Brook bill cuts city class population and calls special elections
Oklahoma political notes outline Senator Brook’s measure to lower the first class city population to 2000 and require a governor issued special election to reclassify cities. It uses last summer’s federal census and dicts officer elections. petitions must sign 35 percent of voters. Also details a separate provision for optional elections in already proclaimed first class cities requiring 25 percent signatures.
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Jam
Aator Brook
Brook
Professor Muensterberg Calls for Killing Two Thirds of Professors
Chicago January 24 Harvard professor Hugo Muensterberg told the Germanistic Society in Fullerton hall that American universities would improve if two thirds of their faculty were killed. He argued top talent is needed and current salaries won’t fix the system. An advertising insert promotes KODOL for stomach troubles, sold by Crescent Drug Store.
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Chicago
Germanistic Society of Chicago
Fullerton Hall
Hugo Muensterberg
Harvard University
Crescent Drug Store
F. Z. Holley
Money Market Bases Show Funds Returning to Reserves
The week featured a flood of funds into reserve deposits, easing money markets globally and driving down official rates in England France and Germany. U.S. call loans and clearing house certificates retreated as bank notes left circulation and government deposits faced withdrawals amid a recovering confidence signaling a potential end to the prior financial panic.
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New York
Bank of England
Bank of France
Imperial Bank of Germany
New York Clearing House
United States Treasury
Oklahoma Bankers to Meet in Lawton Session
Group No. 1 Oklahoma Bankers will hold its annual session in Lawton on February 22 with an ambitious program. The meeting will cover Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman, Comanche, Caddo, Grady, Stephens, Jefferson, Beckham, Washita, Roger Mills and Custer counties. Local officers include President T. H. Dwyer and Secretary T. P. Martin Jr. Prominent state figures are expected to speak.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Bankers
Greer
Jackson
Kiowa
Tillman
Comanche
T. H. Dwyer
Chickasha
W. T. Clark
Apache
Connell Elected President Of Oklahoma A and M
Dr J H Connell of Dallas editor of the Texas Farm and Ranch and president of the Texas Farmers' congress was chosen president of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical college in Stillwater to succeed A C Scott. The college faces funding gaps as it seeks state appropriations while Morrill funds and lease resources are tied by legal limits.
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Stillwater
Okla
Agricultural and Mechanical College
A. C. Scott
Morrill
Scott
Conners
State Board of Agriculture
W. H. Murray
Henry S. Johnston
Blair
Russell
Faulkner
Durant
Agricultural and Mechanical
Guthrie
Freeman E. Miller
Morrill Hall
Dr. Connell
Texas Farm and Ranch
Frank J. Wikoff
John L. Bishop
C. G. Jones
R. H. Wynne
Roy Star
Socialite-led protest clashes with police in Chicago march
In Chicago on January 23, Dr. Benjamin L. Reitman and two followers organized a march of hoboes and the unemployed through downtown streets. Police clashed with the would-be demonstrators using clubs, routing the crowd as Reitman was arrested after a violent scuffle at Clark Street. A crowd of about 2,000 gathered as he was taken to police headquarters.
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Chicago
Lll
Benjamin L. Reitman
Reitman
Clark Street
Prisoner Escapes Train Near Chickasha Oklahoma
A prisoner en route to Duncan jumped from a Rock Island train as it left the yards in Chickasha. He had just been delivered to Sheriff Graham of Duncan. The incident occurred around 4 o'clock this afternoon. King’s Little Liver Pills are advertised in the notice. Sold by Gwin Meys & Co.
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Chickasha
Rock Island
Duncan
Graham
Gwin Meys & Co
Gentle laxative cough syrup praised for croup relief
Be es Laxative Cough Syrup gains favor across ages for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Mothers urged to keep it on hand for children as it promises prompt relief by driving poison and phlegm from the system and is guaranteed effective. Sold by Gwin Mays & Co.
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Gwin-Mays & Co
Gwin, Mays & Co
Illiteracy in four great Southern cotton states discussed
The 1900 census shows the four leading Southern cotton manufacturing states have the lowest literacy, with under 80 percent able to read and write. The piece compares this to the 1890–industrial North and questions sacrifices of children for wealth. Immigrant homes run by the Woman's Home Mission Society report lodging for hundreds of New York and Boston residents awaiting passage money.
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Great Southern Cotton
Turing
North
Woman’s Home Mission Society of the
M. E. Church
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Court adjourns first Pontotoc district court session
The Pontotoc county district court adjourned Saturday after civil motions were heard. Ord Rich was sentenced to one year and one day in county jail and fined 5000 dollars. his motion for a new trial was overruled. County Attorney Wimbish had motions affecting other cases.
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Pontotoc County
Ord Rich
Wimbish
Richardson F. M. Richardson Leaves Country in Perjury Case
Report notes Francis resident F. M. Richardson indicted for perjury has departed abroad. no trace found yet. Also advertised DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve and Crescent’s Little Early Risers pills sold by Crescent.
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F. M. Richardson
Francis
DeWitt’s
Crescent Drug Store
F. Z. Holley
DeWitt
Two at Center License and Marriage Ceremony
Saturday licenses issued in Center favored Dave Dane and Lonie Henry and J. S. McNair and Annie Eéding. The couples were married in the judge's office immediately after licensing. Bro S A Dane, a Baptist minister of Center, officiated the ceremony. Judge H M Furman returned from Guthrie this morning and proceeded to Tupelo on the Katy.
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Dave Dane
Lonie
Annie. Eéding
Center
H. M. Furman
Guthrie
Tupelo
Katy
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Sam Sparks
Kirk Stovall
Noah Collins
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G. W. Alfred
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