Oklahoma State Crop Report Highlights Wheat Lead and Potatoes
The 1919 survey shows central and southern regions as top wheat producers while the west focuses on hay and cotton. Sweet potatoes emerge as a major US producer, Oklahoma's crop diversity spans hay, cotton, corn, oats, and broom corn, with regional shifts in crops and yields.
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Cantral
Houth
East Kentral
Evitin
Torn
Vle
Stare
Peare Beecin Porn
Wifalte
Eurihvinn
Canes
Nidan
Veatenke
Werieullaralls
United Hteliwa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kangwe
Missouri
Tax Refunds Soon for Local Income Overpayments
Officials in the district announce approval of excess income tax refunds totaling about 14 000 dollars. A 2 000 dollar payment will be issued within six weeks via the internal revenue service. The action follows an audit of Oklahoma City filed returns and relates to refunds for March and April taxpayers.
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Oklahoma City
Lady's Beauty Culture Magazine
Martican
Gloria
Jackson County Cotton Growers Plan May Export Crop
The Jackson County Cotton Growers association discussed exporting the 1920 cotton crop to European markets. An arrangement aims to cover handling costs through a per-ex port fee. The group imagines consigning and shipping to the port market for sale. Meanwhile in Martha, motor trucks replaced the old schoolhouse system, consolidating four districts into a modern building and providing transport for about 40 to 50 children per truck. The Martha population is around 400, but the consolidated area serves roughly 1,000 residents.
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Jackson County Cotton Growers’ Association
Schoo, Allus
Jackson County
Fed
Martha
Metrida
Martha i
Dleiret
Stad
Oklahoma City Livestock Receipts Slump Amid Market Pressures
Oklahoma City stockyards report curtailment in rock production and steep declines in cattle hogs and sheep receipts for eleven months ending December. Cattle totals reach 381 46 head, calves 61 041, hogs 115 811, sheep 19 82 head, with year ago figures higher and market prices far below 1920 peaks. Losses extend to horses and mules as overall livestock volume falls.
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Oxlahoma City
Oklahoma City
Cnt
Will left by Hamon appoints Ardmore-Frank L. Ketch administrator
M F Winfrey county judge names Ardmore Frank L Ketch as administrator of the Jake J Hamon estate after a petition by widow Georg Hamon and heirs Olive Mette Jake Hamon Jr and others. Bond set at 1 000 000 while asserting the estate value may exceed 1 000 000.
Poisoning at Coalgate gathering claims teen and injures two
An 18 year old Coalgate man, son of Edward Wilbourn, died after consuming poisoned liquor at a neighborhood get together near the Mowdy settlement north of Coalgate. Two companions were seriously ill, with authorities investigating the alleged poison drinking incident.
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Coalgate
Clyde Wilburn
Edward Wilbourn
Mowdy
State Names Maud Reichman Vocational HEC Supervisor
Maud Reichman of Stillwater, a Columbia University student, was appointed state supervisor of vocational home economics by the state board, replacing Mabel Potter who resigned to move to Tulsa. The board approved rehabilitation efforts for injured workers and expanded cooperation with federal agencies. Charles D. Maltby audited the board, noting more than 92,000 dollars in federal and state funds spent this year for vocational education in Oklahoma. Durant aids auto tax drive seeks to recover unpaid licenses as state funds thin, with about 10,000 owners yet to pay. The plan envisions broader enforcement despite funding shortages. In wildlife news, 3000 rainbow trout fingerlings were released into three streams in McCurtain County as an experiment in stream stocking.
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Maud Reichman
Stillwater
Columbia University
State Board of Vocational Education
Mabel Potter
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Charles D. Maltby
Washington, D.C
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Maltby
Durant
Alfred BH. Boydston
State Highway Department
Bryan County
Tte Wia
Henry Wood
Highway Department
Stregma
Neoshy, Mo
McCartain County Game Preserve
Ben Watt
Waste Game and Fish Warden
Mountain Fork
Paghe Fork Creek
Boktukio Creek
Measures to Aid Farmers From Bank Profits Planned
Washington reports show joint hearings by the Senate and House agricultural committees on farm prices and relief measures. Discussions included using Federal Reserve profits, funding loans to agriculture, and funding from War Finance Corporation to stabilize exports and aid farmers amid low prices. Senator Hitchcock proposed about 60 million dollars in loans, while reactions from Governor Harding and others varied on legal authority and peacetime use of wartime funds.
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Washington
Con Brean
Senate
Louse
Siasion Borkn
Houston
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Eugene Meyer Jr
War
E- Ranee Corporation
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Germany
J. J. Breuer
New York
Smoot
Utah
Campbell
Kansas
Grain Corporation
War Finance Corporation
Congress
Benntor Edge
Repub- Mean
New Jersey
Large sum is recovered in mail car robbery case
Keith Collins, returned from Oklahoma to Council Bluffs, led federal officers to a cache in Council Bluffs where $23,000 of the loot from the November 14 mail car robbery was recovered. The money, in ten dollar bills, brings total recovered to $26,000 with $60,000 previously accounted for, and Collins was bound over for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing.
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Omaha
Nab
W. P. Coble
Keith Collins
Oklahoma
Council Bluff
Council Bluffs
Coble
San Francisco
Collinge
Puncil
Biufte
Collins
Hoe
Coline
Kansas City
Army planes condemned plan to reclassify aircraft
Washington report by Major General Menoher states every army airplane bought during the war will be rated unsafe for flying by July 1 next. In Millville Massachusetts the U S Rubber footwear division plant will shut down December 16 after employing seven hundred fifty workers recently.
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Washington
Menoher
Air Service
Millville
Maas
U- 8, Rubber Company
Mexican plot unearthed by U S raids at border towns
U S agents uncover documents linking a new Mexican reform movement led by Lucio Blanco. Raids at El Paso, Laredo, Brownsville, Eagle Pass, and San Antonio collected manifestos and evidence. Authorities, led by C. J. Brenman, plan more arrests as documents are translated.
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San Antonio
Department of
el Pano
Eagle Paso
Laredo
Brownsville
Obregon
Mexico
W. A. Wiseman
Department of Justice
Wiseman
C. J. Brenman
Royal Federal Bureau of Investigation
U S Investors Shy On Insular Development Report
General Frank McIntyre urges American bankers to back trade and development of insular possessions including the Philippines. He notes vast fertile lands awaiting development and low population density in some provinces while labor demand exists in others. Porto Rico’s 1917 organic act progress cited as prosperous, with a strong year recently.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Baker
McIntyre
Lpepee
Porto Rico
Five Year Term for Ponzi Promoter Pleads Guilty
Charles Ponzi, promoter of the quick rich scheme, pleaded guilty in federal district court to using the mails to defraud. He was sentenced to five years in Plymouth County jail, with the court considering only the first count of a forty four count indictment.
Loose business costs rise from cancellations nationwide
National Association of Credit Men official HH F Harker warns of 250 million dollars lost to cancellations amid a survey showing moral laxity and indefinite order hold ups. Chicago notes Livestock Finance Corp formed with 22 million dollar start and aims to aid the livestock industry. Washington reports funeral services for Swedish envoy August Ferdinand Ekengren. A Raphael treaty regarding Adriatic border issues with Italy and Jugoslavia will be sent to the Italian Senate.
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New York
HH. F. Harker
National Association of Credit Men
Barker
Italy
Washington
Raphalia
Jugoslavia
Divi
Adriatic
Chamber of Deputies
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Witch
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Carranziata General
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National Officers of Credit
Chicago
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Sweden
Madame Marriean
Mme. Marrican
Academy of Beauty Culture
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Little Rock, Ark
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Mother Earth
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Mary Harrison
Claremore, Okla
the Workingman’s Store
East First Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Memphis
Associated Negro Press
Memphis, Tenn
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