Pensioners of 2000 A. D. A 1933 thought on long lives
The Mangum Star muses on future World War I and Civil War veterans alive in 2000. It cites Daniel Bakerman who died in 1869 at 86 and Hiram Cronk who died in 1905 at 105, noting Civil War pensioners still in older age and projecting 2000 survivals among Pershing’s WWI soldiers.
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Daniel F. Bakerman
Hiram Cronk
Samantha Button
West McHenry
Samantha Farrer
Athens
Ala
Grant
Pershing
France
Mangum
Ada Days Mall Promotion Seeks Southeast Oklahoma Growth
Ada merchants push to make the city a premier retail center with large stocks low prices and rapid turnover. Ada Days on Thursday through Saturday aims to draw distant shoppers by offering bargains and courteous service, promising to turn first-time visitors into repeat customers.
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Ada
Oklahoma
A Revolution Under Way And Judicial Critique
A broad social shift is described as Americans face reduced savings and rising work for youth while wealth concentrates and new fortunes lag. Judge Will H. Chappell critiques juries in murder cases as sexism biases emerge. Sam Pollard faces possible tax prosecution tied to alleged state funds theft. Hitler orders youth labor and policing of parenting, warning of future state control. The piece notes banking reform via the Glass Steagall act limiting deposits to fund securities, aiming to avert 1929-style crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Morgan
Allans Fatal to Maj Bodenhamer in Oil Field Accident
Major O L Bodenhamer 48 of Eldorado Ark former American Legion national commander was fatally burned when a match to light a cigarette ignited gases at his oil lands near Henderson Texas. Assistant R C Cook burned in the face and hands. Bodenhamer died in Shreveport hospital. His body to Eldorado for burial. He discharged from the army in 1919 as a major in the 19th infantry. He was national Legion commander in 1928 at Louisville. He was a Baylor graduate and former English professor and coach. He leaves a widow.
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Shreveport
O. L. Bodenhamer
Eldorado
Ark
Legson
Henderson
Texas
Rodenhamer
R. C. Cook
Cook
Redenhamer
el Dorado
Army
Qualifications of an Editor
A Mineral Wells Index editor advises a young entrant to newspaper work. The test lists patience, tact, humor, restraint, and hard work, noting the need to listen, avoid angering readers, write to move readers, handle proofs, edit text, and produce concise headlines while enduring long hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Wells
Texas
October Woods
Was Pretty Boy Floyd Behind Kansas City Slayings
Kansas City officers pursue the idea that Charles Pretty Boy Floyd killed five men in a Union Station massacre that left four police officers and Frank Nash dead. A witness identified Floyd, though skeptics note his lighter weight. The case widens as a second lead moves toward Texas.
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Kansas
Floyd
Flood
Lottie West
Union Station
Nash
Thomas J. Higgins
Killingsworth
Mrs. West
Sheriff Killingsworth
W. J. Grooms
Frank Hermanson
Otto Reed
Jr Alester
Okla
Raymond J. Caffrey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Paragould
Ark
Texas
W. L. Scott
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Slight Decrease in Oil Production Nationwide
Oklahoma and Texas output fell, pulling U S daily crude production down 63 806 barrels to 2 732 867. East Texas and Rocky Mountain regions rose modestly while Kansas and eastern fields show mixed changes in the week ending June 17 per the Oil and Gas Journal.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Texas
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
East Texas
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City
OURAS
West Texas
North Central Texas
Pexas Panhandle
Gulf Coast Texas
Southwest Texas
State of Texas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Arkansas St
California
Martial law proclaimed at Georgia capitol as highway control seized
Governor Eugene Talmadge called out National Guard and took command of the highway department amid an injunction dispute over salaries for 1,300 workers. A one man highway board was appointed while two members were ousted in a budget fight. Troopers patrolled the capitol and executive offices as property and offices across the state were to be seized to meet payroll and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
New York
National Guard
Highway Department
Capitol
Judson
PP. Wilhoit
Iighway Board
Judge Denies Ada Pool Hall Injunction
Judge J F McKeel declined to grant an injunction to stop Ada from closing a pool hall, awaiting higher court test of the city ordinance. Whitson and attorney Ben Hatcher plan appeal to the state supreme court as Crawford defends the ordinance in court.
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J. F. McKeel
Ada
Carl Whitson
Ben Hatcher
Whitson
State Supreme Court
McKeel
Hatcher
J. William Crawford
Crawford
Oklahoma Senate Tightens Beer Election Returns
Oklahoma City June 16 Early returns from the July 11 beer election will be barred under a senate amendment to the house bill. The senate kept ballot boxes locked until polls close and counted ballots only after closing time. In past elections counting started earlier at 10 a four.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Ruth Walker to Attend Columbia Summer Session
Miss Ruth Walker, art instructor, will depart for New York City in July to attend the Columbia university summer session. She may remain for the inter-session term in August to pursue a master’s degree in teaching public school art. Miss Ruth Erwin will take over Walker’s classes during the absence.
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Ferdie Deering
Ruth Walker
New York City
Columbia University
Ruth Erwin
East Central
Miss Walker
Miss Rosine Fink Pursues Third Summer at Columbia
Miss Rosine Fink supervisor of primary work at Horace Mann training school attends Columbia University in New York City this summer for the third time working toward a master's degree in primary education.
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Rosine Fink
Horace Mann Training School
Columbia University
New York City
Miss Fink
Columbia
East Central grads placed in teaching positions
The personnel department reports several East Central students have been placed in teaching positions in recent days. More news on EF C grads’ locations for next year will follow.
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East Central
EF. C. Grads
Laird to present reading recital at college auditorium
Jeff R. Laird announces a reading recital in the college auditorium Monday evening June 26 at 8 15 o clock. His program features selections from Browning Johnson Lindsey Shakespeare Marlowe and his own writings. Admission free. East Central players dressed to thrill in Pontotoc Okmulgee basketball clash won 24 22 for Okmulgee county.
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Jeff R. Laird
College
Browning
James Weldon Johnson
Vachel Lindsey
Shakespeare
Marlowe
East Central
Pontotoc
Professors Defeat Massey Buick 12–6 in Commercial League
The Professors beat Massey Buick 12 to 6 this week boosting their Commercial League rating. Shelton Dandridge selected for a leading operetta role "Rosamunde" to be staged by college departments. Grant Shipp withdrew from the cast due to other duties.
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Massey Buick Company
Shelton Dandridge
Grant Shipp
Library use rises as campus study improves
The library reports high volume usage this term matching or exceeding earlier semesters. The student body shows greater diligence in classwork with campusology student numbers at a record low.
Greatest returns for the amount invested
Classified notes advertise value deals and long term savings in a compact ad, highlighting bargains across investments, with emphasis on value per dollar and prudent buying. Readers are invited to compare prices and consider economical options.
Ada Fourth of July at Wintersmith Park Draws Pontotoc crowd
Ada Chamber of Commerce officials say the Wintersmith Park celebration will feature novelty races band music speaking contests swimming and bathing contests a beauty pageant a boxing exhibition a terrapin race and evening fireworks. Local clubs cooperate with the chamber to stage a popular state event drawing residents from Pontotoc and nearby counties.
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Ada
Pontotoc
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Stockton Avenue
Frances Wintersmith Park
Chamber of Commerce
Justice Court Actions Face District Court Trial
Lonnie Walker bound over to district court after preliminary hearing before Justice S W Hill on assault with a dangerous weapon. Bond set at 500 dollars.Walker accused of wielding a knife in a recent altercation. J C Howell pled guilty to operating an unlicensed Allen pool hall, paid 25 dollars plus costs. Jack Singleton paid costs. case dismissed. Clyde Boyd Thurman Boyd Andrew Teel Audie Teel charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in three cases. complainants Estill Simpson Harold Hammonds A H Simpkins. Bonds posted for preliminary hearing before Justice J D Willoughby. Weapons cited include two black jacks and a .32 pistol.
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Lonnie Walker
S. W. Hill
Walker
J. C. Howell
Allen
Hill
Jack Singleton
Clyde Boyd
Thurman Boyd
Andrew Teel
Audie Teel
Estill Simpson
Harold Hammonds
A. H. Simpkins
J. D. Willoughby
Arrest follows finding of body in Oklahoma area farm
June 21 reports say Ralph Miller alias Jimmy Fitzgerald, 21, was charged with murder after the body of Joseph Myers, 65, was found in a shallow grave on Myers farm near Union City. Miller was arrested early today in a barn and brought in for questioning amid fears of violence.
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EL Reno
Ralph Miller
Jimmy Fitzgerald
Joseph Myers
Miller
Union City
Myers
Fitzgerald
Oklahoma City
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