Prisoner Expense Law and State Board Hearings
Oklahoma City reports reveal defense of prior purchases by state heads for luxuries such as canned fruits and special uniforms. The investigation covers rent claims for Durant Normal and coffee price jumps, plus board actions on printing contracts and prison apparel costs, with warnings about Chinch bugs threatening grain and urging widespread burning of trash and cooperation across the state.
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Oklahoma City
FB. D. Howard
Senate Investigation Committee
Board of Affairs
Howard
Ulom
Durant Normal
Durant City
Thomas
Atte Printing Department
Eugene Morris
St Paul , Printing Company
Howans
Oklahoma
Dek
Bord of Affairs
Himf
Meek
Qrden Dick
Fance
Beard
H. L. Campbell
Sah Court
Wis
Campbell
Kansag
Bane
Sooners Name Captain Hubert Ambrister For 1919 Team
The Sooners met on Thursday afternoon December 19 and selected Hubert Ambrister of Norman quarterback for the past two seasons as captain for next year. Ambrister a graduate from the School of Fine Arts and second year law student is described as an A student and highly popular with teammates, with leadership cited as a key to past victories. The 1919 Oklahoma Sooners, under Captain Ambrister, are expected to gain a strong record.
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Oklahoma Sooners
Hubert Ambrister
Norman
Am - Olbrister
Old Fine Arts
Law Ol
Ike Clark
Capshaw
Timpson
Am- O Prister
Osingly
Sooners
Ambrister
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Cherokees Share With Freedmen Ruling Sustains Rights
Washington DC December 20 Judge Anderson of the DC supreme court sustained the government demurrer in a suit by the Ketowah society to bar freedmen from participating in Cherokee lands and funds. The court dismissed the suit while affirming equal rights for freedmen. potential shares cited range from five to sixty million dollars.
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Washington, D.C
Anderson
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Ketowal Society
Secretary of the Interior
Ketowah Society
Oklahoma
Three Marriage Licenses Issued In Valley View Bluejacket
Three new marriage licenses reported today include A Beal Lan Her 27 of Valley View Texas and Nellie Maloney 15 of Bluejacket to wed tonight. Addie Moore 22 of Nevada Mo and Myrtle Williams 17 of Vinita married this afternoon by County Judge FP Parks. Lucian J Butler 24 and Ruth Lillian Day 19 of Big Cabin granted license for ceremony in Big Cabin. A boy, son of CH Good, is seriously ill with slim recovery chances yet his condition may impact local prosperity.
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A. Beal Lan Her
Valley View
Texas
Nellie Maloney
Bluejacket
Addie Moore
Nevada
Myrtle Williams
Vinita
Parks
Lucian J. Butler
Ruth Lillian Day
Pulaski of Spokane Leapo Into Verse
Spokane, Dee 2he With poetry and prose the Germans rally in a battle of wit in answer to a satire on Turkish troops by Captain George Steunenberg of the U S army at Fort George Wright. Arthur von Pulaski of Spokane counters claiming Steunenberg’s verses as penny-ante but suggests a marching song. Spokane manufacturer Stanley Mayall adds a satirical verse about German and Allied foods and the Kaiser.
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Spokane
Wash
Dee
George Steunenberg
United States Army
Fort George Wright
Steunenberg
Army
Army & Navy Journal
Leonard Wood
Arthur von Pulaski
von Pulaski
Stanley Mayall
Pegasus
Full Blood Leases Approved by Court in Oklahoma
Judge Ralph E. Campbell held that a pre May 27 1908 deed by an heir of a full blood Indian does not require interior department approval to be valid and may be approved by the county probate judge. The ruling impacts numerous allotments and contrasts with a 1909 Attorney General decision. Government appeals to the circuit court of appeals.
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Muskogee
Okla
Ralph E. Campbell
United States District Court
Yeaterday
Dees
Secretary of the Interior
United States
John B. Maserve
Campbell
Knight
Ashley
Circuit Court of Appeals
Oklahoma News In Brief Checkers State Tourney In OKC
Oklahoma City hosts the state checker tournament December 26 28. Morley of Vian claims the Oklahoma checker championship. The attorney general’s opinion says both majority and minority schools share in the state school fund by per capita. A Bristow versus Sapulpa case challenges Creek county seat election validity. Pioneer Telephone Telegraph appeals a 25 percent charge split to Twin Valley and Glenco exchanges. Labor and railway groups plan a joint board in Oklahoma City urging four bills eight hour work for women and children semimonthly pay hospital in state and a workingmen’s compensation act.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Morley
Vian
Attorney General's Department
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
Bristow
Sapulpa
Creek County
Brand
Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Company
Corporation Commission
Twin Valley
Glenco Telephone Companies
Pioneer Company
State Federation of Labor
Railway Brotherhoods
How Far Is It to Christmas by Nesbit
Poetic meditation on Christmas distance and joy. The speaker travels a dreamlike border to a land of “other whites” and wonders how near the holiday feels, noting that Christmas carries sunshine to every heart and has no fixed season.
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Wilbur D. Nesbit
Christus
For Sale Lot Described as West Front Near North Park
Lot 18 in block 30 measures 30 by 185 feet with west frontage one block west of North Park. Listed as a bargain. Apply at Chieftain office.
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North Park
Chieftain Office
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