Alcohol’s social cost echoed in ancient warnings
Almeda C Adams founder of the Cleveland Music School Settlement and author of Seeing Europe Through Sightless Eyes links alcoholism to personal blindness from a silver nitrate treatment as a cautionary example. The text argues nations pay a terrible price for drunkenness, citing Amos warnings about wine in bowls and societal decay.
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Almeda C. Adams
Cleveland
Europe
Israel
Amos
Judah
Strayed From the Herd Why God Made Little Girls
A collage of humorous and satirical quips on fashion, affluence, gender roles, and modern life. The pieces lampoon lawn mower economics, dinner table retorts, and the era’s social norms with playful irony and dated cultural references.
What this country needs a good fence rider
A Pontotoc County reader argues that after President Nixon's inflation plan and gold concerns farmers must focus on chores but also suggests sending a tough frontier style figure to Europe to halt gold outflow. The piece praises frontier era resolve, urges simple direct action, and imagines a gunman riding shotgun to curb foreign gold traders.
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Pontotoc County
Europe
Wells Fargo Pony Express
City Liability for Faulty Traffic Signals and Signs
A motorist injured in a collision caused by a malfunctioning traffic light wins a court case against the city. The judge ruled negligence due to a week of signal faults, while other cases show liability only when a city's negligence caused the accident.
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Charles
J. A
Federal rainmaking planes seed Oklahoma clouds
Federal rainmakers prepared for a second day after an encouraging first day of cloud seeding in drought restricted southwest Oklahoma. Three planes seeded seven areas with silver iodide. rain fell in most treated zones, though officials cautioned it is hard to measure the seeding's precise impact.
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Oklahoma
Federal Bureau of Land Reclamation
Bureau
Don’t Put Off Tomorrow What You Should Do Today
A concise warning urges timely action to avoid higher costs later. The message emphasizes prompt priorities and practical prudence for daily decisions.
Neighbor Advances on Guitar Choice Then Abandons Plan
A neighbor considered purchasing a guitar but pivoted to pressuring his wife instead. The shift shows ongoing domestic tension and a potential enforcement or coercive behavior issue within the household. Further context not provided.
Dangerous Curve On Highway 99 To Be Eliminated
Rep Lonnie Abbott reports that Oklahoma highway officials will redesign and resurface the four lane stretch on Highway 99 from Ada north to the South Canadian River. The project includes widening, replacing Little Sandy Creek Bridge about 0.442 miles north of Ada, and moving the highway about 11 feet east at the dangerous curve. One long gentle curve remains but the death trap is removed, addressing past fatalities and accidents near a gully, with multiple access roads increasing risk.
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Lonnie Abbott
Ada
Chester, Brooks
Canadian River
Little Sandy Creek
Abbot
Abbott
Santa Fe Founded as capital of New Mexico
Santa Fe, established by the Spanish in 109, became the capital of New Mexico.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
Jury May Deliberate In Jones Trial Today
In McAlester Oklahoma AP reports a jury may begin deliberations today in the Edwin Edgar Jones trial for the February 17 Fountainhead State Park killings of Trooper Bill Walker and Leo Newton. Franklin, Jones cousin and co defendant, has been convicted for Walker's death and faces the Newton case. Franklin testified he killed Walker and Newton in self defense.
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Mcalester
Okla
Edwin Edgar Jones
Jones
Ft. Wolters
Tex
William B. Frankin
Bill Walker
Leo Newton
Fountainhead State Park
Franklin
Walker
Ton
Pickens
Newton
Pilekens
Richochet
Local Notices and Names in Ada Area Rural Social Ledger
Community announcements list visits births weddings and travels across Ada and nearby towns. Residents such as Susan Harris Betty Tilley Glenda Phillips and many Binion Cummings and Chaney families are cited with relatives in Tulsa Pensacola and Lexington plus church events school gatherings and social visits across Tecumseh Moore Latta and Hugo regions.
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Susan Harris
Ray
Babe Harris
Binion
Mary
Valley
Martin Cummings
Pensacola
View Hospital
Marvin
Payne
Donna
Tex
David Bramlett
Geoffrey
Boobie Bramlett
Linda
Roy Binion
Suzanne
Tulsa
Jo Dean Hall
Norman
Alice Binion
Ada
Jimmy Cummings
Dewley Beene
Union Hill Baptist Church
Gene Poorman
Ah- Jose
Don Newby
Jenny
Kevin Jones
Latta
Poorman
Dlana Maddox
Pitkin
Blanche Maddox
Nomra Binion
Suzann
Mary Nell Enfinger
Marty
Jimmy Dan
Fla
Gertie Summers
Hart
Joyce Trivitt
Training Union
Kuntry Korner Gelatin and Canned Goods List
A fragment lists ingredients for a recipe or pantry item: envelope unflavored gelatin, water, condensed cream of asparagus soup, tuna, tomato sauce, chopped ham or pork, prepared horseradish, chopped green pepper, cooked potatoes, chopped celery, and hard cooked eggs. Measurements given include 4 cents and various cup and can sizes, framed as a vintage pantry item.
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United States
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Union Hill
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Fred Matthes
Jim Williams
Matthews
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Carol
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Winford Chaney
Lexington
Ronnie Canada
Jonathan King
Havern Canada
Jerry Kellogg
the Francis Baptist Church
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Oklahoma City
Terry Hood
Rickey and Gregg
Shawnee
Bob Steele
Longwith
Bob Hooser
Cedar Grove
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Joe Hooser
Tecumseh
Lavern Scroggins
Junior Scroggins
Moore
Lonnie West
Capital Hill
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Tecumseh Hospital
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Patti
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Pensacola Fla
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Oklahoma Motor Bank
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Sharron Johnson
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El‘fon
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Ann and
Janie Lancaster
Gary Golden
E. J. Lancaster
B. J. Lancaster
Lake Eufaula
Harold Long
Jerry Shropshire
D John Martin Cummings
Monny Long
Brian
Johnny Long
Bruce Selph
Helen Coffey
Henson Kirby
Ther
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Sue Russ
Matt Richardson
Gayton
Steve
Tilley
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Tony
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C. EB. Randall
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Jack McNutt
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Lee Keeling
George Smith
Hugo
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Lela Morrison
Lonnie East
Oakman
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Reba Hogday
Petti
Jimmy
Willie Camps
James Roy
Clara Binion
Sandra
Nita McAlester
Bill Bramlett
Oma Enloe
Hue Blackwood
Konawa
Penny ‘Bray
Bill Gordon
Jan and
Jill
Laler Hawkins
Miami
Beulah Holliday
Sam Vanline
Jesse Drury
Gainsville
Oma Enoe
L. W.schreiber
Fox
Dee Blackwood
Buford Myers
Kenneth
Judy Bray
Angela
Penny Kenny
Mrs
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Bob Gray
Ricky
Jand Russell
Westview
Kathy
Stephen
Lake Bufaula
Arlington
I.x
Six Flags
Jess Little
Bob Cently
Hooser
Bob Booster
Pat
Carr
Pete
Bomb Hooser
Kimberly
Winford Chane
Bob Hoooser
Joe Williams
Qakman
Sidney Kellogg
Vera
Cherrie Love
Muskogee
Clara Sammers
Lizzie and
Susie Cooper
Fort Worth
Cheryl Summers
Kimberly Williams
Bud Wolfe
Lois Scroggins
Dewayne
Kevin
Melvin Newby
Oi! Center
Derrall Stone
Carrol Golden
Joyce Trivite
J. B. Jones
J. W. Kirkes
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William
Sharla Pherigo
Cindy
Connie Chandler
Don Pherigo
James Chandler
Glendale Phillips
Jennifer
Jason
Topeka
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J.T. Tatum
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Gary McAnally
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J Long
Tommy
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Heather
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Terry
Elmer Cochran Jr
Gary
Randy
Delinda
Midwest City
Emma Jones
O. Il. Nabors
Cushing
Ray Kemp
Ivaletta
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Fred Matthews
Ronnie
Sammy Taylor
Gene Taylor
Ivaletta Blankenship
Lorene Duncan
Valley View Hospital
Union Hill Church of God
Sbtery
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Resa
Don
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Henderson
West!ser
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Leigh Ann Carroll
Horace Golden
Don Allison
James Rhynes Jr
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Calvin
Phil Rhynes
Layona Jones
Dawn Newby
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Robert Golden
Callie Morgan
Gather Gray
John Morgan
Greensville
Corby
Wolf City
Dallas
Roxie Golden
Lynda
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Rube Delozier
Larry Archer
Don Delozier
Jerry Reamy
John Delomer
Ruby Horton
Barbara
Glen Horton
Roger Stone
Verne McCurdy
Paul Geldsen
John Dejozier
Jimmy Jennings
F. G. Ines
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Kenny. Latts
Johnny Bottoms
Jana Robert Golden
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