Tornado Rips Brooky Mississippi Town Causing Heavy Loss
Telegrams from Hattiesburg Miss report a terrific tornado that destroyed much of Brooky near Hattiesburg. The path cut sixteen miles south, wiping out homes and likely heavy loss of life. Brooklyn town completely razed with 6 o clock strike seen by residents. Communications were disrupted, raising fears of further damage.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Hattiesburg
Miss
Brooky
Gulf and Ships Island Railroad
Brooklyn
Express Messenger Shot Dead in Sherman
Wells Fargo Express Messenger Wilbanks killed in his Sherman office Sunday night by an unknown man who fired a warning shot before dying from the wound. The incident alarms Frisco northbound express service as authorities investigate the assassination.
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Muskogee, I. T
Department
Dawes Commission
Bixby
Wells Fargo Express
Wilbanks
Sherman
Big Court Crowd Emerging From Ada Case
A large crowd gathered Monday indicating strong public interest in the Ada case. Frisco conductor on the north road charged seventy tickets for Ada.
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Frisco
North Road
Guthrie Ward Redistricting Targets Negro Vote
Guthrie Oklahoma council approves redistricting after a stormy meeting in which Mayor John Williams Duke and several aldermen withdraw. The ordinance leaves ward count unchanged but reshapes boundaries to dilute the Negro vote in the Fifth Ward where most Black residents live.
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Guthrie
City Council
John Williams Duke
Almont
Hixon
Blackman
Calvert and Knight
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South McAlester
I. T
Southwest
Fort Worth
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Texas
W. H. Featherston
Mexico
Featherston
Henretta
William McDougal
H. G. Snyder
McDougal
First National Bank of Stonewall
Snyder
First National Bank of
Petersburg
Ind
Louisville
Times
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Washington Ind
Thomas Holland
Express
Excelsior Seed Farm
Cher
S.c
Brevard
S. A. Steel
Ada, I. T
W. L. Reed
H. T. Douglas, V. Pres
M. D. Timberlake, Cash’r
1St National Bank of
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Capital Stock
Cooc. Co
Little Brothers South Side Main Street
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