Congress to Pay Indians in Oklahoma Riles Sells Nepotism
A harsh editorial accuses Congress and Interior official Cato Sells of approving new rules that will award Chickasaws $200 and Choctaws $140. It says funds come from Muskogee’s Indian Agency and mocked as scraps from a corrupt system. The piece denounces delays and greed and warns of divine judgment on the “fixers” and “fumblers” who craft the regulations.
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Congress
Indian Agency
Muskogee
Cato Sells
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
of Sells
Red Tape
Oklahoma Congressmen Urged to Probe Indian Agency Abuse
A reader urges Oklahoma's congressional delegation to expose the Muskogee and Washington Indian Agencies over treatment of Indian wards in former Indian Territory. The letter cites Lucy Harjo and seeks a house cleaning, noting political risk for defenders of the status quo and referencing global diplomacy around Russia.
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Muskogee
Gabe Parker
Northwest
Gabe
Lucy Harjo
Washington
Farmers Await Rain as Stratford Picnicgoers Return
Farmers linger under dry skies as crews report dust and idle work while residents recount a Stratford picnic gathering. Bud Willis and daughter arrive from Mansfield Ark to teach and visit, with many locals traveling to Ada and Oklahoma City for family, church, and school activities.
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Ada
Ode Johnston
Bevers
J. F. Bray
H. R. Bray
Garr
Lena Newby
Myrtle Wall
Pleasant Hill community notes on meetings and visits
Health is fine haying is underway and a Holy Spirit filled meeting at Rocky Chapel draws attendees. Local residents R L Zumbo, Miss Davie Allen, Miss Eunice Miller, Miss Robin Hisan and others are noted with visits to Ada Fitzhugh Conway and Pleasant Hill. Come next Sunday for old time Gospel and heartfelt religion.
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Pleasant Hill
R. L. Zumbo
Stonewall
Davie Allen
Fitzhugh
Eunice Miller
Sam
France
Rocky Chapel
Steedman Notes Report Hot Dry Weather and Local Happenings
The community endures heat and drought with late corn and feed crops needing rain while cotton looks fine and watermelons reach good size and flavor. A hay bailer accident injuries Buck Sweat. moving pictures draw crowds. illnesses surface. Visits move through Sasakwa Lehigh Konowa and Ponotoc County pride runs strong. A new oil well is drilled north of the old site and gin overhaul prepares for the season.
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Buck Sweat
Steedman
J. H. Owens
Sasakwa
Grandpa Owen
Konowa
Nathan Hughs
N. T. Edwards
I. N. Barrett
Lehigh
Pontotoc County
Will Smith
Kansas Wheat Fields
Broom
Pauls Valley
Odell
Coalgate
Pioneer
Third Division Ordered Home from Occupied Germany
The Third Division of the American Army has been ordered home from the occupied area in Germany. It will begin training for Brest on August 5. Five American commercial travelers were permitted to pass through Coblenz bridgehead on business in the interior.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Army
Germany
Brest
Community notes and social visits in Bebee region
Annie Atkeson remains ill with fever as rain is hoped for. Viola Lee visits Miss Mabel Brock. several Bebee residents attend Union Hill church. Various local families share visits, guests, and Sunday gatherings at multiple homes including Atkenson, Brock, Noel, Thomas, and Downs households.
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Annie Atkeson
Viola Lee
Mabel Brock
Susie
Nora Noel
Manila Karnes
Mattie Bethel
Bebee
Union Hill
Sadie Haggard
Thanie Atkenson
Laura Tate
Colbert
Nancy Parker
Effie McCormac
Clydia Downs
Sarah Crow
Nate Steele
Manuel Thomas
Walter Corrin
Lena Lee
Mary Pinely
Worstell
Wyley Crane
Lonie Rollins
Stratford
Walter Rollins
Antlers
Oklahoma
Emma Chambers
Jewel Capes
Girtie Downs
Rebee
Thelma
Earl Johnston
Nora
Susie Noel
Minnie Owens
Martha Bay
Alice Summers
Atgens
Ome
Walnut Grove
Colbert TEMS Community News and Social Notes
Colbert TEMS reports strong Sunday attendance at Sunday School and preaching. Community members visit relatives attend revival in Ada and school term guests include Miss Pearl Robinson. Canning club rally at Ada noted amid crops needing rain and local social visits.
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Colbert
Ada
Pearl Robinson
Brother Dodd
Brother Fulton
Ollie Tate
Gladys Griffith
Mrs. Palmer
Iva Burleson
Mrs. Flatt
Seabee
Roy
Della Fulton
Phillip
Lizzie Richmond
Canning Club
Winters
Roberts
John Woods
Miss Pearl
Cordie Walker
Florence Walker
Myrtle McCurry
Miss Bazemore
Ethel Aga
Oakman
McCurry
Teaching. Trade Is Poorly Paid
Oklahoma City July 30. The common laborer earns more weekly than many higher ups as a bricklayer or carpenter. A laborer at 50 cents an hour can afford weekend outings and ice cream, while school department heads earn up to 1800 yearly after nine and a half months of work. Bricklayers receive nine dollars a day, carpenters seven forty, and construction engineers six a day, affecting overall pay comparisons.
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Oklahoma City
Rocky Chapel and Owl Creek News Roundup
Local notes report Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. Haggard improving after illness. Stray social updates include visits, picnics at Stratford, and revival meetings. Dry hot weather prompts hope for rain. school openings at Owl Creek and Rocky Chapel with growing attendance. Harrison Gill returns from France. Cleve Fish comes home from the army. grain threshing proceeds with fair yields.
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Reynolds
K. L. Haggard
Charley Stewart
Stratford
Ed Glover
Stone
Jasper Bliss
Lovelady
Owl Creek
Ostoloe
Haskell
G. H. Preist
Ada
Harrison Gill
France
Cleve Fish
Ada County Hospital Bond Vote Proposed Alongside Courthouse
A 1919 Ada News letter from Milton Garner to Marvin Brown praises the paper for endorsing the courthouse plan and urges consideration of a second bond election for a County Hospital under Chapter 273. Garner notes influenza epidemic costs, Red Cross aid, and civic effort as reasons for support.
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Marvin Brown
The
Ada News
Ada
Oklahoma
Brown
Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
City of
Land for Sale Listing with 15 Farm Parcels and Prices
A detailed land sale notice lists 15 properties near Ada Center Stratford Roff and Vaness. Properties range from 5 to 240 acres with homes, outbuildings, cultivation, timber and pasture. Prices span 27.50 to 100 per acre with several cash-terms offers and trades.
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Ada
Roff
Center
Frisco
Stratford
Vaness
B. D. Nichols
Robert Johnson
Conley Switch
Santa Fe
W. G. McCain
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