Oklahoma Seeks 430000 for State Schools and New Institutions
State Superintendent Cameron asks Governor Haskell to urge the legislature to appropriate 430000 for state educational institutions. He seeks permanent sites and funds for a deaf school at Sulphur, the Ada Normal, Murant Normal, Tahlequah Normal, Fort Gibson blind school, and Chickasha Girls’ Industrial School with dormitory funding from site sales.
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Guthrie
Okla
Cameron
Haskell
Sulphur
Ada Normal School
Murant Normal School
Tahlequah Normal School
Fort Gibson Blind School
Girls’ Industrial School
Chickasha
Oklahoma City Couple Married Today By Judge Terrell
Four marriage licenses issued today include W B Fairhurst and Grace McDowell of Oklahoma City who wed in a ceremony by Judge Terrell with Clerk Sims and Tom McKeown as witnesses. Also listed are John H Matthews and Maggie Tyree T J Williams and Ollie Driver D O Garrison and Fannie Callahan.
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W. B. Fairhurst
Grace McDowell
Oklahoma City
Terrell
Sims
Tom McKeown
Fairhurst
John H. Matthews
Howe, Tex
Maggie Tyree
Stonewall
T. J. Williams
Tyrola
Ollie Driver
D. O. Garrison
Fitzhugh
Fannie Callahan
Okla
Farm Land Wanted Trade for Pontotoc Land
Farm land sought in Pontotoc county. Will trade $3,500 worth of city property for improved farmland. Weaver Agency.
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Pontotoc County
Weaver Agency
Comet Sighted in Ada Sparks Local Excitement
A bright comet seen in Ada last evening at about 6 30 in the southwest with head first and tail toward the clouds. Public interest surged as residents telephoned each other to report the stunning sight and Lick Observatory predicted visibility for the coming nights.
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South Africa
Ada
Lick Observatory
San Jose
Cal
A. G. Aitken
Lick Observtory
Association Press
Venus
Tramp Repays Kindness in Big Gift
James L. Harvey, a Rio Grande switchman in Denver, once helped a tramp seven years ago in Oklahoma. The tramp, Charles Mc Namara, now a wealthy miner of Murray Idaho, sent a $500 Christmas gift and praised Harvey for rescuing him with meals clothes and shelter. He says Harvey gave him courage to fight on and promises to help when asked.
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Denver
James L. Harvey
Rio Grande
Oklahoma
Harvey
Charles McNamara
Murray
McNamara
International Meet Closes as Curtiss Wins Grand Sprint
Four flying machines landed at Los Angeles after America's first international aviation meet. Charles K. Hamilton escaped a fatal crash with expert emergency handling. Curtiss and Paulhan waged a flying race with Curtiss prevailing by a length. Curtiss machines swept speed events while Paulhan dominated endurance tests earning over 15000 dollars in prizes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
America
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamilton
Curtiss
Paulhan
Mud delays funerals as thawed roads hinder processions
Warm weather thaws ground in Wichita Kansas making roads muddy and funeral processions to Maple Grove cemetery slow. Four-horse hearses and frequent rests are needed as farmers cannot reach town and a hay famine threatens supply.
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Wichita, Kas
Maple Grove Cemetery
State Board Grants Sanitary Code Tightens Rail and Hotel Rules
Austin Texas January 21 The state board of health has prepared a new Sanitary code for railroads hotels and public buildings One provision prohibits Pullman porters from sleeping in berths for white people and from using sleeping car linen for their own needs.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Health
Banker Dies After Pie Breakfast in Freeport
Henry Mead, 71, a Freeport baker, collapsed and died after eating a piece of his own pie for breakfast. A doctor attributed the death to heart failure due to acute indigestion.
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Freeport
L. J
Henry ‘Mead
Eaperin
Mead
Artist Christy in probate court attack on wife amid custody suit
In Zanesville Ohio on January 20 Howard Chandler Christy attacked by his own testimony as Mrs Maybel Christy seeks possession of 12 year old Natalie The defense rests with deposition from Frank Vandever detailing drink abstinence and past affairs along with letters from Purdy the chauffeur The court adjourned with Mrs Christy not resuming testimony and no divorce questions addressed yet.
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Zanesville, O
Maybel Thompson Christy
Howard Chandler Christy
Christy
Natalie Christy
C. C. Lemert
Frank F. Vandever
New York
Atorney
Mrs. Christy
Purdy
C. S. Berry
Demurrers Sustained in Timber-Cutting Indictments
Federal Judge John H. Rogers sustained demurrers to indictments against Richard Ragan T G Bates and William Crutchfield all of Scott county Arkansas on the charge of cutting government timber. The court ruled the indictments did not sufficiently cover the reported crimes. The indictments follow a standard form used in federal courts.
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Fort Smith
Ark
John H. Rogers
Richard Ragan
T. G. Bates
William Crutchfield
Scott County
Arkansas
Senator Gore and Ferris Voice Similarity in Congress
Congress members debated whether Senator Thomas Gore and Representative Scott Ferris of Oklahoma share the same technique and tone. A clash arose when Speaker Cannon misidentified Gore in a House debate, prompting clerks to clarify Ferris was speaking.
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Washington
Congress
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Scott Ferris
Ferris
Gore
Ferri
House
Cannon
Blazes
Senate
Speaker
Mr. Cannon
Uncle Joe
Woman Loses 21 Dogs in San Francisco
In San Francisco on January 21 Mrs. Mattie Harley faced an empty Sec ond Bryant Street home as twenty one dogs including Great Danes Spanish poodles and Scotch terriers were removed. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gathered the dogs to their orphan dog home, easing the owner’s distress with assurance no harm would befall the pets.
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San Francisco
Second
Bryant Streets
Mattie Harley
the Society For the Prevention of
Harley
Rainey Dropped From Ballinger Pinchot Panel
Washington observers report Representative Rainey of Mississippi was removed from the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee by the Republican caucus. Ollie James of Kentucky was kept on as a Democratic member, and Representative Lloyd of Missouri was substituted for Clayton of Alabama. Final vote on the Goeble resolution with Morse amendment was 95 to 61, with insurgents bolting earlier but expected to support the resulting committee.
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Washington
Representative Rainey
Hinds
T Aft
Ballinger-Pinchot
Lloyd
Missouri
Ollie James
Kentucky
Rainey
Bhy
Windward
House
McCall
Massachusettes
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Denby
Michigan
Madison
Kansas
Stevens
Minnesota
Cooper
Nelson
Lenroot
Carey
Wisconsin
Lindberg
Davis
Volstead
James
Morse
Goeble
Cincinnati
Clayton
Alabama
Lloyd of Missouro
Capitol
Hayes
California
Important Papers Burned in Constantinople Palace Fire
Jan 19 report states Charagan palace where the Turkish parliament meets burned completely. The building cost about 16 million dollars and most Chamber of Deputies archives and budget estimates were destroyed. Fire likely started near private apartments. some blame reacts against reform, while sailors from legations rescued a few effects.
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Constantinople
Charagan
Chamber of Deputies
Parkment
Legations
Injunction Sought in Shawnee School Attendance Case
Over 200 citizens filed an application in district court seeking a temporary restraining order against the Shawnee mayor city council TC Sanders the health department and the Board of Education restraining interference with their children’s school attendance. A hearing for a permanent injunction was set for January 1.
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Shawnee
Judge Rules Boycott Law constitutional in Lea Planing case
District Judge Bailey upholds Oklahoma statute barring unlawful labor boycotts in the Lea Planing Mill Company versus Trades Council suit. The decision confirms that a labor organization may advertise a business as unfair without employing force or intimidation.
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Chickasha
Okla
Bailey
Lea Planing Mill’ Company
The
Trades Council
Recalls Carmack Murder Case in Tennessee
Nashville January 17 report recalls the Carmack murder appeal involving state Colonel Duncan Cooper and Robin Cooper who were sentenced in the case.
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Carmack
Nashville
Tenn
Duncan Cooper
Robin Cooper
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Studebaker
Springfield
W. C. Rollow
Onlahoma City
P. M
Texas
Geo. A. Harrison
Geo
A. Harrison Ada
Chapman
Wright
Tramp
United States Attorney General’s Office
Speaker Cannon
San Francisco Humane Society
Bolt Gausus
Ballinger-Pinchot Committee
Turkey
Parliament
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