Oakman Club Makes Record with First Live Stock Catalog
The Boys' Agricultural Club of Oakman Oklahoma earns recognition for issuing the first live stock catalog by a boys club in the United States. Over five years they have won numerous premiums at county and state fairs and regularly attend the State Fair and the A and M College short course with expenses covered by the Fair Association and state. The club meets biweekly to discuss livestock and agriculture using cooperative, scientifically based methods as they plan bigger exhibits at upcoming fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Agricultural Club
Oakman
United States
Alabama
J. B. Hill
Department of
Oklahoma City
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Fair Association
Jack Fork
Blue
Electrical Workers Strike Over Unsigned Contract in Ada
Ada and Oklahoma Cement Co. workers walk out at 9 am after employers refuse to sign a proposed wage and hour agreement. The contract sought 75 cents an hour, time and a half overtime, eight hour day, seven holidays, and voting time, with Gay-Kirby Electric Co. already signing. The strike targets the Ada Cement Co. and Ada Electric & Gas Co. as part of a local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers chapter formed July 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
Ada Electric & Gas Co
Ada
Cement Co
Gay-Kirby Electric Co
Gay-Kirby
Ada, Okla
Oklahoma Cement Co
Ada Electric and Gas Co
Gay-Kirby Electrical Co
New Hungarian Government Reaches Out to Allies
The new Hungarian socialist government seeks peace overtures to Allied powers after replacing Bela Kun. Kun will be given safe conduct and is expected to seek refuge in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vienna
Bla Kun
Kun
England Reduces The Pay Of Army Of Loafers
London reports the unemployment dole has shrunk by about 500000 names since May as the government tightens its purse strings. From November to May payments reached 1 25 million. now about 750000 receive benefits. Early grants were 6 dollars weekly for men 5 for women 3 for boys and 2 50 for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Socialist Government Formed in Budapest Leader Peidel
A Budapest dispatch reports that a purely socialist government has been formed under Herr Peidel. The new administration issued a manifesto stating its duty to preserve international order and to pursue negotiations with the Entente.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Budapest
Herr Peidel
Chicago car strikers end four day walkout over wages
Chicago street and elevated carmen resume service after a four day strike that cost workers about 330000 in lost wages. Union members voted to accept sixty five cents an hour for surface workers and sixty seven cents for elevated crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Three Day and Night Massacre in Odessa
Semi official Polish reports say General Fregorfieff forces surrounding Odessa Jewish quarter carried out a massacre lasting three days and nights. London dispatch details the alleged attack on the Jewish district by occupying troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
The
Associated Press
London
Fregorfieff
J U Chriswell Takes Over Shelton Undertakers
J U Chriswell becomes sole owner of the Shelton Undertaking Parlor by purchasing the controlling interests from the Shelton heirs. The business will be managed by Chriswell and J W Spencer, whose services have been engaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. U. Chriswell
Shelton Undertaking Parlor
Shelton Heirs
Mr. Chriswell
J. W. Spencer
Rives Reports Good Crops Across Pontotoc Area
C H Rives president of the Oklahoma State Bank toured Mill Creek Sulphur and Stratford by auto with a speedometer over ninety miles and stopped to conduct business. He praised the crops saying corn is made and cotton looks fine predicting Pontotoc county’s largest harvest yet. Ada merchants will welcome the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Rives
Oklahoma State Bank
Mill Creek
Sulphur
Stratford
S. S. S Blood Purifier Promoted as Purely Vegetable
Advert describes S. S. S as a fifty year market blood purifier and strengthener. It urges readers to address Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for free information and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Georgia
Farm land sales listing near Ada and Center Oklahoma
A long catalog of farms and acreage for sale across Campos southeast of Ada, near Center and Stratford. Listings include 240 acres at 75 per acre, 160 acres at 70, 163 acres at 45, and many others with details on houses, cultivation, timber, meadows, and cash options. Names of places such as Ahloso Byrd's Mill Roff Stratford Center Vanoss and Ada appear amid descriptions of acreage, improvements, and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Fitzhugh
Fine Bottom
Ada
Ahloso
Byrd
Roff
Center
Frisco
Vanoss
B. D. Nichols
Robert Johnson
City of
Conley Switch
Santa Fe
W. G. McCain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oakman Club
U. S
Ecards
Washington
L. C. Lindsey
England
Gwin & Mays
J. U. Chriswell Takes
Shelton Undertakers
Rives
Pontotoc County
P. Suet
Bart Smith
J. G
Witherspoon
Land and Loans
Ata
Fred F. Brydia
Farm Loans
Guaranty State Bank of
Ae Faneee
Clyde CC
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!