Some Features of Alaska Observed by Ada tourist
Byron Norrell recalls Alaska as a vast land rich in resources from fur to gold to fisheries. He details exploration history, Seward purchase, climate contrasts, transportation advances, and growing tourism and settlement, highlighting Juneau mines, Fairbanks dredges, canneries, and new highways and air travel.
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Alaska
Ada
Byron Norrell
Columbus
West Indies
Siberia
Russia
Pacific
United States
William H. Seward
Lincoln and Johnson
Seward
Lana
Uncle Sam
Interior
Fairbanks
Richardson
Valdez
Chitina
Copper River
Cordova
Steese
Yukon River
McKinley National Park
Canada
Court declares processing taxes under AAA unconstitutional
U S circuit court of appeals holds processing and floor taxes under the agricultural adjustment act invalid saying Congress lacks power to regulate production via taxes. The decision in the Hoosac Mills case and a two to one ruling questions federal authority over farming regulation and may reach the Supreme Court.
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Boston
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Hoosac Mills Cooperation
United States Supreme Court
Scott Wilson
George F. Morris
George H. Bingham
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Secretary of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Hoosac Mills
Cott Wilson
Power Cof
Legislative Department of
Nine Typewriters Stolen From Okemah School Recovered Eight
Nine typewriters were stolen from an Okemah school. Eight have been recovered with five found in Ada, one in Seminole, one in Ardmore, one in Wewoka. A ninth unit had been moved before officers arrived. An informant helped locate the machines and eight were returned to their rightful place.
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Okemah
Ada
Seminole
Ardmore
Wewoka
Quail Restocking Initiatives Expanded in Ada and Pontotoc
Ada and Pontotoc counties advance quail propagation with fifty birds released on three eastern farms. State ranger Fink confirms more hatchings and an eventual county total near 300 birds for the year. Plans include stream pollution survey and restocking Wintersmith park lake with fingerlings in fall.
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Wintersmith Park Lake
Ada
Pontotoc County
Jack Duncan
Ada Field Trial Association
Walter Mayer
John Gann
Blackburn
Jack Fink
Pontotoc
Johnston
Murray
State Game Department
Oklahoma City
Fink
John Fitts
State Fish and Game Department
Robert Hodges
Shawnee
City Lake
Harry Evans
Wayne Wheelock
Fd Haley
Izaak Walton League
Mr. Fink
Heads Teachers of Nation Heads Teachers of Nation
Anderson who previously served as constable in Stonewall township assumed office January 7 and plans to retire to his Harden City area. Cochran has assisted since relocating headquarters to Fittstown. Joe Beck is Stonewall township justice of the peace. Several local residents visited, dined, or spent Sunday with family. A new Ada News dirt offer prompts questions about its origin and value. Sunday school attendance rose as two months term nears. Juanita Collins visited Babe Collins. A new resident, Lillian Ruth, arrived with parents Mr. and Mrs. Dires. baby and mother well. Let us hear from U Old Midland.
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Board of County Commissioners
Anderson
Stonewall
Harden City
Cochran
Fittstown
Joe Beck
Stonewall Township
R. R. Rogers
Yetta Berger
C. L. Berger
Josh Roundtree
Dike
O. Martin
W. F. Mayo
Cuba Childres
Mattie
Alpha Childres
Vaness
Lula
Chloe Collins
E. J. Farley
Ada Evening News
Ada News
Juanita Collins
Babe Collins
Old Midland
Sibyl Troutman
Christene Berger
Roundtree
G. M. Pitt
Novalee Bradley
Bonnie
Donnie Sneed
Naomi Bradley
Lillian Ruth
Dires
Benal Emberson
Sam Collins
Two More Escheat Suits Filed Here
Virgil Stanfield county attorney filed two additional escheat suits to recover land held by corporations. Six suits already exist, including tracts near the John Fitts oil field, totaling several hundred acres. The latest include about 200 acres in township 1 north east sections 3 and 10 and about 160 acres in sections 17 and 18 nearby. If successful, land goes to public sale with proceeds to the state permanent school fund after expenses.
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Virgil Stanfield
Township
State Permanent School Fund
Negro Woman Sentenced to Year for Clothes Theft
Cora Mae Beacham, a colored domestic, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was sent to the state penitentiary at McAlester for one year. Police traced her from Tulsa where she was arrested after allegedly stealing a handbag and clothing from Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith.
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Cora Mae Beacham
McAlester
Tulsa
Russell Smith
East Sixteenth
Advisory Board Meeting Highlights Farm Women Work
The Pontotoc County Advisory Board of farm women clubs met July 11 in the Business and Professional Women's club room. Seven clubs reported 921 garments made since April 11, multiple canning outputs, and 1,098 bushels of vegetables. The group announced the Women’s Camp at Sulphur August 29–30 and set October 17 for the next meeting.
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Advisory Board of
Farm Women’s Clubs
Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Willie Brandon
Union Valley
Hudson
Summers Chapel
Solomon
Vaness
Alice Caldwell
Light
Maxwell
Brandon
Caldwell
Ned
Jessie Morgan
U. S
Tishomingo
Rain Breaks Heat Wave With One Inch Summer Downpour
Ada experiences relief from a week of midwestern heat as a late evening rain storms brings 1.75 inches in about an hour. A brisk wind caused light damage while the shower boosts corn and cotton prospects and freshens fall gardens after a 109 degree start.
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Ada
Fajl Gardens
Adam's
Stonewall residents share weekend visits and returns
Stonewall from Wyoming to California and Ada to Centrahoma mark a flurry of visits. Travelers include Mr and Mrs Fred Upton Miss Novella Gibson Clifford Elliott Otto Martin Miss Esther Fish and others returning from Yellowstone Calvin Ada and Coalgate show outings feature repeatedly with Shurphy Austell and Furlong families among those present.
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Fred Upton
Novella Gibson
Clifford Elliott
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Otto Martin
Allen
Esther Fish
Calvin
Southwestern Telephone Company
J. R. Scott
Fitzhugh
Stonewall
Alta Maye Parham
Atwood
S. G. Payte
Olin Robins
Cent
Ada
Ora Morris
Ben Lee
Frisco
Bob Gibson
Mac Gibson
Sam Green
Coalgate
Birch Case
Wesley Chaddick
Maxx
Jane
California
Cary Austell
McAlester
Moon Eclipse Delights Skywatchers With Vanishing Act
Moon fell into Earth shadow Monday night in a total eclipse that began after 9 pm. observers watched as the bright lunar disk slowly darkened then reemerged, confirming predictions by astronomers about the celestial event.
Bob Anderson To Resign As Fittstown Cop
Announcement of J. D. Bob Anderson resigning as constable of Stonewall township including Fittstown and Harden City in the John Fitts oil field. The resignation takes effect Saturday and E. V. Punk Cochran is expected to succeed him. a petition favors Cochran with local business backing.
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J. D
Bob” Anderson
Pontotoc County
Stonewall
Fittstown
Harden City
John Fitts
E. V
Punk” Cochran
Anderson
Cochran
Stonewall Township
Duke Loman Wedding Announced
Mr and Mrs H H Loman announce the marriage of their daughter Myrtle to Mr H L Duke. The ceremony was in Paris Texas with the couple later living in Francis Oklahoma where Duke works for the Oklahoma Pipeline Co. Myrtle studied at East Central State Teachers College and Northeastern State Teachers College Tahlequah.
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H. H. Loman
East Fifth
Myrtle
H. L. Duke
Paris
Texas
Carl Ralph Fawyer
East Central State Teachers College
Northeastern State Teachers College
Tahlequah
Swinford Sloan Nuptials Announced in Antlers Oklahoma
Announcement of the marriage of Miss No one Sloan to Mr. Emory Swinford on March 2 in Antlers. The bride, linked to Ada high school and local shops, and the groom, East Central State Teachers College alumnus, now with Honey Grove Cotton Oil, plan to reside in Honey Grove, Texas.
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Swinford-Sloan
Noone Sloan
Harry Sloan
East Thirteenth
Emory Swinford
T. L. Swinford
East Ninth
Antlers
Ada High School
Hillary and Bijou
Oklahoma City
Merilyn
Swinford
East Central State Teachers’ College
Honey Grove Cotton Oil Company
Honey Grove
Tex
Oklahoma City Adopts Nickel in the Slot Parking
Oklahoma City implements nickel in the slot meters with 200 meters Downtown. Police refrain from arresting violators as the city council backs the plan. Attorneys threaten legal action while opponents push to court challenge the ordinance and delay enforcement.
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Oklahoma City
Carl Magee
Magee
Harry Neuffer
Ea Butterfield
John Watt
Melville F. Boddie
Butterfield
Altus Merchant Bogan Cash Dies After Brief Illness
Hollis Oklahoma July 13 Bogan Cash 44 Altus merchant died in a hospital after a brief illness His widow and a daughter survive
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Hollis
Okla
Bogan Cash
Altus Merchant
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Oklahoma
Juneau
Priblof
Bering Sea
Holdenville
Jimmie Cain
University of Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Seattle
Matanuska
Japan
Steamshin Company
Chambers of Commerce of
Territory
Hayes
Tom McKeown
Federal
Steamship Company
Agnes Samuelson
Des Moines
National Education Association
Denver
Iowa
Moon
Eclipse
Bob Anderson
E. V. Cochran
Pauline Pitt
Sunshine
Troutman
Adella Jones
J. J. Shaw
John Bradley
Jim Bohanan
C. C. Childress
Jane Hall
Verlin Berger
Cercle Conley
Pickett
Sam
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