Bank cashier feared lynching after Arkansas bank collapse
Port Smith Ark Nov 1 The Bank of Gentry in Benton county closed with 165000 in deposits and 160000 in assets. Seventeen depositors armed with hot irons crossed into Oklahoma seeking cashier C P Catron over alleged unapproved 20000 loans. Deputies to Bentonville to protect him and avoid mob action. Authorities refused surrender and feared a lynching attempt.
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Port Smith
Ark
Bank of Gentry
Gentry
Benton County
Ita
Oklahoma State Line
C P. Catron
J.C. Sofers
Caadier
Russell
Bentonville
Canhier
Catron Catron
J. H. Catron
Kansas City
Missouri
Green
Gentery
Catron
Nance
Rogers
October rainfall in Oklahoma shows persistent deficiency
Oklahoma City November 10 report notes October precipitation averaged 1.69 inches, 0.01 below normal, keeping ten month total 10.24 inches and below normal. Snow accounted for 6 percent of total, with Webber Falls at 5.42 inches leading stations, followed by Waukomis 4.48 and Kingfisher 2.80.
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Oklahoma City
Webber Falls
Waukomis
Kingfiaher
Hurley
Guthrie
Ada
Alva
Apache
Arapaho
Ardmore
Bartlesville
Beaver
Blackborn
Cache
Calvin
Cloud Chief
Durant
Eldorado
Mlk City
Bnd
Brick
Fairland
Port Gpson
Frederick
Goodwell
Healdton
Helena
Hennessey
Hobart
Holdenville
Hooker
Idabel
Kenton
Kingfisher
McComb
Muskogee
Mutual
Neola
Newkirk
Norman
Oakwood
O'Keene
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Pauly Valley
Pawhuska
Perry
Ravia
Sac and Fox Agency
Shawnee
Snyder
Stillwater
Tulsa
Vinita
Waurika
Weatherford
Webber Pulls
White Eagle
Woodward
Aviator Hugh Robinson Hurt in Wichita Fall
Aviator Hugh Robinson sustained a broken shoulder and minor injuries in a thirty foot fall at an Wichita exhibition. His aircraft hit a wind eddy behind trees, failed to rise, and wrecked. He jumped as the craft crashed. he is expected to fly again in two to three weeks.
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Hugh Robinson
Wichita
Kans
Robinson
New Officers Elected at Tulsa Clearing House Meeting
At the annual meeting and banquet Tulsa Clearing House Association elected J.M. Berry president J. H. McBirney vice president A. E B. Lewis secretary and G. R. McCullough a member of the executive board which includes the other three officers.
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Tulsa
Oklo
Tulsa Clearing House Association
J.M. Berry
J. H. McBirney
A. E B. Lewis
G. R. McCullough
Fire loss shown by state report
Oklahoma City, Nov. 7. A state report by Insurance Commissioner Perry A. Ballard outlines 1910 fire insurance activity. Foreign companies' premiums total $3,255,207.46 with losses of $1,979,810.55, a 60.81 percent loss ratio. domestic firms paid $105,461.72 in losses on $256,611.86 in premiums, a 41.25 percent ratio. Total premiums $3,511,919.22. losses $2,085,677.28. net excess collections $1,426,242.04. Six domestic and seventy-eight foreign firms operate. three foreign and three domestic hail firms noted. The report covers company-by-company data and agent lists. Commissioner Ballard urges state influence over rates but cautions against full state rate-setting, favors supervision and fair application of rates, and notes excessive insurance by local agents as a factor in high loss ratios. A new licensing method requires applicants to answer qualification questions before licensing.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Perry A. Ballard
Ballard
Spower
Corporation Commission
Insurance Department
Tate
Three Injured In High Wind Storm Report
A Saturday wind storm tore through the area injuring three people. The Worrell children, a girl and boy, were near a shed when it collapsed on them. the girl suffered a severely broken leg, possibly endangering the foot. The boy sustained head bruises. Wright Poindexter broke his right arm after being knocked from a fence while wind swept Cabin Creek. The storm shifted to the north and heavy rain cooled temperatures.
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Robert Worrell
South Wilson Street
Frank Johnston
Dre. Bagby & Neer
Wright Poindexter
George Ester
Ivan King
Two Hundred Printers at Gost Conference
Oklahoma City hosts the second annual Southwest Printers Cost Congress with over 200 printers from Oklahoma Missouri Kansas and Arkansas in attendance. The opening session covered official exercises and program details for the day ahead including talks on organization dues and cost systems by leaders from St. Louis Wichita and other members.
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Oklahoma City
The
Southwest Printers
Congress
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
R. T. Deacon
St. Louis
H. Anderson
Wichita
Kans
Walter J. Weiss
Chamber of Commerce
Timetable for new fast California Limited on Frisco
From Fridays Daily the first run of the California Limited on the Frisco is set for next Sunday. The east bound departs Vinita at 9? a.m. and reaches St. Louis at 4:30 p.m. A second daylight eastbound leaves at 6:53 and arrives in St. Louis at 7:30 p.m. The west bound arrives Vinita at 12:55 p.m. and departs 1:20 p.m. with stops at Afton Neosho between Vinita and Monnett and Claremore between this city and Tulsa.
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California Limited
Frisco
Vinita
Sieve A m
St. Louis
St. Louie
Monnett
Afton
Neosho
Claremore
Tulsa
Carnegie Gives $25 Million to New York Corporation
Andrew Carnegie announced a gift of 25 million dollars to the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Organized to promote knowledge and understanding, the fund will support libraries and educational institutions the donor has long supported.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Corporation of
United States
Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
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State Line
State Commissioner of Insurance
Ation
Gost
Kansas City Star
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