Oil Interest Spurs Peps Expansion in City
Peps plans boost to local economy as oil interest stimulates business growth and new building room. The expansion signals a prosperous epoch for the city with increased activity and investment.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1928
Page
2
Ada Marks Its Greatest Year Of Progress In 1927 Boom
Ada городской год отмечен строительным бумом и расширением индустриальных мощностей. В течение года по губернаторскому анализу выросло более 100 новых домов, открылись три новых здания и завершились значительные расширения магазинов и промышленных предприятий включая заводы по стеклу, цементу и газу. Укрепилась газовая и энергетическая инфраструктура, построена новая школа и освещенная сеть города.
Beekeepers to Hold State Meeting in Oklahoma City
A two day session January 16-17, 1928, in Oklahoma City will host the Oklahoma State Beekeepers Association. The program features speakers on bee inspection, winter stores, queens and requeening, pollen distribution, honey packing, and radio addresses with potential national authorities in attendance. The summit aims to advance beekeeping and invites local beekeepers to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma State Beekeepers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City
W. C. Sawyer
Lindsay
H. H. Berry
Norman
LeStourgeon
Eugene Holloway
Association
Teacher Contracts and Impeachment Power Examined
A Nation item critiques strict teacher contracts demanding personal vows and details the North Carolina incident on wages. It compares a Missouri resignation clause. The piece then analyzes impeachment procedures, Senate court authority, and political power labeled as the "Big Boy" in election control.
Prosecution Plans Sanity Plea Strategy in Hickman Case
Los Angeles prosecutors focus on insanity as a defense in the William Edward Hickman murder trial. They probe Hickman’s day of the kidnapping in which he hosted a woman at his apartments and scrutinize a jail visit by three strangers with defense counsel. Investigations expand into the death of A. R. Driskell, grandfather of Hickman associate Welby Hunt, as deputies and detectives pursue leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Hickman
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
A. R. Driskell
Welby Hunt
C. I. Thoms
George Contreras
District Attorney's Office
Pioneer oil man of state dies in Tulsa at 68
Dr. Charles Willard Bland dies after long illness in Tulsa. Tulsa's first local oil well founder and first medical school graduate to practice here, Bland helped finance the Red Fork well at 600 feet, sparking a regional drilling rush. He served on Creek nation medical exams board and was connected with rail company surgery work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Oil
Tulsa
Charles Willard Bland
Bland
Missouri Medical College of
St. Louis
First Creek Nation Board of Medical Examiners
St. Louis-San Francisco
Board of
Government Medical Pensioners
Fred S. Clinton
Red Fork
Former Pioneer Woman Dies in Oklahoma City
Mrs Essman age 74 died last night in Oklahoma City after living in Ada as a pioneer resident. The body will arrive this afternoon and be held at 500 South Townsend with funeral services scheduled for tomorrow hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Essman
Ada
Joe Harrington
South Townsend
Pontotoc County Advances One Stratford Highway
The Pontotoc county road program includes four proposed highways with the Stratford route now under construction. This project marks the first fulfillment of a bond issue approved by county taxpayers over two years ago, while the overall road building program has been hampered by highway department disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Stratford
Highway Department
Sulphur Dairy Co operative Creal Producers Formed
A city hall meeting in Sulphur drew dairy farmers and others to back the Murray County Cream Producers Co operative Association with pledges totaling 113 cows and 1130 dollars. George Vincent of Oklahoma A and M explained membership terms, noting 600 cows needed for viable volume and citing Vinita’s model of returning investments in about 14 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray County Cream Producers’ Co-operative Association, Inc
George Vincent
Extension Department of
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Vinita
8. E. Lewis
Stillwater
Vincent
Atoka Lawyer Dies in Court
E H Carpenter a 65 year old lawyer from Coalgate collapsed and died while questioning a witness in district court at Atoka Oklahoma. Carpenter had moved to the county from Texas several years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atoka
E. H. Carpenter
Coalgate
Carpenter
Texas
Moon of Muskogee clarifies Senate investigation powers
Charles A. Moon of Muskogee explains to The World that the Oklahoma Senate acted in impeachment inquiry, ruling it can convene at any time to investigate state officers. He notes the Senate court of impeachment and the house as grand jury must await impeachment court authorization to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Senate Court of
Lega
Senate Court
House
Senate
Tulsa
Charles A. Moon
Muskogee Unly
State Senate
Jolly-Oge Well 15 Best In Bebee Area
The Jolly-Oge well in section 29-5-5, J H Roberts and Allen No 1, shows 160 to 170 barrels daily with pipeline output. Hunton lime expected to boost to over 200 barrels daily after a 100 quart shot last Friday. Roberts, a pioneer in Pontotoc county oil, supports Bebee district growth as B A LaSelle bumpers Sterritt No 1 drills nearby and LT I O announces a new location, signaling area expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Seminole Oil Field
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Wheeling
Oklahoma Glass Company
Oklahoma
Southwest Gas Company
Mac-Thwaite Gas Company
Allen
East Central State Teachers College
East Central
East Central College
Oklahoma Portland Cement
Lawrence
Mississippi River
Pontotoc County
Cr. J. Skirvin
John Case
Stewarts
Schleys
Williamsons
Ardmore
Jolly-Oge
J. H. Roberts & Allen No
Hunton
Bebee
J. H. Roberts
B. A. LaSelle Bumpers- Sterritt No
Lt.i.o
President Coolidge foresees prosperous US year
White House reports indicate rising employment, railroads buying more equipment, quicker auto production, ample credit with fair interest. Wages are at peacetime highs and no major changes expected soon, reinforcing optimism for expansion and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
United States
White House
Wilbur urged to preserve S-4 sailors farewell messages
Secretary Wilbur was asked to safeguard any farewell notes left by six S-4 crew members who survived days after the submarine sank. Representative McClintie urged that the water tight compartment not be opened until proper precautions are set, recalling a similar Japanese disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur
Representative McClintie
Oklahoma
House Naval Committee
Markets Furnished by W H Bertrand Co Ada
Markets furnished by W H Bertrand Co Biekers Ada Okla local offices in Rives Building East Main Street J Bird manager phones 1556 L PD 38 items listed for sale or trade with prices and supplier details in regional market column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bertrand & Co. Biekers
Rives
East Main Street
Ada
Okiahoma
J. Bird
Market Report Oklahoma City Cattle Prices Reach Highs
Livestock market in Oklahoma City on January 3 reports 1200 cattle with Mc Clain and Grady county steers leading at 11.50 per cwt. Yearlings bring up to 10.75 with fair to good demand for mixed lots and bulk quantities moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
McClain
Grady County
Market Report and Rescue Appeal Mixed in One Fragment
Kansas City market notes hogs at top 8.50 and cattle with steers up to 14.50. The column then blends a maritime rescue plea urging care to preserve a farewell record before life bleed away, asking authorities not to open a water tight compartment until precautions can protect such a record.
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