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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
2
In a refined drawing room Milman and Malet discuss a marble sculpture titled The Settlers. Malet, moved to tears, doubts his place among legendary artists but Milman reassures him he is already among the greats.
In Milman's secluded dining room, Neeland Barnes Floyd Malet and Bradney confront each other over past deceptions and a shared enemy Paul Raxon. Milman reveals a plan to reclaim his fortune and urges the others to join him in a perilous bid for justice and revenge.
Peter Milman gathers his guests in an opulent New York room and proposes a conspiracy to extract compensation from Paul Raxon for the ruin of Milman’s friend. He promises risks, questions motives, and suggests a breakfast tomorrow as plans unfold. Bradney probes Milman’s sanity while Neel and Barnes weigh their own motives and loyalties.
Science editor notes a trio of sky events in June: a total lunar eclipse on June 15, the Pons-Winnecke comet approaching Earth, and a solar eclipse on June 29. Observers may glimpse the lunar full shadow, the fast moving comet near 3.6 million miles, and a brief solar eclipse with corona studies by international scientists.
In Bishop California the first Owens Valley minute men unit of 35 local businessmen formed to protect valley property from Los Angeles detectives. They prepared with rifles and sawed off shotguns to answer riot calls amid renewed water rights tensions and three dynamitings of the L A water system in two weeks.
June 6 Muskogee night captain Charles Bowman was shot and killed when he and Chief Clark Compton tried to arrest two men, R. C. Hansal and Grover Stewart, found asleep in a car in a filling station driveway. The pair were arrested and held without bond.
Roy Brandon, a Creek County cripple, was bound over to the district court without bail after a preliminary hearing this morning on a charge of murder in the slaying of W. J. McAaly, chief of police of Beggs. McAaly was shot from behind during a bank raid by the Kimes gang as he fired on another bandit car.
The census bureau announced the 1926 cotton crop picked and ginned totaled 17,977,374 equivalent 500-pound bales in its final May canvass. The report lists five states allowing marriage at age 12 with parental consent: Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi and Virginia.
Fleming Bradney and Barnes discuss Mr. Milman who hints at a scheme to take money from Raxon and use profits to fund laboratories and new ventures. They weigh Milman’s sanity and the legality of forcing repayment, noting it would be a criminal undertaking.
Mrs Maude S Flowers aged 36 wife of C E Flowers died Friday evening at 10 30 at the family home 124 West Eighth street Funeral services set for this afternoon at 2 30 at Cummins undertaking parlors Rev C Morris in charge Interment in Rosedale cemetery She is survived by her husband five children her mother four brothers and a sister.
G W Gottee aged 81 died this morning at 6 o'clock in a local hospital. Funeral services and interment will be Tuesday at Sacred Heart, the home parish of the deceased.
Plans for the formal dedication of Pontotoc county's new court building on June 14 are nearly complete. Norman Howard post of the American Legion sponsors the ceremony with Robert S. Kerr indicating either Jim Hatcher or Roy Hoffman will deliver the address. The post has raised a flag pole and flag for the building and other city groups including the Elks will participate to make the event a community affair.
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