Word: ponca
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. George Miller, 48, farmer-millionaire, joint owner of 101 Ranch and 101 Ranch Wild West Show, of skull fracture, in an auto crash near Ponca City, Okla...
Along the road to Ponca City, Okla., last week, two motorists halted at the sight of an overturned roadster. They found under the car the body of a man, his head pinned beneath a front wheel. On the way to a hospital the injured man died. He was George Miller, millionaire ranchman, oilman, farmer-man, circus-man. With his death passed the second of the three Miller Brothers whose 101 Ranch was famed throughout the Southwest, whose 101 Ranch Wild West Show was famed throughout the world. Col. Joe Miller, onetime head of ranch and show, was found dead...
Married. Oilman Ernst W. Marland, 53, of Ponca City, Okla.; to his niece by a former marriage, and onetime ward, Lydie Miller Roberts; in Flourtown...
Ernest W. Marland, Oklahoma oilman, gave a housewarming to open his $2,000,000 mansion at Ponca City. The 100 guests were dined, entertained by famed vaudevillians, presented with silver loving, cups. But the party was early and sober, for all 100 guests were small children, young proteges of Magnate Marland...
Engaged. Ernest W. Marland, 53, lavish poloplaying oilman of Ponca City, Okla., owner of many prairie acres upon which he is now building a million-dollar manor house, commissioner of a statue, "The Pioneer Woman" (TIME, Jan. 2); to his adopted daughter, Miss Lydie Miller Koberts...