Wilson Opens As Columbus Ohio Address On Peace Treaty
President Wilson launches a nationwide speaking tour in Columbus to explain the peace treaty and the league of nations. He defends reparations as affordable and argues a league is essential, urging acceptance and warning against misrepresentation. He notes a labor charter and a Washington meeting in October.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Wilson
League of Nations
United States
Memorial Hall
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
James E. Campbell
Washington
Germany
Italy
Fiume
International Labor Organization
Versailles
Carranza Defends Mexico U S Policy and Monroe Doctrine
President Carranza’s congress address defends Mexico against foreign intrusion and U S actions, cites abuses against Mexicans abroad, maintains neutrality stance, rejects league of nations equality critique, and vows to protect sovereignty over oil legislation.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Congress
League of Nations
League
Oldest Man in America Seeks Life Insurance
Lexington Kentucky September 3 Uncle Johnny Shell widely regarded as the country most aged man marked his 131st birthday by inviting a life insurance agent to quote a policy He said he wants to be prepared for the worst The agent reviewed a rate card listing coverage for the first hundred years and is evaluating whether Shell can be insured
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Associated Press
Lexington
Johnny” Shell
Mr. Shell
Woodman Picnic Draws Large Crowd at City Lake
The two day Woodman of the World picnic ended with a fireworks display for about 5 000 attendees. A first day feature was patriotic songs by fifty girls directed by Mrs Bond. Diving contests and a speech by Judge J W Bolen accompanied the event despite a minor fist fight noted last evening.
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City Lake
Fair Grounds
Bond
Sam Scheinberg
J. W. Bolen
Old Textbooks May Yet Be Used in Oklahoma Schools
Oklahoma officials anticipate allowing use of existing textbooks for the first semester as new adoptions are delayed. Publishers cannot meet demand, prompting possible pupil trade among grades and shared use of books. A legislator may need prior adoption planning to smooth the transition.
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Oklahoma City
State Textbook Commission
State Board of Education
Boards of Education
Textbook Commission
Hidden Bodies Found in Budapest by Roumanian Troops
London dispatch reports Romanian forces uncover hundreds of bodies hidden in Budapest. The Basel based Telegraph dispatch notes the discovery as troops advance, with details sparse and no official casualty totals confirmed.
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London
Budapest
Basel
Switzerland
Exchange Telegraph Co
John Rawls Brother Killed in Texas
John Rawls city police chief received a notice his brother was instantly killed at Gorman Texas. Rawls left immediately on the southbound Frisco to Gorman. No details on the death have been received. The brothers had not met in twenty seven years. The brother owned valuable oil lands in Texas.
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John Rawls
Gorman
Tex
Mr. Rawls
Texas
Supreme Council Sends Ultimatum to Roumania
Paris reports the supreme council will dispatch an ultimatum to Roumania over acts in Hungary. A special envoy will deliver the terms with a time limit. If Roumania does not comply, diplomatic relations will end and the allied envoy will remove government belongings from Bucharest.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council
Roumanian
Hungary
Council
Roumania
Bucharest
Admiral Kolchak Evacuates Omsk Moves Headquarters
A Moscow wireless message reports Admiral Kolchak leader of the Russian government has evacuated Omsk and relocated his headquarters to Irkutsk.
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Admiral Kolchak
Associated Press
London
Moscow
Omsk
Irkutsk
Old Confederate Veteran Plans Walk to Atlanta
Col. Jack Hale a 76 year old former Confederate soldier travels through Purcell on his way from Ada to Atlanta to attend the National Reunion of the U C V. Hale who lived in Grady County east of Chickasha for 27 years and served with Robert E Lee at surrender aims to arrive about October 7. He is well known to local resident A L Rice.
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Col
Jack Hale
Grady County
Chickasha
Purcell
Ada
Col. Hale
Oklahoma
West Virginia
J. B. Steward
Robert E. Lee
Atlanta
U. Co. V
A. L. Rice
Purcell Register
Ada and Stonewall lawyers form partnership
Reuben M. Roddie of Ada and J. T. Crawford of Stonewall have formed a law partnership and will practice together. Crawford has moved to Ada permanently, while Roddie remains a veteran practitioner. Crawford, formerly of Stonewall, studied at Oklahoma University and served in France.
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Reuben M. Roddie
Ada
J. T. Crawford
Stonewall
Crawford
Roddie
Tal’’ Crawford
Oklahoma University
France
Shawnee News Notes on Carnegie’s Wealth and Last Years
The Shawnee column reflects on Andrew Carnegie’s wish to die poor and cites his diminished faculties in later years. It underlines a moral about wealth, generosity, and decline, noting the eccentricity of his late life while honoring his matierial legacy.
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Shawnee
Andrew Carnegie
Andy
McAlester Faces Urban Image After Week of Violence
Chickasha Express notes McAlester adopts metropolitan airs following a week marked by three shootings and a self-inflicted death. The piece frames the spike in violence as a shift in town character.
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Chickasha
McAlester
Ada Widows Thank Ada for Veterans’ Kindness 1919
Henry C Gilliland writes from Altus Oklahoma praising Ada Oklahoma for its kindness to United Confederate Veterans. He notes the 1919 visit and humorously corrects his age as seven and a half, not eighty-one, asking the paper to publish the correction.
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Altus
Okla
Ada
Oklahoma
United Confederate Veterans
Mexican government fails to free American hostage
Washington reports that Mexico has not yet secured the release of Dr. A Goenaga an American captive near Mexico City. The embassy cites a August 17 foreign office note saying troops were sent to rescue and that the government would pay the ransom if needed.
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Washington
A. Goenaga
Mexico City
State Department
Foreign Office
Goenaga
Special
War Department
Diekman
Southern Department
Baker
Rio Grande
McNabb
Dickman
Ada boy Thelma Cannon to receive Carnegie Medal for heroism
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission may award Thelma Cannon of Ada the Carnegie Medal for saving five negroes from drowning in Little Sandy during the January 1916 flood. Cannon, then seventeen, swam icy waters to rescue a woman, a child, and three men, suffering rheumatism afterward. He is related to Bill Cannon of the Elks club. report will be filed by Special Agent Leonard Snell.
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Thelma Cannon
Ada
Leonard C. Snell
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Cannon
Little Sandy
Sandy
12Th Street
Palm Garden
Main
Joe Collins
Katy
Nhegroes
el Reno
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Bill Cannon
Elks Club
Frank Gillette
Snell
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Belgian King and Queen to visit Washington in October
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium will arrive around October 1 in Washington. They will be guests of President and Mrs. Wilson at the White House for about three days.
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Washington
Albert
Elizabeth
Belgium
Wilson
White House
Ada Inventor Ready to Mass Produce Stamp Machine
R H Gladwell has received the finished model of his patented bank check stamping machine. An Ada company will manufacture and market the device, now planned for mass production by the Patent Holding Company of Ada. The machine attaches to an adding machine, uses its mechanism, and promises accuracy, speed, and low cost for banks and institutions.
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R. H. Gladwell
Mr. Gladwell
Ada
Bolshevik Forces Occupy Southern Part of Kirt
A wireless dispatch from Moscow reported Bolshevik troops occupying the southern sector of Kirt, with fighting continuing. The message suggests potential reference to the Lithuanian front where Bolsheviks were said to be surrounded and seeking peace. Also noted is a libel suit verdict against Henry Ford, totaling six cents damages and fifty dollars in expenses.
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Kirt
Associated Press
London
Moscow
Russia
Frederick
Henry Ford
Corporation Commission Chair to Hear Southern Ice Complaints
Hon. R. E. Echols chairman of the state corporation commission will visit Friday to hear complaints against Southern Ice & Utilities Co. The county attorney filed a complaint with the commission days ago and the hearing is set for Friday in the district court chamber.
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Corporation Commission
R. E. Echols
State Corporation Commission
Southern Ice & Utilities Co
District Court
Farm for Sale Near Ada with Multiple Acres
For sale 88 acres with Ada proximity and two improvements at 75 per acre. 590 acres five miles of Ada offering a three room house barn fruit trees and good land. Also 15 acres ideal for poultry truck and dairy farming with five room house orchard well windmill and bermuda pasture priced at 3750. Melton & Lehr listing.
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Ada
Melton & Lehr
Special Train From Ada To See President
President Gordon of East Central State Normal sent a message to President Wilson via Congressman McKeown. Ada citizens would travel by special train to Oklahoma City on October 26 to pay tribute to the president. McKeown conveyed Wilson’s cordial acknowledgement and appreciation in reply.
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J. M. Gordon
East Central State Normal
Wilson
Tom D. McKeown
Ada
Oklahoma City
Gordon
Oklahoma
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