Ambitious Arkansas River Flood Control Plan Emerges
Oklahoma leaders unveil a multi state flood control and irrigation project along the Arkansas and its tributaries. Plans call for 43 reservoirs from Cimarron county to McIntosh county to subjugate floods and irrigate up to one million acres. Researchers surveyed Grand and Cimarron rivers with private firms proposing a 2.7 million acre lake.
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Oklahoma
Cliti
Oklahoma City
Colorado
Mississippi
Arkansas
E. Blake
Oklahoma Drainage Commission
Blake
New Mexico
Denver
George W. Goethals
Amarillo
Tex
National Farm Congress
Canadian River
North Canadian River
Sweatserea
Cimarron County
Oklahoma “Panhandle
Mayes
Wasoner
Muscle Shoals
Smith to fight Henry Maleor in Osage arena match
Warne Smith of Oklahoma and Henry Maleor of the Pacific coast junior middleweight will meet in a ten round decision bout at the Osage arena near Tulsa on August 24 promoter Billy Wineland announced. The fight was previously scheduled but postponed due to Smiths injured hand.
Oklahoma August session enrolls 121 students
August 19 report shows 121 students enrolled in the University of Oklahoma August session. The program, started by President W. B. Bizzle this summer, draws faculty from other state schools pursuing graduate work.
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Pusy Norman
University of Oklahoma
W. B. Bizzle
Bartlesville Couple Injured in Sunday Crash
Bartlesville resident Ollie Gay and his wife sustained non fatal injuries when their car struck a bridge a mile and a half east of Allen on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Gay drove the vehicle and was unconscious briefly. Mr. Gay suffered head and cheek cuts. They were brought to Ada for care and were expected to recover.
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Ollie Gay
Bartlesville
Allen
Mr. Gay
W. B. Gay
501 East Fourteenth
Stonewall social and travel notes fill week
Stonewall residents and guests fill the week with visits to Ada Sulphur Henryetta and Oklahoma City. Highlights include Emmit Gill purchasing the Hetegar barber shop in Stonewall and a schoolboy ball game with Owl Creek ending 11 to 7.
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E. F. Blair
Rush Springs
Wesley Chadick
L. Reaves
Ada
Alice Reynolds
Wynnewood
Aline Rives
T. B. Fowler
Henryetta
Ss. A .Fish
Oklahoma City
C. Hisan
Shawnee
S. A. Peters
Menryetta
Earl Hermus
Emmit, Gill
Hetegar
J. D. Montgomery
Altus
Lizzie Gilbert
Velma
Margaret Polson
Durant
Furlong
Fred McCoy
Red Rock
J. R. Rives
Inez
G. W. Garrett
Eewin
W. S. Furlong Jr
Lois Furlong
Yeager
Chas. Henegar
Clarence Billings
Lorrie
T. B. Fowle
Stella Bell Young
Centrahoma
C. QO. Scrivner
Thelma
Cora Leach
Arkansas
John Underwood
Banner
Texas
C. O Scrivner
Stonewall
Owl Creek
Edith
Tessie Casey
Fred Peters
Tupelo
Sam Foster
Ada Stonewall Road
Hin
Bro. Lamb
Bro
B. McKinney
J. Josey
Fort Worth
Edna Mae Peters
Tom Fowler
Charlie Truitt
Hal Autry
Ike Odom
J. R. Brazelton
A. P. Brown Co
New York
A. P. Brown
Savannah
W. L. Leach
H. E. Darrow
Pauline Austelle
Janie McReynolds
Red Fork
McNeeley
Western Stage Coach Robber: Solicitor of Funds
A Detroit Free Press comment contrasts past era crime with modern super criminals, describing an old-time stage coach robber as a mere solicitor of funds rather than today's bold felons.
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Detroit Free Press
Mixed clue list yields a dense dictionary of terms
A jumble of crossword style clues spans topics from anatomy to language and geography. It includes word definitions, abbreviations, and partial names for figures such as poets and artists, with hints of international terms and unit measures.
Churchgoers Reported in Vanoss Center and Strath blot
Local parishioners such as Jodie Tully Edgar Littl Willie Payne and Miskell Norvell attended services in Vanoss Center and Stratford Lindsay and Konawa noted as areas visited by families Ossible social roundup highlights include Sunday school attendance and multiple guest visits among the McDonald Lyndon and Norvell families with reports of singing at Sunday services All By My Lonesome appears as a closing credit
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Jodie Tully
Edgar Littl
Willie Payne
Vanoss
Claxton Irvin
Edgar Little
Miskell Norvell
Maye Smith
Roy Smith
Fred Smith
Zelma Enns
Center
Ross Cummings
Lindsay
Mrs. Wayne
Stratford
Mrs. McBride
Konawa
Mrs. Mutsey
Lynnie Lyndon
Marie
Ethel McDonald
Miskeil Norvell
Nora McBride
Lyndon
Marie McDonald
Lizzie Smith
John Eunes
Payne
Ruth Little
Mattie
Mattie Frail
Zoelna Eunes
Lynnie
Lyndon McDonald Inday
L. F. Tully
Bert McDoneld
Ben Mullins
Kizzie Smith
John Ennes
Mable
Mattie Fail
Zelma Ennes
Miskel Norvell
Music Teacher John H. Lynn Leaves Potter for Pauls Valley Post
Western Music company notes John H. Lynn a Potter Arkansas music teacher visiting the community will depart this week for Pauls Valley where he will teach music arrangements and lessons.
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Western Music Company
John H. Lynn
Potter
Arkansas
Pauls Valley
Francis County News Briefs Amid Fire Loss and Revival Plans
Bd A Chaddick lost his Francis home to a fire last Saturday with losses of 1200 dollars and 1000 dollars insured. Baptist meetings began last Sunday and will run two weeks. A Coner has carpenters repairing his rental house. H L Cochran heads to Milburn Oklahoma Tuesday for a revival. Local cotton gins prepare for the season and bollworms threaten crops as heat persists. Cedar Grove congregation erecting a concrete building for Kroe Wih Baptist Church.
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A. Chaddick
Francis
A. Coner
H. Lb. Cochran
Milburn
Okla
Cedar Grove
Kroe Wih
Sanceno Melone and Mimenuel Sanders Wed at Waukika Home
The couple Sanceno Melone and Mimenuel Sanders were married at Miss Mickie Malone's home in Waukika on Friday evening. They departed for Tulsa and will settle in Ada. Mrs. Sanders studied at East Central State Teachers' College and belongs to a prominent Wanrika family. Sanders is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Sangers of East Tenth Street.
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Sanceno Melone
Mimenuel Sanders
Mickie Malone
Waukika
Tulsa
Ada
Sanders
East Central State Teachers’ College
Wanrika
R. L. Sangers
East Tenth Street
Property Owners Face September Delinquent Paying Tax
City Commissioner Lee Daggs reports only a few property owners have paid paying tax this year and warns delinquency begins September 1 with an 18 percent penalty. About 100 property owners fall under the city paying tax provision.
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Lee Daggs
Daggs
Visions of Sundene Wealth End in Fraud News
Visions of sudden wealth enticed about 2 000 residents in silent states to invest roughly 400000 in an oil promotion scheme led by William E Rutledge a former minister and publisher. Rutledge arrested on a 32000 bond charged with mail fraud and a prelim in hearing scheduled for September 4. The charge cites false promises of dividends up to 15000 percent to George Newkirk Warrensburg MO.
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ST. Louis
William E. Rutledge
United States
Curry
Sil
Rutledge
Liberty
George Newkirk
Warrensburg
L. D. Brunk's Own Show to Open Next Week
The Atlaites present L. D. Brunk's 12 piece band and orchestra in a marquee on East Main Street next week. Opening Monday features The Awakening of John Slater with vaudeville between acts. The company of twenty seven includes special scenery and a baggage car for transport. Band concerts every night at 10, with early performance at 8 and a 4 p.m. band event Monday.
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Atlaites
L. D. Brunk
Steed Lots
East Main Street
Dodger Bros. Garage
John Slater
Auto on railroad track kills four near Red Fork
Tulsa, Aug. 3. Jewell McNeeley four and Vera McNeeley one were killed when their car stalled on tracks and was struck by Frisco train No. 118 near Red Fork. Mrs Ona McNeeley and Curtis six were injured as she tried to push the car off the tracks before the collision. The train, traveling fast to make up time after rain delays, arrives Tulsa at 7:40 a.m.
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Tulsa
Jewell McNeeley
Vera
Ona McNeeley
Red Fork
Curtis
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Cope Brundridge Unite in Panhandle Wedding
The marriage of W M Cope of Panhandle Texas and Miss Je nie Mae Brundridge was solemnized last week at the home of Rev E D Gregory. The bride a former cashier for Smith Cole company is well known in business circles. The groom a Panhandle oil operations superintendent, and the couple departed for their home in Panhandle. A group of intimate friends attended the ceremony at Rev Gregory's residence.
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E. D. Gregory
Five Prisoners Escape Guthrie Jail in Oklahoma
Five inmates escaped from Logan County jail in Guthrie Oklahoma early today. Three are held for federal authorities. Authorities and county officials search for two visitors who were at the jail with an escapee on Monday night. One escapee had 19 days left on his long sentence.
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Guthrie
Logan County
Pontotoc County Sees Rainfall Above Oklahoma Average
The Oklahoma rainfall in the first six months averaged 15.55 inches statewide, with Pontotoc County near Ada recording 17.77 inches. Normal totals for the period are 19.68 statewide and 21.54 locally. McCurtain County registered 27.57 at Broken Bow and 24.83 at Smithville, while Alfalfa was the driest with 9.08 inches.
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The
Oklahoman
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Ada
McCurtain
Broken Bow
Smithville
Alfalfa
Cotton Consumption Report July 1930 Census Bureau Data
The Census Bureau reports July cotton consumption at 483,898 bales of lint and 62,513 of linters. June figures were 493,764 lint and 60,537 linters, while July last year showed 347,099 lint and 41,732 linters.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Pellagra remedy claims relief through treatment
A reader from Texarkana reports severe pellagra symptoms including stomach trouble weight loss and nervous distress improving after Pallagra Treatment. The letter shares weight gain from 115 to 175 pounds and 27 pounds recovery, with another Texarkana physician endorsing the Pellagra Cure and offering a free booklet and diagnosis.
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W. Cc. Roundtree
M. D
Texarkana
Texas
W. C. Roundtree
L. H. Young
Yantis
W. C. Rundtree
Tex
Policeman Loses Trusty Gun On Morning Mission
City officer Jota Ralls misplaced his pistol during a routine duty at the ice plant. The .38 caliber pearl prize weapon, in a leather holster, vanished from the front seat of his Ford as he prepared to pursue ordinance violators.
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Jota Ralls
Ralls
Ford
J W Nix Dies Suddenly Near Ada at 65
J W Nix of seven miles northeast of Ada died suddenly Wednesday. Funeral services and interment were held today at Oakman cemetery. He was 65. A son reportedly went to a neighbor for help and collapsed at the gate on entry.
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J. Ww. Nix
J. W. Nix
Ada
Oakman Cemetery
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Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Wolford
Washita River
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Missouri
Congress
A. Lincoln” Fellowes
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Fellowes
Arkansas River Valley
Mead
Federal Reclamation Bureau
Washington, D. C
H. C. Hinderlider
Delph Carpenter
George 5. Knapp
Mr. Blake
George Kenneck
Buffalo
T. C. Warrill
Wagoner
Isaac Rie
Nathaniel
Petroleum Bill
Cabbry
Tribe of
Soime
Giris
Western Newspaper Union
Lanham
Frank M. Lynn
Murray County
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Marie Aken
Jewel Tees
J. D. Aken
Ruby Dew
Dorchie Golden
Myrtle Ballard
Hall
West Texas
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Ruby Aken
Ray Sweet
Browell Gwaltney
Esther Grimes
Prancis
London
Gladstone
Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger
Edna Murphy
de Kalb
Department of Interior
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Bina Underwood
Owen
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S. E. Wallen
Five Civilized Tribes
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