The Wife Ship Woman by Hugh Pendexter
The author depicts the Louisiana settlement era and the ship women scarcity in early French empire efforts. The tale centers on a remarkable heroine amid Bienville’s struggle to balance colonization with need for wives among settlers.
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Hugh Pendexter
Louisiana
England
America
France
Soldiers of Fortune
John Law
Bienville
Paris
Mr. Pendexter
American
River Spy Tracks Natchez Threat and Fort Rosalie Fate
A narrator paddles up the Mississippi near Natchez and Fort Rosalie, assessing French power, Natchez relations, and looming conflict. He finds a carved warning predicting Natchez war within 50 days, plans to warn Bienville first to curry favor and learn more before returning north.
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Kaskaskia
Fort Chartres
Illinois
Gulf
Fort Rosalie
Iberville
Louisiana
Natchez
White Apple
Mississippi
New England
Louis XV
Duke of
Orleans
Stung Serpent
Great Sun
Biloxi
France
Sieur de Bienville
Beau Law
Bienville
Encounter on the Louisiana River Foreshadows Alliance
The narrator meets a North traveler in a remote Pontchartrain region near Bayou St. Jean. A wary standoff ends as the other paddler speaks in French and greets the White Indian with censure and humor, hinting at alliance or tension in the wilderness.
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France
Damian
Fox
Maurepas End
Pontchartrain
Bayou St. Jean
Louisiana
Pardieu
Three Corn Crops From One Field On Alluvial Philippine Lands
A note reports that on certain alluvial lands in the Philippine Islands a single field yields three crops of corn in one year. The article highlights exceptional fertility and rapid growth cycles characteristic of these soils.
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Philippine Islands
War and Appliance Stats From U S Data
The United States has over five million electric vacuum cleaners and more than three and a half million electric washers and wringers in use. Only a small portion of the 347 million dollar wartime loan to Belgium was spent directly for that purpose.
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United States
U. S
Belgium
Oklahoma fuel power and county school news from Pontotoc
The column extols Oklahoma's rich fuel resources with coal fields covering about 12 000 square miles and vast estimated reserves. It notes state leadership in petroleum gas and coal, then reports Pontotoc county school milestones with model status for Rocky Chapel Pleasant Hill and Franks districts, detailing scores and staff.
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Ed Overholser
Mgr
Okla
City Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
United States Geological Survey
Oklahoma Real Estate Board Faces Inoperative 1926 Certificates
Oklahoma City December 19 The State Real Estate Board prepares to issue 1926 certificates after the Ninth Legislature created the commission was ruled inoperative and void by the State Criminal Court of Appeals The ruling followed Jamies A Pope real estate dealer's habeas corpus case over a 1925 license fee and fine The board was not party to the suit and an emergency session of the state real estate dealers association was convened The Attorney General will be asked for an opinion on legality of the action
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Oklahoma City
State Real Estate Board
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Jamies ‘A. Pope
Justice Court
State Real Estate Dealers’ Association
M. J. Glass
Oklahoma Real Estate Commission Declared Inoperative
Oklahoma courts void the ninth legislature act creating the Oklahoma real estate commission for lacking a public appropriation. The court upheld licensing for brokers but ruled the overall act unconstitutional and cited due process and public funds constraints in its habeas corpus ruling for James E. Pope jailed for operating without a license.
Debate Question For Colleges Selected For Intercollegiate Meet
The inter collegiate debate topic has been chosen by East Central president A Lincheid. The resolution bans further issuance of tax exempt securities via constitutional amendment. Debates will occur in April across two triangular divisions among teacher colleges. O B U and Shawnee negotiations noted. Sand Springs Vern exchanges transferred to Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
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A. Lincheid
East Central
Southeastern
Northeastern
Baptist School
Shawnee
Northwestern
Alva
Central
Edmond
Horace Mann Cage Quintet Sets Out For Holdenville
The Horace Mann basketball squad left at 6 10 this evening for Holdenville determined to erase a 23 18 defeat by Tupelo last Friday. Coach Wilburn Capps withheld prediction but anticipated a stronger showing with a faster, better conditioned team. He blamed stamina lapses for the Tupelo loss and warned players that training rule infractions will be punished.
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Horace Mann
Holdenville
Tupelo
Wilburn Capps
Capps
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Tina Creech
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Richard Duty
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Ida Bolen
Chas. Blankenship
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Franks
Britt
Fast Central Teachers’ College
Legislative Created Commission
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James E. Pope
Pope
San Springs
Sand Springs
Vern
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Horace Mann Cage
Byrds Mill Dance Pavilion
Washington, D. C
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