Flood Disaster Strikes Fort Worth Texas Area
Texas flood and wind storm leave dozens dead or missing in Fort Worth Breckenridge Grand Prairie Palmer Sonora Belton and areas along Trinity river. Officials estimate 36 dead or missing in Fort Worth with relief appeals for food and clothing and investigations into levee sabotage.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Ft. Worth
Breckenridge
Grand Prairie
Palmer
Ace
Sonora
Belton
Mountain Creek
Cleburne
Man Found Hanged Near Van Zandt Viaduct After Flood
A man about 30 was found hanging on barbed wire south of the Van Zandt viaduct and taken to a city morgue. Believed to be a rescue worker, a pistol and oversized shells were found with him. Flood waters threaten Ft Worth as Trinity River rises, with 15 to 25 missing and damage pegged near 1 million dollars.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Trinity River
Trinity
E. T. Cockrell
Hubb Diggs
Red Cross
Diggs
John J. McCain
Syracuse
van Zandt
Robertson-Mueler Company
Rock Island Railroad
Riverside
van Zant
Amde
Texas
Lake Worth
Clear Creek
Westbrook Seeks Democratic Nomination for County Treasurer
J W Westbrook announces candidacy for county treasurer hoping to win the Democratic nomination. He cites prior service as deputy treasurer under Capt J C Cates at statehood and pledges merit based election, inviting scrutiny of his record and welcoming all voters including women. He plans to meet voters countywide and promises to earn public trust.
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J. W. Westbrook
J. C. Cates
Doan Well Near Galey Schoolhouse Reported Oil Hints
The Doan well near the Galey schoolhouse picked up Simpson sand at about 3 200 feet and encountered Sulphur in a flow that could not be verified. It reportedly penetrated Simpson sand 100 feet before entering lime. Geologists say the signs are promising and oil may lie under the lime.
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Breckenridge
Tex
Gonzales Creek
Doan
Galey
Simpson
Egg in an Egg Is Riddle For Fowl Experts
A local freak of the year at Pat Tan Candy Kitchen on East Main Street features an egg within an egg laid by a city hen owned by Mrs Pendercraft. Two eggs were shown, one broken. the large egg contained a white yolk and a perfect normal egg inside. This comes after a crowing chick exhibited by A. T. Trimm earlier this year.
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Puritan Kandy
East Main Street
Pendercraft
A. T. Trimm
Preventatives Against Pneumonia After Colds
The article urges preventive medicine, noting pneumonia often follows a cold or grip. It claims early cold treatment reduces pneumonia risk and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a cheap, effective option to stop a cold before it worsens.
W A Hill Heads Ada High School Faculty
Prof W A Hill, Ada High School music director, elected principal for next year succeeding Prof A L Fentem who leaves to join East Central Teachers College. Board plans two fewer high school teachers, with salary cuts across city payroll totaling about 11269 dollars to cover next year’s budget.
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W. A. Hill
Ada High School
Tceday
A. L. Fentem
East Central Teachers College
Hill
Ada
Severa
Fentem
Legion to Hold Carnival Dance May First Night
The American Legion Norman Howard post plans a May Day carnival dance on Monday night May 1 with festive decorations and lively music. Mayo E. McKeown says trappings are ordered and plans aim to make it a social attractio de luxe. The event may be held at Elks hall and draws visitors from nearby towns.
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Norman Howard Post
American Legion
Mayo E. McKeown
Teachers College
Elks Hall
Legion Hall
55000 Acres Opened For Veterans Of War In Deming NM
A Department of the Interior letter to Mrs. Orville Snead announces 55000 acres near Deming New Mexico restored to entry under Homestead and Desert Land laws for ex service men of World War I. Entry under homestead laws runs April 10 to July 8 1922 with residency rules and service credit details. Lands near Phoenix Arizona remain unopened.
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Department of the Interior
Orville Snead
Red Cross
Germany
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Phoenix
Arizona
Indigestion and Constipation Promise Relief
Mrs. George Stroup of Solvay New York reports severe indigestion and constipation eased by Chamberlains Tablets. She states that prior to use nothing agreed with her, she lost flesh and health declined, but digestion strengthened and constipation cured. Advertising copy cites her testimonial.
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Chamberlain
George Stroup
Solvay
N. Y
Adv
Signers of Declaration Lived Long Lives
A fragment notes that five signers reached ages over ninety, eight lived beyond eighty, and ten attained at least eighty, highlighting longevity among the Founding Fathers.
George Agnew Chamberlain fiction writer profiled
The article praises George Agnew Chamberlain as a versatile fiction writer with U S consular service experience in Brazil and Africa and notes his works including Home Through Stained Glass John Bogardus Not All the King’s Horses White Man and the novelette Taxi. It announces serial publication of Taxi in this paper and urges readers to follow it closely.
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U. S
Rio de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Brazil
Lorenz Marques
Taxi
Ectors Own Column Weevils and Crop Choices Displayed
From This Week on Page Six Ector's Own Column a reader recounts farming practice near Ada involving kaffir or feterita as a feed crop and strategic decisions to plow up cotton or feed crop based on weevil pressure.
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Omething
Ada clergyman trusts newspaper ads for growth
Rev. B. F. Stegall of Ada champions newspaper advertising as the best method to reach customers. Since starting in business and growing garden and truck plants for market, his ventures have expanded steadily, proving ads keep him in touch with potential customers.
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B. F. Stegall
Ada
Oklahoma dairy farmer breeds profitable fighting cocks near Antlers
A. C. Pyles of Pushmataha county near Antlers breeds and trains game roosters for a client in old Mexico at 15 dollars per matured bird. He plans 300 birds this season plus more, with 150 ready for spring shipment, while continuing dairy sales from 30 Jersey cows.
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A. C. Pyles
Pushmataha County
Antlers
Pyles
Old Mexico
Oklahoma
Jersey
Hutchinson Plants Sudan Grass for Livestock Feed Near Oakman
L. E. Hutchinson who lives near Oakman is planting a sizeable acreage in Sudan grass. He has grown this crop for several years and is well pleased with it as feed for his livestock.
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L. E. Hutchinson
Oakman
Sudan
Frisco Club Missed Friday Meeting Ends Term Picnic
A Frisco Friday visit found the local club already met the prior week for a live session. Pupils and Supt. Cabanar celebrated the school term with a picnic and program at the schoolhouse Friday evening. Mr. Cavanar will return for next year.
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Frisco
Supt. Cabanar
Cavanar
Frisco Friday Visit Highlights Dennis’s Poultry and Holsteins
At Frisco Friday I visited W R Dennis whose place is alive with over four hundred White Leghorn chicks and a successful incubator system. Mrs Dennis and he report low hatch losses and weekly egg sales of about 40 to 50 dozen while also shipping cream. I also viewed their herd of pure bred Holsteins, described as excellent and hard to improve.
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Frisco
W. R. Dennis
Newkirk
Stillwater
Tulsa
Muskogee
McCurtain County Fruit Growers Association
Oklahoma
Broken Bow
Hibbart
Chamber of Commerce
United States
101 Ranch
Bliss
Oklo
Miller Brothers
J. A. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Arbor Day timing questioned in Oklahoma letter
A reader argues for moving Arbor Day in Oklahoma back a month and expresses doubt about planting trees late in spring. The writer notes personal practice of fall planting or by February and suggests others may have success, but they personally do not care to risk late-season planting.
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Oklahoma
Creamed Asparagus on Toast Recipe Steps
Instructions describe two asparagus preparations, creamed on toast and plain boiled. For creamed, two bunches of asparagus are cooked with heads above water, then served on buttered toast with a sauce of butter flour and milk, seasoned with salt and pepper. garnish optional with pimento. For boiled asparagus, heads remain out of water initially, then simmer, remove strings, plate on buttered toast, and drizzle with melted butter.
Ten hogs and prizes spark youth bank activity
At the F and M National Bank in Rofs a crowd watched ten registered gifts sold to local boys on their own notes. A pig guessing contest drew wide ranges with Carroll Nordeau closest on grain count and Troy Williams winning the pig weight battle.
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F. and M. National Bank
Rofs
Hbeys
Oklahoma City
Carroll Nordeau
Troy Williams
Bank
Bynum
Agent Hill
Kent Hill Letter Boosts County Agriculture Outlook
The Kent Hill letter in another column urges broad readership. It notes weekly income potential of 1,000 for weekdays this year from hogs in Pontotoc county. Year to date sales reach 1,000 bales of cotton at 20 cents per lb. Poultry, eggs, and cream shipments add to revenue from outside sources. Affected areas Ada, Roff, Allen, Stonewall, and Vaoss show shipments since January 1: Ada 31 cars, Roff 6, Allen 16, Stonewall 12, Vaoss 2.
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Kent Hill
Pontotoc County
Hill
Ada
Roff
Allen
Stonewall
Vaoss
Unseasonable Weather Dampens Swift Co Poultry Market
Chicago April 24 Unseasonable weather slows poultry butter and eggs marketing. Live and dressed poultry demand is nominal with receipts about usual. Butter production should rise with very good demand but prices may fall. May storage eggs demand weaker than April suggesting lower egg market by early May, influenced by production.
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Swift & Co
Chicago
Oklahoma Crop Notes Report Frost Across State
Oklahoma City notes a week of clear weather with low morning temperatures on April 18 and 19. Light frost occurred without noticeable fruit damage except in extreme northern counties. The low in Oklahoma City was 36 degrees, with nearby stations like Kingfisher recording 33.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Northrn
Kingfisher
Murder hearing set for Bassinger April 27
The preliminary hearing for T. J. Bassinger of Allen, charged with murdering his infant daughter found buried in a barn, is set for April 27 before Justice H. J. Brown. Assistant County Attorney Hugh F. Mathis is issuing subpoenas. Ethel Bassinger reportedly swore to a full statement.
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T. J. Bassinger
Allen
Ethel Bassinger
Hugh F. Mathis
Justice of the Peace
H. J. Brown
Bassinger
Ethel
Alexander and Willie Cole to wed in Ada home ceremony
Floyd Alexander, an electrician at the Cement plant, and Miss Willie Cole of Ada were married Thursday at 8 pm in the home of the bride’s father W. P. Cole 620 West Twelfth Street. Rev C C Morris officiated. The couple leave for Oklahoma City and El Reno for a brief honeymoon and will reside at 1142 South Stockton Avenue after May 1.
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Alexander Cole
Floyd Alexander
Willie Cole
Ada
C. C. Morris
First Baptist Church
W. P. Cole
West Twelfth Street
Alexander
East Central Teachers’ College
Oklahoma City
el Reno
South
Stockton Avenue
J. W. Alexander
First Separate School for Colored Children Founded in 1798
The first school for colored children in Massachusetts was established in 1798, marking an early step in segregated education. This milestone highlights early efforts to provide schooling to African American students despite prevailing racial segregation.
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Massachusetts
Senate veterans talks close as bonus plan moves forward
Washington reports that information conferences between the senate finance committee and veteran organizations closed with McCumber stating details will be worked out before sending the measure to the president. Veterans favor a 20 year endowed insurance policy to replace the adjusted service feature and keep the lands settling option, with no broad objections noted.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Veterans’ Organizations
McCumber
Oklahoma Free State Fair Grounds Horse Races Set
More than 100 horses are expected to race at the Oklahoma Free State Fair grounds on April 26 27 and 28 in connection with the annual style show.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma Free State Fairgrounds
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Legion
Veterans of War
George Agnew Chamberlain
Ector
R. L. Holcomb
East Main
G. Adair
Frisco Depot
Big Bone
Poland
China
Big Long Ben
Big Bob
O. A. Halloway
Fitzhugh, Ok
Midiate TS Railway
Denison-Sherman
Waco
Corsicana
J. G. Witherspoon
North Broadway
Ada, Oklahoma
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