Selina and Dirk in a World of Wealth and Power
Selina, famed for her farm products and pens, roams cities from the Michigan Boulevard to Black Belt while Dirk’s circle narrows around the influential. She seeks life beyond comfort, roaming foreign quarters and savoring society, as their distance grows through wealth and ambition.
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Selina
Blackstone
Drake
Dirk
Julie Arnold
Arnold
University Club
Michigan Boulevard
State Street
Chicago
Rain in Pontotoc County Could Boost Local Agriculture
County Agent J. B. Hill says last Wednesday's rain will bring financial benefits to Pontotoc. Some areas revived by showers while corn stands are overall short, with hope pinned on a bumper cotton yield. Hot winds and heat threaten moisture loss and ongoing stress on crops.
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Pontotoc County
J. B. Hill
Hill
Franks
Agent Hill
Paula schemes to win women investors at Great Lakes Trust
Dirk DeJong heads the bond department in a grand white building on Michigan Boulevard. Paula persuades him to target women clients with refined offices, brochures, and finance talks. Dallas O'Mara is chosen to craft national ads while plans expand to Cleveland and New York.
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Paula
Dirk
Bond
Great Lakes Trust Company
Michigan Boulevard
Dirk DeJong
Great Lakes Trust
Cleveland
New York
Fifth Avenue
Crystal Room
Blackstone
Aug Hempel
Dallas O'Mara
Rawlings
Miss O'Mara
Ontario
DeJong
Gage
Illinois guards ready to fight bank robbers on alert
One thousand towns and cities in Illinois are patrolled day and night by 25 000 armed guards ready to war on bank robbers at a minute's notice. The system of citizen guards will cost the banks of the state about 250 000 a year.
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Illinois
CONTRACT SET FOR BROADWAY PAYING
Hire and Chilcutt, local contractors, won the paving contract for four blocks on South Broadway Ada extending from Thirteenth to Seventeenth. The bid of $2.13 per square yard is among the lowest for such a job with concrete six inches deep. Completion will expand paving from the Frisco tracks to 17th street and shift traffic from Townsend to Broadway.
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Chilcutt
South Broadway
Thirteenth Street
Seventeenth
Ada
17Th Street
Townsend Avenue
Broadway
Nine hundred years of Holmes kin noted in Tinwell clan
The article records Thomas Holmes of Tinwell Ireland aged 900 years combined with his six brothers and five sisters totaling nine hundred years. It also reports Austria’s plan to electrify 200 more miles of railways within three years and purchase 70 electric locomotives.
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Thomas Holmes
Tinwell
Ireland
Austria
Roberts Family Departs for Colorado Utah Visit
H Roberts and family along with Mrs Bradley left yesterday for an extended overland visit to Colorado and Utah.
Buyers Would Take Large Amount of Cantaloupes Here
Agent J B Hill and Commissioner H C Stephens with others traveled to Ardmore to study cantaloupe production for shipment. About 50 acres planted this year with a buyer contracting at 65 cents per crate. Dry weather reduced yield but several cars are being shipped. buyer aims to contract for all Pontotoc county farmers.
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J. B. Hill
H. C. Stephens
Ardmore
Pontotoc
News Want Ad: Buy It Rent It Sell It Find It
Classified notice advertising a general want ad service offering to buy rent or sell items and to help readers locate available properties goods and services. Provides contact method for inquiries and placement of ads.
Rainfall boosts cotton prospects after prolonged heat spell
The weather observer reports 1.47 inches of rain fell yesterday afternoon and night, with 1.17 inches between 6 and 7:30 PM. The rainfall ends a nine week heat streak and may lift cotton toward record production, while corn revival remains unlikely. Nearby Stonewall also saw rain this week.
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E. A. MacMillan
MacMillan
Stonewall
Mrs Homer Carney Ends Life Chance With Poison
Mrs Homer Carney attempted suicide by swallowing bichloride of mercury on a Friday evening. She received emergency treatment at Breco hospital, and doctors said recovery would take days. Her mother Mrs Lee rushed to Healdton to stay by her daughter's bedside.
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Homer T. Carney
Breco Hospital
Lee
Healdton
Carney
Woman survives suicide attempt in Moncay Daily report
The condition of Mrs. Homer T. Carney, who last Friday evening tried to take her life by swallowing bichloride of mercury, was reported today as very favorable. She is confined in a hospital and responding to treatment with expectation of full recovery soon.
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Moncay
Homer T. Carney
May Face Trouble Over Oath In Evolution Suit
Washington July 25 The Wittmer case tests oath legality for a government employee amid a high profile evolution dispute. Wittmer an avowed atheist has struck out so help me God in federal oath and faces a possible shift in his treasury duties as officials seek legal guidance. Congress members in Washington predict the suit will fuel broader debate in the upcoming session.
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Washington
Loran H. Wittmer
Wittmer
The
Treasury
District of Columbia
Department
Congress
House
Senate
Forecast of U S Cotton Crop Declines From July Peak
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts this year’s cotton crop at about 13,588,000 equivalent 500 pound bales, down from 14,339,000 bales in the July 2 projection. The July 17 crop condition stood at 90.4 percent of normal with an estimated 140 pounds per acre yield. Oklahoma shows 76 percent condition and 150 pounds per acre yield.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Cotton Rises in Price on New Orleans Exchange
In New Orleans on July 23 the cotton market rose seven and a half dollars per bale after the government crop report sparked spirited trading on the local exchange.
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New Orleans
Cotton Prices Jump on Surprising Government Report
New York market sprang higher as cotton futures climbed about 5.00 a bale amid heavy buying and short covering after a surprise adverse government crop report. Prices rose three quarters to one cent per pound with traders noting demand from foreign spinners and a potential cloth market revival.
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New York
Judge Wells Resigns as Richardson Is Appointed
Oklahoma City July 23 Judge A F Wells of the sixteenth judicial district resigns to take effect next Monday Governor Trapp names E L Richardson of Lawton as his successor Wells was first appointed in March 1921 to fill an unexpired term and had just been elected last November Wells presided over the Tait and Cleo Gobin murder trial of Russell Spragus a Lawton taxicab driver fibers
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Oklahoma City
A. F. Wells
Sixteenth Judicial District
Trapp
E. L. Richardson
Lawton
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Pontotog County
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High Prairie School Board
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Per
Miss Rawlings
Miss O’mara
Texas
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Miss Dallas O'Mara
Miss Dallas O’mara
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Osage
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Amin
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