University Debt Deal Involved Endowment and Endorsed Mortgage
Testimony in Epworth case details a development company paying a debt with a debt and earning a reported two thousand dollar profit. The venture foreclosed its mortgage after a 1910 loan to cover teachers’ salaries and debts, then bought the Epworth property for four thousand dollars. The company, organized with capital stock, paid the school endowment and soliciting funds, netting substantial profits and listing stockholders including Classen and Shartel.
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Epworth Univer
University Development Company
Epworth
Fred 5
Coanile
Ayd
Te Pase
Uni
Coombs Z Fite
Jol Wo Shartel
Coombe
Ies
Anton Classen
Margaret McKinley
FW Zieglar
CF Coleard
Shartel
Keaton
Wells
Boundary Changes Suggested to Lift School Congestion
Greek official Whiteford proposes boundary changes to relieve city school congestion. He says shifting seats between districts could ease overflow and asks education board to approve adjustments and fill vacancies with teachers selected by him. A sugar cargo of 700000 dollars worth is loaded for shipment to Greece next week as part of the plan.
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New York
Seerimetaet Whiteford
Greece
Whiteford
Ship bearing Americans sunk by submarine
New York dispatched reports from September describe the Kelvinia, a British ship bound from Newport News to Glasgow, torpedoed at 2 am with no warning. Many Americans aboard, hired as hustlers for cargo, leapt into life belts as lifeboats ran short. fourteen hours later a trawler rescued survivors.
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New York
Sept
IRA
Kelvin Emery
GW Dillard
Richmond
England
Kelvinia
Newport News
Glasgow
Chamber of Commerce to Elect Secretary Today
The Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce board meets this afternoon to elect a secretary for the coming year. The session aims to appoint a single official to oversee chamber operations and represent organization affairs locally.
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Chamber
Heard of
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa Man Shot Wife Arrested
Tulsa, Sept 18. Kt Westwood was shot and fatally wounded at work in his garage. An employee was in the room when the shot rang out. He declined to speak. Mrs. Westwood, wife of the wounded man, was arrested and jailed. She refused to discuss the affair.
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Tulsa
Okla
Westwood
Weather forecast summary from fragmented clipping
Fragmented weather notes indicate fair tonight with warm conditions. Forecaster predicts continued pleasant temperatures, with a Tuesday period showing warmth and improving conditions across the region.
Four Die as Train Strikes Auto Near Erie
Four persons from Pittsburgh were killed when their automobile was struck by a New York Central train in North Springfield near Erie. The victims named Mrs. Percy Seager Mrs. K Shipman Miss Shipman and the Negro chauffeur were among the dead.
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Erie
North Springfield
New York Central
Percy Seager
K. Shipman
Shipman
Pittsburgh
Offended Greek Calls Out Guard at British Legation
In Athens a Greek officer demanding permission to visit Andros called out the Greek award at the British legation amid public excitement. The incident centered on perceived rank-based treatment and the officer’s protest drew attention from officials and bystanders alike.
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Athens
Andros
Operators wait on coal miners to seal pact
Frklloma coud pherators are warting as John Wilkinsor president district 21 of the United Mine Workers of America says a meeting was set to negotiate a new two year contract. Operators association mailed a letter Sept 12 seeking response, but miners had not replied by day of report. Jordan of the Oklahoma Coal Operators association declined to state whether a regional nonunion group would mean open shop, saying he could not comment on potential associations or their impact.
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John Wilkinsor
Unite Mine Workers of America
Assioatin
Jetter
Westing
Jordan
Onaota Coal Operators’ Association
Healsin
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Arkansas
Miasotes Ment
Kansas City
Market Street
Louiesville
J. C. Saulsberry
A. T. Er
Karger
Ture
Department of Justice
United Turf Exchange
Lowing
Avain
Submarine Approached New London Believed Bremen American Craft
A submarine near New London last night was identified as an American craft of the L type returning from maneuvers. It was thought to be the German undersea merchantman Bremen but confirmed as a U S submarine after development today.
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New London
Conn
Bremen
Raymond Asquith Killed in Battle in London Report
Lieut Raymond Asquith son of Premier Asquith was killed in action on Friday. A University of Oxford graduate, he served as president of the Oxford Union and later joined the bar after admission in 1. He was the eldest son of the premier.
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London
Ikk
Raymond Asquith
Asquith
Oxford
Oxford Union
Deniecourt Abandoned In Drive-on Chaulnes
Germans report abandonment of Berny and Deniecourt area with French forces advancing toward Chaulnes. French claim two German battalions wiped out and several machine guns captured. British push northern Somme front with counterattacks repelled, and frontline gains toward Lesars and Courcelette noted amid Entente actions on multiple fronts.
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Chaulies
Somme
Sema
Waaay
Lesars
Bozieres Hayaume
Martinputch
Courcelette
Entente
Struma
Saloniki
Fashion Show Opens With Special Music Downtown
Music arranged for the annual Fashion show opening in Oklahoma City features Kemery's Oklahoma City concert band playing on Grand Avenue from 7 to 8 and Main Street from 8 to 9. FA Whitten of the Oklahoma City Retailers' association says merchants aim to make this year’s event the most spectacular yet with veiled windows and curtains lifted at 7.
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FA Whitten
Oklahoma City
Mr. Whitten
Tulsa Policeman Is Thugs Victim
Tulsa police report two masked robbers attacked a restaurant and several people, including a policeman, binding and gagging them and escaping with about 70 dollars in cash and several watches. Mike Gribes was choked unconscious with a sock and is hospitalized in critical condition.
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Tulsa
Cikla
Maskei
Frisco
Mike Gribes
Tax on Oil and Gas Revenues Reported by State Auditor
A report shows 1 271 009 27 dollars collected under the six percent oil and gas production tax through September 1, per State Auditor Howard figures. Of the total, 23 082 27 dollars went to the state treasury, 311 SA 000 returned to producing counties, and the remainder held in the state depository amid a broader protest.
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Howard
Mexican Bandits Rob Train Down Mountain Near Laredo
In Laredo Texas on September 18 bandits robbed a passenger train and forced it down a mountain side into a canyon. Passengers were allowed to detrain with no reported deaths at the time. a constitutionalist train pursuing the bandits was later reported ambushed at the same location, resulting in forty soldiers killed.
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Laredo
Texas
Trans
Marshal Kills Kentucky Feudist in 1906 Shootout
Lexington dispatch reports United States Marshal G. A. Sitenore fatally shot Mone Feltner of Breathitt County during a failed arrest attempt amid the Hargis Cockrell feud. Feltner, a noted leader in the feud, resisted arrest and was killed in the confrontation.
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Lexington
Perry County
Mone Feltier
Counnrg
Breathitt
United States
G. A. Sitenore
Feltner
Firemen Killed When Trains Meet in Missouri Pacific Collision
HOILINGTON Kan Sept 18 Two freight trains on the Missouri Pacific railway collided at Stuart Cot today. Roy Scoty and FW Hadley firemen were killed and the engineers of both trains are believed to have been severely burned according to company offices in the area.
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Hoilington
Kan
Missouri Pacific Railway
Stuart
Cot
Roy Scoty
FW Hadley
Times Better Menu contest prompts bear meat pricing query
Reader asks about menu ideas and pricing in the Times Better Menu contest. The note mentions daily meals for two and up to eight, with pay for recipes and aims to ease cost of living and add variety to family meals.
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Ty Satbonit
Times
Lished
The
Blackmail Gang Falls Out Over Spoils Division
Confessions by two members of a Chicago blackmail syndicate reveal the group with about 60 members netted over 1 million dollars in the past year. Eight suspects arrested in a Saturday raid face hearings, with bail set at 100000. Evidence includes elaborate outfits, letters, telegrams, and cipher codes, showing international links and horse-racing betting operations through the United Turf Exchange.
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Chicago
Ito
Dick* Barrett
Edward J. Thompson
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Bureau of the Departsments of Justice
Cau
Thompson
Barrett
Edward Ea Onenoh
Doc" Donathue
Sis Widen Evers
Geo. W. Brown
Er Russell
Tettera
St Louis
Los Angeles
Helen Evers
Simon
Edward Donahue
United Turf Exchange
New York
Minnie
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