Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association Formed for Cooperative Marketing
The Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association forms as a state wide co operative selling organization run by cotton farmers to secure the best prices. It uses a seven year marketing agreement drafted by Aaron Sapiro and plans to grade warehouse and market cotton in pooled lots while coordinating with state and national agriculture bodies. It is endorsed by multiple Oklahoma institutions and farmer groups.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Cotton Growers’ Association
California
Denmark
Aaron Sapiro
United States
Sapiro
San Francisco
Co-Operative Growers’ Associations
The
Wilson skips inauguration meets Harding with courtesy
President Wilson after arrival at the capitol chooses not to attend the inauguration ceremony for President Harding and Vice President Coolidge. He invites the new leaders to visit, cites steps into the chamber as a reason, and exits with Mrs. Wilson and aides.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Wilson
Capitol
Harding
Oolidee
Mrs. Wilson
Grayson
Joseph P. Tumuity
Knox
Joint Congressional Inauguration Committee
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
Senator Knox
Steel workers' accident rate cut by more than half
The United States Steel Corporation reports a 54.4 percent reduction in accidents from 1906 to 1920 due to organized prevention work. Over 14 years, 35,000 employees served on safety committees, with $23.66 million spent on relief and $14.72 million on sanitation.
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Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
National Safety Council
Steel Corporation
Railroad executive Hillard dies? (reconstruct)
Charles Hillard, second vice-president of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, was born in Finelang and came to the United States in 1876.
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New York, Mar
Charles Hillard
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Mr. Hillard
Finelang
United States
Averses Arrive in City for Short Visit
L. D. Avers and his wife from Oklahoma City arrived in the city last night for a brief stay. They are guests at the Harris hotel while Mr Avery attends to business matters.
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L. D. Avers
Oklahoma City
Mr. Avery
Harris Hotel
Alimony Bashfulness At Ohio Court Alimony Window
In Cleveland on March 7 the alimony window at the county courthouse says the two bashful types are the new divorcee and the second husband who collects the first husband’s support. The alimony payroll runs about $10,000 monthly with over 250 women receiving between 10 and 250 dollars monthly, averaging about 10 dollars weekly, with some cases dating back eight years.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Ada and Nearby Towns
Marriage licenses issued since Friday include Robert Brown 27 Ada to Miss Effie Fratger 27 Ada. Sam Marshall 39 to Miss Willie King 32 Kicksburg Miss. Athon Grayson 21 Ada to Miss Ozelia Rodgers 18 Ada. George Allen 28 Clarita to Ada Dobbs of Rush Springs Ark. Richard Quitman Prewette of Hobart Okla visiting a week with mother Mrs W M Prewette and handling business matters.
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Robert Brown
Ada
Effie Fratger
Sam Marshall
Willie King
Kicksburg
Athon Grayson
Ozelia Rodgers
George Allen
Clarita
Ada Dobbs
Rush Springs
Ark
Richard Quitman Prewette
Hobart
Okla
W. M. Prewette
All District Teams Chosen After East Central Meet
Coach Clary of Normal selected the East Central District basketball all star teams from the East Central High School meet held Friday and Saturday. First and second teams for boys include Johnson Francis, Chamblee Wewoka, Scoe gins Francis, Strickland Stratford, Campbell Wewoka, Rogers Wewoka, Johnson McComb, Crawford Ada, Rich Mannsville, Evans Ada. Girls first team features Mount Ada, Brown Wewoka, Patten Wewoka, McClure Stratford, Love Ada, Ramage Wewoka. Second team girls includes Boatright Stratford, Wiker Wewoka, Howell Sasakwa, Ballinger Sulphur, Fraser Wewoka, Stevens Stonewall.
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Clery
Normal
Ies
She
Eas
Clary
Johnson
Francis
Chamblee
Wewoka
Scoegins
Strickland
Stratford
Campbell
Rogers
McComb
Crawford
Ada
Rich
Mannsville
Evans
Mount
Brown
East Central
Patten
McClure
Love
Ramage
Boatright
Wiker
Howell
Sasakwa
Ballinger
Sulphur
Fraser
Stevens
Stonewall
Lsd
Beyers
Green
W. Stevenson
Milburn
Wright
Roach
Dazes
Census Finds All Ottawa County Students Nonhandicapped
Ottawa County Oklahoma reports 11 163 school children in the annual census. No negroes deaf mute or blind children are listed. Enrollment drops 1 280 from 1920 with boys 5 854 and girls 5 311. Pitcher district leads with 2 757 pupils across 48 districts.
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Miami
Okla
Ottawa County
Harry Ballinger
Pitcher
Chinese Drownings Reported From Ship Wreck
Hong Kong dated March 8 reports that over 800 Chinese are believed drowned in the wreck of the steamer Hone Moh near Lamock Island. The British steamer carried 1,100 Chinese on this voyage and only 248 have been reported rescued.
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Hong Kong
Hone Moh
Lamock Island
Ada Scouts Stage Inaugural Ceremony in Ada City
Ada Boy Scouts held a dignified inaugural procession on Main Street to celebrate President Harding. Representations of the president and vice presidents, a mock oath by Chief Justice White, and speeches by Tom Steed outlined cabinet members amid a citywide audience.
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Ada Boy Scouts
Ada
Oklahoma
United States
Warren G. Harding
W. A. Hill
Thomas Steed
Woodrow Wilson
Carlos Wadlington
Vestor Willoughby
Harding
Ada Motor Company
Thomas R. Marshall
William Roach
Collidge
Loran Stafford
Mike McCoy
Boy Scout
Main Street
Edwin Lanterbury
White
U.S. Supreme Court
Tom Steed
Ada Motor Company For the Use of the Cars and To Capt. Byron Sledge
Lowery Harrell
Peruvian Dinner Delights Diplomatic Circle in Washington
Washington on March 7 reports a forthcoming Peruvian dinner hosted by Senor Don Frederico Alphonso Peret, Peru's ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. He is praised as a culinary artist who plans, prepares, and presides over the feast with remarkable skill, delighting embassy attaches invited to the event.
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Washington
Frederico Alphonso Peret
Peru
Senor Peret
Akron Welterweight Suspended Six Months
Johnny Griffiths of Akron Ohio has been suspended six months by the Michigan Board of Athletic Control after a Detroit bout with Jack Perry. The referee stopped the fight in the seventh round saying Griffiths failed to make a contest and had received several warnings.
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Detroit
Mich
Johnny Griffiths
Akron
Ohio
Michigan Board of Athletic Control
Jack Perry
Griffiths
The Oklahoma Plan Shared by Cotton Growers Co operatives
A history of the Oklahoma Plan for cooperative marketing details a commodity based cotton association. Membership limited to cotton growers, seven year sales contracts, pooled warehoused cotton, and profit sharing aim to scale credit and sales. It notes adoption by Texas Mississippi Georgia and North Carolina growers and growing wheat group interest.
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California
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Charity Workers Start Annual Drive Monday
The United Charities association of Ada launches its annual fund drive Monday with a corps of solicitors canvassing the city. Contributors sign pledge cards and may pay installments. over $5,000 has been spent on relief since 1919 and about $450 in January. The agency, affiliated with the Red Cross, funds social welfare, rescues at risk youths, places homeless babies, and aids families in need under the leadership of M. F. Manville and associates.
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United Charities Association of Adam
United Charities Association
Ada
United Charities Association of Ada
Red Cross
M. F. Manville
E. Hickman
R. W. Simpson
P. A. Norris
W. M. Pegg
W. C. Duncan
M. Levin
Manila Railroad seeks 25 percent freight rate increase
The Manila Railroad requests permission from the Public Utility Commission to raise freight rates by about twenty five percent. The company cites wage and material cost rises creating monthly deficits, noting a roughly 52 million dollar investment and only a small dividend in recent years.
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Associated Press
Manila
Manilla
Public Utility Commission
Frost Brothers Visit Adds Local Business Ties
Fount Frost of Norman arrives this week to visit his brother A. Z. Frost of East Ninth street and oversee ongoing business affairs in the community.
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Fount Frost
Norman
A. Z. Frost
East Ninth Street
Ada Oil Mill Resumes Operations After Brief Shutdown
Ada Oil Mill restarted operations this morning after more than two weeks offline. The cement plant and glass factory are expected to begin full operations soon, with several idle workers to be recalled as work resumes for the season.
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Ada
Road Boosters Report Stratford Trip Tomorrow
A three car load booster committee appointed by the Good Roads Motor Club will file a detailed report in the Evening News tomorrow. The panel promises to reveal interesting facts about the Stratford trip and publication of the findings is anticipated.
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Good Roads Motor Club
Stratford
Cement Trust Indicted in National Anti Trust Probe
A federal grand jury indicted seventy four corporations and forty individuals in a nation wide cement trust probe. The slate includes Oklahoma Portland Cement of Ada San Antonio Portland Cement Dallas Texas Portland Cement and Trinity Portland Cement. Indictments charge Sherman act violations alleging price fixing and monopolistic restraint of trade.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Cement Securities Company
Rocky Mountain States
California
Northwest
Texas
Portland Cement Company
East
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Ada
San Antonio Portland Cement Company
San Antonio
Texas Portland Cement Company
Trinity Portland Cement Company
Dallas
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Oklahoma Cotton Growers
Associa
Pres
Wilson Vd
Hi Atten the Geremon
Sen. Lodge
Pasaby In
Iere East
Newton
Jobe
Smith
Bizzle
Thompson
Iis
Ling Cop
Charity Workers
Ada Oil Mill
ADA Concern
Cement Company
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