Craig County Corn Yield Noted At 2986610 Bushels
Guthrie Okla Nov 1 Ninety million bushels of corn 11 million of kaffir corn and 1 750 000 bushels of Irish potatoes are forecast by the state board of agriculture for this year The report covers 389 crop correspondents across 77 counties noting corn yield per acre 14 1 bushels and total production 90639490 bushels with county tallies led by Caddo McIntosh and Craig counties The cotton crop shows health a 707 percent of normal yield with boll worm damage easing The kaffir corn yield per acre tops 22 3 bushels while Irish potato yield stands at 764 bushels per acre total 1 730 896 bushels with 15 percent more acres planted than last year
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Guthrie
Oklo
State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Caddo County
McIntosh
Craig County
Garvin
Wagoner
Washita
Boll
U. S. Censia
Oklahoma
Iowa Farm Data Shows Large Rise in Land and Structures
Washington November 1 The census bureau released a preliminary state summary for Iowa from the 1910 census of agriculture. It notes dramatic increases in land, buildings, and implements values from 1900 to 1910 while farm numbers and acreage declined slightly.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Durand
Iowa
LeGrand Powers
Division of Agriculture
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Decrease in Iowa farms signals population shift
Census figures show Iowa's farms fell from 228,622 to 216,807 in a decade, a 5 percent drop. White owned farms declined to 216,603, colored farmers to 204, while owner operated farms dropped 9 percent to 105,69 percent. tenant and hired manager roles rose, and total farm acreage dropped to 38,905,000 acres.
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Iowa
Robbers Fail to Get Rich Haul at Mitsher Leach Store
In Oklahoma City a robbed Mitsher Leach department store door failed to hinge after an ultraglycerine charge. Robbers took $10 cash and nearly $200 in silks from a money drawer though police were nearby yet unaware for hours. A prior Grand Rapids Furniture break is noted with a letter dropped at a safe door.
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Oklahoma City
Navy
Mitsher- Leach Department
Grand Rapids Farnltore Company
MitsherLeach Company
Commissioner bans guns to curb express strike violence
New York November 1 Deputy Police Commissioner Driscoll ordered arrests for anyone seen with a gun on express wagons to prevent bloodshed amid a daily worsening strike. Tensions rise as Adams and American Express report trouble in their stables with stablemen refusing to hitch horses for outbound wagons.
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Associated Press
New York
Driscoll
Adams
American Express
Oklahoma City Courts Enjoin Gross Receipts Tax on Express Firms
A U.S. circuit court in Oklahoma City issued a restraining order against State Auditor M. E. Trapp J blocking the collection of the gross receipts tax on Wells Fargo United States and American Express. The hearing on a permanent injunction explored constitutional challenges to the Oklahoma tax on interstate commerce and the lack of a dedicated general revenue fund. Arguments noted that much Oklahoma revenue passes to railroads and interstate traffic complicates tax assignment.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
United States Circuit Court
Wells Fargo
United States
American Express
M. E. Trapp J
Oklahoma
Anti-Glimax Furnished in Kickapoo Land Case
Guthrie Oklahoma November 1 The anti climax in the Mexican extradition hearing follows testimony by Kickapoo Indians Mack Johnson and George Kisheton who say they were paid to testify. Johnson admits false swearing in prior proceedings and writing a letter claiming coercion while Kisheton concedes leading in several hearings as the defense questions reliability of the Indian witnesses.
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Guthrie, Okla
Mack Johnson
George Kisheton
Johnson
L. C. Grimes
R. ©. Conine
Mexico
Kisheton
de la Feuite
Tecumseh
Grimes
Eagle Pass
Tex
Carlisle
Bank Robbery At Pillards Ohio Nets Ten Thousand
Robbers blew open the Merchants and Farmers bank at Pillards ten miles northwest of Columbus taking about ten thousand dollars in gold and currency using twenty charges of explosives. They escaped with a horse and buggy after disabling the vehicle. A portion of the stolen money was township funds. A posse formed to pursue shortly after daylight.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Pilliards
R. K. Francis
The State a Bootlegger According to Talala Gazette
Oklahoma is portrayed as a bootlegger state with seized whisky routed to Kansas City and St Louis wholesale houses. The piece argues for local option and legitimate licensing, predicting a day when whisky cannot be purchased within Oklahoma and a moral warning of heavenly fate.
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Oklahoma
Kansas City
St. Louis
Gabriel
Talala Gazette
Many Republican Admit Defeat in Craig County Race
In Craig County the Republican campaign is described as waning with younger candidates sacrificed for the old guard. The piece predicts a decisive Democratic majority at the polls next Tuesday, praising Democratic county officers’ law enforcement and the unity of the Kingdom of Craig in supporting the Democrats.
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Craig County
Kingdom of
Craig
Law and Order
Nurse Sues Tulsa Employer Over $10,000 Damages
Elizabeth Laughlin, Denver nurse who has cared for celebrities, files a $10,000 damage suit in Tulsa district court alleging Emma Drew daughter of late Creek Chief and prominent Tulsa property owner assaulted her with a revolver on August 1, 1909, fracturing her nervous system and forcing four months of medical care.
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Tulsa
Okla
Emma Drew
Perryman
Elizabeth Laughlin
Miss Laughlin
Denver
Senator Quay
Misa Laughlin
Drew
Corrects Denver Speech Statement by Pressmen's Union Leader
Albert B. Kreitler of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' union clarifies a Denver dispatch. He says a quoted statement about newspaper buildings being blown up before a settlement was misattributed and that he only relayed a publisher's attitude toward the union.
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Chicago
Albert B. Kreitler
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union Today
Denver
Associated Press
Trades and Labor Assembly
Pressmen's Union
Publi
Cameron Urges Fight On Liquor In Oklahoma
Guthrie November 1 E D Cameron state superintendent of schools issues proclamation calling for special exercises Friday November 4 to oppose local option amendment to the constitution to be voted next week He cites school children receiving federal aid and Indian treaties to prohibit liquor in Indian territory for twenty one years Cameron calls the amendment the most infamous whisky bill and says it would block all liquor regulation Local option leaders condemn the move as improper misuse of office
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Guthrie
Okla
E. D. Cameron
Oklahoma
Cameron
On Labling
Indian Territory
Halloween party hosted by As You Like It club
Forty guests attended a Halloween event at the haunted house on the corner of Canadian and Miller Street. Witches, ghosts, and autumn decor set a playful scene with cider, pumpkin pie, and a magic camera giving guests a glimpse of past present and future. Prizes were awarded for best guess of fellows, with Mrs. Pershing and Prof. Masterson winning.
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Canadian and
Miller Street
G. N. Bebout
B. A. McFarland
Mra. J. B. Pershing
Prof
W. G. Masterson
Well Planned Revolution Discovered in Peru
Associated Press reports in Lima that authorities halted a thoroughly planned plot to revolt in Cuzco. Government agents captured organizers and moved to quell uprisings across the republic as a boundary dispute with Ecuador fuels unrest. Local cabinet tensions shape the response as Peru seeks tranquility.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Cuzzo
Department of
Cuz
Republic
Dillons Ly
Ecuador
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