Curios ANTIQUES ALPH McMILLAN Reveals Pontotoc County Marriage Trends
Curios and antiques writer Alph McMillan analyzes Pontotoc County marriage data from 1907 and 1935 using early license figures. He notes ages rose by about twenty years for men and women and lists birthplaces of about 200 applicants. He also recalls registering 3,000 CWA clients and hints at wage law changes affecting new graduates seeking work.
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Alph McMillan
Pontotoc County
Ralph
Texas
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Ada Ends Village Status With Free Mail Service Inauguration
Ada residents prepare for a city era as free mail delivery begins with the whistle of uniformed carriers delivering messages from distant places. The event marks Ada's transition from country village to budding city in local history. North Bay visit notes quadruplets from Oklahoma, Dionne siblings, and Keys sisters traveling as Centennial ambassadors from Texas.
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Ada Evening News
Uncle Sam
Ada
North Bay
Ont
Oklahoma
Sisters Keys
Dionne
Texas
Roberta
Leota
Mona
Mary Keys
Lake Champlain
Ailan Joy Dafoe
Dionne Guardian
Toronto
Ontario
Toledo Sheriff Missed Call After Beer With Mystery Man
Toledo sheriff who socialized with a man later identified as Harry Campbell failed to respond timely. He was not assigned to the traffic squad where officers concentrate on traffic duties and may not always identify law violators.
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Toledo, Ohio
Harry Campbell
The Irony of Effort and Gold in a City
A young man leaves for a great city to seek fortune with faith, education, honesty, and skill. He tries to drill through impenetrable walls, only to learn that all tools fail except one. An onlooker says the walls are impervious to most tools but will yield to gold.
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Ben L. Morrison
Stander
Hereford Tour Ties Beef Sheep Pasture Visit
Last summer a Hereford tour with Joe B. Hill featured barbecued beef. A later sheep tour highlighted mutton as the main dish. Now a pasture tour is planned for Tuesday amid complaints about spinach.
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Joe B. Hill
Candidate vows to run without a platform this year
A political figure says he will run without a platform citing past debates where opponents forced him to defend each plank. He recalls critics who challenged his positions as he walked through policy points. The remark frames a new self described stance amid campaign chatter.
Charley Diemer Buys Hat Suit Teeth and Coupe
Neighbors expect many changes from Charley Diemer after he purchases a new hat a tailor-made suit new teeth and a new coupe suggesting a fresh start and social light.
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Charley Diemer
Friday Rain Floods Boggy River Bottom Farm Fears
In Aldridge hotel lobby Claude Logs don, owner of Boggy river bottom land, fears Friday flood damage to his farm. Oran Hughey reports the Boggy area flood extent, admitting uncertainty yet acknowledging potential loss for Logs don’s property.
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Claude Logsdon
Aldridge Hotel
Oran Hughey
Hughey
Logsdon
Man With Taxicab Style Driver Crashes Red Light
A bystander recalls a motorist who ran a red light and sped off, remarking that he drove like he owned a taxicab. The incident highlights dangerous driving behavior observed on the street.
Oklahoma farm plan lists soil building payments rates
Oklahoma announces rates under the federal soil conservation and allotment program. Class I payments apply for shifting to soil conserving crops. Class II rewards for soil building practices like terracing. Rates vary by crop, legume use, green manuring, lime, phosphate, and tree planting with caps and program timing through 1936.
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AAA
Stillwater
Oklahoma
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Ernest E. Scholl
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Secretary of Agriculture
C. D. Walker
Altus Farmer
State Committee
Soil Conservation Service
Extension Service
Wheat Crop Conditions Report Shows May 1 Yields Decline
Washington May 11 The agriculture department released May 1 conditions for winter wheat indicating 463,708,000 bushels produced from the crop with a falling May estimate of 493,166,000 bushels. Rye production stands at 35,253,000 bushels with acres remaining for harvest at 35,932,000. Pasture condition is 68.6 percent of normal. Hay stocks on farms total 13,371,000 tons, 15.3 percent of last year’s crop and 11.8 percent of the 1923-32 average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ada residents buzz with local moves and visits
Gerald Ashlock accepts a position at Morelock's Grocery in Ada and starts this week. Dent Walker and Raymond Raines of Ada were in Allen on Wednesday. Mrs. Hollie Everett returns from Wilburton. Miss Mary Cates of Kingman Kansas visits her sister Mrs. Myron Gilbert. Mrs. Clayborn Whitehead improves from illness. Wanda Mae Bethany of Fittstown visits cousin Mrs. Riley Waldrup. Kenneth and Randall Richardson of Fittstown spend the weekend here. Durward Crockett of Wewoka visits his parents Mr and Mrs Wayne Mead. Lola Muriel Truitt of Fittstown visits friends here Wednesday.
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Ers
Imogene Gilmore
Joyce Herald
Nancy Jarrett
Juanita Kennedy
Melba Lee Lambert
Helen Morris
Francis Moss
Phyllis McLaughlin
Bobbie Ruth McDowell
de Ver Morse
Marion Patterson
Eva Mae Pegg
Mary Louise Qualls
Mae Frank Shandy
Imogene Tate
Sistine Thompson
Juanita Wilkinson
Dorothy Lee Thomas
O. B. Lee
First Presbyterian Church of
Ada
Bowman
D. W. Hodges
James Hogg
Perry Blue
L. R. Watson
Church of Christ
Hodges
Cyril Barnes
Elmo Carruth
Ladelle Davis
Velma Emerson
Margaret Hensler
Helen Heath
Helen Hensler
Rose Lee Hord
Geneva Hallmark
Mary Lindsey
Elaine Martin
J. B. Milner
Drewcilla Patterson
Della Mae Russell
Johnnie Mae Reeves
Mavis Reed
Hershal Vinson
Mozelle Whitehead
Hazel Watson
Maggie Smith
McCall Chapel
The
Baptist Church
S. W. Douglass
Clarence Sullivan
Atwood
Gerald Ashlock
Morelock
Dent Walker
Allen
Hollie Everett
Wilburton
Mary Cates
Kingman
Kansas
Myron Gilbert
Raymond Raines
Clayborn Whitehead
Wanda Mae Bethany
Fittstown
Riley Waldrup
Kenneth and
Randall Richardson
Durward Crockett
Wewoka
Wayne Mead
Lola Muriel Truitt
4-H Club Judging School Planned in Pontotoc County
District 4 H club judging school will run May 27 to 29 at Tishomingo with Pontotoc county members attending. Oklahoma A M College specialists will lead sessions on livestock judging clothing home management and wholesome family life. Boys study livestock dairying poultry while girls learn poultry clothing home improvement food preservation and 4 H home membership. Boys and girls will stay in Murray Agricultural College dorms with meals at 25 cents. Sheriff Tillman Bacock said he jailed a young farmer for questioning in the death of A M college student John White found on a highway near Stillwater. headlight lens fragments were the main clue.
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Tishomingo
Pontotoc
Murray Agricultural College
Stillwater
Tillman Bacock
John White
A.&m
Here
White
Don’ts for Strawberry Jelly Making in Everyday Kitchen
A vintage guidance piece warns that jam and jelly failures come from three errors: skipping exact instructions on short boil times, using nonstandard measuring cups, and improper fruit preparation. It stresses following recipes exactly to ensure firm set for strawberry jelly and jams.
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Finnest
Canning Schools Arranged In County This May
The first of a series of canning schools in the county will be held Tuesday May 19 at Fitzhugh. Miss Lorena Anderson and home demonstration staff will teach techniques using greens tomatoes beans and Dixie relish upon request. Future schools will be set at various centers. The session includes practical jam and jelly making with specific recipes and step by step directions.
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Fitzhugh
Miss Anderson
Lorena Andderson
Jessie Morgan
Fitzhurh
Five die in Oklahoma weekend traffic incidents
Five people were killed in Oklahoma traffic accidents over the weekend. John W. White, 19, of Oklahoma City, was found on the highway near Stillwater with indications the car backed up to disengage the body. Other victims include A. J. Stollard in Claremore, Woodrow Baker and Olie Smith, both 25 from Wet Prairie, and Douglas Lozer, 15, of Mission City.
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Oklahoma
John W. White
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Stillwater
O. C. Whipple
Young White
A. J. Stollard
Claremore
Woodrow Baker
Olie Smith
Ex-Deliveryman Jones Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Babe Jones a youthful ex deliveryman for Mrs. Zora Crim of Fittstown cafe operators received a three year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to embezzling 243 dollars. Justice A W Oliver presided with county attorney Virgil Stanfield urging leniency citing youth and employment purpose.
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Babe Jones
Zora Crim
Fittstown
Jones
A. W. Oliver
Crim
Virgil Stanfield
Quadruplets Born to New Jersey Couple at St Marys
In Passaic New Jersey on May 9 quadruplets were delivered at St Marys Hospital to Mrs Emil Kasper of Little Ferry. The father remained calm as staff sought extra incubators and doctors aided the mother. The babies are labeled A B C D with the first girl designated as A.
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Passiac
N. J
St. Mary's Hospital
Emil Kasper
Little Ferry
Two Puzzles Fitting Into One Solution
Ada police continued inquiry into stolen checks and a wreck connected to the case. G A Jones housed in Ada jail after a car crash while denying identity as Ray Ledbetter. checks traced to him, but he remains at large. Olson Drilling агент R B Jones assists in locating forgers and missing checks.
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Ada
G. A. Jones
Robert Lee
Texas
Ray Ledbetter
Tenth Street
Jones
Olson Drilling Company
Harden City
Organ Gift Reaches St. Paul’s Memorial Episcoal Church
Mrs Henry Ford donates an electric pipe organ installed at St Pauls Memorial Episcopal Church in Detroit. The organ will be named for Sara Waffle who played the old church organ 35 years ago, reflecting Mrs Ford's childhood ties to the church.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
St. Paul’s Memorial Episcopal Church
Cooperative Loans Available in Texas and Oklahoma
E Slingerland reports half a million dollars in cooperative loan funds for Texas and Oklahoma must be loaned before June ends or be redirected. Texas holds 312 000 dollars and Oklahoma 143 000. few loans have been made mostly for pure bred sites and farm machinery. Loans typically go to single owners with neighbor agreements on use prices, and other enterprises like syrup mills and canning plants are eligible.
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PD. E. Slingerland
Resettlement Administration
Pontotoc County
Texas
Oklahoma
County official promotes cooperative farm loans and ventures
County official Slingerland urges farmers to form cooperative loans for grading and shipping farm produce. He mentions potential stock ownership in a cooperative hospital and stresses a sound repayment plan and avoidance of duplicating existing services. Eligible borrowers include farmers aided by the Resettlement Administration or those lacking other finance options.
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Slingerland
Mrs Hudson of Ada Dies in Tyler Texas
Mrs. W. O. Hudson formerly of Ada died at her Tyler Texas home on Thursday. Funeral services are planned in Tyler likely on Saturday. Douglas Hudson of Holdenville, her son, passed through Ada en route to Tyler. he previously worked in Ada's undertaker trade.
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W. O. Hudson
Ada
Tyler
Tex
Texas
Douglas Hudson
Holdenville
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