Boards Discuss Problems at Pontotoc County Meeting
Clerks and patrons from Pontotoc county school districts met despite muddy roads to tackle teacher ages salaries and qualifications. Discussion covered consolidated schools costs and cooperation among teachers boards and communities with a March 28 election date for a clerk and annual levy.
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Pontotoc County
Court House
J. H. Kuykendall
Lula
Fowler
Pickett
Messrs. Kuykendall
Allen
Supt. Floyd
Messrs. Thompson
Frisco
Strong
Union Hill
William Haines
Latta
Lula Board
W. A. Morgan
Union High School of
J. W. Thompson
Gailey
Creek woman loses bid to reclaim Crosby Heights lands
Mary Partridge, fullblood Creek, failed to reclaim Crosby Heights after the Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed a Tulsa district ruling that found her 1908 deed valid. Crosby, J. E. Crosby, and 200 lot buyers faced the suit. the high court opinion was by Justice McNeil.
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Oklahoma City
Mary Partridge
Crosby Heights
Tulsa
State Supreme Court
Qwensin
Mary Patridge
J. E. Crosby
Secretary of the Interior
Crosby
India Woman
Owens
Supreme Court
Crosby Addition
Mary Patridze
High Court
Supreme Court Court
McNeil
Stratford Cashier Surrenders After Bank Probe Starts
Allen Snoddy cashier of the State Bank of Stratford surrendered to Garvin county officers after a bank probe into the banks failure. Bank examiner C. H. Martin resumed investigation over the weekend. no decision yet on reopening the defunct Stratford bank.
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Stratford
Allen Snoddy
State Bank of
Garvin County
C. H. Martin
Oil Well Delayed by Derrick Trouble at Center Farm
Derricks on the Lawrence well at the Hiram Jones farm in section 16-4-4 west of Center broke and was pulled in. Repairs will take a few days, delaying operations at the site.
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Hiram Jones
Center
Farmers Union meeting hosts addressed by J Q McMinn
A good meeting of the Farmers Union local at Homer was held Friday evening. County president J Q McMinn delivered an address and Prof E A MacMillan and Prof Edward Davis moderated. A debate between Holdenville and Beggs high schools followed with Guy Woodward, now an attorney in Morris, serving as judge.
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Farmers Union
Homer
J. Q. McMinn
E. A. MacMillan
Edward Davis
Mholdenville
Beggs
Holdenville
Guy Woodward
Ada
Morris
Local Notices From Adam to Stillwater In One Day
Prof B A Pratt sells home in Adam and plans moving to Stillwater in about a month. M C Hooks notes rain at Franks boosting soil moisture. Ably Roberts visits from Sherman with family on East Ninth street. V Powers named district sales rep for Iten Biscuit Co in Ada territory. Prof F L Casteel and son Le Ror of Maud visit Teachers College faculty. Samuel M Shaw Jr and Miss Winnifred Rhbadus wed at Shaw home with immediate family. Mrs Nancy Rock of 709 East Seventh street dies at 11 am. funeral at ten Mon and burial in Rosedale cemetery. Body entombed in steel vault. services at Church of Christ.
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F. L. Casteel and Son
le Ror
Maud
Teachers College
Samuel M. Shaw, Jr
Winnifred Rhbadus
S. M. Shaw
East Tenth Street
J. H. Ball
First Methodist Church
Nancy Rock
G. RB. Rock
East Seventh Street
Rosedale Cemetery
Church of Christ
Funeral services for Philip Graham
Funeral services for Philip Graham were held Saturday afternoon at his home eight miles east of Ada. Burial followed in Rosedale Cemetery. He left a wife and four children.
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Philip Graham
Ada
Rosedale Cemetery
Ada Notes and Local Gardens Mark Spring Arrival
Mrs. O. H. Yates of Konawa returned home after attending the funeral of Mrs. G. R. Rock in Ada. The city reports most homes with garden space have begun early spring planting and many unemployed men are employed in family gardens. F P Lieuallen, once Ada attorney now oil man active in Tulsa and Fort Worth, is in Ada on business. He is affectionately known as Liew by local friends.
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F. P. Lieuallen
Tulsa
Fort Worth
Ada
Liew
Harry Fitzpatrick charged with transporting intoxicating liquor
A complaint filed in county court charges Harry Fitzpatrick with transporting intoxicating liquor. Prohibition officer T. E. Bren’s will visit Friday to spend the weekend with his family. New district court cases include Jeter vs Walton, Sutherland Lumber Co. vs Julia Smith, and foreclosure actions. Lester Bloomenkemper faces grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing pelts from CG M Hancock totaling about 58 dollars. Dewey Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs R U Johnson, died at home Tuesday. funeral held at Eprot cemetery today.
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Harry Fitzpatrick
T. E. Bren‘s
Oklahoma City
District Court
R. C. Jeter
Justice Court
H. J. Brown
Lester Bloomenkemper
CG. M
Dewey, Johnson
R. UL. Johnson
Mallee
Eprot
Insurance policy holders paid 1921 losses in Ada area ads
A list of policy holders who reported prompt settlements for 1921 losses tied to this agency. Names include First Christian Church Ada, First National Bank Ada, Howard Zorn Company, Mercantile Company St Louis, Stevens-Wit a son Co, and many individuals. Inquiry urged to verify satisfactory settlements.
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R. KP
Ford
First Christian Church
Ada
First National Bank
G. W. Golightly
J. A. Hart
A. Holloway
F. R.harris
W. B. House
N. B. Haney
B. Ke, Hennigan
Sam Harris
W. J. Hughes
Howard-Zorn Company
Jenk Jackson
Guardian
A. T. Keltner
R. G. Knotts
J. BR. Kitchell
A. B. Lewis
McFarland
Koster McSwain
W. Pb. Morris
P. A. Norris
E. R. O'Donnell Mercantile Company
St. Louis
Pontovoc Custom Gin Co
Phillips
Mary B. Reeves
Hibert G. Reed
Rollow
Health nurse reports Stonewall and Francis school exams
Mrs. Lucy Henderson presented to J E Fickman the county health committee on exams of Stonewall and Francis schoolchildren. In Stonewall 139 children were examined with 46 percent nasal obstructions and 44 percent oversize among others. in Francis 152 pupils showed 48 percent defective throats and 95 percent bad eyes with 25 percent underweight.
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Lucy Henderson
J. E. Fickman
Stonewall
Francis
Ada
Henderson
Mind to muscle: minimum 1/12 second noted by French psychologist
A prominent psychologist told the Academy of Sciences in France that the smallest detectable time for an order to travel from the mind to the muscles is one twelfth of a second. This remark underscores the speed limits of neural response in human action.
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Academy of Sciences
France
Former Ada Man Injured in Rogers Arkansas Accident
J. F. Ross formerly of this city was badly hurt at Rogers Arkansas last week when a runaway nurse dragging a sled struck him at a street crossing. Ross spent the winter in Oklahoma and was not fully recovered from earlier injuries from a fall from a barn roof last summer. The latest report says the patient is resting well and expected to recover rapidly.
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J. F. Ross
Rogers
Ark
Rogers, Ark
Democrat
Ross
Oklahoma
Barr
Agriculture Department Budget Recommended by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee reports a bill to appropriate 34,978,033 dollars for the Agriculture Department for the coming year. This total is 3,710,026 dollars below the current year’s appropriation and 1,554,835 dollars under the budget estimate.
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Washington
Mar
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Tax cash reserve stretched. warrants await payment
Muskogee county treasurer Fred Hamilton says slow tax payments have drained the treasury to the point warrants cannot be exchanged for cash. He adds the situation is not alarming but embarrassing, a temporary cash-flow setback.
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Muskogee
Muskogee County
Fred Hamilton
Hamilton
Cement Production in 1920 US Reaches 300000 Barrels
In 1920 the total production of cement in the United States was about 300000 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ardmore Cashier Credits Paratone For Relief
Z. H. Van, assistant cashier of the C N M and P R at Ardmore, says Paratone relieved his years of stomach trouble gas rheumatism and weight loss after persistent dieting and medicine failed He reports regained appetite and improved health after using two bottles and credits Ada's Gwin and Co store for sales support.
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Z. H. van
Ardmore
Pugatone
Sons and Daughters Join Confederate Camp Membership
At a regular meeting the Confederate veterans adopted a resolution allowing sons daughters and grandchildren of veterans to full membership in local camps. A number were enrolled as members as the ranks of veterans thin. Proceedings featured songs a reading and addresses by local leaders. MIAMI A F Turner elected county commander of the American Legion for Ottawa county. About 15 099 hair net examiners work in Chefoo China. Miami postmaster Nixon asked to intercept letters to a girl in Miami per a Colorado woman's request noting the letters would be sent to others.
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Confederate Veterans
Miami
A. F. Turner
Miam
American Legion
Ottawa County
Posmaster Nixon
Colorado
Walter Dodd Granted Bond in Double Homicide Case
Walter Dodd of this city was granted bond of 20000 in the killing of John Sellers in Eufaula two months ago. Dodd, held without tail or trial by Judge A E Chapman, appealed to the criminal court of appeals for bail. His brother Charles of Ada was dismissed for lack of evidence. Defense questions indicate Dodd may plead self defense at trial. Senator S M Rutherford of Muskogee represented Dodd.
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Walter Dodd
Eufaula
John Sellers
Dodd
A. E. Chapman
Sellers
Criminal Court of Appeals
Bon
Charles
Ada
S. M. Rutherford
Muskogee
Man Held Identified in Officer Death in Oklahoma
Okmulgee March 6 Volney Davis held in Tulsa in connection with a watchman death was identified as one of six bandits in a February 9 gun battle with Okmulgee police. Patrolman M L Lattmore who was wounded named him in a statement by Chief Dick Farr.
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Okmulgee
Mar
Volney Davis
Tulsa
M. L. Lattmore
Dick Farr
Argentina Size and Population Compared to Germany
Argentina is reported as more than five times the area of Germany with an estimated population near 2,570,000 people according to best estimates.
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Argentina
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tulsa Addition
B. A. Pratt
Adam
Stillwater
M. C. Hooks
Franks
Ably Roberts
Sherman
East Ninth Street
Osage Cotton Oil Company
O. H. Yates
Konawa
G. R. Rock
Ance Companies
Ceived
Rodke
K. W. Simpson
Simpson's Inc
J. W. Spencer
H. C. Stephens
Gale Statler
Stevens-Witaon Co
Unique fMiedric Company
W. Underhill
H.W. Watts & Son, Stratord
Ebey, Sugg & CO
Stonewall and Francis
Ku Klux Klan
Ada Man
Ein Rogers
New Mexico & Pacific R. R
Puratone
Eve Bey
Gwin
Dro
I. Gwin
Vert
Kellogg’s
W. K. Kellogg
Paeay
Confederate
Chefoo
China
Mothe
Dooklet
Bradfield Regulator Co
Dept
Atlanta, GA
the Holley Drug Co
West Main Street
A. P. Brown Co
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