North Russia fighting tale from Archangel dispatches
Archangel reports describe Allied North Russian Expeditionary Force actions against Bolsheviks from Archangel to the Pechora and Onega regions. American doughboys join Tommies and Poles in thin columns across a large Arctic battlefield with heavy improvised warfare and stubborn Bolshevik resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Associated Press
Archangel
Aurora Borgalisland
France
Germany
Medicine Hat
Moose Jaw
Pechora River
Arctic Ocean
Siberian
Onega Bay
Murmansk
John
Kola Bay
Olympia
Vologda
Ketlass
Dvina
Oil development underway in Francis field fuels optimism
Oil State plans processing for new Francis well with a tank and pump to be erected by Monday. Product to be sold to Francis Refinery ensures immediate income. Three more wells to be drilled soon boosts Francis prospects as Pontotoc County and Ada anticipate a Tulsa scale boom with high local lease prices.
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Francis
Pontotoc County
Tulsa
Ada
Bethlehem Steel Works Biggest Gun Plant In World War
The United States wartime effort built the largest cannon works in the country surpassing Krupps. Bethlehem steel works, by armistice, could turn out more and bigger guns than any other plant in existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Krupps
Essen
Germany
Bethlehem Steel Works
Better Feeling in Western Hemisphere Urged by Polk
Washington May 19 acting Secretary of State Frank L Polk urged U S newspapers to devote more space to Latin American news to educate Americans about South and Central America He said greater interchange of thought will strengthen peace and improve relations and commerce as nations share transportation and communication advances. He warned European war showed U S interests lie in the hemisphere and closer ties with neighbors are essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Western Hemisphere
Frank L. Polk
United States
Polk
South
Central America
North
South America
Mr. Polk
Inworld
Central
Latin America
America sets new record for airplanes in world war effort
The War Department releases a history stating the 22 000 aircraft goal for 12 months was overestimated and by May 23 1918 American factories delivered 5 270 planes while the Allies lagged. It notes rapid Liberty engine development, wing dope shortages solved by cotton fabric, and a shift to new models including the Martin bomber and Handley Page rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
War Department
France
England
Navy
Air Service
United States Bureau of Standards
de Haviland
Martin
Handley-Page
Caproni
Liberty Motors
Rolls-Royce
Notice of Sheriff's Sale of Land Under Foreclosure
Public notice from Pontotoc County Oklahoma Sheriff announces sale of real estate to satisfy a 1918 judgment in favor of Dickinson-Reed-Randerson Company against Lelah Morrison et al. The property is the east halves of the southeast and southwest quarters in Section 9, Pap. 4 North, Range 4 East. Sale at Ada courthouse front steps on June 16, 1919 at 10:00 a.m. for cash.
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District Court
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Dickinson-Reed-Randerson Company
Lelah Morrison
George A. Harrison
J. B. Sanders
Anna Sanders
W. J. Bartlett
Ethel E. Bartlett
Ada
Rheumatism relief with Chamberlain liniment ad
Readers learn internal medicines are usually wasteful for chronic rheumatism. about 99 of 100 cases respond to external application of Chamberlain's Liniment. Free application suggested. It costs 35 cents per bottle.
Baccalaureate Sermon Opens Commencement Week
Commencement week at the high school began with a scholarly baccalaureate sermon at the Methodist church. Rev. Franklin Davis of the Episcopal church delivered the address to a packed house, drawing praise from young and old alike.
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Methodist Church
Franklin Davis
Episcopal Church
Ukraine and Poland as keys to Russia in AP dispatch
Vienna April 2 The Associated Press correspondent who toured Poland and Ukraine reports a national movement in Ukraine and argues Allied recognition and support could help push back Bolshevik forces and curb Moscow's influence while Poland remains a barrier to Bolshevism.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Poland
Ukraine
Russia
Kiev
Odessa
Petlura
Proskurov
Moscow
Romania
Budapest
Galicia
Aussian
Lemberg
West
Greater Ukraine
Poltava
Greater
Europe
Slogan Appeals for Veterans to Return Across Rhine
The Recruiting Service on the Rhine reprints an appeal from Third Division veterans urging men in the United States to come overseas to win a gold stripe. They describe hard campaigns from Marne to Argonne, living through changing rations, and note the favorable exchange rate of dollars to francs and marks.
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United States Army
Rhine
Marne
Argonne
G. I
Heinie
Rhineland
Germany
U. S
The Golden Legend on angels and celestial recordkeeping
Two unseen angels attend Faeh as records of good and evil deeds are kept. One closes his volume after each good act and ascends to God, while the other keeps a day book open until sunset so we may repent and see a fading white line on the page.
Home Rule Idea Inspires Soldier’s Last Hope
A wounded Irish soldier, believed near death in a shell hole, regains consciousness and asks where he is. His comrades mislead him to County Mayo, Ireland, and he then declares, Thank God Home Rule at last.
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Pat
Erin
County Mayo
Ireland
South Broadway to be paved in concrete
South Broadway property owners met and agreed to pave from 12th to 18th street. The first block will be 60 feet wide, remaining blocks 40 feet, all in concrete. A committee of R. E. Haynes, J. W. Hays, B. H. Ep person, and Frank Meadors will work with the commissioners.
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South Broadway
12Th
18Th Street
R. E. Haynes
J. W. Hays
B. H. Epperson
Frank Meadors
Whales Walked Before Adapting to Sea Life
Professor d Arcy Thompson, authority on fishes, spoke at the Royal Institution in London on whales. He argued the whale ancestor had four feet or fins and that the two hind ones dwindled away, with ancient ancestors walking like seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
d’Arcy Thompson
Royal Institution
London
Captain Webster Spoke at Ada Methodist Church
Captain M M Webster, recent returnee from the French front, spoke at the Ada Methodist church recounting eleven months abroad. He described conditions in France and Germany and urged support for the Centenary movement, noting local blindness to Protestant Christian teaching.
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M. M. Webster
Ada
France
Germany
Webster
Stratford
Stratford Miss Goodwin Guest of Mrs McKinley
Miss Lyndone Goodwin of Stratford was weekend guest of Mrs B K McKinley. She recently returned from New York where she studied music. Baptist ladies served lemon snow on cake at Mrs Land's former stand Saturday afternoon and evening and enjoyed her piano selections.
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Lyndone Goodwin
Stratford
Partnership Returns Must Be Filed Soon
Oklahoma City May 16 Part nerships and personal service corporations must file Form 1065. The filing deadline extended to June 15 1919. Penalty for late return can reach 1000. Returns of information on form 1096 1099 required for 1000 or more paid to individuals.
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Oklahoma City
Partnership and Personal Service Corporation
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Hubert le Bolen
Okla
Bolen
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
Guardian petitions sale of real estate for minor ward
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma a guardianship matter for Willie Ergin Anderson requests court approval to sell ward property. Hearing set for June 19 1919 at 10 AM. kin and interested parties must appear. Personal service required. Copy to be published three weeks in Ada Weekly News. Judge Orel Busby.
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State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Willie Ergin Anderson
Tom Anderson
Ward
Ada Weekly News
Ada
Oklahoma
McKeown Visits Tishomingo to Shake Hands
Congressman Tom D. McKeown of Ada visited Tishomingo last Thursday to meet local residents. He said he stopped by to greet the boys and gauge support before any planned address, drawing praise from friends in Johnston County.
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Tom D. McKeown
Ada
Tishomingo
Tom
McKeown
Johnston County
Ada Sees 60-100 Inch Rainfall From Sunday Night
Observer MacMillan reports Ada recorded a reinfall of Sunday night measuring between 60 and 100 inches. The note highlights an unusually heavy precipitation amount for the area.
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MacMillan
Ada
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A. R. Lewis
Department of Public Health
State Medical Association of Texas
Waco
Texas
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