Wire pranks upend Oklahoma hotel crowd and typhoid case ties
The Muskogee lobby scene sees Otis Weaver and L R Clark bit by a wire hoax as juror Harry Waldron escapes. A separate Kansas case links Dr. B C Hyde to the Swope family mystery, including typhoid outbreaks, with Hyde indicted on eleven counts and charges of medical poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Press Gang
Turner Hotel
Muskogee
Otis Weaver
Western Union
Otis
Chrisman
Dr. Hyde
Colonel Swope
Margaret Swope
Dr. Twyman
Swope
Hyde Set for Third Trial Over Swope Murder
Dr. B. Clark Hyde faces a third trial in Kansas City on the murder charge of Colonel Thomas H. Swope. The State may seek another postponement as US Senator J. A. Reed remains in Washington. If delayed, trial may not occur until after Congress adjourns. Hyde was convicted in 1910 and sentenced to life, a new trial granted last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Waldron
Reed
B. Clark Hyde
Swope
Thomas H. Swope
Colonel Swope
Hyde
Dr. Hyde
Kansas City
Criminal Court
United States
J. A. Reed
Washington
Congress
Private money to lend on five year mortgages
Private lender offers five year mortgage loans on good lands and farms in Pontotoc County. Helps buyers purchase homes and stop renting, with loans often covering nearly full land value. Loans on unallotted lands bought at government sale, no requirement to pay lands out, saving taxes and interest. Write with full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Summer term enrollment at East Central Normal grows fast
The East Central Normal Summer Term opens with about 150 teachers enrolled in person plus 40 by mail, projecting 250 to 300 by midweek and a term total near 500. Lectures run daily 10 to 11 AM on current subjects. County officials attend as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Supt
Newman
Murray County
Miss Daniels
Garvin County
S. P. Smith
Coal County
Kawood
E. H. Durham
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Quick Flesh Repair
In medicine there is no healing remedy faster for flesh repair than BALLARD's SNOW LINIMENT. It heals cuts wounds sprains scalds and rheumatism with extraordinary penetrating power. Prices 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by Ramsey Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Ramsey Drug
Baccalaureate Address at Southeastern State Normal
Dr. Murdough, principal, will deliver the baccalaureate address in the Durant normal auditorium at 8 30 this evening. The senior class will receive diplomas from President Briles. The graduates include Nannie Hendersort Kate McKeown Muriel Wright Effie Bray A C Bray Ray H Palmer and William Buttram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdough
Southeastern State Normal of
Durant
Normal
Briles
Nannie Hendersort
Kate McKeown
Muriel Wright
Effie Bray
A. C. Bray
Ray H. Palmer
William Buttram
Notice to file old claims for judgment in Pontotoc County
Citizens with old claims against Pontotoc County must present them to the county attorney before June 1 to be reduced to judgment. M. L. Hunt, Chairman of the Board, notes this procedure aims to place claims in proper form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Aiken Bill Fight Takes Local Turn
J F McKeel returned from Oklahoma City where he attended the Ai ken bill controversy hearing. He said the fight to defeat the bill appears won with many discrepancies and crooked petitions surfacing. A Pontotoc county man known to oppose Aiken's proposition heads one petition. State school supporters feel Brearty aided the prospects for defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. McKeel
Oklahoma City
Breatty
Aiken
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Quick Healing
Barbed wire cuts and ragged wounds heal quickly with Ballard's Snow Liniment which is described as healing and antiseptic. Pack sizes priced at 25e 50c and 1.00 per bottle and sold by Ramsey Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Ramsey Drug Co
Murray and Morris Tie The Knot In Arkansas Oklahoma Union
On Wednesday at 3 30 p m Asa C Murray of Stuart Oklahoma and Gladys May Morris of Bennett Arkansas wed at Mrs Fields home on 14th street with Rev C Stubblefield performing the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa C. Murray
Stuart
Oklahoma
Gladys May Morris
Bennett
Arkansas
Rev. C. Stubblefield
Pain Relief Prompt for Rheumatism with Liniment
An advertisement urges readers to cure rheumatism by applying Chamberlains Liniment and massaging the affected areas at each use. Sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Foster-Deal Nuptials at 15th and Cherry
Yesterday at 3 o clock Mr J G Foster and Miss Nora Deal wed at Rev W J Shipman home at 15th and Cherry with Shipman officiating. Both are known in Ada and Pontotoc county with Foster a former Allen school teacher and Deal teaching there this year. They will set up housekeeping in Ada and attend the summer normal. News congratulates the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Foster
Nora Deal
W J. Shipman
15Th
Cherry
Mr. Shipman
Ada
Pontotoc County
Foster
Allen
Oklahoma Editors Open 21st State Press Meeting in Muskogee
Oklahoma editors gather for the twenty first annual State Press Association meeting in Muskogee Oklahoma. The opening program includes an invocation by Bishop Thurston welcomes from Mayor Miller and John Gobbie of Guthrie a keynote by Horace Sheppard of Altus and an afternoon cost congress. Bishop Hoss will speak tomorrow on The Moral Influence of Newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
State Press Association
Thurston
Miller
Spaulding
Hoss
M. E. Church, South
Healthy kidneys need care says Ada reader advice
Ada reader urges proper kidney care noting the kidneys filter blood and warn that colds fevers or exposure can irritate and congest their work. Claiming 75 years of use Dean's Kidney Pills are recommended by J W Bowling of Ada and sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Ada
J. W. Bowling
Broadway
Oklahoma
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Senior Glass Leaves Memento From 1912 East Central State Normal
The graduating class of 1912 presents a sculptural memorial for the alma mater placed on the left wall of the main corridor measuring eight feet by 27 inches. The relief, a replica of Thornwaldsen's Freize from the Quirinal Palace, echoes Phidias and Alexander entering Babylon with ivory tones and bold chariots and horsemen, with the class name on the lower border and a tribute that beauty is a joy forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State Normal
Napoleon
Rome
Thornwaldsen
Quirinal Palace
Phidias
Alexander
Babylon
National Museum
Copenhagen
Galveston Causeway Dedicated and Opened Today
The Galveston Causeway was formally dedicated in a public celebration with delegations from Texas cities. The 10,642 foot structure links Galveston Island to the mainland, carries railroad and interurban tracks and roads, and cost 31.5 million after three years of construction following the 1900 disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
America
Texas
Galveston Island
Chamberlain’s Tablets Endorsement from Newburg Junction
A testimonial from Darius Downey of Newburg Junction N B praises Chamberlain's Tablets as very effective for stomach and bowel troubles. The ad urges readers with similar issues to try the product, noting it is sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Darius Downey
Newburg Junction
N. B
Keystone Bank Robbed Near Tulsa by Safe Blast
Early Wednesday a burglary at Keystone Bank in Keystone Oklahoma eighteen miles west of Tulsa, at Pawnee county edge, saw robbers blow the safe with nitro glycerine and escape with 2000 dollars. Rancher Tom Jordan was killed in March 1911 during a Keystone bank robbery attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Bank of
Keystone
Pawnee County
Tom Jordan
Collinsville
Herbine Liver Purifier Restores Rosy Health
Sallow complexions due to torpid liver improve with Herbine which purifies and strengthens the liver and bowels and restores a rosy bloom to the cheek. Price 50c. Sold by the Ramsey Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey Drug Co
Lame Back Treated by Chamberlain Liniment
Advertises Chamberlain's Liniment as remedy for rheumatism causing backache. Claims product relieves pain and is available from all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Texas Expects Big Grain Crop
Texas grain dealers meeting in Fort Worth predict bumper grain crops for the Southwest this year as the four teenth annual Texas association gathering convenes for three days with James C. Hunt of Wichita Falls presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Southwest
Texas Grain Dealers
James C. Hunt
Wichita Falls
Chambriain's Cough Remedy Gains Popularity
The text touts rising sales and testimonials for Chambriain's Cough Remedy. It urges readers with coughs or colds to try it and notes availability from all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambriain
Weeds Grow in Weather and Breed Mosquitoes and Disease
A brief notice reminding householders that weeds prosper in all weather and harbor mosquitoes redbugs and disease. It urges immediate cutting and clearing to protect health.
G W Pearson Wounded While Out Hunting Near Ada
Ada resident G W Pearson, longtime local, was injured Monday while returning from a squirrel hunt near Colbert schoolhouse. He was struck by a heavy jar as he fell on a stump, was unconscious, and is under physician care at the city hall. Pearson has lived in the area for 18 years and has many friends who regret the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbert
Pearsop
G. W. Morton
Pearson
Judge's leg sore cured by bucklen's america salve
Justice Eli Cherry of Gillis Mills Tennessee suffered a persistent leg sore that baffled doctors. He finally used Bucklen's American Salve and was completely cured. The salve, praised for burns ulcers cuts and piles, is sold for 25 cents at Ramsey Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Cherry
Gillis ‘Mills, Tenn
Bucklen
Ramsey Drug Co
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Oklahoma State Bank
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L. R. Clark
Francis
Tarkenton Well Drilling Company
Ada, Oklahoma
Paris
London
Aere
Miadox Drugee Quality
East Central Normal
M. L. Hunt
J.m.stanfield
Twelfth Street
Bill
Murray-Morris
Foster-Deal
Keystone Bank
Tere
G. W. Pearson
City Hall
Mr. Pearson
Fred F. Brydia Co
M. & P. State Bank
Ada, Okla
Pontotoc
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