Pest War Warning and Cotton Outlook Uproar
Dr. L. O. Howard warns that pest warfare could endanger humanity if crops fall to insect attacks. The piece links scale, lady bugs, and soil health to plant resilience and urges balance to avert crop loss. It also discusses a New Yorker’s harsh critique of Stone Mountain memorial rhetoric and Cotton crop prospects amid European demand and Texas drought concerns.
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Dr. Howard
Nature
China
Japan
America
Hicks & Wiliams
New York
Europe
Texas
Edison envisions two century life span for humans
The article notes Thomas A. Edison, at 79, optimistic about living to 100 and beyond. He argues life expectancy has increased by 10 to 15 years in fifty years and suggests average longevity could reach 200 years with proper self care. The piece raises whether extended lifespans would improve happiness or society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Treasury action against Senator Couzens prompts scrutiny
The treasury department targets Senator Couzens with about ten million dollars in recoveries tied to a Ford deal while he previously clashed with Mellon over tax cuts. The report notes Couzens investigated the IRS and suggests pressure to uncover more money, amid political tension and past disputes. Pontotoc county farmers face a $2000 prize contest to boost crop yields with several towns reporting strong participation and expected winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Couzens
Senate
Mellon
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Henry Ford
Ford
Mr. Mellon
Pontotoc County
Stonewall
Roff
Ada
Vaness
Francis
Bolshevists to Spend $340000 in U S To Build Communist Party
The piece argues Russian Bolshevists will invest 340000 dollars in the United States to propel the communist movement. It claims agitators in America profit from Russian gold and warns the Moscow leaders are unaware of the American government's stable position.
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Russia
United States
Communist Party
Moscow
President Coolidge presses world court membership plan
President Coolidge faces delays in pushing the United States into joining the world court. Supporters say arbitration over war has long defined American policy and see the international court as advancing peace. Some politicians balk, leaving the proposal blocked despite broad public backing.
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Coolidge
United States
World Court
International Court
Ada Talent Broadcast Amazes Bristow Listeners
Saturday evening radio program from Ada talent in Bristow drew large crowds around receivers as the new communication method showcased its potential. Telegrams indicate widespread interest across Oklahoma and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Bristow
Oklahoma
Real Estate Buzz Surges as Winds Dry Pontotoc County
With dry weather and high winds Pontotoc County sees active real estate talks. Farmers trade soil care plans as the breeze shifts, reflecting keen land-use decisions amid changing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Road trip memories through San Diego to Van Nuys
A travel diary describes driving through sand dunes and desert to Imperial Valley and San Diego, noting scenery, climbs, and brake troubles. The author recounts shell collecting by the coast, a dead sea lion, and ends with a move to Van Nuys in Los Angeles, inviting replies.
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Imperial Valley
el Centro
San Jacinto Mountains
el Cajon
San Diego
Pacific
van Nuys
Los Angeles
California
Fred Dennis to face Coalgate bank case trial in Coal county
Former state bank commissioner Fred Dennis will be tried in Coal county for violation of state banking laws connected to the Citizens State Bank of Coalgate failure in November 1920. He is to be arrested after December release and brought to trial, with March hearing delayed by funds shortfalls.
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Coalgate
Fred Dennis
State Bank
Citizens State Bank of Coalgate
P. L. Gassaway
Dennis
Coal County
Gassaway
State District Court
R. V. Davidson
E. N. Holland
Germany seeks swift entry into the League of Nations
A Havas Geneva dispatch reports German representatives at the council session indicate Germany prefers not to defer entry into the League of Nations. The Saare and Dantzic questions were discussed as part of the negotiations. A separate item notes the Tishomingo New Keener building on East Main Street nearing completion.
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Paris
Havas
Geneva
Saare
Dantzic
Germany
League of Nations
Tishomingo
Keener
East Main Street
Veterans Bureau urges leasing Sulphur sanitarium to federal board
Director Frank Hines recommends leasing the Soldiers Tubercular Sanatorium at Sulphur to the Federal hospital board after talks with Governor Trapp and the Soldiers Relief Commission. If leased, hospital capacity will rise to 200 beds within sixty days, with emergency patients potentially moved there. A Company G reunion at Fort Sill drew most living veterans, while Oklahoma Legion posts report growing memberships and new honor roll inductees.
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Frank T. Hines
Veterans Bureau
Sulphur
Federal Hospital Board
Hines
Charles L. Orr
Holirman
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Orr
Trapp
Commission
Hineson
Direcor
Harry Gilstrap
Oklahoma City
Legion
Company G
Fort Sill
142 Infantry
Wewoka
Roy Hoffman
W. S. Key
Tonkawa Legion Stages 1925 One Day Drive for Veterans
About 200 veterans signed up in a one day drive staged by the Tonkawa Legion in 1925. Bombs and sirens kept the city in uproar during the hours of the drive, described by Tonkawa Legionnaires as the post’s most successful one day member stunt.
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Tonkawa Legion
Tonkawi Legionnaires
Veterans Bureau hospitals to receive rapid radio installations
National Commander James A. Crain reports from Director Frank T. Hines that all forty seven Veterans Bureau hospitals will be equipped with radio systems. Installations span master receiving sets, wiring to buildings, bed head sets, ward loudspeakers, and neuro psychiatric limits only head sets. Costs per hospital range from two to four thousand dollars with 337 loud speakers and 7276 head sets needed overall.
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Veterans Bureau
James A. Crain
American Legion
Frank T. Hines
Bureau
Legion
Hines
Cow Dies From Swallowed Auto Inner Tube
J M Bigham of Ada area reports the death of a cow after chewing an auto inner tube left nearby. Twelve days of indigestion ended when the tire and its air tube lodged in the animal’s intestine. the cow belonged to R L Henry. The incident warns residents not to discard old tires where livestock graze.
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J. M. Bigham
Ada
Allen
R. L. Henry
Cottonseed Hulls as Animal Feed Gains Popularity
Hygienic processing lines remove dirt and dust from hulls. Protein content matches prairie hay. Hulls mix well with meals or grain and are cheaper than hay. Current retail price about 40 cents per 100 pounds at Ada Cotton Oil Mill.
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ADA Cotton Oil Mill
Hooper's Tetter Rem Guaranteed to Cure Skin Ailments
sufferers of skin diseases urged to buy Hooper's patent remedy with a money back guarantee. the ad lists eczema tetter itch ringworm pimples salt rheum dandruff cracked hands poison ivy old sores and erysipelas as ailments covered by the guarantee. sold at gw in mays drug store in dallas and euclaine dallas.
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Hooper
Eucaline Dallas
The Favorite Prescription Endorsed By Tulsa Woman
Mrs. Maggie Benson of Tulsa praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a feminine tonic that rebuilt her health and strength. The ad urges women to visit a drugstore to obtain the remedy and offers free medical advice from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo or a 10 cent trial package.
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Tulsa
Okla
Dr. Pierce
Maggie Benson
8Th St
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
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ADA Weekly News
Wm. Dee Little
The
News Publishing & Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc County Enterprise
Ada Star-Democrat
ADA Weekly
Associated Press
Big Pi
L. O. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
New Yorker
Standard
Stone Mountain Memorial
Christ
Stone Mountain
Robert E. Lee
J. W. Lawton
Arapaho Bee
Lawton
Oklahoma Press Association
EIN League
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion
Muskogee
City
Memorial Hospital
Lone Wolf
Marshall
Ciarche
Gwin & Mays Drug Store
Mrs
Coffman & Sparks Co
East Main
Ada, Oklahoma
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