Fast Central Graduates Class of 45 in 1945
East Central Normal held spring and summer ceremonies for the senior class of forty five. Military call ups lean the group female with many Ada residents among the graduates led by Cora Ballard Maud Callie Brown Elizabeth Brown and Esther Collier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central Normal
Cora Ballard
Maud
Callie Brown
Ada
Elizabeth Brown
Coalgate
Esther Collier
Henryetta
Emaline Collins
Mary Cowart
Elsie Crews
Davis
Vera Daggs
Dorothy Duncan
Ruth Erwin
Okmulgee
Curtis Floyd
Nora D. Foster
Malvern
Ark
Ethel Gaar
Stratford
Helen Garrett
Stonewall
Supreme Court Upholds Railroad and Telegraph Rate Increases
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, upheld railroad freight and passenger rate increases ordered by the Railroad Administration and Postmaster General Burleson. It reversed North Dakota and South Dakota court rulings and dissolved restraints on intrastate rates, confirming federal authority over telegraph and telephone rates as of January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Administration
Supreme Court
North Dakota Supreme Court
Northern Pacific Railroad
Hines
Burleson
South Dakota
Dakota Central
Illinois
Anarchist's Head Blown A Block Away in Bombing
The head of the dead anarchist killed by his own bomb at Palmer's home was found over a block away as firemen searched rooftops for evidence. Rep Mansfield of Texas was nearby when the explosion occurred and was struck by fragments. Other blasts hit cities including Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Newtonville Paterson and Washington areas as guards protect homes of prominent men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Palmer
Mansfield
Texas
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Newtonville
Mass
Patterson
N. J
D. C
United States
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate
Claude A. Swanson
U. S
Virginia
Albert F. Hayden
Roxbury
Leland M. Powers
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Harry L. Davis
New York
Charles C. Nott
Judge Nott
Nott
William Poehner
Troop Arrivals and Local News From May and June
Multiple dispatch items report troop movements to camps Bowie Dix Sherman and Travis, including 111th engineers and 142nd infantry of the 36th Division. Also noted are crop conditions in Oklahoma and Texas, a quiet Steedman wedding, and local community updates near Ada and Lane Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Brest
France
George Washington
Wilson
Atlantic
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
Troy
1411St Infantry
36Th Military Police
San Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Graf Waldersee
Canada
142Nd Infantry
Thirty-sixth
National Guard
Great Northern
111Th Engineers
111Th
144Th Engineers
Co. L
Bowie
Dix
Sherman
Upton
Pike
Travis
Saxonia
Is There Life After Death A Cardinal Gibbons Thesis
Cardinal Gibbons argues the soul as a distinct spiritual substance survives bodily decay. He cites medical and philosophical evidence, ancient belief across Greece Rome Egypt and Asia, and universal human longing for felicity as support for immortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Cardinal Gibbons
Greece
Rome
Ovid
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Cicero
Seneca
Plutarch
Asia
North America
South America
Immortality, Happiness, and the Search for Fulfillment
A lengthy meditation argues earthly goods and honors cannot satisfy the human heart. true bliss lies in virtue and the hope of life after death. The piece contends happiness is finite in this world, urging belief in immortality as essential to meaning, citing Cicero and religious truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Jupiter
Epicurus
Gehimore
Fatal knife attack and sheriff sale notice in Ada Oklahoma
Jennie Isaacs claims self defense after stabbing Jim Thompson and injuring Mary Sparks in Ada. Thompson in serious condition, possibly fatal. police proceed with arrest. Also, a sheriff sale sale notice for Pontotoc County properties lists multiple plaintiffs and debt judgments with a June 23, 1919 sale date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Isaacs
Jim Thompson
North Broadway
Jennie Harrison
Mary Sparks
Jennie
Thompson
District Court of
Pontotoc Couny
Oklahoma
George W. Byers
Commercial National Bank of Sherman
Texas
Southwest National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Cottonseed Products Company
Roff Oil & Cotton Company
Rofs
Pontotoc
Southwest National Bank of Commercce
Commercial National Bank of
Sherman
Ada
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Bob Duncan
Ponotoec County
J. F. McKeei
Petrograd Reported In Hands of Anti Bolshevists
Openhagen June 3 Estonian and Finnish troops have taken Petrograd from the Bolsheviks according to an unconfirmed telegram received by the National Tidende. A British fleet in the Baltic has clashed with the Bolshevist navy driving it toward Kronstadt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Openhagen
Petrograd
Varroo
National Tidende
Baltic
Bolshevist
Kronstadt
Otis Weaver Visits Ada Friends From Shawnee
Otis Weaver, from Shawnee, spent Tuesday in Ada meeting supporters and noting improvements since his last visit eighteen months ago. He has stopped publishing the Shawnee daily and plans a big semi weekly paper to be the newsiest in Oklahoma. He will return to Ada next week to attend to property interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Weaver
Shawnee
Ada
Weaver
Oklahoma
High prices for blooded Herefords in midwest sale
Kentland Indiana June 3 Warren T McCray received totals of 23600 for a Hereford from Sed Ton Springs Waterloo Iowa 20000 for another bull from Adam Sheets and maybe 23000 for Admiral Fair purchased in Tiffin Iowa by William Gallo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentland
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Hugo Fair
William Gallo
Admiral Fair
Tiffin, la
Konawa Approves $24,000 Improvement Bond Plan
Konawa residents vote to issue 12000 for school addition 8000 for water works and 4000 for a city park. Bonds carried by large majorities showing community interest. Konawa Chief Leader notes the town will grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Mercury production totals and Spain Italy shares
The text states world mercury output near 4 000 metric tons with Spain contributing about 1 400 tons and Italy about 1 000 tons. It highlights major producers and quantifies their approximate shares in the global annual production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Italy
Deen Appointed County Health Officer Succeeds Threlkeld
Dr. J A Deen named county health officer by Governor Robertson and took duties June 1 succeeding Dr. Catherine Threlkeld. Deen, a noted Pontotoc physician, enjoys wide local ties and backs a strengthened venereal disease program. An adv note for White's Cream Vermifuge worm medicine is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Deen
J. B. A. Robertson
Catherine Threlkeld
Dr. Deen
Pontotoc County
Robertson
State Health Department
Deen
Bart Smith
French Authorities Sell Automobiles in Auctions
Paris June 3 French military authorities sold periodical items at auction from surplus automobiles no longer needed by the army. The demand for these machines was high and buyers included commercial fleets and individual collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
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Oklahoma State Bank
Main and
Townsend
Fast Central
Mary Gillette
Junction City
Kaw
Armelia Gray
Zella Hafner
Topaz
Ottie Flo Hall
Lulu Ingram
Gerty
Marie Islinger
Nellie Bob Kennon
Mildred Kerr
Beulah Klutts
Oma Laird
Alma Lane
Ethel Land
Hubbard
Ella Lewis
Mamie Mears
Agra
Eva Miller
Frasier Oldham
Della Q Overturf
Lola Pearl Peay-Overturf
Bernice Rayburn
Mildred Reed
Myrtle Roberts
Wetumka
Martha Sammons
Della Sherman
Maud Steward
Gladys Stotts
Cather van Meter
Doris Vertrees
Lloyd Watson
Hazel West
Pearl Wilmoth
Esther Wood
Railroad Administration and
Late Telegraph News
Louisville
Co. D
Vilali
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Roy Pruitt
U.S. A
J. A. Phillins
J. B. Kite
Lela Grandridge
Artie Edwards
Steedman
Rev. Williams
H. Laheden
Dave Reeves
Lane
Oklo
D. B. Smith
Roff
Ford Place
Fener
Frisco
Broadway
Tenth Street
Dr. Ross
Security
the Guaranty State Bank of
Clyde C. Randel
E. J. Mallory
J. A. Smith
Gwin & Mays
G. Threlkeld
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