Normal School in East Central State to end term with large graduation
Saturday marks the end of the spring term at the East Central State Normal School. A large graduating class will receive diplomas, with 32 seniors earning diplomas at the Wednesday ceremony and 43 more to be awarded after the summer term. The baccalaureate will be given by Bishop Theodore Payne Thurston of Oklahoma City. The summer session is expected to be the largest yet, with about 1000 enrollments and extensive housing arrangements. Additional teachers will be added, and courses will cover all departments. Miss Kelly will fill in for Miss Francisco who will teach at Pittsburg Kansas this summer. Senior day included a picnic at Sulphur despite rain.
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East Central State Normal School
Theodore Payne Thurston
Oklahoma City
Ira Hilton
Stillwater
The
Normal
Prof
Newcomb
Mansville
Milburn
Mill Creek
A. Linscheid
Checotah
B. Alice Francisco
State Normal School
Pittsburg
Kansas
Kelly
Broadway Residents Vote for Solid Concrete Paving
At a News office meeting Broadway residents voted to pave the avenue with solid concrete rather than asphalt. A paving petition circulated showed 81 percent support. two objectors and four churches abstained pending memberships. Mayor Kitchens attended and pledged prompt action by the city commissioners.
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Broadway
Kitchens
Chamberlain's Tablets Laxative Effect Mild and Gentle
The advertisement claims Chamberlain's tablets produce a laxative effect that is very mild and gentle. It emphasizes that users can hardly realize the medicine has acted.
General Rain Uplifts Oklahoma Crops Across State
The Associated Press reports a general rain fell across Oklahoma in the last 24 hours, except the eastern portion. Western Oklahoma saw the heaviest rainfall with Mangum at 1.04 inches. The rain will aid wheat and other crops, especially in the sparsely watered western half.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
President Harding to visit New York for brief trip
President Harding plans a May 23 visit to New York delivering two talks and attending a regimental review. He will address a luncheon by the Academy of Political Science and later review the 23rd New York Infantry at Brooklyn drill grounds, then attend a dinner for an anniversary celebration of the New York Commercial.
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Washington
Harding
New York
The
Academy of Political Science
23Rd New York Infantry
106 U. S. Infantry
Brooklyn
Tichner Bill Passes House Regulating Grain Futures
The Tichner bill to regulate grain futures was passed by the House today and forwarded to the Senate. It sets standards for trading and aims to curb speculation in grain markets.
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Washington
House
Senate
False Circulars At Ada Mislead Laborers
A wave of forged Ada Chamber of Commerce circulars prompt men to seek work with notices claiming a labor call. The C of C secretary O N Walker says no circulars were printed or signed and they knew nothing about the calls. Men travel from Tennessee and other areas to Ada seeking employment, a deplorable misfortune.
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Ada
Tennessee
East Central Prepares for Summer Term Teaching Staff
East Central looks forward to the summer term with many teachers returning from the regular school year. The faculty comprises experienced educators with master’s degrees, all graduates of standard colleges, and includes a distinguished summer faculty of proven public school success.
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East Central
Prickly Ash Bitters Promoted By Gwin Mays Co
Advertises Prickly Ash Bitters as a blood purifying remedy for pimples and blotches. Claims to cleanse blood liver and bowels. Priced at $1.25 per bottle with Gwin Mays Drug Co as special agents.
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Gwin-Mays Drug Co
Clara Smith Hamon relinquishes all claim to Hamon estate
Clara Smith Hamon relinquished all claim to the estate of Jake L. Hamon for ten thousand dollars. The agreement preserves rights in Hewitt Oil Company royalties and leases in the Healdton oil field and other interests shown in the record, with current revenues sufficient to support her. Attorney J. B. Champion announced the settlement.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Clara Smith Hanon
Jake L. Hamon
Oklahoma
J. B. Champion
Champion
Frank L. Ketch
Clara Smith Hamon
Hamon
Hewitt Oil Company
Healdton
Drawing Avenue
Jake Hannon
Reviver motions in Pontotoc district court notices
Public notices in Ada Oklahoma outline motions for reviver in two cases over Charles King and estate actions. Levina King seeks revival as administratrix with hearings set June 6 1921 in Pontotoc County District Court Ada. Also bids invited for paving South Townsend Avenue Ada with costs borne by abutting property owners.
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Charles King
Lévina King
Levina King
Ada
Pontotoc
O Oma
State of Oklahoma
L. E. Franklin
State OF
Oklahoma
G. M. Barnes
H. Y. Barnes
Barnes Investment Company
Pontotoc County
Board of Commissioners
Oklahomia
City of
Aja
Townsend Avenue
Twelfth Street
Twentieth Street
Gaid Avenue
Board of Commitzaioners
Roddie Manslaughter Conviction Reversed by Appeals Court
The Oklahoma criminal court of appeals reversed the manslaughter conviction of Ada attorney Reuben M. Roddie in the 1918 killing of Percy Barton. After a weeklong trial, Roddie was sentenced to ten years. the court cited grounds for a fair trial and procedural issues. The case now awaits possible retrial at the December term, with bond set at 196000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma ‘City
Reuben M. Roddie
Ada
Percy “Barton
Totol County
Criminal Court of Appeals
Roddie
Court of Appeals
Percy. Parton
Conway O. Barton
Bart Smith Drug Store
Main Street
C. E. Dudley
J. W. Bolen
Wadlington
J. F. McKeel
W. W. Pryor
Wewoka
Robert Wimbish
I. M. King
B. C. King
W. F. Schulte
Settlement talks in Hamon estate case reach cash deal
The AP reports Clara Smith Hamon seeks settlement from the Jake L. Hamon estate after a recent Oklahoma acquittal of murder. Attorney J. B. Champion says a ten thousand dollar cash payment and assignment contracts will finalize the settlement today, with Judge C. W. Ellis and Fred Ellis negotiating.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Oklahoma
J. B. Champion
Hamon
C. W. Ellis
Santa Ana
California
Champion
Fred Ellis
Ardmore
Chicago
Oklahoma House and Senate Reach Tuberculosis Hospital Pact
Oklahoma City May 12 An agreement was reached by the house and senate conference committee on house bill nine providing three hundred thousand dollars for a tuberculosis hospital at Sulphur for former service men. The conference failed to agree on senate bills 10 and 23 and was ended. Speaker George Schwabe said a new committee would be appointed to continue negotiations with senate representatives on those bills.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
House
Senate
George Schwabe
Judge Lindsay to Pay Fine End Contempt Case
Col onel Ben B. Lindsay, judge of the Denver juvenile court, will end a five year controversy by paying a fine of five hundred dollars and costs after his contempt of court conviction. He refused to reveal what Neal Wright, a 14 year old ward, told him about his father's murder, saying testimony would betray the boy's confidence.
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Denver
Colo
Ben B. Lindsay
Lindsay
Perry
District Court
Neal Wright
Lumbago Relief Reported With Chamberlain's Liniment
A Brockport New York woman credits Chamberlain's Liniment with curing her lumbago after a year of back pain. She describes being unable to turn in bed and says a bottle applied to her back promptly eased the pains and aches.
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Chamberlain
F. J. Dann
Brockport
N. Y
England Wants Her Charlie Returns Home Offer Refused
England offered Charlie Chaplin a $20,000 weekly contract totaling over a million yearly to sign a twelve month deal. Chaplin declined, stating the prison of the United States overwhelms him and that he cannot accept.
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England
Charlie
Charlies Chaplin
Chaplin
United States
Hodge Divorce Suit Seeks Court Action
Pontotoc county Mississippi suit 4832 Lon Hodge plaintiff vs Blanche Hodge defendant. Blanche Hodge must answer the divorce petition by June 16 1921 or the petition will be deemed true and a divorce judgment will be entered. Dated May 2 1921. Attest L. E. Franklin E. J. Walker attorney for plaintiff.
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State of Oklahoma
Pontatoc
T. A. Starritt
Amos Sampson
Jim Moses
Rena Williams
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Towit
County of Pontotoc
A. H. Shi
Thomas L. Farriss
Johnson Gift
Lena Gift
Effie Gift
North Range
L. E. Franklin
King & Crawford
Lon Hodge
Blanche Hodge
Blanch Hodge
Petitio
A. D
E. J. Walker
Notice of Sale in Guardianship of Minor Harkins Oklahoma
Court in Coal County orders sale of real estate for George LaFayette Harkins minor. Guardian will offer private sale after May 21, 1921 at 10 AM in Coalgate. Property lies in Pontotoc and Coal counties described as SE Quarter of NE Quarter etc. sale subject to court confirmation.
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Township
Lehigh
Oklahoma
Coal County
Coalgate
Mollie Harkins
State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
J. Buck
Martha Buck
J. S. Buck
Chaney & Huffar
Ada
George LaFayette Harkins
County of Coal
State of
Disputed Hotel Bill Triggers Shooting in Kaw City
A young man named Still from Arkansas was shot in the upper left thigh at Kaw City after a dispute over hotel room charges with B. H. Kenner, hotel owner. Kenner says Still drew a knife and fired, a self defense claim under investigation as Still is hospitalized and expected to recover.
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Ponca City
Okla
Still
Searcy County
Arkansas
Kaw City
Kenner
Oll
Blis
Evils of Constipation Warned By Medical Advice
A health note warns that constipation may lead to appendicitis and urges regular bowel movements. It touts Chamberlain's Tablets as excellent easy to take and mild in effect for maintaining regularity.
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Chamberlain
Seniors Stage Hit Play at Normal Last Night
High school seniors presented the play Aaron Boggs Freshman before a full auditorium. The audience applauded each performance and the three acts. Proceeds support an American child adopted by the class.
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Aaron Boggs
Beware of Cheap Auto Tires Sold by Unscrupulous Dealers
The Good Road Motor Club and road users warn members and car owners to beware of tire sellers offering greatly reduced prices with long mileage guarantees. A tested set was found worthless. Buy only standard brands from reliable dealers who guarantee service.
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Good Road Motor Club
Steaders
Serant Pres
Motor Club
Stricklands sue over damages in land transfer case
Minnis Stricklang Perry and R A Strickland, Ada residents, filed a district court suit yesterday against Coy Stonewall over alleged damages in two land transfers. The suit seeks compensation for the claimed plumage of a suit valued at $13,400.
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Frompo Ae
District Court
Yeterday
Minnis Stricklang Perry
R. A. Stricklan Es Husband
Ada
Stonewall
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Clara Smith
Hamon Estate
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Nancy Seeley
Robinson Murphy
H. Y. Barnes and Barnes Investment Company
Eser
Pership
Bishall
Ciry Hall
Benham & Mullergren
Firestone
Kansas City
Missouri
Plains
W. B. Jones
Suh Fioor Firestone
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