgian front. Paris reports bombardment near Metz and French gains at Argonne. A German airship bomb narrowly misses the American consulate in Warsaw.
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London
Franco-Belgium
Washington
Warsaw
State Department
Paris
Argonne
Poland
Mexican War Developments Reported From Front Lines
El Paso reports General Blanco in Mexico City will back Villa with troops. Obregon Hay and Villareal reportedly under arrest, while Isidro Fabela says Obregon leads a large force to oppose Villa. Telegraph disruption blocks progress on Angles attack on Guadalajara. Villa gathers forces at Queretaro for a march on Mexico City.
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United Press
el Paso
Blanco
Mexico City
Villa
Obregon
Hay
Villareal
Isidro Fabela
Carranza
Angeles
Guadalajara
Queretaro
Mexicans threaten Americans life reported in MemphIs
Washington dispatch says the American consul at Sonora capital has been ordered to investigate reports that T. W. Carraway of Memphis is about to be executed.
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United Press
Washington
Mermosillo
Mexico
T. W. Carraway
Memphis
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