Whitwell Named On Paper State Staff at Fort Sill Camp
Charles G. Whitwell of Ada is named editor in chief of a forthcoming 1923 GC. 8 TC. yearbook for Fort Sill. The roster lists staff from Companies 1 through 9 and Battery 1, with members from Oklahoma and Texas. The annual will total about 120 pages of photographs, company shots, social life, religion, and a month’s chronicle of the M J C organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
George A. A
Charles G Whitwell
Ada
Whitwell
Leslie E. Steen Weatherford
Oklahoma
Olen J Weatherford
Spire
Gilbert C. Smith
Haskell
Texas
William E. English
LaVerne Guinn
Dallas
Dane H. Davis
Tahlequah
Willis G. Champion
James Anderson
Charles G. Whitwell
Richardson Serry
Prank C. Harting
Martin Wolfe
H. F. Hughes Stroud
J. C. Rutherford
Edmond
Fred C. Stanley Joshua
Herbert G. Hollis McLoud
Warren B Wood
Newkirk
Ilahoma
Theodore Dukes
Tali
McCartney Kingfisher
Eco Woodson Tyree
Durant
Band
Johnna Hobart
Oklahoma Crops Struggling as Drought Bites Farmers
Editor notes widespread crop stress from drought with cotton wilting and pastures burning. Rain arrived late, corn yields affected, much sweet corn cut for ensilage. Plowing slowed across regions, wheat sowing to fall cut by about 40 percent. National crop condition climbs from July to August.
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Northwest Territory
North
Oklahoma
United States
Pleas of Guilty on 10 Flogging Charges
Tulsa Aug 24 Following the confession of three Broken Arrow men they were members of a masked Ku Klux Klan group that whipped Ben Wagner last October and the three were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The military court of inquiry into the floggings resumed with vigor Adjutant General Markham said progress is excellent and they will reach the bottom of big cases He noted opposition to his work but vowed to proceed squarely and fairly He disclosed access to crucial evidence gained during martial law patrols and said work on a new whipping case is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Booster Trips to Territory Promised by Businessmen
Beginning Monday September 8 boosters organized by the Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Merchants Association will tour township fairs. Ralph Waner says the trips will be popular with a band each day under Prof Fertem or Prof Hill. Businesses should send representatives daily to accompany the party and promote ecards for the fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Waner
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Prof Fertem
Prof Hill
British Missionaries Shot in China Killings
Rev. W A White and Rev. F G Watt, British Missionary Society missionaries, were shot and killed by bandits while traveling in Szechan province on August 14, according to a letter received in Shanghai dated August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
W A. Whitesaid
F. G. Watt
Church Missionary Society
Szechan Province
Nash Warns Aid Superintendents On Textbook Purchases
State Superintendent M A Nash warns county and city superintendents that unscrupulous agents are pressuring rural school boards to buy bookcases and bonds for free textbooks. No purchase needed before fall 1924 and no quick bond sales. homemade bookcases or class projects suffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoursday’s Daily
A. Floyd
M. A. Nash
State Department of Education
Ada Hospital to Open With Modern Equipment
The Ada Hospital plans to open soon with full modern equipment including a five piece high pressure sterilizer. Miss Eugenie Davis and Mrs Lucile Wales Cox have bought a complete equipment list from Daviness Supply Co and the new quarters in the old Knott apartments on Thirteenth Street are expected ready for occupancy around September 1. Savings deposits in Austria rise despite unsettled conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie Davis
Lucile Wales Cox
Daviness Supply Company
Ada Hospital
Knott
Thirteenth Street
Divorce Court Pleas Nearing Marriage Goal
August bids fair to rank with the two months just past in marriage licenses issued here. Opening the month with slack business later began to pick up and today the total is nearing records. Twenty couples show desire for matrimony while sixteen dissolutions have been filed, signaling possible discord as new unions form.
When Farmers Know Each Other
In cities luncheon clubs convene weekly at hotels where business talk rarely dominates. Members form friendships, gain others' perspectives, and broaden their view of business. The article argues farmers should adopt similar community gatherings to reduce loneliness and improve business methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm & Ranch
Community Organizations Unite for Youth Get-Togethers
The text urges organizing communities for any purpose and especially for bringing together boys and girls in clubs. It emphasizes the lasting value for future generations and argues neighbors living far apart should not isolate themselves. It calls for farmer families to join, urging support for community groups and gatherings.
Bank Examiners Seek Missing Cashier in Blanco Case
McAlester Aug 28 State bank examiners have taken over the books of the Bank of Blanco at Blanco a small town in the south. They investigate disappearances and possible financial irregularities as the cashier is missing and unpaid balances are being scrutinized by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Bank of Blanco
Blanco
South
Bank cash verifier sought in county as search widens
In west Pittsburg county a search is under way for Earl Hardy, a bank cash verifier who has not been seen since Saturday. The bank is owned by Moffitt Bros. of Kansas City, wealthy ranchmen with 60,000 acres of land adjoining Bianco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Pittsburg County
Earl Hardy
Moffitt Bros
Kansas City
Bianco
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C. A. Cummins
Robert J. Wimbish
Evans-Woodward W Hardware
East Main Street
Gwin and Mays Drug CO
Ada Electric Shoe Shop
South Broadway
Old Ada
Ada Poultry and Egg Co
Hickory
H. C. Griffis
Murray
Bolivia
WM. H. Murray
Tishomingo
Okio
Fred Elm
Buck Creek
T. J. Jared
Ada Rt. 4
Ed Granger
Nash
Ada Clinic
Austria
Mildred Pipkin
Columbia, Tenn
Cardus
Cardui
Boys’ Unionalls
Wackers Variety Store
Interurban
Haba
Tts Raceway
Denison-Sherman
Waco
Corsicana
County Fair
East Main
la Vogue
West Main
Milady
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