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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
6
The twenty first annual Methodist conference in Guthrie declared Oklahoma split into six districts as an economic measure to improve church governance. Leaders named include Dr TF Pittinger of Maoh to oversee districts with De Veree as a regional administrator, and a long list of appointed superintendents and local church officers across the new structure.
Dicky Wickam traced Lisra Wickham to Springfield Missouri after years apart. The mother, once in Kansas, moved with the child and a grandmother, and the two families faced separation. Wickam located Lisra in a department store through a city directory and they were reunited within twenty minutes. The mother had died years earlier.
In Muskogee an amended petition in superior court names W R Wainwright former county treasurer and a surety company alleging an unwritten scheme with two bankers to defraud Muskogee County of substantial funds. It claims 43500 dollars appeared on the treasurer’s books while not charged on the bank books. Wainwright was recently convicted on embezzlement charges and the county commissioners are plaintiffs in the suit.
Oklahoma City debates whether cattle taxed in two states for the same year. W S Thompson & Company and Tore Woreen challenge taxes assessed after cattle moved from Texas to Atoka County prior to April 1 1909, with about $1000 in tax at stake for the fiscal year ending June 30 1910.
Fire breaks out at Ponca City glass factory as workers report smoke and flames. Emergency crews rush to contain the blaze at the facility described as a focal point in the local industry. Initial assessments indicate significant damage to several production bays.
Wealthy farmer Okeone Anenet Arbriat died after a colt kicked him while near his property. The incident occurred on his farm location, with preliminary reports stating a sudden and fatal injury. No other persons were injured in the event.
A diary dispatched from Ostend recounts the Antwerp siege and German attacks. It notes Belgian withdrawals, bombardments of Malines and Port De Warthem, fort destruction, water shortages, and a late October bombardment forcing evacuation as British and Belgian forces withdraw.
Describes Belgian forces retreating from trenches near Lokeren as German shells terrorize the front. Soldiers stagger forward after shell bursts while exhausted by constant fighting. Ostend holds, with authorities guiding refugees to safety and stories of arrests and disrupted life amidst the bombardment.
Paris reports German losses at Antwerp as high after a bold defense of fortifications Waethem Wavre and Lierre. Helgian infantry overwhelmed German troops, with 2 200 German corps interred near Fort Hornhelm. Antwerp residents hid in cellars as German forces prepared to fortify the city for a prolonged siege.
A Petrograd dispatch to the Star reports Smolensk receiving notable war trophies including Emperor William’s pedigreed cat and horses captured by the Russians from Rominton in Prussia. The animals were moved to Moscow and turned over to the Russian Agricultural Institute for distribution to breeding associations.
A teacher asks children about life after marriage in a modern church setting. A sharp child answers divorces, illustrating early perceptions of marriage, religion, and burial as bridges in life events.
Mrs Lena Leo of Duke North Carolina reports a two week old infant with red irritated areas behind the ears that became raw and moist. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with daily washes the ears and face dried clear in ten days leaving no scars. Sample offered via Cuticura Boston department.
Dialogue fragment shows Yobsley and Gabsley debating the phrase drop forgings while Dallag Nowa observes. No clear event or named organizations.
Money for Christmas is requested as WearProof Mills at 200 Choutnat St Philadelphia advertises guaranteed wearproof ery products to friends and neighbors. Byeman business.
A fragmented quip compares a man arriving with both feet up to flattering Limacl. It notes the humor in how a wife can manipulate a can opener, implying marital cleverness and survival through domestic skill.
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