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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1924

Page

4

Big Dan Returns from the West and a Westward Proposal

Dan Morgan arrives after five years away and discovers Milly plans to marry another. Aunt Miriam reveals Milly's feelings. Dan shares news of a million-dollar gold mine sale and offers to take Miriam West with him, asking her to come with him tomorrow.

Dan Morgan West Milly Big Dan Jim Miriam Miri Tin Miriam Waited Bie Dan Miss Miriam Sarath Miss Miriami Big Dan Morgan

Hairpin Handy as Makeshift Picture Hook

A hairpin of heavy wire serves as a practical substitute for a picture hook. Bend the pin to resemble a hook, place it over the molding, and thread the picture cord into the projecting hook to hang a frame without marring the nail or wall.

Awful Thought Bill Burlap Keeps Ten Year Paint Promise

A family scene ends with humor as Bill Burlap finishes painting a house for his brother and jokes that his work lasts ten years. Later he playfully splashes shaving lather on a nephew who then yells that he is painted for ten years.

Bill Burlap Bill

Pacific Northwest Power Station Now in Operation

The largest water power plant in the Pacific west has begun operation, delivering 105000 horsepower to the grid and signaling a major advancement in regional electric generation.

Pacific West

Forty-Eight To Receive Degrees At A and M College

Stillwater Oklahoma June 30 Forty eight students are set to earn degrees from the Oklahoma A and M college at summer session close. Five master of science and the rest bachelor of science degrees will be conferred July 16 with session ending July 26. Candidates include twenty four men and nineteen women for bachelors and three men two women for masters across agriculture home economics engineering education commerce and marketing science and literature.

Stillwater Okla Oklahoma A. and M. College L. W. Burton H. P. Patterson Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas Texas Colorado School of Agriculture School of Commerce and Marketing Grace Fernandez Sarah Brjutle Weatherford W. J. Brown Lawrence L. E. Correll Chilocco E. E. Tourtellotte Wilburton Agriculture Calvin P. Cox Vici William C. McCollum Emerson, Ark Red Rock Lena Farquharson Guthrie Clarence E. Holt Prue L. Susanne Kolb Orlando J. Hilton Smith Altus Frances Shertzer Stewart Dewey John A. Sherburne Cordell Crystal Maude Burris Edna Marie Johnson Opal L. Johnson Joe B. Butler Bernice Petty-Moore Moore

West of Ireland distress prompts urgent government action

At a Clifden conference in County Galway the West of Ireland crisis was described as acute and the government was urged to intervene. Mayo's poor relief funding has raised taxes by about 40 percent in recent months.

Dublan Clifden County Galway Ireland Mayo

Oklahoma Motorists Fund Tax Revenue Report

Oklahoma state auditor C. C. Childers reports the fiscal year ending June 30 shows the 2.12 cent fuel tax netted 1,682,293.25 dollars. From July 1 1923 to March 7 1924 the one cent tax produced 899,260.79 dollars. after March 7 the 2.5 cent rate totaled 783,192.46 dollars. The two and one half cent tax is projected to reach about 2,500,900 dollars annually. Sixty percent supports the state highway maintenance and construction fund while the rest is distributed to counties by area population and assessment.

Oklahoma City Childers State Highway Department

Lucretia Lombard opens to capacity crowd at McSwain Theatre

Lucertia Lombard, a Kathleen Norris novel adaptation, plays to a full house. Monte Blue and Irene Rich star as Stephen Winship and Lucretia Lombard with supporting players in a Warner Bros. production directed by Jack Conway. The plot centers on a loveless marriage, a forbidden romance, a perilous mountain voyage, and a dramatic conflagration.

Lucretia Lombard Kathleen Norris McSwain Switzerland Alps Sawdridge Conn Allen Lombard Lucretia Lombard Lucertia Stephens Winship Stephens Stephen Monte Blue Irene Rich Stephen Winship Marc McDermott Alec B. Francis John Roche Lucy Beaumont Otto Hoffman Norman Shearer Jack Conway Warner Brother Hairy Rapf

Nonpartisan Wins in North Dakota Primary

Fargo N D A G Sortie non partisan league candidate for the republican gubernatorial nomination led over R A Nestos as eighty eight additional precincts reported Friday night Nestos conceded defeat.

North Dakota Fargo N. D A. G. Sortie Er. R. A.nestos Nestos

News Want Ad Sparks Quick Purchase

A brief classified notice indicates a reader's request to let a newspaper want ad facilitate a fast sale or service, seeking swift contact and clear terms.

Oklahoma speakers to headline University summer session lectures

Norman program features Oklahoma men: F W D Price Walter M Harrison Luther Harrison Rev Lon gtren and others lectures on educational guidance political parties and constitutional topics at the University of Oklahoma with a holiday on Friday July 4 and a film shown in the auditorium evening programs during the week

Price University Eaid Fine Arts Luther Harrison Lon Gtren E. E. Dale Jefferson and Marshall Spoonhold Earl Ketchum Walter Harrison Phelan

Crops Benefit From Rainfall Despite Local Grasshopper Damage

ARDMORE Oklahoma farmers report that a recent 2.81 inch rainfall boosts corn and cotton prospects with a near million dollar rise in crop values for Carter county. W. F. Warren says danger of shortage is past but grasshoppers still threaten some areas. steady cultivation and extensive plowing needed for a large harvest. Roads near Carter county are hard to travel with some sections nearly impassable. motorists advised to use hard surfaced routes. Temperature reached 100 degrees, slight drop from prior days.

Ardmore W. F. Warren Carter County Warren Tishomingo

Oklahoma cotton college to open staff named experts

The twelfth annual Oklahoma cotton college opens next Tuesday and runs to July 26 with Bradford Knapp as head lecturer. Other faculty include Carl Whkliams A J Ray W J Lackey E E Kennedy George Butterworth and John Fields. Laboratory work grades cotton samples daily from 1 to 4 p m.

Anil Ecrme Okla Oklahoma and College Bradford Knapp Krows Carl Whkliams American Cotton Growers Exchange A. J. Ray W. J. Lackey State Seed Anlyst E. E. Kennedy The Corporation Commission George Butterworth Bureau of Agricultural Economics U. S. Department of Agriculture John Fields Oklahoma Farmer Glen Briggs

Sky Roadhouse for Flyers Predicted by Air Minister

London. Air Minister Lord Thomson told the House of Lords he foresees two types of air ships within three years for commercial and naval use and at least six airship makers in ten years, building an imperial network for transport. He envisages nobles gliding from Parliament to destinations along the Thames and to Scotland, with a floating caravanserai for rest high above the ground.

London Lord Thomson House of Lords Parliament House Thames Valley Scotland

Germans Seek English Music Lessons For Pianos

German music teachers and exporters arrange for an English piano expert to visit major cities and offer instruction aimed at building a domestic market. The move follows widespread piano production for export and complaints that Germans cannot play the instruments well.

Cologne

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