Break of Levee Flood Follows Rio Grande Crest 1922
In a long ago Ada Oklahoma edition from June 21 1922 readers saw dramatic flood headlines about the Rio Grande cresting and San Antonio fearing inundation. The issue notes Ada police man Jim McCool earning the title fastest on the force after a race with Oscar Anderson and reports a prohibition debate in Oklahoma City. The front carries theaters and price recalls and a society column with travel mentions.
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John Clayton
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Laredo
Tex
Ottumwa
Iowa
Ada Police
Jim McCool
Ada
Beir
Oscar Anderson
Mississinppi
Anderson
Tovrs
Ada Evening News
McSwain Theater
Anna Q. Nilson
Harold Lloyd
Oklahoma City
W. H. Ebey
Joseph C. Looney
M. A. Waits
Paris
Roxton
Texas
Harry Miller
Glenwood Pool
Bromide
Mayor Kaufmann Blasts Both Sides In St Louis Transit Strike
St Louis Mayor Aloys P Kaufmann accused the Public Service Company and the Streetcar and Bus Operators union of making no sincere effort to settle the nine day old transit dispute. He cited lateness to a conciliation meeting and said the issue involves legal angles about operating permits. Traffic eased slightly as stores closed for the weekend and bus service began for hospital workers with National Guard drivers.
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ST. Louis
Public Service Company
Aloys P. Kaufmann
U. S
A. E. Johnson
Kaufmann
Missouri National Guard
Electric lamp socket variety counted in 1900
In 1900 there were 175 different sizes of sockets for electric lamps used in the United States, reflecting wide variation in early electrical fittings before standardization.
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U. S
Atoka County Demo Clubs Plan Picnic For June Friday
Atoka County home demonstration clubs schedule a county picnic on Friday June 27 at the Club House Stringtown beginning with a 10 a m gathering. Lunch will be provided and clubs aim for strong turnout.
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Atoka County HD
Atoka County
Stringtown
Gardening tips for hot weather and preserving sweet corn
Care guides advise deep watering around shrubs and flowers, then dust mulch. remove old flower heads to extend bloom. address iron deficiency with sulphates, and control blister beetles with cryolite. For sweet corn harvest and freezing, use blanching steps, then pack in moisture resistant containers. Schedule notes list Red Oak June 23 and Pickett June 25 with Mrs. Tinsley at Union Valley.
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Margaret Brade
Red Oak
Pickett
Mrs. Tinsley
Union Valley
Tulsa Woman Aids Needy Children
Tulsa’s Mrs. Harry Rankin launches her 20th annual give a swimsuit drive to collect, launder, mend, and supply swimsuits to needy children. The campaign, aided by Tulsa newspapers and radio stations, began with 175 suits and grew to about 1,000 before the war, with a hopeful record in 1947.
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Tulsa
Okla
Harry Rankin
Park Department
Rankin
Local visits span Ada Maud Wewoka and Healdton
Konawa residents Mr. and Mrs. Rider visited near Maud and Ada while Mrs. Henry Boren and children called on Mrs. John Axton's relatives in Wewoka. Mr. and Mrs. W C Hyde saw Mr. and Mrs. R C Douglass in Healdton. T H Rodford is ill in Shawnee City Hospital. Rodford is Arlie Walls' father.
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Mrs. Rider
Near Maud
Ada
Konawa
Henry Boren
Mr. Boren
John Axton
Wewoka
W. C. Hyde
Mrs
R. C. Douglass
Healdton
T. H. Rodford
Shawnee
Mr. Rodford
Arlie Walls
Sulphur Woman Is Medic School Grad
Sulphur reports its second two women doctors as Dr. Carol yn Adams Hayes graduates from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine on June 2. She will begin pediatrics training at Women’s and Children’s Hospital in San Francisco on July 1, while her husband Dr. Marvin Bryant serves at the VA hospital in North Little Rock Arkansas.
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Carolyn Adams Hayes
School of Medicine
University of Oklahoma
Hayes
Marvin Bryant
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
North Little Rock
Arkansas
Clyde Prewitt and Pop John Son Attend Sasakwa Lodge
Clyde Prewitt and Pop John Son attended a Masonic lodge meeting in Sasakwa on Tuesday night, according to local social notes.
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Clyde Prewitt
Pop Johnson
Masonic Lodge
Sasakwa
Guests at Elliott Home Include Tulsa and Texan Residents
Mr. and Mrs. John Elliott hosted Delmer Owens of Tulsa and Worley Ferguson with his wife from Konawa, Mr. and Mrs. Hester Dodson of Twitty Texas, and their daughters Emma Stockton of Konawa and Betty Lou of Sulphur for a gathering.
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John Elliott
Delmer Owens
Tulsa
Ada Reed Called to Lawton Over Hagerty Death
Mrs. Ada Reed and her father W. W. McGee traveled to Lawton after the death of McGee's brother-in-law W. S. Hagerty last Wednesday and returned home Friday.
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Ada Reed
W. W. McGee
Lawton
City sets July 7 sale for sewer ponds
Chickasha officials announce a public sale of $300,000 in sewer ponds, approved earlier, scheduled for 7 30 p m on July 7 in the city council rooms.
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Chickasha
Lizards once bore three eyes in ancient geologic ages
Fossil studies suggest some prehistoric lizards developed a third eye, a primitive pineal organ, during early geological periods. Researchers note its possible sensory or regulatory role, though its exact function remains debated.
Sweet Adelines Plan First National Convention in Tulsa
Tulsa hosts the first national convention of Sweet Adelines Inc as women form a larger organization to rival the men in barbershop singing. About 150 women in Tulsa participate with eight local quartets already formed and new chapters spreading nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Sweet Adelines, Inc
Sy Ey Sv
Adelines
Churchill tale challenged by Dean Johnson remarks
The Very Rev Dr Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, urged an audience in Colchester on June 21 that Winston Churchill’s Dunkirk broadcast story had not told the full truth. Johnson spoke on the wartime broadcast and its impact.
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Colchester
England
Winston Churchhill
Dunkerque
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury
Wool and Welfare of American Woolgrowers in Trade Plans
Congress debated a bill to compel continued government purchases of American wool at 40 to 42 cents per pound through December 31, 1948, shielding growers from foreign competition. The stockpile could be sold later at lower prices, and quotas or import fees might be used to limit foreign wool. The measure risks affecting Geneva tariff talks and foreign trade goals.
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Washington
B'll
Congress
Sien
State Department
Geneva
Ada Rodeo Season Sets August Dates for Big Event
Ada area roping and riding scene expands with the Ada Rodeo in August August 13-17 expected to draw fans from across the region Seminole hosts a final program this weekend Coalgate holds its second annual rodeo June 26-28 with 8 pm starts Atoka's annual rodeo is slated July 9-12 featuring steer roping bull riding and bronc events plus cash prizes and new acts to boost purses and draw entries.
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Oklahoma
Ada
Southwest
Coalgate
Coal County
Tey
Atoka
Scouts of Sulphur Into Camp Today
Sulphur scouts depart for Camp Simpson for a three day period, June 22 to 28, with Otis Hicks as scoutmaster and Ivan Little as assistant scoutmaster leading Boy Scout troop 160. Attendees include Berry Griffing, Terry Griffing, Kenneth Gentry, Billy Hicks, Niels Peak, Wyatt Stephens, Jerry Towne, Jackie Kinney, Richar Bennett, Paul Chaffin, Jimmie Reaves, and Jerry Parker of troop 67. Davis Mississippi has 4 000 miles of hard surfaced roads.
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Otis Hicks
Ivan Little
Camp Simpson
Berry
Terry Griffing
Kenneth Gentry
Billy Hicks
Niels Peak
Wyatt Stephens
Jerry Towne
Jackie McConnell
Jackie Kinney
Richar Bennett
Paul Chaffin
Jimmie Reaves
Jerry Parker
Davis
Author Mary Rhinehart escapes attack at home in Maine
In Bar Harbor Maine authorities report novelist Mary Rhinehart was threatened by her former servant Blas Reyes who fired a pistol and threatened with knives. The 70 year old and witnesses say the pistol misfired due to old cartridges. Reyes a 65 year old Filipino employee was captured briefly then escaped with three knives before being subdued.
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Bar Harbor
Weilding
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
George A. Abbott
Margaret Mackian
Rinehart
Theodore Falkenstrom
Reyes
Abbott
Falkenstrom
Ada’s Call for New City Parks and Tracts
A longtime resident urges Ada leaders to acquire the Julia Mae Smith and Laselle tracts on Broadway and a portion of Hunter’s pasture to create two east side parks. She argues for a citywide park system, noting Ada’s 20 000 residents and only one small park Glenwood. The writer emphasizes civic improvement funding as essential and seeks support for future park development.
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Ada
Glenwood
Julia Mae Smith
North Broadway
Laselle
South Broadway
Hunter’s Pasture
VFW Sees Possible Big Real Estate Drop Outlook
The Veterans of Foreign Wars reports the Veterans Administration plans a major real estate price drop. VA creation of a property management division to handle defaulted GI home loans prompted the warning as cited by VFW leaders Louis E. Starr and Wesley D. Pearce.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Administration
Louis E. Starr
VFW
Wesley D. Pearce
Pearce
Lettuce Vitamin Loss In Refrigeration Raises Wilt Concern
Lettuce vitamin value drops markedly when stored in the refrigerator too long. The rate of loss corresponds to the amount of wilting, signaling reduced nutritional value with extended chill time.
West Point Graduates Serve In World War I
About 8,800 West Point alumni served in World War I, contributing to U S military efforts with active duty assignments and various roles across theaters of combat and training.
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West Point
Flood situation eases along Mississippi but high water lingers
The Mississippi flood crest eased with the river receding slightly from last week’s peak. While many farms remain inundated and over 20 000 people homeless across Iowa Illinois and Missouri, levees held and rainfall could renew high water elsewhere.
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Hannibal
Mississippi
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Keokuk
Louisiana
Canton
Ilinois
Quincy
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Kansas
Northwest
Lexington
Boonville
Couple Starts On Long Canoe Trip
A Kenosha Wisconsin couple, Bob and wife, both 26, begin an 18 000 mile canoe journey expected to take 18 months. They launch near the Mississippi source and travel to New Orleans then along the Gulf Coast to Florida Everglades and the Atlantic to New York. From New York they paddle the Hudson to Albany, cross to Buffalo and navigate the Great Lakes back toward Wisconsin.
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Bemidji, Minn
Kenosha
Wis
Bob Werner
Campo
Mississipn
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Florida
Alassahatchee
Everglades
Atlantic
New York
Hudson River
Albany
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
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Hollywood
William T. Piper
Loch Haven
Bill
Army
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Airroad
Bill Piper
Tulsa Woman
By James Marlow
Ada’s
Pontotoc
Central Oklahoma
C. H. Hailey
E. R. Bersonek
FFA
Creek
Okfuskee
Hughes
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Pittsburg
Pontotoc County
Co. &. Williams
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