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Newspaper

Checotah Times

Location

Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1917

Page

8

Memphis Woman Credits Tanlac For Health Revival

Mrs. Mattie Bond of 510 Mosby Street Memphis says Tanlac restored her after a decade of kidney and stomach troubles. She gained weight, regained sleep, but stops short of hospital care, praising Tanlac as life changing and plans to tell others through writing. The ad notes a local Tanlac dealer and the product’s availability.

Fanlac Taniac Memphis Tanlac Ike Mike Adv

Oklahoma Agricultural Crop Outlook for 1917

The federal crop report estimates Oklahoma wheat at 31.6 million bushels, corn 65.6 million, oats 25.6 million, potatoes 1.98 million, sweet potatoes 1.0 million, hay 1.46 million tons, apples 544 thousand barrels, peaches 1.02 million bushels, cotton 904 thousand bales, Kaffirs 29.3 million bushels, with year over year gains in several crops and total U.S. wheat at 678 million bushels.

Oklahoma Federal Department of Agriculture State Department of Agriculture United States Department Kafirs

Statehouse Briefs Show Oklahoma Revenue Total

State treasurer W L Alexander reports Oklahoma collected 7 648 909 41 in the fiscal year ending June 30 from ad valorem taxes 3 178 270 gross production taxes 1 551 654 and other sources totaling millions. Entries include corporation license 62 092 inheritance 49 425 interest 66 662 and miscellaneous department receipts 186 653 plus smaller sums from state offices and boards. Love county contributed 141 as part of the 1907 state election fund balance, with Western Union payments and bond interest among noted items. Approximately 75 000 in foreign corporate fees and various department receipts push total collections higher.

Oklahoma W. L. Alexander Seience Lcense Land Office The Insurance Secretary of Insurance Board Corporation Commission Income Tak and Bomaily Sec Eceenes Cssssece Eens Nee Eee Board of Agriculture Supreme Court Love County Western Union Telegraph Co Thar Commission Mining Board Livestock Registration Board Y.i Aithnr Waretyite State Board of Deal State Board of Affairs General Revenue State Treasury

State's Balance Large As Revenue Totals Announced

The annual report of State Treasurer W L Alexander shows June 30 general revenue at 2375 62 with the prior year balance 1922780. Gross production tax yielded 1697031 with two thirds to the state. Total year revenue 7638909, outlay 7186069, ad valorem 3178270. Land fund 400000 and highway fund 41218 returned to counties.

Oklahoma National Guard to Move to Fort Worth Expected

Officials in Washington and here anticipate 1000 or more Oklahoma National Guard troops leaving for a concentration camp by August 5. Guards from central districts to Fort Sill will join units in Fort Worth, with about 1000 men affected across engineers, cavalry, hospital, and ambulance corps.

Oklahoma National Guard Fort Worth War Department National Guard Washington Dispatch Fort Sill Oklahoma Guard Engineera Corps Cavalry

State employment offices fill 3572 jobs in June report

Four state free employment offices reported 3572 positions filled during June per W. G. Ashton state labor commissioner. Tulsa led with 1861 placements, followed by Enid harvest labor at 1268, Oklahoma City 640, and Muskogee 316. Local clerical department filled 19 jobs with 21 employers seeking help.

W. G. Ashton Tulsa Enid Oklahoma City Muskogee

Santa Fe Expands Oklahoma City Rail Line

Santa Fe railway activity grows in northwest Oklahoma as the company seeks permission to transfer property to the Santa Fe. The line began near Waynoka earlier this year and runs northwesterly through Woods Woodward and Harper counties, with Buffalo, as Harper County seat, as the terminus, a sixty mile span.

Oklahoma City Santa Fe Railway Buffalo, and ‘Northwestern Railway Sante, Fe Waynoka Wweat Woods Woodward Harper Buffalo Harper County

Pharmacists Certificates Granted by State Board

At the capitol July 10 and 11 the state board of pharmacy awarded certificates to fourteen students who passed the exam for registered pharmacists sixteen earned certificates as assistant pharmacists and others received reciprocity or university diploma based registrations. Names include Clarence R Aswell Eilsa O Bignall Ernest K Bostick Garvis King Pearl Lowe and D C Davis among others.

State Board of Pharmacy Capitol W. R. Jarrett Clarence R Aswell Mangum Eilsa O. Bignall Wetumka Ernest K. Bostick Tulsa E. I. Dickens Oklahoma City Garvis King Spiro A. C. Lisle McLeod Pearl Lowe E. C. Brown Olustee Anna Belle Brummall Salisbury D. C. Davis Stratford K HE Fielder Reever Prentice J. W. Anderson Amorita Chartes L. Berger Vaness Dewey Vera Moye Lone Wolf W. S. Foster Stillwater Oklahoma University Abe L. Levite Chickasha G. Miller Thompson Boswell William B. Mosher Coyle D. D. Mosher Wagoner

Report on Funk's Move to Missouri Utilities Commission

A. L. Funk, long time reporter for the state corporation commission, resigns after eight years to join the Missouri public utilities commission with a pay increase of 709 dollars.

A. L. Funk State Corporation Commission Missouri Public Utilities Commission

Demurrage Rates Increase Approved by Commission

The western demurrage and storage bureau gains authority to raise rates with an order effective August 1 to May 1, 1918. Free time drops from 72 to 48 hours. Charge rises to 2.00 per first five days and 5.00 per day thereafter. Gas price hike prompts Furnaces near Collinsville and Bartlesville to close pending possible federal mediation on pricing.

Western Corporation Commission Collinsville Bartlesville Sinc

Spinach centric salads and festive vegetable harlequin

A playful collection of spinach dishes using eggs peas apples cucumbers and beets. Recipes include Ellsworth and Red Pepper salads with cheese dressings and a vegetable harlequin styled ring, all featuring chilled molds and mayonnaise dressings.

Industrious Persons Thrive On Honest Earning, Not Idle Inheritance

A concise old proverb notes that diligent work yields more value than reliance on large inherited wealth. The message favors self-made effort over passive income, urging personal labor as the better path to success.

T. Fuiler

Preparing fruits and jellies for winter use

Instructions urge readers to save extras for hospital use, detailing currant jelly methods and pectin notes. Guidance covers selecting currants, washing, mashing, boiling, straining, and setting, plus suggestions for raspberries strawberries and orange pectin additions. Also includes a strawberry carp ice cream dessert and serving ideas.

Dodson's Liver Tone Beats Calomel in Ads

An old advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel. It warns calomel as mercury causing sickness and bone necrosis, and promises a 60 cent bottle will cleanse the liver and bowels, improve digestion, and boost family health.

Dodson Dodzon

The Minister Awakens With A Pint Of Sleep

A quiet humor story from a church setting features a minister who plans to wake sleepy listeners. He teams with a verger to rouse sleepers from the pulpit and finally stirs an innkeeper with a forcible call for another pint, prompting a lively response.

Janet

Druggist Endorses Swamp Root Kidney Remedy

A Watts Mercantile Co representative in Wattsville Mississippi lauds Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder issues. He promotes samples and booklets from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and notes bottles are sold in drug stores.

Dr. Kilmer J. M. Watts

Not Fully Developed. A Humorous Exchange on Courtship

Fragmented dialogue depicts courtship and naive questions about kissing and rituals. It mentions a humorous lock of hair tradition, a wife explaining a goose step, and a tongue in cheek promotion for Renovine a heart and nerve tonic priced at $1. The garbled text hints at social customs and period humor.

Thunderstorm, lightning and love in odd reflections

A reflective column notes that storms purify the air yet comfort a man struck by lightning. It quips that a man lacking love was born by mistake and observes how a red riding hood now equates to an auto hat. The frigate bird spends most of its life on the wing.

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