Denison Escapes Mob But Is Captured Near Macon
Jim Denison, a Black man sentenced to death for alleged assault on a white woman, fled from Wilkinson county jail after a negligent-escape auto crash. He was recaptured six miles from Irwinton and jailed in Bibb county, with execution set for June 16. An auto wreck spared him mob wrath as authorities pursued the escape.
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Macon
Jim Denison
Wilkinson County
Irwinton
Bibb County
Denison
Georgia
Latta School Announces Strong Teacher Lineup for Next Year
Latta consolidated schools report a successful year with a top notch teaching staff. Former superintendent Gillerman returns as grammar school principal with Jala Guin Likie Wauson and Grace Bertram resuming roles. High school gains Blanche Petty and superintendent Morgan. Transfers require written applications by June 1.
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Latta Consolidated School
W. A. Morgan
Gillerman
Phillips University
Jala Guin
East Central Teachers College
Likie Wauson
Grace Bertram
Latta
Blanche Petty
Oklahoma A. & M
Supt. Morgan
East Central
Walter Simmons
The Weather and Cotton Situation From Oklahoma Experts
An open letter from Hardy Dial urges Oklahoma cotton farmers to delay planting to May 1–15 or even June 1–15 to save seed and labor, avoid boll weevil harm, and achieve faster maturity. Dial argues late planting can yield a fair to splendid crop if weather cooperates, warns early planting invites pests, and invites readers to request guidance from him.
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Hardy Dial
Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Sheriff seeks order to restrain selling of alleged wet car
County sheriff Bob Duncan filed in district court a petition to restrain O D McKinney and others from selling an automobile tied to the state’s case against George Rowe for alleged grand larceny. Rowe’s preliminary hearing is set for June 5 before Justice H J Brown. McKinney also filed a replevin suit for possession of the car.
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O. D. McKinney
George Rowe
Bob Duncan
Rowe
Justice of the Peace
H. J. Brown
McKinney
Duncan
Pontotoc County
B. M. Green
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gul Railway
Green
Tupelo
Allen
Pinchot Extends Lead Over Alter In Pennsylvania Primary
In Philadelphia on May 20 Gif Ford Pinchot held a 12 001 vote lead over Attorney General George E Alter for the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania as the count from Tuesday's primary began.
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Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
George E. Alter
Pennsylvania
Longlife Pontotoc County Pioneer J C Hill 93
J C Hill at 93 is the county’s oldest man living two miles north of Ada. Born in 1829 in Tennessee he and his wife moved to Texas in 1849, living in Hunt and Wise counties before years in Oklahoma. He served in the 32nd Texas Cavalry, was captured at Corinth, and released in 1865. He has 110 descendants and witnessed four wars and vast state growth.
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Pontotoc County
J. C. Hill
J. W. Balthrop
H. R. Whitson
Ada
Tennessee
Texas
Hunt County
Wolf City
Wise County
Hill
Oklahoma
32Nd
Texas Cavalry
Corinth
Mississippi
Camp Douglas
Illinois
Chicago
Mr. Hill
Andrew Jackson
United States
California
Empire State
Indian Territory
Market Report on Live Hens Eggs and Butterfat
Chicago reports rising live hen prices slow due to early laying and setting. Dressed poultry remains strong with prices near current levels. Egg production is normal with larger storage and softer demand. Butterfat production is normal. heavy demand supports some gains but storage surplus may push values lower. Swift & Company.
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Chicago
Swift & Company
Tobacco Growers Association in Kentucky Gains Ground
A Kentucky paper reports the tobacco growers association organized last year and handling much of the 1921 crop. Modeled after Oklahoma cotton growers, the group says it ends tobacco trust control and is succeeding. Membership is listed at 58,000.
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Kentucky
Tobacco Growers Association
Cotton Growers
Oklahoma
Tobacco Trust
A. and M. College Unveils 15000-Egg Incubator
The institution debuts a 15 000 egg incubator claimed as the state's largest. The first setting yielded a 74 percent hatch. Designer Lark Cassel a Grady county student and Prof. Harry Embleton of poultry husbandry led the project.
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A. and M. College
Lark Cassel
Grady County
Harry Embleton
Largest Oklahoma strawberry patch near Broken Bow yields harvest
The 100 acre patch in McCurtain County near Broken Bow ships more than six carloads of berries this season. It employs 200 laborers and also uses a number of school children part time.
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Oklahoma
Broken Bow
McCurtain County
Strawberry varieties and orchard notes from Sherwood Hill
The writer notes Aroma strawberries are very fine and mentions Sherwood Hill once had five acres at the Ada edge. He reports setting out much of the patch in this berry and being pleased. Most of his crop is Egg bearing, good for a long bearing season but not as large as Aromas.
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Sherwood Hill
Ada
Ice factory manager spurs plant and grounds upgrades
Roy Givens oversees extensive improvements at the ice factory. Flowers and vines brighten the grounds as junk is cleared. New machinery and a large storage house boost ice output while the ice cream factory is rebuilt. A vault near zero stores cream for hot days. A creamery is planned if cream production in the trade area proves profitable.
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Roy Givens
Givens
Oklahoma Crop Notes Reports Varied Weather Across Week
Oklahoma City May 20 The past week brought mixed conditions with cloudiness light scattered showers and sun as farmers monitor crop progress and potential yields across the region.
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Oklahoma
City
Freight Tables Cut 10 Percent Nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered about a ten percent reduction in freight rates effective July 1 after a nationwide inquiry into rate structures. The cuts vary by region: 14% in the East, 13 1 2% in the West, and 12 1 2% in the South and Mountain Pacific area. Passenger and Pullman charges remain unchanged. Agricultural products are largely exempt, with prior voluntary and last fall reductions to be substituted where applicable.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Territory
Western Territory
Southern
Mountain Pacific
United States
New England
Little Still Nabbed by County Officers in Raid at Fitzhugh
County deputies Henry Whitson and Byars Chapman with city officer Lee West raided Joe McCracken’s farm two miles north of Fitzhugh and seized a still and two barrels of mash. Sheriff Bob Duncan stated this raid is the first fruitful liquor bust since a deserted still was found near Ada a week ago.
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Coury Court
Joe McCracken
Fitzhugh
Henry Whitson
Byars Chapman
Lee West
Bob Duncan
McCracken
Duncan
Ada
Dwight Mission to Reopen at Marble City
The Dwight Mission, a Presbyterian Indian school near Marble City, announces reopening after a 1917 fire that killed eleven Indian boys and destroyed most equipment. The board of curators declares it the oldest of its kind west of the Mississippi.
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Marble City
Dwight Mission
Board of Curators
Mississippi
Hydrophobia Germs Found in Dog Head Near Ada
Positive hydrophobia evidence found in the head of a dog that bit two boys aged six and ten, children of W. W. Masters, four miles north of Ada. County Physician I L Cummings reports the Oklahoma City state bacteriologist made the examination and serum treatment for the children will begin tomorrow.
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W. W. Masters
Ada
I. L. Cummings
Oklahoma City
Gutter Flushed By Fine Whisky in Texas Clean Up
Liquor valued at 8000 dollars was seized and poured into the gutter by Ranger citizens in Ranger Texas. Over 300 quarts of whiskey, 20 gallons of barrel whisky, two cases of imported champagne, 160 gallons of white mule and 546 pints of choc beer were washed away with a fire department hose. Thirteen quarts were seized at a store with smaller amounts elsewhere. Samples are secured in a bank vault as evidence of a local clean-up push led by Rotary Club, Ku Klux Klan, Lions Club and others. Fifteen citizens and one policeman took part. Cleve Barnes and Harry Atwood were later released on 2000 dollar bonds. Leon Wilson and Jack Carpenter on 500 each.
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Ranger
Tex
Peoples State Bank
Rotary Club
Ku Klux Klan
Lions Club
Cleve Barns
Harry Atwood
Leon Wilson
Jack Carpenter
Alonzo Davenport
The
Carpenters Union
Central Labor Union
Memorial plot ready for official opening at Rosedale
Ada Cemetery association donated a memorial burial plot to Norman Howard post of the American Legion for local service men who fell in three wars. The 85 by 85 foot plot centers a 25 foot diameter flower emblem and holds about 100 veterans. Luther Harrison will deliver the annual address at the McSwain theatre followed by grave decoration at Rosedale.
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Ada Cemetery Association
Norman Howard Post
American Legion
Rosedale Cemetery
Gilbert F. Polly
Legion
Oklahoma
Luther Harrison
Holdenville
McSwain Theatre
Rosedale
Drowned American Missionaries Among Egypt Sinking Victims
In Brest on May 22 it was reported that Mrs. M L Sibley and Miss W M Boyer American missionaries bound for India were drowned when the British steamship Egypt sank after a collision with the French steamer Seine off Ushant. Nearly 100 others died and 98 are missing with 242 saved.
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Brest
France
M. L. Sibley
W. M. Boyer
India
R. F. Bevan
Egypt
Island of
Ushant
Seipe
W. N. Boyer
Seine
Sibley
Miss Boyer
Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Toledo
Ohio
Aspinwall
One Thousand U S Troops to Stay on Rhine Guard Duty
Coblenz Germany May 29 Representative J Q Tilson with Major General Harbord says about one thousand American troops would remain in the Rhineland to keep the United States represented with the allies in the occupied area.
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Coblenz
Germany
J. Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Harbord
Rhineland
United States
Crowds from three counties to attend Calvin bridge fete
Three counties Hughes Pittsburg and Pontotoc plan large crowds for a Calvin bridge celebration across the South Canadian river. The program includes a AllenCalvin ball game a free barbecue and races boxing a regimental band parade two national guard companies and speeches by Gov. Robertson Judge Owen John Fields R H Wilson highway official B E Clark Tom McKeown and John Whitehurst. The 760 foot four span bridge began April 9 1920 and was completed May 20 1921.
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Hughes
Pittsburg
Pontotoc
Calvin
Ada
Allen
Holdenville
National Guard
J. B. A. Robertson
Thomas H. Owen
John Fields
R. H Wilson
B. E. Clark
Tom D. McKeown
John A. Whitehurst
McAlester
Chamber of Commerce
Olcott Leading Oregon Governor's Primary Nomination
Complete returns from all but 17 precincts and partial tallies from the rest show Governor Ben W. Olcott ahead of state senator Charles Hall by 356 votes in the Republican race for Oregon governor.
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Portland
Ore
Ben W. Olcott
Charles Hall
Marshville
Ada Couple Wed In Holdenville Telegram Notice
Pat Bentley Jr and Miss Mattie Sue Minmier were married today in Holdenville per telegram. Bentley works for MacThwaite Oil and Gas in Ada. Miss Minmier, former East Central Teachers College student, taught last year at Tupelo and will live in Ada after a week in Paris Arkansas.
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Bentley-Minmier
Pat Bentley Jr
Mattie Sue Minmier
Ada
Holdenville
Bentley
MacThwaite Oil and Gas Company
Minmier
East Central Teachers College
Tupelo
Paris
Ark
Murray-Conlee Married in Byrd Hotel Parlor
A marriage ceremony took place at six yesterday evening in the Byrd hotel parlor. Rev. Harry W. Miller united Chas. G. Murray of Hominy and Miss Lois Conlee of Ada in matrimony. They left this morning on the Katy for Hominy, with many friends offering congratulations.
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Murray-Conlee
Byrd Hotel
Harry W. Miller
Chas
G. Murray
Hominy
Lois Conlee
Ada
Murray
Conlee
Katy
Edison Advises U S to Accept Ford Offer
Thomas A Edison urged the U S Senate Agricultural Committee to accept Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals development after a survey of Alabama properties with Ford. The recommendation came during a Washington conference last night.
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Edison
U. S
FORD
Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agricultural Committee
Thomas A. Edison
Alabama
Detroit
Banknotes Invention Attributed To Bank of Sweden In 1640
The article notes that banknotes were invented in 1640 by the Bank of Sweden. It discusses the historical origins of paper currency and Sweden's role in early monetary innovations.
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The
Bank of Sweden
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Negro
Mole
Byron Norrell
Pinchot
Alter
Shreveport
Jefferson
Market Bulletin
Rhine
Olcott
Oregon
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