Year in Review Highlights and Political Ripples
The year ends with a humorous tally from McAlester News-Capital noting frequent accusations and jokes about editors while praising community life. It discusses farmers organization versus politicians, the spread of hobby-driven laws, and calls for unity and honest inquiry into public acts. It also mentions turkey buyback efforts and Secretary Mellon’s debt reduction figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
Wilson
Harding
Word visiting father as federal inspector tours Ada drug stores
Frank A Word of Greenville Mississippi visits his father F A Word. Sam Brazleton a federal alcohol permit inspector spent yesterday and today in Ada inspecting stocks in local drug stores and visiting John Beard an old Spanish American War chum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Word
Greenville, Mississippi
F. A. Word
Sam Brazleton
Jin Ada
John Beard
Masonic Celebration Set for Saint John's Day in Ada
Ada Lodge No 119 A F and A M schedules a Saint John s Day program on December 27 with 2 30 pm opening at the Masonic Hall led by Bailey M Bobbitt and Edson A MacMillan. De Molay work features in afternoon and evening events include a banquet band concert and Master Mason degree exemplification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Lodge
A. F
A. M
St. John's
Masonic Hall
Bailey M. Bobbitt
Edson A. MacMillan
William Powell
County Masonic Service Association
de Molay
Order of Rainbow
Memorial Hall
Supt W K Treadwell Reports Rough Road Condition
Supt W K Treadwell from Allen visited Sunday and reported the road surface rough but free of serious mudholes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Treadwell
Allen
County Fanciers Take Off Winners at McClain Show
Capt. C W Ballard and Lute Douge exhibited birds at Purcell winning multiple awards for Ballard White Wyandottes and Douge Buff Orpingtons. Winners to be shown at Pontotoc county show next Thursday through Saturday.
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McClain
C. W. Ballard
McClain County
Purcell
Lute Douge
Ballard
Douge
Pontotoc
Local Notes From Tuesday’s Daily
Miss Allie Auten of Vaness visits with friends and relatives. Ruth Bolen returns from Coalgate after a weekend with her sister Celma. W. W. Sledge, recently operated on in Rochester Minnesota, is home and improving, able to visit his lumber yard office. J. H. Griffith of the Clark Gilbert area says Hart district’s new schoolhouse nears completion and should be ready by year’s start.
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Allie Auten
Vaness
W. W. Sledge
Rochester
Minnesota
J. H. Griffith
Clark & Gilbert Oil
Ada
Hart
Rancher W L Ansell Plans Ada Move Back
W L Ansell from the Blue Mound district near Franks said he and Mrs Ansell will return to their Ada home around the first of the year while he mostly tends the ranch the rest of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Vy. Ansell
Blue Mound
Franks
Roddie Family Welcomes Sister for Holidays
Lennox Roddie travels by noon train to Holdenville to meet his sister Nadine arriving from Brenau College. Nadine will spend holidays with their mother Mrs. Cora Roddie and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennox Roddie
Holdenville
Nadine
Brenau College
Cora Roddie
Obituary Roy Parker Son of J L Parker Dies at Year
Roy Dale Parker aged year son of Mr and Mrs J L Parker of Rebee died Friday evening about 8 o'clock. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon and the body was interred at Egypt cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Dale Parker
J. L. Parker
Rebee
Egypt Cemetery
Death of J. S. Walker in Roff Oklahoma
J. S. Walker aged 42 died Sunday evening at 7 30 at Ada hospital after two or three days of treatment. The body was taken to Roff and interred there this afternoon. He had been a long time resident of Roff and was well known in Pontotoc county. His wife had died about a month earlier. He leaves two children and his parents Mr and Mrs J F Walker of Roff.
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D. I. Walker
J. S. Walker
Ada Hospital
Roff
Pontotoc County
J. F. Walker
D Allen Dies At 77 After Pneumonia Near Maxwell
D Allen, also listed as Z D Allen, aged 77, died at his Maxwell area home Thursday evening from pneumonia. Funeral services were held today with burial at Center cemetery. A pioneer resident of the area he had lived here 30 years. He is survived by his wife and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Allen
Z. D. Allen
Maxwell
Center Cemetery
Allen
Shooting of Candles Sparks Schoolhouse Tragedy
In Pittsburg county at Ulan a country school house pie supper ended with Lee Marlow 22 fatally stabbing after a clash sparked by shots of Roman candles and firecrackers. W C Hudson 43 prominent farmer of Scipio is alleged to have attacked first. he says he acted in self defense with an open knife. Marlow fled while Hudson was treated in a McAlester hospital and died from loss of blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Ulan
Pittsburg
Lee Marlow
W. C. Hudson
Scipio
Hudson
Marlow
Ice Casket Spurned for Alligators
In the Sutherland Lumber yard pool, alligators lay in a cake of ice during the first winter cold, provoking protests from local women sponsors of a mythical humane society. The ice thawed before any relief was organized.
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Humane Society
Sutherland Lumber Company
Archie Cooper Scores First Knockout Loss in Ring Career
Archie Cooper, state middleweight champion, was knocked out in the ninth round by Art McGurl of Ponca City. Cooper had floored McGurl three times earlier and this marked his first slow count defeat on a planned ten round card in Ponca City.
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Archie Cooper
Art McGurl
Ponca City
Cooper
McGurl
Scout Christmas Gift List and Memphian Scout News
A guide to holiday gifts for scouts recommends a sturdy knife or axe, Boys' Life subscription, and scout books. The piece urges woodcraft projects, a large scout exhibit at the Memorial Hall, and a countywide scouting crusade led by Ada and Pontotoc, with troop leaders and events at city hall and the Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Cole
Douglas Fairbanks
Memorial Hall
Oscar Parker
Robin Hood
Ada
Pontotoc County
Orel Busby
L. A. Ellison
R. W. Simpson
Court of Honor
M. Matthews
Mess. S. M. Shaw
J. U. Criswell
J. C.sparks
City Hall
Clinton van Duren
Carl Marsh
Owen Izzard
Orel Clampit
666 Quickly Relieves Colds F Ver and LaGrippe
Proprietary remedy 666 advertised to ease colds fever and flu symptoms, biliousness and headaches with claims of rapid relief using common medicinal ingredients.
Ramona girl charged with murder released for insufficient evidence
A Ramona youth, Ramona, was discharged in district court by County Attorney Bailey for the murder of Raymond Boone at a dance more than a year ago. The girl had been charged and the case postponed multiple times. The slaying followed an argument outside the dance hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mille
Ramona
Raymond Boone
Bailey
Government Regulation of Railroads
A statement by W. B. Storey of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System outlines six government roles in railroad oversight. The measures cover rates, fair returns, property valuation, wage disputes, new stock and bonds, and accounting standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Storey
The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System
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Ada Weekly News
Wm. Des Little
Norrell
Oklahoma
the News Publishing & Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Bennettet Seana Enterprise
Ada Star-Democrat
ADA Evening News
Associated Press
Klucker
Special Police Commission
Walton
Capital
McAlester News-Capital
United Action
House
John A. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Ku Klux
Pauls Valley
Bryan County
John McKinley
Paul Alderson
Whitewright
Texas
J. F. Alderson
Royce City
W. M. Condren
Institution For the Insane
Norman
Emma K. Kellar
J. H. Biles
Okmulgee
R. E. Brothers
Yeager
W. G. Brothers
Roon
Arizona
Brothers
Robert Ellis
West Eighth Street
Frank D. Ellis
Columbus
Miss
Senate
D. Keirsey
Wewoka
Mary Keirsey
East Fourteenth
Bennett Story
Memphis
Tenn
Association of Refrigerating Engineers
Mr. Story
Ruth Bolen
Coalgate
Celma
Byng. S. Jacobson
W. C.rollow
Duroc Jersey
J. T. Tisdale
Morgan Carrol
Alletag
Lions Club
Ata
Frank Evans
Atta
L. J. Gregg
K. O. Lawrence Weaver
L. J
Lawrence
Earl Philpot
Flying Squirrels
Hoyt Pryors
Haskell Rogers
Hoor 9
Asst. S. P. L
Carl Houston
Newman Edminston
Sam Bingham
Sam
W. A. Lewis
Ross Burke
Crow Patrol
Marlin Baker
Crows
Newman Edmiston
Jack Dixson
Linn Cales
Jack
Mack Braly
Leo Hennigan
Hunters Pasture
First Presbyterian Church
M. P. Hatchett
North Broadway
John Schaap & Sons Drug Co
T, Smith, Ark
Interurban
Denison - Sherman
Dallas
Wacon
Corsicana
C. A. Cummings
L. G. Brannon
Norris
Haney Building
Stephen H. Kincer
Cripple Creek
Thedford’s
Santa Fe
Commission
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