Privateer Tangled Homecoming Mystery in Lyme
Polly Chelsea waits for Jerry Whitfield as Cabell Banks mails a belated letter from Wilmington. Trepid and family tidy the house and sew for a homecoming, while Polly combats anxiety and gossip at Mrs. Pell's store as months pass without news of Jerry and the privateer voyage.
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Hey
Jerry
Cabell
Paristt
Polly
Terry
Lyme
Trepid
Bette
Massachusetts
Richard
Small Richard
Gail
Capell
New England
Kis
Pelly
Love of PyRD MERICA era tale of Polly and Dick Chelsey
In a sweeping Civil War era tale, Polly and Dick Chelsey witness the burning of Washington, endure wounds and separation, and reunite aboard the May Queen. Their family grows as Richard Jeremiah, their son, comes of age while Polly navigates life with sea captain Jerry Whitfield and new social ties.
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Merica
Napoleon
United States
Bermuda
General Ross
Admiral Cockburn
American
Hampton
Washington
Polly
Richard
Jerry Whitfields
Lyme
Dick Chelsey
New Haven
Trepid
Dauehick
Duncan Phyts
China
James E Berry Announces Re election for Lieutenant Governor
James E Berry, serving his first term, announces in Ada his bid to succeed himself as lieutenant governor. He is praised for diplomacy and fair conduct, with expected nomination and election despite some opponents. Berry has strong local support and a history of public service.
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James E. Berry
Ada
Iis
Susceed
Berry
Ada Round-Up Club Adopts Complete Uniform
Ada News reports the Ada round-up club members adopted a full uniform including white ten-gallon hats black shirts and khaki trousers with optional chaps. A seven day pre event period requires wearing at least one uniform piece or a one dollar fine. Clarence Marcum chairs a committee to obtain uniform prices. The item also notes Alaska air cargo pigs and Alaska aviation notes.
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Ada
Clarence Marcum
Escal Henson
Simp Moore
Health unit aids 14 year old in Fittstown
The County City Health unit helped a 14 year old boy from a seven child family living in a tent near Fittstown. A nurse investigated after two weeks of absence from school and a state health doctor treated him. He had a swollen knee and a tentative acute arthritis diagnosis. he was taken to Oklahoma City for further examination and care with a parent.
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Fittstown
State Health Office
Oklahoma City
Augustus Learns Of Mother's Death In Greece
Gene Augustus, local automotive parts dealer, received word that his mother died in Athens Greece four months ago. She was injured when a brick fell from a building she was passing. The incident caused her death.
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Gene Augustus
Athens
Greece
McLish Teachers Given Contracts For 1938 39
McLish union graded district No 2 announced Saturday contracts have been let to Joe W Holmes superintendent Carl Coleman high school principal Leon J Smith Harden City grade principal Leon F Smith Fillstown grade principal Raymond Faulk principal Those to be assigned later include Cleo Sumter William P Mackin Lewis Colbert Tred Morrison Alline Rives Charles Walker Silvester Hawkins Leroy Martin Silvia Mitchuson Jen Scott Lois Nordean Juanita Townsend Bonnie Jones Valeria Tulleson Bessie Stephens Viv Swisher Esther Wilborn Anna Maud Fulkerson Anna Dickson Ruby Lee Hatcher Josephine King Glasgow
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McLish Union
Joe W. Holmes
Carl Coleman
Leon 3. Smith
Harden City
Leon F. Smith
Fillstown
Raymond Faulk
Franks
Cleo Sumter
William P. Mackin
Lewis Coalbert
Tred Morrison
Alline Rives
Charles Walker
Silvester Hawkins
Leroy Martin
Silvia Mitchuson
Jen Scott
Lois Nordean
Juanita Townsend
Bonnie Jones
Valeria Tulleson
Bessie Stephens
Viv Swisher
Esther Wilborn
Anna
Maud Fulkerson
Anna Dickson
Ruby Lee Hatcher
Josephine King
Poultry Deal Ends After Divorce Remarriages
Seattle Superior court judge Kazis Kay ruled that Dave Shein a poultry dealer need not continue sending his divorced wife a chicken a week as a matter of converter. Both parties have remarried. The ruling ends the weekly poultry provision in the divorce settlement.
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Seattle
Merle Woods Chosen Oklahoma Press Association President
H Merle Woods publisher of the El Reno American will lead the Oklahoma Press Association for the coming year and Tulsa will host the 1939 convention. Harrington Wimberley steps aside as Woods succeeds him while Altus president Fred Tarman is reelected treasurer.
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Oklahoma Press Association
H. Merle Woods
el Reno American
Tulsa
Woods
Harrington Wimberley
Altus
Fred Tarman
Norman Transcript
Dave 0. Vandivier
Chickasha Express
Burris Penn
Cordell Beacon
Clea Dogzett
Cherokee Messenger
Republican
Dorothy Summers Useful Student at East Central 1937-38
Miss Dorothy Summers of Ada has been named the most useful student by East Central State Teachers College faculty for 1937-38. She served as Pi Kappa Delta president, Alpha Psi Omega secretary, led drama efforts, directed plays, and starred as Abby in The Late Christopher Bean. Her scholarship includes 91 A grades and 22 B grades, with ongoing candidacy for the annual scholarship award.
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Dorothy Summers
Ada
East Central State ‘Teachers College
Summers
Pi Kappa Delta
Alpha Psi Omega
Little Theatre Group
Houston
Texas
Topeka
Kansas
Abby
Christopher Bean
Miss Summers
Knight Hall
Firls
East Central Journal
5 & Q Clothiers of
Janice Graham
Paul Bughes
Homer Ledbetter
G. W. Everett
Mortimer Faulkner
Convention Suggestion Sparks Disney Tulsa Route
Paul Heathorne proposed the next convention be held in Disney near the Grand River dam site, urging delegates to stop in Tulsa on the way. The nominations committee report was presented by Clyde Muthmere, publisher of the Ponca City Times.
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Ion
Disney
Grand River Dam
Heathorne
Tulsa
Clyde Muchmere
The
Ponca City
Andy W White for Peace Justice No 1 Ada candidate
Ada resident Andy W. White announces his candidacy for Justice of the Peace No. 1 in the Democratic primary on July 12. He has lived in Ada 17 years, worked as a clerk in Shaw's and Slaner's stores, and has held various jobs since those shops closed.
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Andy W. White
Ada
Justice of the Peace
White
Shaw’s
Slaner’s
Mr White Seeks Office With Fair Ruling And Diligence
A local candidate, regularly employed and widely respected for honesty, fairness, capability, and industriousness, promises courteous treatment and diligent attention to details if elected. He champions a thorough city canvass and urges voters to investigate and support him if qualified and capable of delivering good justice.
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White
Six Gibson Family Perishes in House Fire
Six members of the Elliott Gibson family died when a tenant home burned last night 22 miles south of here. Victims include household head Gibson, 31, his wife Mabel, 29, three sons ages 17 months to 8 years, and two daughters, one 10, with injuries reported for another child.
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Hendensun
Aay
Elliott Gibson
Here
Gibson
Mabel
Ieee
Helen
Fred McCabe Announces for Legislative Seat
The Ada Evening News declares Fred McCabe as candidate for Pontotoc county post 2 in the upcoming democratic primary. He pledges to serve county citizens, cut waste, support permanent funding for schools, aid the aged and needy, and run government with businesslike efficiency while aligning with the people's choice for governor.
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Ada Evening News
Fred McCabe
Pontotoc County
McCabe
M McCabe
Pontolor County
East Central State Teachers College
Ada
Ohio
Mississippi Avenue
Main Street
Circulation mix up crosses continents in 1920s notice
A humorous item from April 25 notes W W B Cunningham requesting a newspaper address change from European Gas and Electric Co Budapest Hungary to keep up with U S papers. Then a brief Charlotte brief reports John Jones, a negro brick mason, asks thieves who stole seven pallets from his henhouse to eat again under the roost and drop a pocketbook they found.
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Europe
W.W. B. Cunningham
Charlotte
N.C
John Jones
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el Reno
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Oklahoma
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