Scout Exhibit and Woodcraft Show Planned in Ada February
Ada Scout leaders announce a February exhibit featuring crow and animal nests, woodcraft displays, photography, and boating contests. Troop 9 reports its best meeting yet with sixteen scouts, while Troop 2 plans to split. Troop 7 organizes toward a boat. The lodge activities, food, and Twists lessons draw many scouts to the upcoming event.
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Homer Wilhite
Troop
Champ Turley
Champ
Dishone
Ada
Champ Turner
Donavon Skirvin
Owen Izzard
Lina Cales
Joe Tom McKinley
Wendall Thames
Joe Tom
Roy Meekener
Boy Scout
Ada Shriners
Joe Tom MccKinley
Tom Wilhems
Troop No. 2
City Lake
City Hall
Fronner
Diamond Merchant Robbed of Valued Jewels in Tulsa
In Tulsa a diamond merchant, Cuaries Mednicow of Memphis, reports thefts from his hotel room. An estimated 50 000 to 60 000 dollars in loose stones were stolen, with 75 000 dollars in another case and 150 000 dollars in mounted gems left behind. Insurance covers all but about 5 000 dollars. Police and private investigators lack a clue to the robbers.
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Tulsa
Cuaries
Mednicow
Memphis
Tenn
Robery
Ada Chickens Win Honors at Holdenville Show
Capt C W Ballard and his White Wyandotte stock win multiple categories at Holdenville poultry show. Lute Douge's Buff Orpingtons take top cock, cockerel, hen, pullet and sweepstakes honors.
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Ada
Holdenville
C. W. Ballard
Lute Douge
Forty story hotel and office building planned in Philadelphia
Philadelphia December 1 announced a forty story hotel and office building to cost about 10 million dollars at the northwest corner of Broad and Locust streets. Lewis H. Cohan president of the Middle City Realty Corporation said it would be the first combination office building and hotel in the east.
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Philadelphia
Broad
Locus Streets
Lewis H. Cohan
Middle City’ Realty Corporation
Cahan
Legion Expands Eligibility for Allied Soldiers and Attendees
National adjutant Lemuel Bolles said a new eligibility class now allows allied service members and naturalized Canadians who joined the war to become Legion members. The change, ratified in San Francisco, also opens membership to Americans who served in foreign armies. Ponca City Post 14 again feeds the needy at Thanksgiving, while John S. Kerr Post 49 plans to acquire a lesson home. Oklahoma Legion leader Cody Fowler spoke in Enid to strengthen ties with local business.
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American Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Lemuel Bolles
National Adjutant of the Legion
San Francisco
Legion
Mr. Bolles
Conference of Post Legion Officials in Ardmore Okla
On December 6 a conference of the Post Legion Officials from the Third district met in Ardmore Oklahoma. District commander Giles A. Kelley led the meeting to map Legion growth and define relations between department district and post officers. Plans target aiding disabled veterans in hospitals nationwide with presents at Christmas and posts are asked by Department Headquarters for contributions.
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Ardmore
Oklo
Giles A. Kelley
Oklahoma
United States
Auto death toll in Pontotoc County
A Sunday Ada newspaper recounts twelve auto accident cases in Pontotoc County from January to year end. Hospitals report sixteen injured in Ada area. Breco Hospital shows no auto cases. Drunken driving blamed for many incidents. new law makes it felony to drive in a drunken condition.
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Silent Reaper
Pontotoc County
Silent Men Bes Ak
Tha J
Ada
Pontotoc
Breco
Iynes
Oklahoma Solons Go On Weekend Recess Ahead of January Session
Oklahoma City state leaders expect a recess until after the new year as the legislature pauses over the weekend. The senate has passed a bill regulating secret orders while klan legislation loses urgency. Impeachment of Ruth and expulsion of Gibbons are seen as brief senate and house items, with Governor Trapp to craft a post recess program targeting Walton era laws.
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Oklahoma — City
Senate
Charles H. Ruth
Supreme Court
Murray Gibbons
McClain County
House
M. E. Trapp
J. C. Walton
Trapp
Ada High School Gridiron Routs Season Record
Ada High School completed a remarkable season under Coach C Raymond Cox with only one defeat. The light three veteran start forged a tough machine, defeating McAlester Sulphur Okmulgee Pauls Valley Henryetta Purcell Holdenville and Atoka while dropping only to one opponent.
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Atoka High School
Ada High School
C. Raymond Cox
Cox
Okmulgee High
Purcell
McAlester
Ada Hi
Sulphur
Okmulgee
Pauls Valley
Henryetta
Holdenville
Atoka
Leibold Seeks Exclusion From Ford Railroad Consolidation
Washington December 4 E. G. Leibold vice president of the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to exclude the line from tentative consolidation plans. He argued the road has special characteristics and Ford’s labor policies require time for independent transportation solutions.
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Washington
E. G. Leibold
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton
Henry Ford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seibold
Tampico Fire Threatens Mexican City Near Destruction
A cablegram to Mexican consul E. M. Elias reports Tampico at risk of total destruction from a raging fire with little detail. From San Antonio reports say the blaze destroyed a city block near Cathedral Plaza as authorities dim the power plant and a cold wave hindered firefighting efforts.
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Mexican Cfty
New Orleans
Tampico
Mexico
E. M. Elias
San Antonio
Tex
Cathedral Plaza
Panama Canal Agencies Show Heavy Returns in Trade
Washington reports the Panama Canal and its auxiliary agencies posted record fiscal year results ending June 30, 1923. Net profit reached 12,063,880 with tolls and transit revenue up to 10,001,066, while canal operations and railroad profits boosted overall earnings amid a surge in commercial transits and tonnage driven by California oil.
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Washington
Panama Canal
United States
Morrow
Panama
Suez Canal
Panama Canal Railroad Company
California
Mexico
Labor banks rise across the United States and canal trade up
The All-American cooperative commission notes twenty three labor banks planned or operating, with Brotherhood of Railways Clerks and other unions launching new banks. A canal report shows US ships boosted traffic in 1923, led by inter coastal routes and East Coast to South America, while Europe to West Coast gains offset declines elsewhere.
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Cleveland
Twentythree Cooperative Labor Banks
All-American Cooperative Commission
Brotherhood of Railways Clerks
Cincinnati
The
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
New York
John L. Lewis
Jnited Mine Workers of America
United States Labor Bank and Trust Co
Indianapolis
Albany
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Cooperative Trust Co
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cooperative National Bank of Cleveland
United States
Engineer’s Bank of Cleveland
Labor Bank
Japan
South America
Far East
Europe
Canada
North America
Canadian
Panama Canal
Australasia
Canal Zone
Goveror Morrow
Republic of Panama
Garber Says He Bears No Alarm Over Herrick Threat
Congressman Milton C. Garber who defeated Herrick for renomination in 1922 told an Oklahoma City correspondent he has no fear of Herrick's candidacy.
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Milton C. Garber
Herrick
Oklahoman
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Frederick A. Cook
Tarrant County
Petroleum Producers Association
Killits
Cook
Texas
Copenhagen
Far North
North Pole
Explorers Club
Kings County Medical Society
American National Geographical Societes
American Ethnological Society
American Alpine Club
New York University College of Medicine
Greenland
Royal Society
Brussels
Royal Geographical Society
Mt. McKinley
Arctic
Antarctic
England
Ponca City
John S. Kerr
Frederick
Okla
Cody Fowler
Department of Oklahoma
Legionnaires
Enid
Legion Post
Pontotog County
Solons
Klan
Ruth
Gox
Leibold
Ford Railroad
State Department
Department of Foreign Relations
H. F. Ray
Drege Pe Suseg
W. R. Dennis
Frisco
Byng
S. Jacobson
Payola Cream and Produce House
Otis Floyd
McClain, Grady, Garvin, Stephens, Carter and
Jefferson
G. W. Carter
Marlow
S. R. Tolbert
Interurban
Denison - Sherman
Dallas
Wacon
Corsicana
Mide Electric
CIA
John
Schaap_& Sons
Drug Co
Smith, Ark
Firestone
Oldfield
Twelfth and Broadway
Moser Bldg
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