Market Turbulence as Prices Fall Across Grains and Stocks
Reports from Kansas City and New York detail a broad price retreat in cotton and grain after rising inflation fears. May cotton slid to 12.70 cents, wheat declined in Chicago and Kansas City, while stock values weakened amid concerns over railroad and industrial policy developments in Washington.
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Kansas City
Wall Street
New York Exchange
Chicago
Kansan City
New York
Washington
Indutta
Gold and Silver Found In Oklahoma Report Summary
Oklahoma geological survey reports extensive explorations across the state during the year. Two parties, led by Prof. D W Obern and L L Hutchinson, surveyed coal, clays, shales, cement rock, asphalt and mineral deposits from Ramona to Ardmore and north to Vinita and Coppe r. Findings include traces of gold and silver at several localities with broader mineral shows near Afton, Talahomingo, and nearby areas. The survey filed 220 petitions and supplied mineral collections to schools and exhibitions with total expense listed at 7,001.
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D. W. Obern
Etate Uni- Vyerelty
Oklahoma
Obern Poerty
Tulea
Groket Arrow
Caieeeee
Chelsea
Centralia
Keteee
Letepab
Nowate
Talaln
Birdemut
Ramona
Skiatoon
Dortleeville
Copa
Avant
Pawhudko
Hominy
Clevelood
L. L. Hutchinson
Religion Survey
Hutchineon
Oranito
Atate
Geological Survey
Lande
Ballisan
Vukun
Gould
Omrwet
Vinita
Afton
Tlahomingo
Ardmore
Hensington
Southern Commercial Congress
Washington, D.C. Mlinois
Fraud Charged In Ottawa Mineral Leases
In Muskogee Oklahoma on January 1 Paul A Pwatt special attorney for the interior department filed suit in the United States circuit court on behalf of Indiana to invalidate mineral leases on 15000 acres in Ottawa county. The government charges the leases were obtained by fraud and a dozen persons were named as defendants.
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Muskogee
Okla
Paul A. Pwatt
Interior Department
Han
Ingo
Indiana
United States Circuit Court
Ottawa County
Justice Williams Rules Against Coal Company in Mine Fatality
Guthrie Oklahoma January 14 Justice Williams of the supreme court rules that a worker does not assume risks arising from the master's negligence. The ruling overturns a lower Coal County court verdict awarding damages to J. W. Hurat administrator for the death of Ed Cleveland, a coal mine shot firer. The court held evidence showed the mine fan was out of order and that the superintendent knew or should have known of the defect. the verdict based on the omission to adjust the fan was supported by the facts and circumstances.
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Supreme Court
Williams
Rising Against Cannon in Daytons Speech
Dayton Jan 15 Champ Clark minority leader assailed Speaker Cannon and the Cannon faction describing a tide rising against him. He denounced the house rules fight as ongoing and warned the country is aflame against Cannon while criticizing public document printing of Cannon’s Kansas City speech and linking it to campaign aims.
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Dayton
Champ Clark
House
Cannon
Clark
Jerk
Congress
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kanua
Oklahoma
Colorado
South Dakota
Hale
Kansas City
House of Representatives
Macauley
Robert Walpole
Crane Knox
Change in inauguration day largely defeated by House
Associated Press reports that on January 16 the House voted to recommit a resolution to alter the presidential inauguration date. The move effectively defeats the change, preserving existing schedule and triggering political debate over the proposed shift.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Today
Death of Colonel Swope Prompts Probe in Kansas City
Prosecutor Virgil Conkling orders a full inquiry into the sudden deaths in the Swope family, including Colonel Thomas H. Swope and his nephew Chrisman, amid rumors of poisoning and a conspiracy to annihilate the family. Henry L. Jost to lead the examination as autopsies and toxic analyses seek possible traces of poison.
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Kansas City, Mo
Virgil Conkling
Thomas Swope
Chrisman Swope
Swope
Henry L. Jost
Thomas H.swope
Kansas City
Swope Park
Borgias
Colonel Swope
Chisman Swope
Forest Hill Cemetery
Independence
Chicago
Swopes
Chieman Swope
Ready 10 Start Work On New Road
Pawbusks reports President Ray Howe of the Osage and Western Railway returned from Fairfax en route to Vinita to begin construction. The firm plans about fifty miles of line with contracts for all but the most difficult sections kept edge to avoid delays. Construction machinery is placed on the Vinita right of way and mobilization is underway. Grading will begin along the fifty miles as soon as weather permits.
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Vinita
Hossage
Columbia bachelors looking for wives in Spokane
Spokane date line reports Ralph Hunt, president of the Bite Mountain Bachelors Club, says Columbia county has many well to do bachelors seeking wives. The group, formed in Dayton, aims to create a mating bureau and meet weekly to discuss marriage, cooking, education, and happiness, with secrecy for members and confidential communications from eligible women aged legal age to 35.
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Spokane
Wash
Columbia County
Waah
Ralph Hunt
Bite Mountain
Dayton
Hunt
State College
Washington
Negro Arrest in Coffeyville Prompts Warning on Land Frauds
Coffeyville, Kan. jan 14. Constable W L Lyons of Vinita and a deputy arrested H M Wood a negro wanted for swindling Vinita cattleman Hassell by forging a land deed. Police say a Vinita gang of land grafters uses trusted locals to forge deeds then sells to innocent purchasers, splitting proceeds while real owners contest title.
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Coffeyville
Kana
W. L. Lyons
Vinita
H. Wood
Wood
W. BE. Hassell
Lyons
Woods
Masons Bill Passes House for Cheyenne Araphoe School
Washington January 14 Representative Morgan's measure allowing Oklahoma Masons to buy the Cheyenne Araphoe school building and 640 acres near El Reno for seventy three thousand dollars has cleared the lower house. The Masons plan to convert the boat buildings into an orphanage and industrial school for Oklahoma Masons' children.
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Washington, D. C
Morgan
Masons of
Oklahoma
el Reno
Masons
Jseboat
Lands of Too-Lates Not 10 Lands to Be Assessed
County commissioners at a recent session ruled that the lands of Cherokee children known as too lates should not be taxed while title to the land is still pending in the supreme court. The ruling covers lands in the county with taxes already paid and requires a parent or guardian to file an affidavit of wrongful assessment and seek tax refunds before the commissioners in several cases.
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Supreme Court
Oklahoma Prisoners Cost Eleven Cents Daily
Glorie Oklahoma January 15 The state board of prison control reports to Governor Haskell that average daily food cost per able bodied convict at McAlester Penitentiary last year was eleven cents while hospital patients cost twelve cents There are 1200 convicts and no escapes in five months Convicts fear the electrified wire fence and a former worker was killed by a feed wire shock with a crowbar
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Glorie
Okla
McAlester
State Board of Prison Control
Haskell
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Ottawa
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Osage & Western
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Onlihoma
Professional Directory
Offee
Empire
F. L. Marney
Riddle's Barn
Vinita, Oklahoma
James S. Davenport
DR. C. S. Neer
Louis Bagby
Halsell
E. A. Stubblefield, C. M.D
McGeorge Bing
W. B. DePue
Wilson Street
William T. Rye
Room
Scott Bidg
G. O. Burch
Res
Vinita, Okia
First National Bank
Island
E. ©. Dalquest
HM. Williams
Lewis Rogers
Undertaker
Beth
Hinshaw Plumbing Co
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