Ada Sees Regents Pick East Central Normal Site
Citizens and visitors discuss Ada State Normal prospects as the Board of Regents arrives from Durant and holds sessions at the Giarris hotel. After tours of candidate sites, including the Portland Cement plant, the board selects a Main street elevation location for the East Central Normal School.
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Board of Regents
Durant
Katy
State Normal
Eeident
Ada
Eri. D. Cameron
W. W. Hastings
J. A. Menefee
J. B. Mosley
East Central Normal
State Board of Normal Regents
E. D. Cameron
James A. Mennefee
W. T. Hastings
Giarris Hotel
East Central State Normal
Normal School
Main Street
Mrs Frank Scribner Shot At Stonewall Murder Scene
Mrs Frank Scribner aged 19 of Indian descent was assassinated at a neighbor’s home near Stonewall last night. The gunman fired buckshot through a window wounding Mrs Scribner fatally while her husband and guests were uninjured and deputies hunted for the killer.
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Mr. Henry
Stonewall
Frank Scribner
Hugo Officer Killed by Member of Own Posse
Hugo Oklahoma May 9 The killing of Officer Holden is blamed on a mistaken belief by his own raiding party that he was the target and not the moonshiner, who offered no resistance. The nine deputies split into three squads to avoid cross fire as Sheriff Connell and Officer Irvin entered the front.
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Hugo, Ok
Holden
Connell
Irvin
Cornell
County Supt Pierce Defends State Normal Schools
T F Pierce argues against Campbell Russell’s referendum push to close Ada State Normal, citing state comparisons showing many states maintain multiple normals. He asserts more trained teachers and better school value come from broader normal networks. He also notes Oklahoma’s 10,000 teachers, mostly female, and calls for clarity on agricultural school funding before voting. Meanwhile, deputies report illicit distilleries in McCurtain county with two prisoners jailed on $500 bonds.
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Campbell Russell
Ada State Normal School
Ada
Commissioner of Education
Illinois
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Russell
Oklahoma
McCurtain
Grand Jury Forms To Probe Muskogee Frauds
Tulsa May 10 Eleven of the special Federal Grand Jury from the old Western District of Indian Territory were selected to reinvestigate town lot frauds in Muskogee and Gov Haskell cases. Judge Marshall extended jury participation to defense counsel but they declined. Eight more talesmen were impaneled and proceedings adjourned to 2 pm tomorrow for report. The panel may stretch to two weeks with about a hundred witnesses. Gov Haskell attended court as District Attorney Gregg sought J F Gaskell as special United States attorney to record proceedings.
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Tulsa
Old Western District
Indian Territory
Judge Marshall
Hastings
Mich
Haskell
Gregg
J. F. Gaskell
Muskogee
United States
Gaskell
Ada Honored by the Ladies Fourth District Club Meet
Ada hosts the first annual Fourth District Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs meeting with many visiting club women in attendance. Twentieth Century and Sorosis clubs organized the entertainment and M E church was decorated for sessions. A reception for delegates and officers runs 10 to 11 tonight with multiple program sessions and a Thursday city drive closing at Mrs R S Tobin's home.
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Ada
Oklahoma State Federation of Women’s Clubs
M. EK
Judge Rainey Opens With Murder Trial in District Court
Judge Rainey disposed of minor matters then entered trial in the Purney Carney murder case. The long-standing case has not yet reached a verdict as press time approaches. The judge plans to clear the district docket, starting with this case, possibly continuing at an early date if needed.
Sheriff captures Bill Stix on Katy train
As the press moved to print, a sheriff posse aboard the northbound Katy train captured Bill Stix, father of Mrs. Scribner, after hours of pursuit near Conways and back toward town. He awaits county jail intake and investigation.
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Katy
Bill Stix
Bill Stix on Bond With No Further Evidence
The article notes Bill Stix, a full blood Indian and father of Mrs Scribner, was jailed after bloodhound tracking. no new proof of guilt or innocence is found. He is released on a 2500 dollar bond as officers continue to seek facts and identify the guilty party.
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Bill Stix
Stix
Garret shot while serving as witness in police court
Jim Garrett a planing mill employee in Shawnee Oklahoma was shot three times by Lindsay Coleman son of a former deputy U S marshal at Joe Cowden's resort on South Broadway. Garrett was taken to Shawnee hospital in dying condition. Assistant County Attorney Johnson reached him and said Coleman fired because Garrett testified against him in police court that day.
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Shawnee
Okla
Jim Garrett
Lindsay Coleman
U. S
Joe Cowden
South Broadway
Johnson
Garrett
Holdenville Prohibition Crackdown Crowds Court Trials
In Hughes county Oklahoma the grand jury indicted seventy for liquor sales. The county court devoted the week to trials. Pete Demolan of Wetunka faced a Sunbeam liquor case with over half one percent alcohol. Prohibitionists packed the courtroom as H F Bauer of the Mistletoe joint endured a two day trial without a verdict. All joints in the county are closed.
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Holdenville
Okla
Hughes County
Pete Demolan
Wetunka
H. F Bauer
Regents Conclude Work In Durant Arrive For Ada Reception
Information from the board of regents at Durant indicates they finished work there and will arrive this afternoon instead of tomorrow. Ada citizens will meet them at the train and escort them to the 25,000 club rooms for an informal reception.
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Board of Regents
Durant
Ada
New Parsonage Under Construction For Baptist Church
Work began today on Ada Baptist parsonage contract awarded to R J Ross. The two story building on the lot north of the Baptist church costs about 2000 dollars and will be a credit to the Baptists and Ada. Sherman reports Dr Browall's condition worsened. Mrs Browall to leave for Sherman tonight. Dr Faust returning from Chicago expected home tonight.
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New Parsonage
New Baptist Parsonage
R. J.ross
Baptist Church
The
Baptists
Ada
Sherman
Officials Arrive to Locate South Central Normal
Supt. of Public Instruction E D Camer on state treasurer J B Mosley and attorney W W Hastings arrived at the north boundary this afternoon to locate the South Central normal. The party, staying at the Harris, will begin work here tomorrow.
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South Central Normal
Supt. of Public Instruction
E. D. Cameron
J. A. Manifee
J. B. Mosley
Oklahoma City
W. W. Hastings
Cherokee Nation
the Harris
Cross Talks in Ardmore on Lee Cruce and State Home
Col. Bill Cross Secretary of State told Confederate Veterans in Ardmore Okla that state administration backs Lee Cruce for Governor and Haskell will support a maintenance bill to fund a Confederate home with 10000 dollars yearly. He spoke before a large crowd about the planned Confederate home this year.
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Ardmore
Okla
Bill Cross
Lee Cruce
Haskell
Oklahoma
Cross
Col. Cross
Severe Oklahoma Storm Saves Crops After Drought Threat
In Time to Save the Crops Guthrie Oklahoma May 9 Central and Northern Oklahoma were hit by a severe electrical storm and heavy rain that ended a drought threat to crops. A high velocity wind centered on Bartlesville toppled a farm house from its foundation but caused no injuries. Early in the night telegraph and telephone lines were knocked out. Moisture arrived in time to save crops from ten days of hot winds.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Dentist J D Thompson Announces Early Departure
Notice states Ada will be left by June 1 and requests parties needing services to call early so work may be finished by that time. Signed J D Thompson, Dentist.
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Ada
J. D. Thompson
District Court Convenes With New Judge Rainey
Judge Robert M. Rainey arrives to preside as district judge in Atoka district and opens court at ten. The grand jury, retained from a special term, receives a lengthy charge on crime, liquor laws, and concealed weapons. The docket is to be cleared promptly with Judge West assisting.
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Robert M. Rainey
Atoka
Rainey
West
Apaches Prepare Move From Fort Sill to New Reservation
Chief Asa Deklugie heads 250 Apache prisoners of war at Fort Sill and travels to the Mescalero reservation in New Mexico to seek transfer of the group. Some oppose relocation but most want liberty and allotment in the Western Territory. The chief will return in ten days with a report to the government and tribe.
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Lawton
Asa Deklugie
Geronimo
Fort Sill
Mescalero Reservation
New Mexico
Oklahoma
War Department
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Ada Normal
Hugo
OWN
Pierce
Sheriff Connell
Officer Irvin
Officer Holden
Mr. Russell
T. F. Pierce
Muskokee
Haskell, ET
District Court
Hills
Witness
Gourt
Judge Rainey
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