Murder case looms as McClintock goes to district court
Frank McClintock faces murder trial after witnesses testified at a preliminary hearing in Ross. George Martin’s death and a night of conflicting accounts leave Ada residents and Roff supporters gripped as investigators seek who drove Martin and who carried his final secret to the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McClintock
George Martin
Ada
Dick Chapman
Obia Dier
Arden Bullock
Chapman
Dyer
McClintock
Martin
Rofs
Jim Good
Mclintock
Adamen
Frank
Bunyard
Harry
Dyre
Ross
Odd Fellows Hall
Good
Nhot
Roff
Blue Valley Farm
Ada-Roff Road
Duncan
Hill of
Custer Monument Plans Highlight Hardin Event Evening
The Hardin Custer Battle Anniversary association stages a Little Big Horn massacre re-enactment on June 25 near the city park with about 500 Crow and Cheyenne Indians portraying Sioux, American Legion members and cavalry as Custer's forces. Gen. Hugh L. Scott will attend with Mrs. Custer, the war department aids, followed by a government park basket dinner and the Hardin monument unveiling at Government Park.
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Billings
Mont
Custer
Hardin
Little Big Horn
National Cemetery
Hugh L. Scott
Seventh Cavalry
War Department
Government Park
Crow Agency
American Legion
Pershing Named Army Chief of Staff to Succeed Patton
Secretary Weeks announces General John J. Pershing as chief of staff effective July 1. Pershing will direct training and organize reserves for potential active duty. Major General James G. Harboard named assistant chief of staff to handle administration and support. In wartime Pershing would command the whole army with Harboard as chief of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
John J. Pershing
Army
Weeks
General Pershing
Paton March
James G. Harboard
France
Pershing
Harboard
Hill refuses to be ambassador to Japan today
Washington May 13 Dr David Jayne Hill of New York is understood to have definitely declined consideration for ambassador to Japan and is said to be foremost among those under consideration for ambassador to Germany when diplomatic relations with that country are resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
David Jayne Hill
New York
Japan
Germany
Two Ada Lawyers Form Huffar Chaney Farm Law Partnership
Attorneys A. C. Chaney and D. W. Huffar announce a new general practice partnership in Pontotoc county. Both are known Ada bar members with deep local ties. Chaney has four years in local practice while Judge Huffar, a former Duke Stone partner, has returned after illness. They will represent clients in all federal and state courts from an office above the Security State Bank building.
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A. C. Chaney
D. W. Huffar
Ada
Pontotoc County
Chaney
Judge Huffar
Duke Stone
Texas
Security State Bank
Moonshine’s lethal toll fuels Southern Methodist drive
A Cordele Dispatch critique links moonshine deaths to bootleg liquor and urges Prohibition education. The article notes rising anti drink sentiment across Canada and the United States, as Methodists launch a sixteen state drive to fund Christian education and recruit 5,000 workers, with Oklahoma tasked to raise 1.189 million for a Tulsa college and student aid.
Worstell Community News and Visits
The Worstell school will be out Friday May 20 with a village program that evening inviting all. Miss Rose Lee of Vaness visits Mrs Mae Crow. Families including Bowman Crow Baker Covey mose and Pinley guests gather for visits and a new Ford for Elvin Burge. Prayer meeting weekly at Worstell.
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Rose Lee
Vaness
Mae Crow
Herbert Bowman
Ben Crow
Grandpa
Grandma Smithy
Chickasha
Mrs. Brock
Viola Mallory
Mrs. Lee
Bebee
Worstell
Walnut Grove
Baker
Dewey Bowerman
Leon Pinley
Moe Crow
Mary Pinley
Edna Baker
Mabelock
Leva Lee
Robert Tilley
Mose
Elvin Burge
Notable baccalaureate sermon at East Central State Normal 1921
Bishop Theodore ayne Thurston delivered a powerful baccalaureate sermon to the East Central State Normal College graduating class of 1921 in the Normal auditorium. The event crowned a milestone year with 57 in the senior class and the first BA degree awarded to John Zimmerman. Commencement and related events will follow including a class address by Dr Ira Hilton Jones and junior senior banquet at the Elk’s club.
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Normal
East Central State Normal College
Theodore Ayne Thurston
John Zimmerman
Ira Hilton
Linscheid
Holdenville
Ada High School
Robinson
Wewoka
Lloyd George offers to meet Irish leaders without conditions
Dublin May 16 Premier Lloyd George offers to meet Eamonn de Valera or other Irish leaders without conditions according to the Freemen's Journal. De Valera replies that if the premier made such a statement public he would give a public answer.
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Dublin
Lloyd George
Freemen’s Journal Today
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Newspaper
Miss Willem Kittell to Teach Piano and Organ This Summer
Miss Willem Kittell announces piano and pipe organ lessons at the Normal and High school during summer school. Desiring students may call E. C. S. N. or 498, 6-19-1tw.
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Willem Kittell
Oil Leases and Royalties Offered by A. L. Bowles Co
A. L. Bowles Co offers oil leases and royalties for quick sale at the Haring hotel. The notice invites potential sellers to contact the firm for rapid disposition of oil interests, framing the deal as advantageous for sellers seeking fast liquidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Bowles Co
Haring Hotel
Revival of Methodism in Oklahoma to tour state
Forty eight Oklahoma businessmen twenty seven leading ministers and three southern educators begin speech tours this week to promote the Christian education movement of the Methodist Episcopal Church south. Rev R E L Morgan directs the campaign aided by hundreds of local volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Christian Education Movement
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
R. E. L. Morgan
Prisoners Handoff From Ada to Oklahoma Penitentiary
Sheriff Duncan and Clint Myers transported four prisoners from Ada to begin sentences in the Oklahoma penitentiary. Ben F. Marshall received a life term for murder of P. G. Nebhitt. Arthur Reeves gets two years for burglary. Harry C. Stauffer receives one year for burglary. Harry Span, with two prior cattle theft terms, was reevaluated after an appellate ruling and re-arrested by a deputy sheriff Saturday.
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Duncan
Clint Myers
Ada
Oklahoma
Ben F. Marshall
P. G
Gus) Nebhitt
Arthur Reeves
Harry C. Stauffer
Harry Span
Span
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Huffar and Chaney Farm Law Partnership
Cordele
Canada
Morgan
Altus
Elmer
Olustee
Blair
Davidson
Mountain View
Hugo
Clinton
C. E. Goddard
Nashville
Tenn
Vinita
Chateau
Pryor
Wagoner
Muskogee
Checotah
McAlester
Shawnee
Ada Atoka
Durant
Alfred F. Smith
Christian Advocate
St. Louis
Southern Methodist Church
J. J. Stowe
National Campaign Headquarters
Mr. Smith
Hobart
Mangum
Frederick
Lawton
el Reno
Temple
Comanche
Tulsa
Rev
R. Ebb. Morgan
Worstell Pickups
Thurston
Natalie Manville
H. M. Woods
First Christian Church
Oklahoma State Bank
C. H. Rives
H. P. Rrich
F. J. Stafford
L. A. Ellison
H. J. Huddleston
Main and Townsend, Ada, Oklahoma
Lyon
H.P
H.P. H
A. F.O.B
Coffman, Bobbitt & Sparks
Fairbanks-Morse
C. A. Cummins
J. E. Chambers
Res
West Twelth St
Ada, Okla
McLaughlin
Otrist
Rooney
Shaw
Okla
Tishomingo
Seminole County
A. L. Bowles & CO
Harris Hotel
Southwest
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