Garden Contest Report Highlights Pontotoc Gardens
Byron Norrell notes Pontotoc North Ada club garden judging began last week with five gardens assessed. Rain delayed work but judges Mesdames Braly Watson and Davis found the sites in good condition. Future judging scheduled for June 18 to 22 with several clubs to submit records, and emphasis on fall gardens and proper record keeping. Honey production looks promising though foul brood remains a risk with possible state bee inspector visits.
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Pontotoc
North Ada
Mesdames Leonard Braly
A. T. Watson
John Davis
Pontotec County
Pecan Grove
Pickett
Lightning Ridge
Vaness
Morgan, H. D
Ada
How to Harvest Potatoes in Spring
Oklahoma experts advise lifting Irish potatoes early as yellowing starts in the patch before all plants die. Dig gently to avoid sun exposure and bruising, separate defective tubers, and store sound potatoes in a cool dry cellar or shed with no sun access.
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D. C. Mooring
Oklahoma A
M. College
Poultry Association Meets and Boosts Shows in Pontotoc
The Pontotoc County Poultry Association met in Vanessa Thursday night for an instructional and musical program. Capt Ballard and J B Hill urged poultrymen to enter birds in district, county, state and international shows. They noted many fine birds and urged proper care, housing, and feeding to succeed. Potato growers face a weak year due to a northern surplus depressing prices. Farmers report good crop prospects despite rains and boll weevils emerging as a primary concern for the new crop.
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Poultry Association
Vaness
Pontotoc
Carl Solomon
P. A. Templeman
C. W. Zorn
Morgan
John Davis
Market SAGS on Higher Call Money Rate June 19
Wall Street edged lower as call money rose from 5 to 6 percent. Prices fell 1 to 6 points, copper shares rallied briefly, then weakened again. Final hour selling pushed many high priced issues down 4 to 11 points with Case Threshing 11 and Dupont 8 points lower. About 3.1 million shares changed hands.
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Wall Street
New York
Case Threshing Machine
Dupont
Brooklyn Edison
General Motors
Wabash
Houston Q Oil
American Railway Express
Curtis and
Wright
Spot Cotton Prices Edge Up in New Orleans Close
Spot cotton closed steady eight points higher in New Orleans with 663 sales. Low middling 19.88 cents, middling 20.78, good middling 21.18. Receipts 750, stock 253,663.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma City Livestock Prices Report
Livestock market in Oklahoma City shows cattle receipts 1 000 with 300 calves. Steers slow, butcher cattle steady. Texas grass steers top at 12.00, Oklahoma grassers 10.50 to 11.00, heifers 11.00, butchers 9.50 to 10.50, bulls and stockers steady. Hogs rise 15 cents. carrot top 9.85, truckers 9.70, packing sows 7.50 to 8.50.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas City Wholesale Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Kansas City market figures show hogs 12 000 head uneven with slight gains. top 10.15 on 210-250 lb butchers 9.40 10.15. sows 8.00 9.15. Cattle 6 500, calves 1 000, light weights strong. steers 12.65 14.25 for 1300-1500 lb, heifers 11.75 14.25, vealers 8.00 12.50. Sheep 6 000, lambs up to 15.50 Idaho top.
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Kansas City
U.S.C. A
Idaho
Corn and wheat futures slip on rain across the corn belt
Rain across the corn belt and warmer forecast dampen corn values with a nervous close. Wheat steadies with an underlying firmness as corn weakness drags nearby prices. Oats fall modestly and provisions fluctuate, showing mixed gains and losses.
Cotton Market Steady After Early Losses in New York
In New York on June 19 the cotton market recovered about half of its early 12 to 18 point decline as traders covered and bought. By mid afternoon activity was quiet and steady with net declines of 5 to 10 points amid favorable weather reports and easy Liverpool cables.
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New York
Liverpool
New Orleans Cotton Market Slips On Favorable Weather
The New Orleans cotton market opened under easy conditions as favorable weather and forecasts of continued fair weather weighed on July, October, and December contracts. July fell to 20.40, October to 20.11, and December to 20.07, down 11 to 18 points from previous close before a mid session rally. Exports reached 16,853 bases.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Spot Cotton Quiet in New York Market
Spot cotton in New York on June 19 remained quiet with middling grade at 21.25 cents per pound according to AP.
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NEW_ YORK
Four defendants bound over after sensational preliminary trial
Four defendants led by Mr and Mrs R R Kinsey Dan Elam and Homer Sorrells were bound over to the district court on charges of robbery with firearms The trial before Justice of the Peace T O Cullins drew the largest local crowd in years as the state alleged Mayhue an oil man and realtor was forced at gunpoint to yield two checks totaling 2500 Mayhue testified detailing the hijacking route and captivity with Kinsey and others while Kinsey and Mrs Kinsey denied the allegations and sought to show motive and prior relations
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District Court
T. O. Cullins
Justice of Peace
R. R. Kinsey
Dan Elam
Homer Sorrells
Justices Court
George Mayhue
Mayhue
Kinsey
Fitzhugh
Elam
Ada
First National Bank
Security State Bank
John Crawford
Crawford
Homer Sorrels
Noth
Senator Norris Attacks Republican Convention Platform
Senator Norris of Nebraska condemns the Kansas City Republican platform and nominates its actions as a direct slap to farmers while denouncing silence on power interests naval oil lease probes Boulder Dam Muscle Shoals and the lame duck amendment. He targets Mabel Walker Willebrandt Senator Smoot William Ware Bascom Slemp Irvine Lemoot and others for alleged conflicts and defenses.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Kansas City
United States
Boulder Dam
Muscle Shoals
Fess
Ohio
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Senator Smoot
Utah
Platform Committee
William F. Ware
Bascom Slemp
Irvine L. Lemoot
Wisconsin
Daugherty
Senate
Hoover
Solid South
New York
Smoot
Fall
Ross Vare
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Vare
Lenroot
Hoover Steam Roller
Water Trust
Republican Party
Power Trust
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Daughertys
Sinclairs
Dohenys
Falls
Smoots
Hayeses
Leacots
Fesses
Moseses
Machine
Power Trust Insull
Illinois
Boss Ware
Sinclair
Doheny
Supreme Court of the United States
Miller
O’neal
Stewart
Blackmer
Europe
Fall-Sinclair-Doheny
Federal Trade Commission
Oklahoma Court Denies Writ in Youstler Case
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals held Youstler must serve his three year Oklahoma term after being returned from Missouri. It ruled honoring a requisition is not a pardon, and Youstler’s failure to resist the return maintained Oklahoma jurisdiction. Other rulings include Walker Kiowa county liquor transport reversed for lack of evidence and Lunceford Canadian county conspiracy to violate prohibition remanded to dismiss.
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Oklahoma City
I. J. Youstler
Missouri
Oklahoma
Criminal Court of Appeals
Youstler
Ottawa County
McAlester
Kiowa County
Lee Lunceford
Canadian County
Cotton yield cut in Oklahoma amid storms and rain
Oklahoma City June 18. Harry B. Cordell president of the state board of agriculture says southeastern and southwestern Oklahoma will see little cotton due to recent storms and heavy rains. Tillman Jackson and Beckham counties report major losses with 75 percent lost in Beckham. Replanting underway if seed is available. central and southern Oklahoma report good prospects despite late east side cotton likely harmed by boll weevil. Wheat in main wheat belt largely spared.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Harry B. Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Tillman
Jackson
Beckham
Trans Atlantic Flight Arrives at Barry Port Wales
The Friendship monoplane landed at Barry Port Wales at 12 40 pm after a 21 hour flight from Trepassey Newfoundland. Pilot Wilmer Stultz cited fuel shortage and bad weather while Amelia Earhart became the first woman to span the Atlantic by air and disembarked with her companions. Crowds lined the harbor and Llanelly hailed the aviators as news confirmed Earhart’s historic voyage.
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Barry Port
Wales
Wilmer Stultz
Associated Press
Newfoundland
England
Stultz
Friendship
Bristol
Llanelly
Barry
London
Lincoln Elsworth
New York
Ellsworth
Atlantic
Burry Port
Trepassey
Ireland
America
Barry Inlet
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Coast Guard
Louis Gordon
Great Britain
West Branch Nominates Herbert Hoover for President
In West Branch Iowa on June 16 residents celebrate Herbert Hoover being named the Republican presidential candidate amid parades bands and fireworks. Cedar County residents also claim Hoover as theirs while leaders hail his rise from humble beginnings to world leadership.
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West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Cedar County
Hoover
Cyrenus Cole
Cedar Rapids
A. F. Dawson
Davenport
Hoover Nominee Years of Public Life Detailed in Fragment
A long fragment outlines Hoover’s life from 1874 birth in West Branch to 1928 presidential nomination bid. It covers schooling at Leland Stanford, mining work in California and Australia, marriage to Lou Henry, Boxer Rebellion relief in China, relief leadership in Europe, and roles as food administrator and secretary of commerce, ending with corruption-era lobbying and political machine critiques.
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West Branch
Newburgh
Ore
Portland
Leland Stanford University
Leland Stanford
California
Louis Janin
Lou Henry
Monterey
Cal
China
Tientsin
Belgium
United States
Allied Powers
American Relief Administration
Harding
Mississippi
Dornier-Wal hydro-airplane arrives at Tromsoe for Nobile rescue
A Dornier-Wal hydro-airplane piloted by Major Penzo reached Tromsoe on its way to Spitzbergen to support the Nobile rescue mission. The craft departed Pisa, Italy, on Wednesday.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Spitzbergen
Penzo
Pisa
Italy
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