Gen Coxey Still Lives Panicked Army Leader From 1894 Reemerges
The Dearborn Independent recalls Gen J S Coxey famed for leading an unemployed army to Washington in 1894. The piece notes his continued anti bond and anti banking stance, his aging status, and his lack of future campaigns. Coxey’s army stirred publicity, faced arrests, and faded as a memory over time.
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Dearborn Independent
Coxey
Washington
West Coast
Middle West
Southern Pacific
California
el Paso
Des Moines
St. Louis
Capitol
Capitol Lawn
Carl Brown
Ohio
Fair Prices Not Loans: McKeown Advocate for Farm Prosperity
The article reports Congressman Tom D. McKeown arguing that farmers need better prices, not more loans, to repay debts. It notes farmers’ push for tariff cuts, opposition from manufacturers, and discussion of a potential state constitutional convention on calling a new constitutional convention.
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Tom D. McKeown
National Farm News
Charles Barrett
Farmers Union
McKeown
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County Emerges as Major Oil Field Region
Pontotoc County shifts from tentative to booming oil status with six or more fields including Bebee, Laselle, Ada area, Allen, Francis, and Steedman driving pipeline output. Independent and large companies flood the area. Ada gas field valued highly. speculates one large field may absorb the county.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Bebee
Laselle
Ada
Ada Development Company
Albert Bowles
John Edgar Smith
Allen
Francis
Steedman
Roff
Vaness
Local College Race Closes with Civil Meeting Exchange
Jonas Cook of this city apologizes for No 3 error tied to his former Missouri schoolmaster. Dr G W Austin presided over the meeting as candidates exchanged light chaff. They clasped hands for a flashlight photo after the session. Johnston and Benedict were guests at a pre meeting banquet hosted by Rotary Kiwanis and Lions clubs.
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Jonas Cook
Missouri
G. W. Austin
Johnston
Benedict
Rotary, Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Stonewall Notes Busy Social Week and Scout Outing
The Stonewall community reports visits by many relatives and friends from Ardmore Tulsa Dalhart and Durant. A Stonewall Boy Scouts troop plans a camping and fishing trip on Blue River August 20 led by Scoutmaster J M Young. The revival at the Baptist church runs August 22 to September 5 led by Pastor Tommie Hart of Ada.
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Stonewall
J. W. Fuller
Tulsa
Cate Crawford
Gordon
Elaine
Ches Byrd
Ardmore
J. F. McKay
A. P. Brownstore
New York City
Coy Byrd
Dalhart
Texas
Lee Byrd
Edith Hollingsworth
G. Z. Hollingsworth
James E. Bolen
C. E. Farris
A. M. Pharr
Oklahoma
New Mexico
James Polk
Coalgate
Joe Foster
Kingston
Vera McDowell
Checotah
J. N. King
George McKoy
J. F. McCoy
Bessie Correll
Steedman
John Pace
Denton
J. M. Young
George Elkins
C. C. Morris
Jim Gilbert
Jack Stern
Stroud
W. S. Furlong
Lois
Ada
J. L. Sanders
R. F. Mundy
Count Furlong
Mary Elizabeth
Durant
Harrison Gill
Lillian
Harve Davis
A. W. Chaddick
Trite warning turns inward in a blunt admonition
A terse quatrain-like admonition casts the speaker against a target who is the reader. It playful warns not to worry, then hints at worse days ahead, urging doubled concern. The tone mixes sarcasm with a blunt life lesson.
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Wyoming
Rogers
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Khan
Ferguson
Europe
Criminal Court of Appeals
J. S. Davenport
Vinita
Statehood
Memphis
Bristow Record
Adel Pate
Centrahoma
Brown McKay
Oklahoma City
Clifton Mayfield
Ollie Lee Sliger
Owl Creek
Thomas Holloway
Wynnewood
Alice Reynolds
Mary Francis
Josephine King
Lizzie Gilbert
C. A. Brewer
Parker Brewer
Dr. Holloway
Charlie Hooks
Brown
Andrew Bufford
C. W. Sawyers
Mary Crawford
D. C. Crabtree
Gussie Fox
Otis Cherry
Frisco
B. F. Cass
Albert Harn
Darvin Nix
Business College
Edna Mae Peters
Lois Furlong
Glen Reaves
Calvin Maples
Helen
Ruth Garrett
Okemah
Charley Burnett
Strickland
Elizabeth
Jack Rowe
Ruth
Helen Garrett
Evan Williams
Ozark
Arkansas
Adell Pate
Stella Beil Young
Jim Slotum
Wayne Truitt
J. D. Crawford
Floyd King
W. S. Partain
Tupelo
State Fair
Bull’s
Gwin & Mays
Lester E. Smith
John D. Almond
W. H. Ebey
Orel Busby
W. A. Peck
RIT Irwin
John Ward
H. C. Stephens
John Also
John H. Black
John H
Ramage Battery and Electric Co
East Main
Fitzhugh
Pickett
Jesse
J. G. Witherspoon
Ada, Oklahoma
Federal Land Bank
Adta
L. A. Braly
Sec.Treas
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