Invoke Power of President to Curb Bond Sharks
Treasury officials consider asking President Wilson to curb Liberty Bond sharks who prey on workers. The Fourth Liberty Loan act lets the president regulate bond dealings for two years after the war, licensing dealers who buy bonds below market price. Espionage act provisions threaten $10,000 fine or 20 years imprisonment for false reports aimed at obstructing bond sales. Current market prices for $100 Liberty bonds listed. beware dealers offering less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Geldhof
Washington
Treasury Department
Wilson
United States
Major baseball trade reshapes Red Sox and Yankees
The season’s largest deal involves seven players moving between Boston and New York. Boston adds two solid pitchers and a young catcher Al Walters to replace Sam Ammons, while the Yankees gain Duffy Lewis and bolster their pitching with Leonard. Ruhl and Hannah become the new catching pair as Caldwell and Lova depart. The exchange positions both clubs as strong pennant contenders next year.
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Pitty -Fitty. i
Boston
New York
Short
Lewis
Navy
Leonard
al Walters
Sam Aimnen
Yankees
Duffy Lewis
Caldwell
Lova
Ruhl
Hannah
Walters
Muskogee Boy Fought in Marines Biggest Battles
A Muskogee corporal in the Marines, veteran of Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, Soissons, St Mihiel and Champagne, recounts front line life and gas exposure in a letter to his father. He recalls digs, marches, hand-to-hand fighting, and peril as he describes the Verdun trenches, St Mihiel drive, and Belleau Wood ordeals while hoping to return home to America.
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St. Louis
Muskogee
William A. Pevehouse
Chateau-Thierry
Belleau Wood
Soissons
St. Mihiel
Champagne
Verdun
Pevehouse
Germany
Brest
Bordeaux
Camblain
Chateau
Thierry
St.Mihiel
Bage
Meves
Argonne
France
Will Resume Baby Clinics Friday January 3
The Muskogee Free Baby clinic led by Dr Rice and Mrs Coop, visiting nurse for United Charities, will restart Friday afternoon January 3 at the Coloradou Building hall. After two weeks’s pause due to influenza conditions improving plans are set to resume weekly examinations for babies and children six years and under. A New Year party for mothers and children will follow with light entertainment and a decorated Christmas tree and gifts for each clinic child.
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Muskogee
Rice
Coop
United Charities
Coloradouilding
Zaharoff Funds Chairs at Oxford and London Universities
London, Dec 27 Sir Basil Zaharoff endows Oxford University with a $100 000 chair of French literature and affords a matching gift for a London University aviation chair. He has previously given $600 000 to Greece for a radio telegraph station and $100 000 to France to train youths for the Olympic Games, with further support during the Balkan War.
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London
Oxford University
Basil Zaharoff
Basil
London University
Greece
France
U S Casualty List for Oklahoma Soldiers in War Dept Release
The war department lists 11 Oklahomans as casualties in the December 27 release, with statuses including killed in action, died of disease or accident, wounded severely, and missing. totals by the commander of American Expeditionary Forces show 1 075 casualties across killed in action, died of wounds, disease, and other causes, with wounded severely and missing also noted. A separate note from Washington reports the agriculture department sending over twenty motion pictures to Russia to illustrate American farming, highways, and forests at the request of the Russian provincial Zemstvo.
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War Department
Oklahomensa
Robert G. Rdmsey
Muse
Ares Frank R. Robertson
Oklahoma
Charlie T. Dury
Bennington
Edwin K. Scaggs
Kiowa
Joseph G. Rallis Jr
Atoka
Frank Littleton Estes
Delaware
Roy Washington White
Salina
Earl Moyer
Edmond
Harold V. Quickie
Waurika
Wiliam R. Hogan
Ringling
Willam F. Johns
Tulsa
Xenecral
American Expeditionary Forces
Russia
Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Committee On Public Information
Primorskoyeg Provincal Zemstvo
America
Flu costs America millions daily in losses and fear
New York reports influenza causing up to 100,000 direct deaths and a two‑million weekly illness burden. Estimates show $28,000,000 monthly in costs from funerals, doctors, nurses, drugs, lost work, and business—sparking calls for public health action and possible vaccines, quarantines, and local committees to curb the outbreak.
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New York
United States
Dille Eo
R. 8. Copeland
Los Angeles
White
San Diego
San Francisco
Pittsburg
Frick Steel
B.C. Rosenow
University of Minnesota
Max C. ‘ Starkintr
RK. Kelley
Boston
Chelsea
Mass
Quinine Tablet Ad Claims No Head Effect
A vintage ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets as safe for all users without nervousness or head ringing. It notes the product has a tonic and laxative effect and features FE. W. GROVES as the signature on the box. Price is 30 cents.
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W. Groves
Orchid named for heroes wins at Royal Horticultural Society show
London story reports two medals awarded for orchids named The Marshal Foch and The Mr. Clemenceau at a Royal Horticultural Society show. The Marshal Foch is a deep maroon bloom with a yellow crested mauve labellum while The Clemenceau features a similar pattern and five heads on one stem.
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London
Marshal Foch
Mf. Clemenceau
Royal Horticultural Society
M. Clemenceau
French Commander in East Summoned for Paris Conference
Paris dispatch reports problems in allied occupation of Hungary, Turkey, Russia and Bulgaria. General Louis Stanchet D'Esperey, commander of allied forces in Macedonia, is summoned to Paris for a conference and is expected to arrive in a few days. Marcel Hutin of the Heho de Paris notes the summons as the issue develops.
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Paris
Hungary
Turkey
Russia
Bulgaria
Louis Stanchet D'Eaperey
Macedonia
Marcel Hutin
The
Heho de Paris
American correspondents treated royally in London
London on December 26 reports forty American correspondents who arrived with President Wilson were hosted by the government. They were entertained at the Bavoy hotel by Lord Robert Cecil, former minister of blockade, with a large dinner planned by the Newspaper Proprietors association for their honor tomorrow.
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London
Wilson
Lord Robert Cecil
Bavoy Hotel
Fhe Newspaper - Proprietora ‘Association
Cameron Asks For New Trial In Divorce Case
The divorce of A A Cameron was revived after a district court decree granting Mrs. Werence K Cameron custody of children and property. Cameron seeks a new hearing claiming forced appearance, excessive judgment, and bias. A new trial is set for 9 o'clock Monday before Judge Wheeler. The court ordered banks to hold bands and jewelry involved until settled.
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B. B. Wheeler
Mra
Werence K. Cameron
Cameron
Wheeler
Omer
Fsave Ir
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