Okmulgee Defeats Ada 14 to 0 In Hard-Fought Gridiron
Ada high school fell to Okmulgee 14 to 0 on the local grounds in a tight game. Ada showed vim and several passes but could not cross the line as the visitors surged early with two first-half scores. Second half featured Ada rallies but no scoring before the final whistle. Proceeds benefited the American Legion boys and the high school athletic fund.
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Ada High School
Okmulgee
Ada Boys
Ada
Okmugee
American Legion Boys
High School Athletic Fund
Okmulgee Pos
Ada Rolle Pececconhicciensiets
Derrick Baldwin
McKendree Eger Burks
Beahiiceans Ginmannbindnea Laird
Cnccnmsiinanadode Gatlins Robinson
Ferris
Pais Ca
Harrison Petscroom
Eames
Derrick Lawhead
Crawford
Southerland
Meadows
Krieger
White
Price
Newton
Kennedy
Rayburn
Wray
Missouri U
Brown
Wabash
Guest Brothers Advertise With Aerial Bills
Guest Brothers announce a big sale at Guest Brothers store for fifteen days starting Friday. An airplane will drop large flyers over the city to reach every neighborhood, promoted by a special salesman.
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Guest Brothers
Turkey Gobblers Living High but Just Wait
Two million turkeys across Virginia Kentucky and Texas are fattening for Thanksgiving as prices appear reasonable this year. The birds, bronze and blue, grow unaware of their looming fate on November 25 and continue to roam meadows and roost in trees with quiet ease.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Texas
Life is full of jobs for the girl who expects her flowers
A Daily Oklahoma sample riff on unrealistic expectations describes a girl waiting for perfect flowers, a man to act like movie heroes, a servant to be flawless, and a husband to be endlessly romantic.
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Daily Oklahoman
Currie Leads New Drive for Five Million for McGill
General Sir Arthur Currie headlines a fundraising campaign seeking 5 000 000 for McGill University. The effort notes wartime losses and McGill’s wartime output, with R B Angus as honorary chairman and E W Beatty of the CPR active chair. A 150 member committee from Montreal business circles backs the drive.
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Sir Arthur Currie
Canada
Arthur Currie
France
McGill University
McGill
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
McGill General Hospital
Ical
R. B. Angus
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
G. C. McDonald
William Osler
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Oxford
Plum pudding and mince pies set to season’s table
Ada grocers report plum pudding time is here with Thanksgiving and Christmas near. Candied fruits, nuts, and cranberries appear on shelves. fresh produce like tomatoes remains scarce while sugar prices keep confections high. Turkey prices run 45 to 50 cents a pound, similar to last year.
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Ada Grocers
Ada
Plain Living and Square Dealing: Hardings Remedy for America
President elect Harding urged plain living and square dealing in New Orleans, calling for sanity, honesty, and cooperation as the nation faces postwar readjustment. He said a simple living America would strengthen both material wellbeing and national resolve, stressing thrift and productive labor as keys to civilization. He proposed stronger commercial ties with Latin America and continued industrial development in the South.
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Harding
America
Associated Press
New Orleans
United States
New Oreleans Association of Commerce
South
Latin America
Elect
Texas
Panama Canal Zone
Won't Visit Mexico On Harding Canal Zone Voyage
President elect Harding will not stop at a Mexican port en route to the Canal zone. Mexican officials urged a call there but no announcement was made and it is understood the schedule could not accommodate a port call without disrupting the shipping line.
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Mexico
Associated Press
New Orleans
Harding
Canal Zone
Mr. Harding
Cristobal
Fire Threatens Palm Garden and Hardware Store
A fire from a defective flue caused ceiling damage at the Palm Garden confectionery. Firefighters shorted Coffman Bobbitt and Sparks hardware store next door, extinguishing the blaze with minor damage to shelves and the roof after the power was shut off.
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Palm Garden
Coffman, Bobbitt and Sparks’ Hardware
Oklahoma Republicans to Take Office January 10
Oklahoma state officials chosen in the recent general election will take office January 10, the second Monday in January per the state constitution. Oath takers include four supreme court justices, a criminal court judge, and a corporation commissioner. The U S senator and congressmen will assume office after March 4 unless a late session is called. The new state legislature starts January 4, the first Tuesday, marking the first work by state officers post election.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Criminal Court of Appeals
United States
Congress
Harding
Young Mexican Tries Twice At Same Time In Court
Miguel Gutierrez, 17, faced two juries in a single trial day in San Antonio with eleven indictments total. He pleaded guilty to six cases, each theft over $50, with two juries determining punishments concurrently at two years per case, to be served concurrently for a two year total.
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San Antonio
Tex
Thirty-Seventh District Court
W. S. Anderson
Miguel Guitierrez
Miguel
Poor Bidding at Street Auction Ends Sale
At the Main and Broadway auction corner in Ada the sale stopped Saturday after two horses and a team of mules were sold for prices showing the crowd of farmers and spectators did not come to buy livestock. Several other animals were kept back due to poor prices and no definite reason was given for the waning interest. A large Saturday crowd lingered in town while stores saw brisk shopping.
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Main and
Broadway
Ada
Vice President Marshall Speaks in Ada Oklahoma
Thomas R. Marshall Vice President of the United States arrived in Ada at 11 40 AM and spoke at the Normal auditorium under Redpath Lyceum bureau. Mrs Marshall accompanied him. Lions Club hosted luncheon at Harris hotel and presented a bouquet and honorary membership.
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Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Ada
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Marshall
Santa Fe
John Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Wimbish
Lions Club
Thomas Hope
Ladies Auxilliary
Harris Hotel
The
Harris
Mr. Marshall
Adam
Oklahoma
Norman
Ardmore
Lions Club of
Boquet
Norwegian laureate Knut Hamsun wins world literature prize
The 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Knut Hamsun, a Norwegian writer. Hamsun, formerly a Chicago horse car conductor, was dismissed from that job for reading books during business hours instead of ringing fares.
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Oil City
Knut Hamesun
Chicago
Federal Reserve Official Backs Livestock Stabilization Meeting
J Z Miller Jr governor of the Kansas City federal reserve bank announced sending a letter to J H Mercer Topeka Kansas livestock commissioner commending Mercers suggestion that officials hold a meeting to discuss stabilizing the livestock industry.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
J. Z. Miller Jr
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
J. H. Mercer
Topeka
Kansas
Mercer
Federal Reserve Bank
No man would hesitate to marry an angel and then expect her
A humorous quip from the Daily Oklahoman notes that a man would marry an angel yet demand she redo halos and dust with her wings, illustrating playful views on wifely duties.
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Daily Oklahoman
Up to Date. A self-starter wife opinion piece
A quoted exchange argues wives respond quickly to any sign of trouble. The remark contrasts a reactive wife with a self-starter, suggesting she initiates action rather than waits for the husband to prompt concerns. The tone resembles opinion commentary from a period publication.
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Okmulgee Io Downs
Arts BuiLpine
Msgill University
Ew.beatty KC
Arthur GL Currie
BA Angus
Mrs. Marshall
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