Big power plant near completion in Vinita
A new power plant for Vinita Electric Light Ice and Power Co. nears completion on north Wann Street and Pilot Avenue. The 11 500 square foot facility features fireproof brick and steel construction, insulated storage, and a 750 horsepower boiler setup plus a 500 and 350 horsepower engine with a 26 inch vacuum pump. An oil storage and ice facility expansion includes 40 ton daily capacity, 1 500 ton storage, and 400 pound ice blocks.
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Vinita
Foe
Flint Avenue
Katy
Tom Lewle
Vinita Producing & Refining Company
Light Company
Thromelghts Loch
Allis- Chalmers
Hecht Department
State Hospital
Triumph Ice Machine Company
Cincinnati
Uprising Causes Fear In North And South
Pekin reports a mounting revolutionary mood spreading beyond the south. Precautionary measures in Manchuria and planned uprisings near the capital signal broad sympathy with the revolt. General Yin Tehang pushes passes with 15,000 troops though only two battalions advance, while legations await fresh forces from Dalney and Shanghai.
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Pekin
Manchuria
Legation
Tien Tsin
Legations
Dalney
Manchin
Yin Tehang
Sere
Honan-Ilu Peh
Hankow
Yin Tchang
Chinese Foreign Board
Shanghai
Yang Tse Kiang
Coffee price boost and sugar cut shock New York
New York on October 24 reports leading roasters raised package coffee by one cent per pound to 224 cents while granulated sugar fell a quarter cent per pound. The Sugar Refining Co under Claude Spreckles said it cut sugar prices, with no immediate cut planned by others. Spreckles cited sufficient profit margins to absorb the change.
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New York
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Claude Spreckles
Spreckles
White Oak School Sixth Year Grammar Contest Ends
The White Oak School sixfth and sixth year grammar class ended a four weeks contest with Ethel Butler's side winning by eighteen points. Bessie Sweatman and Matty Rafferty tied for first with 51 points each. Other contributors included Ma uilt Williams Ona Miles Madge Bennett John Gordon George Gordon Jim Bennett Roy Jones Lester Shearheart and Captain Ethel Butler. Several new students joined last week and some teachers were absent due to illness.
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Ethel Butler
Bessie Sweatman
Matty Rafferty
Mauilt Williams
Ona Miles
Madge Bennett
John Gordon
George Gordon
Jim Bennett
Roy Jones
Lester Shearheart
Frances Rafferty
Maynard Rafferty
Three jurors chosen in McNamara case jury pool
Ten men were summoned for the McNamara murder trial jury, with nine earlier ineligible. Judge Bordwell admitted three as accepted, held George W. McKee for cause, and eyed five others for later examination. Court noted 1,500 remain from January’s pool and up to 600 could still be available for selection.
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Joe Angeles
McNamara
Bordwell
Robert Bain
Seaborn H. Manning
F. D. Green
George W. McKee
Bordweil
Walter L. Coward
George ©. Anderson
Emil Rambeand
Charles E. Bander
J. ¥. Mullen
George Monroe
Superior Court
Los Angeles County
Fredericks
James B. McNamara
John J. McNamara
Edward N. Nockels
Chicago Federation of Labor
Nockels
Pacific Coast
McNamaras
Ventlemen
Joseph Scott
California
Scott
University Professors Turn Authors
University of Oklahoma scholars gain national stature as two senior faculty members announce major books. James Shannon Buchanan Anan, dean of arts and sciences, will rewrite a history of Oklahoma. Jerome Dowd, head of economics and sociology, plans a new volume in The Negro Races.
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University of Oklahoma
State School
State Aehool
Norman
James Shannon Buch Anan
College of Arts and Sciences
Oklahoma
Buchanan
Jerome Dowd
Report of Series Finances and Individual Shares
Yesterday's four game series drew total attendance of 126,138 with gross receipts of 40,957.00 and total receipts of 236,871.00. Players' shares totaled 127,910.01, with each club receiving 7,372.26 and the winning team granting 42,636.87 to the players. The document lists individual shares per player and per team, along with the national commission's portion.
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National Commission
Washington D C Commission Proposes Interstate Employers Liability Plan
After a two days executive session the employers liability and workmen's compensation commission agreed on a basis for legislation to be recommended to Congress. The plan would require direct compulsory payment by interstate carriers to injured employees and allow mutation after six months. It covers all on the job injuries with medical aid up to 200 dollars and uses a percentage of wages for compensation.
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Washington, D. C
Employers’ Liability and Workmen's Compensation Commission
Congress
Sutherland
Commission
Deaf Mute Man Pleads Guilty For Profane Language
In St Joseph Missouri October 25 August Carrado a deaf mute pleaded guilty in peace court to profane language toward his wife who is also a mute. He was fined ten dollars after the judge removed the word loud from the charge and accepted a written Guilty plea. He wept as he wrote Guilty.
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St. Joseph, Mo
August Carrado
Indian Tax Case On Oklahoma Land Tax On US Supreme Court Docket
Oklahoma City reports that the US Supreme Court has advanced four Indian tax cases from Oklahoma, potentially to be heard soon. The disputes involve Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole lands taxed after restrictions were lifted, with hundreds of thousands to millions at stake.
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Oklahoma City
Charles West
Supreme Court of the United States
Oklahoma
Congress
Five Civilized Tribes
Supreme Court of the Land
Superior Courts
Pittsburg
Logan Counties
District Court
Tulsa
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Ralph E. Campbell
Muskogee
Moore
Supreme Court
Inspecting Inmates at State Insane Asylum
Medical experts under Dr J C Mahr are in Norman examining inmates at the state asylum for the insane. Five pellagra cases were found. many patients show melancholia. The team will tour Norman and Sulphur, assessing conditions and considering a transfer request for Leon Fries.
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Norman
Okla
J. C. Mahr
Leon Fries
Artie W. Rose
Oklahoma City
Here
McAlester
Sulphur
Asylum For the Deaf and Dumb
Deny That Payroll Was Lost In Guymon Well
Oklahoma City October 25 Secretary Hennessy and O A Brewer deny reports that the payroll for the artesian water well at Guymon was lost. The 2800 dollar payroll was delivered to the contractor with a proper receipt. Brewer states drilling has not ceased.
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Oklahoma City
Hennessy
State Board of Agriculture
O. A. Brewer
Guymon
Brewer
First Prize Goes to Mrs Kendall in Rosebud Pine Ridge Lottery
Gregory Oct 25 Mary J Kendall of Rapid City wife of a cripple wins first prize in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge land lottery. The event drew 4000 spectators and the drawing spans three days with 8000 names. Kendall, 6 years a day laborer, supported by a laboring husband, had woven carpets and cared for him after a fatal family accident.
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Gregory
S. D
Tripp County
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Mary J. Kendall
Rapid City
Gregory County
Gregory Auditorium
Witten
Kendall
Keystone
F. Milton Hazeltine
Sturgis
South Dakota
Lince
Boy's Leg Chopped Off in Wheel of Buggy
LeRoy Highland, five, had his left leg amputated below the knee after his foot became caught in a buggy wheel driven by Verna Garrison near Frisco crossing on Scraper Street. Doctors Bagby and Neer performed the operation. the boy is recovering and expected to be out in a few weeks.
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LeRoy
Pat Highland
Verna Garrison
T. C. Collins
Drs. Bagby & Neer
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Vinita Electric Light, Ice & Power Company
Lahman
White Oak School
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