Colonel Sneed oldest Oklahoma secretary of state to take office
Colonel Sneed born 1845 in Mississippi is now Oklahoma secretary of state, the oldest state official. A Confederate veteran, he joined at 16, served under Lee, was wounded at Fredericksburg, and later moved to Oklahoma after a failed Tennessee bid for office. He emphasizes merit in appointments and recalls war years while serving in public life.
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Oklahoma City
Er Sneed
Miss
Oklahoma
Glade Ashiss
Sneed
Madison County
Mississippi
Florida
Texas
Arkansaw
Mississippi Volunteer Infantry
Longstreet
Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Massachusetts
George Covert
Tennessee
Need
Anne Bullok
Tenn
Fort Sill
Territory
Comanche County
Law
Mississipi
Lee
Sailor's Creek
Burkville Junction
Point Lockett
Maryland
Lincoln
United States
Canton
Four More Added to Robertson Clemency List
Oklahoma City January 15 news reports a fresh spread in Governor J B Robertson's eleventh hour clemency list with four pardons filed in the secretary of state's office. Beneficiaries include two life term murder convicts Aaron Pryor Wagoner county and W F Borah Atoka county. Joe Parks Montetoc county received eight years and Clarence Hendrix Ellis county received five years for larceny.
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Oklahoma City
J. B. Robertson
Secretary of State
Aaron Pryor
Wagoner County
Borah
Atoka County
Joe Parks
Montetoc County
Clarence Hendrix
Ellis County
Personal notices from Ada reflect deaths and local visits
Mrs Nettie Sparks travels to Wilson after sister Mrs T F Jackson dies at 2 this morning. Doctors D A McKellar and Cole of Ardmore visit Mrs J A McKellar who is ill. County Treasurer Swaffer notes fair tax payments with back dues due February 1. John S Garner longtime Sulphur railroader dies at Sherman. formerly Ada resident. Ada group attends funeral in Allen for Mrs Sally Sewell, widow of three children Survived by husband and three children. Sally was aunt to W C Pitt and J B Donaghey.
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Nettie Sparks
Wilson
T. F. Jackson
D. A. McKellar
Cole
Ardmore
J. A. McKellar
Swaffer
John S. Garner
Sherman
Garner
Ada
Frisco
W. C. Pitt
J. B. Donaghey
R. C. Poe
Allen
Sally Sewell
Pitt
Donaghey
Local items and social notes from Thursday’s Daily
J. O. Tipton shipped over four thousand feet of lumber from his county this week. Bud Burns is recovering from appendicitis in the local hospital. Mrs. P. S. Case and Mrs. Tom W. McKeown returned from Oklahoma City after attending the Walton inaugural. Minnie Rea of Dallas will visit Mrs. W. E. Chamberlain at 717 East Fourteenth street. A. D. Breemer of Durant has passed the pneumonia crisis and is recovering. R. E. L. Ford came back from Dallas after attending the Dixon Index Bible convention and reports a fine time. Call 1187-J for information about the Bible.
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J. O. Tipton
Bud Burns
P. S. Case
Tom W. McKeown
Oklahoma City
Walton
Minnie Rea
Dallas
W. E. Chamberlain
East Fourteenth Street
A. D. Breemer
Helena guest Eloise Cooper visits from Arkansas
Mrs H S Cooper extends hospitality to Eloise Cooper of Helena Arkansas staying with her parents Mr and Mrs B A Mason on South Broadway Charley Laseman county commissioner elect reports land ready for farming near Fitzhugh Charley Ray to remain in Ada buys nine acres north of his former site to build a new home Waples Water Company plans a grocer house on West Main beside Santa Fe properties with several old buildings slated for removal to begin construction soon
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H. S. Cooper Coe Dammbbat
Eloise
Helena
Arkansas
B. A. Mason
South Broadway
Charley Laseman
Fitzhugh
Charley Ray
Ada
Chaffin
Ie Grocer
Waples-Water Company
West Main
Santa Fe
Griffiths enlist in navy heads to Oklahoma City
Griffith left this week for Oklahoma City to enlist in the navy. Miss Neva Kennan and her sister Mrs. W H Munday, teachers at Holdenville, are visiting their parents Mr and Mrs R J Kennan at Latta this weekend.
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Munday
Daily Ciycle
Griffith
Mcmlahoma City
Navy
Neva Kennan
W. H. Munday
Holdenville
R. J. Kennan
Latta
Ada Soldier Leads 8th Infantry Under General Aken
Major Raymond Barton of Ada commands the 8th Infantry under Gen. A ken stationed at Ehrenbrettstein the old German fortress. G B Davis of Ada shows two hawk leg bands found after a hawk he killed near his home. Misses Mary and Emmett Swaffer arrive in Holdenville to live with their uncle D W Swaffer following the death of their father in Mt. Vernon Arkansas.
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Raymond Barton
Ada
Alken
8Th Infantry
der Wachtshein
Ehrenbrettstein
German Empire
G. B. Davis
Linn Case
Okla
T Agether
Daily Ada notes on local illness and obituaries
A. L. Fulton of Muskogee visits Ada due to Jimmie Ruth Lanham illness. J. W. Davis buys cattle for Osage pastures and arrives in Ada. Lon Braley returns from Oklahoma City after month at daughter’s bedside. Ola Mae Ray dies at home near Egypt. funeral today with Egypt cemetery interment planned. J O Abney and sister A R Abney report a successful Sherman hospital operation.
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A. L. Fulton
Muskogee
Jimmie Ruth
J. P. Lanham
Fulton
Lanham
J. W. Davis
Osage
Ada
Allen
Lon Braley
West Fourteenth
Stre&t
Oklahoma City
Ola Mae Ray
W. L. Ray
Egypt
Egypt Cemetery
J. O. Abney
Sherman
Texas
A. R
Mysterious coal supply uncovered in dark town
Police arrested five African American boys suspected of stealing coal from Frisco railroad cars in Ada. Detectives traced missing coal to a local pack route dividing the town, with youths admitting weeks of theft and handling coal in sacks for customers. The boys were placed in county custody for juvenile court.
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Dark Town
Darkie Coal Combine
Frisco Railroad Company
North
Ada
Walton objects when Senate takes action
Oklahoma City January 17 Governor Walton issued a statement through Secretary Aldrich Blake disapproving of a Senate amendment to a $10,000 reward bill for the return of fugitive former bank commissioner Fred Dennis. He said the amendment ties the reward to Dennis’s arrest and conviction and notes other information is sought regardless of his conviction. He urged any reward be paid to the person delivering Dennis to the Okmulgee County sheriff.
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Oklahoma City
Walton
Aldrich Blake
Senate
Fred Dennis
Dennis
Gvernor
Terewarg
Okmulgee County
Prisoners Cut Jail Delivery In Tulsa Escape
Fourteen inmates held for murder overpowered jail staff and escaped in a stolen car led by Roy Boggs. Glen Lowe and Ira Stewart captured Volney Davis Henry Hargrave and Roy Boggs miles west of Tulsa. Hargrave reportedly fatally injured in exchange.
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Tulsa
Volney Davis
Henry Hargrave
Glen Lowe
Ira Stewart
Here
Hartrave
Roy Bogs
Twothers
Roy Boggs
Foreign students at St. Louis University total 59
St Louis University reports 3462 students enrolled this year with 59 from foreign countries. Twenty two nationalities are represented among the international student body.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis University
Nance Heads to Sherman for Recovery Support
Nance left Sunday for Sherman to stay with her until she recovers. Lute Douge, secretary of the Pontotec County Poultry Association, says the group will meet Tuesday evening January 23 at 7 30 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. A monthly meeting is planned for the coming year.
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Nance
Sherman
Lute Douge
Pontotec County Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
Ada Local Social Notes Highlight Movements and Moves
Charles Martin returns from a business trip to Lacksburg Arkansas. Mrs R R Boardman called to Altus for the illness of her father F N Leatherman. Mrs J W Taylor and daughters Hazel and Clarence of Center visit Ada. Miss Clarice enters the Normal. A F Dillard and family pave from their old home to the Farris farm near Franks and praise the new location.
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Charles Martin
East Seventh Street
Lacksburg
Arkansas
iMrs
R. R. Boardman
Altus
F. N. Leatherman
J. W. Taylor
Hazel and
Clarence
Center
Ada
Clarice
A. F. Dillard
Farris
Franks
Mr. Dillard
Thrift as a guide to personal discipline and time
Center school eighth grader John M. Grindstaff presents a thrift essay stressing saving money and conserving time strength and effort. He cites Christian and secular authorities and cites examples of youths saving to buy a farm and stock it with livestock, urging regular methodical saving and healthful living.
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John M. Grindstaff
Center School
Thrift
John Wesley
Benjamin Franklin
Arnold Bennett
Theodore Roosevelt
Booze Ships Off Three Mile Zone Grow in Number
New Jersey bureau reports fourteen vessels anchored off Hylan New Jersey with one large steamer one small steamer a three masted schooner and eleven two masted schooners. No buyers seen today as rum fleet reportedly remains in place while federal officers monitor ships. New York reports Captain Berry driving a West Indies steamer says the rum fleet off the coast is becoming a navigation menace.
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Hylan
N. J
Rim
Bootle
Pers
New York
Berry
West Indies
Former King Constantine of Greece Dies in Palermo
Former Greek monarch Constantine I died in Palermo Sicily from a cerebrum hemorrhage. Born 1868 he led Greece during Balkan War and World War I and abdicated after a tumultuous reign marked by pro German ties and clashes with Venizelos. His son Prince George, born 1890, and Prince Paul, born 1901, are mentioned as heirs.
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Sicily
Constantine
Greece
Asia-minor
Italy
Constantine I
Switzerland
Alexander
Athens
Serres
Turkey
Smyna
Thrace
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
London
Asia Minor
Mustapha Kemal
Anatolia
Eskil Sheh
Bulgaria
Venizelos
Saloniki
Prince George
Asia
Pepoulas
George
Elizabeth
Romania
Prince Paul
Thumb Controllable Magnifier For Dental Mirror
A new magnifying lens operated by a user’s thumb is invented to work with a dentist’s mirror, enabling hands free enhanced visibility during dental exams.
Wife of Former Ambassador Run Down by Truck
Mrs. Davis Jayne Hill wife of a former ambassador to Germany died from injuries after an auto accident yesterday. She was stepping from her car at home when struck by a truck driven by a man held by police. During her husband’s Berlin embassy service she was a prominent hostess.
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Washington
Davis- Jayne Hill
Germany
Army officers allowed in Washington to wear civilian dress
Army officers on duty in Washington DC may wear civilian attire but must wear their uniforms at least one day per month under a new order.
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Army
Washington, D. C
New Order
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