Local School Social And WWI Volunteer Efforts
Ada school notes a YWCA reorganization led by Annie Kate Gilbert with officers Cora Coleman Natalie Manville Nina Mae Britt and Helen Blanchard and a gym social track meet. Seniors plan meals and room solicitations while two students Oliver Vernon and Forrest Brunner enlist in the U S service amid fond class farewells.
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Sue Black
Lehigh
Ada
Annie Kate Gilbert
Oklahoma
Cora Coleman
Natalie Manville
Nina Mae Britt
Helen Blanchard
Organiza
The Camero Company Opens With The Girl From the Follies
The Camero Comedy Company brings a 13 performer engagement opening with The Girl From the Follies. The cinema presents Ethel Barrymore in The Eternal Mother offering a dramatic feature alongside the comedy.
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Camero Comedy Company
Ethel Barrymore
The Hobo Raid and World Library headline Stingaree tonight
A thrilling Stingaree episode will be presented this evening. Ham and Bud are featured in The Hobo Raid a most laughable comedy. All the late events of importance will be seen in The World Library.
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Ham
Bud
the World Library
Jones Chapel Families pledge wheatless bread for war effort
Sixteen heads of families in Jones Chapel School district Pontotoc County Oklahoma sign a pledge to buy no flour or wheat products until July 1 1918 to support the war. The group expresses patriotism with cornbread and three cheers for the President.
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Jones Chapel
Orel Busby
Pontotoc County
Henry McGee
Jones Chapel School
Chickasaw Township
Oklahoma
Bill
Wm. B. Johnson
Mabel D. Johnson
Beulah McGee
J. W. Williams
Mary Williams
J. T. Sweney
Nora Sweeney
J. A. Mozier
George Johnson
Nancy Johnson
W. W. Norton
Dimensions of the Vatican Complex Described
The Vatican spans multiple connected buildings set to form a space about 1,151 by 767 feet. It contains 200 stairways 20 courts and 4 422 rooms with no public count of employed servants provided.
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Vatican
Telegraph News Short Ane
Telegraph wires report Sunday night service cut back significantly across major routes. Observers note delays at several hubs as crews work to restore intercity transmissions. Authorities pledge full restoration as repairs continue into Monday.
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Haa
Ada News Briefs from Ada and Surroundings
Ada Greenhouse advertises vegetables and carnations with prices. Local visitors T. E. Brents host a Housewives League tea. Obituary notes for W. Dale of Jesse and several rural travel and business updates appear alongside notices from C. R. Drummond and B. D. Jordan visiting Ada and Hugo.
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Gwin
Warren
Weat
Ada
R. Drummond
Dallas
A. B. Mears
Holdenville
B. A. Mason
Arkansas
Albany
Georgia
B. D. Jordan
Hugo
Oklahoma
C. H. Kuykendall
Housewives League
T. E. Brents
W. A. Dale
Jesse
Stonewall News
Sophomores Honor Navy Pair at Farewell Party
East Central State Normal sophomores toasted Oliver Vernon and Forest Brunner on their farewell night in the Normal Gymnasium. The two have joined the navy and left for Great Lakes. Speakers praised loyalty and school spirit as the class sent them off with speeches, a lunch, and tributes.
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Swoopes
Gene CuUr
Tommy
Jait
Normal
East Central State Normal
Oliver Vernon
Forest Brunner
Navy
Great Lakes
Sears
Gordon
Oscar Parker
Brunner
Vernon
Campaign Against Hog Cholera Launched in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City April 15. John P. O Connor veterinarian in charge of hog cholera work in Oklahoma launches the most comprehensive drive against the disease ever undertaken in the state. Campaign to cover every county with state and federal cooperation aims to stamp out hog cholera through farmer participation.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Department of Agriculture
United States
John P. O’connor
Oklahoma
O’connor
State Board of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Animal Husbandry
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Robinson
Forrest Brunner
United States Service
Boy Scouts
Anna Steele Richardson
Boy Scouts of America
Liberty Loan
United States Treasury
America
Committee On Public Information
Red Cross
Beyen
No Man’s Land
Fritz
Royal Engineers
London
Channel
Sfese
Lixite
Clothiers Everybody's Store
Arthur Guy
France
Conreight
Hs Arthur Guy Empex
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Liberty
Majestic
Houston Post
Telegraph News Short
W. A. Banks
Fixer
City News
Thrift
Moser’s
Ford Car
Cal
West Main
Van
J. W. Sweatt
South Broadway
Nyal
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