Oklahoma cotton sample praised for long fiber and early maturity
R F Wilborn showcases Blocker cotton on his McCurtain County farm noting 13 to 16 inch fibers and strong short season performance. It won first and second ribbons at the state fair and is favored for boll weevil conditions in Oklahoma. Pecan advice stresses land conditioning terracing moisture, organic matter, and cover crops for healthy establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Wilborn
Blocker
Mr. Blocker
McCurtain County
Mr. Wilborn
Oklahoma
Blackwell
Farm and Animal Care Notes Mix in Historic Field Guide
Practical tips cover flea treatment for pets using creolin baths and powders, and advice on frost proof crops like cabbage and lettuce for Oklahoma. Seasonal planting, cold frame overwintering, and spacing guidance aim to prevent rot and frost damage, with notes on temp tolerance and protective coverings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Cotton futures close steady with gains in New Orleans
New Orleans on October 1 reports cotton futures closing steady with gains of 33 to 34 points. Spots also steady with 36 points rise. sales reach 13,021 bales. Prices listed: low middling 17.18, middling 18.68, good middling 19.08. receipts 1,744 and stock 197,654.
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New Orleans
Winter Terracing Program for Soil Protection
Farmers and landowners in the southwest are urged to adopt terracing after evidence of soil erosion from runoff. Modern graders ease the job, and widespread winter terracing could conserve soil and raise yields, with landowners providing the relief themselves.
Market declines resume with widespread stock drops
New York October 1 The liquidation movement again dominates trading with many issues down 10 to 40 points and several down 3 points or more. U S Steel steadies the market late with a 5 point rise while Auburn Auto gains 11 and Radio adds 4. Total volume around 4.1 million shares.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel
Confi Dence
Auburn Auto
Livestock Market Report From Oklahoma City
Livestock prices in Oklahoma City show cattle and calves mixed with steady to lower trends. Cattle demand remains cautious as buyers seek lower prices with yearlings around 11.09 to 12.60 and fat cows 7.25 to 8.00. hogs trade weaker with top around 9.60 to 9.65 and best truckers near 9.40.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Slows With Mixed Hogs and Cattle
Hogs total 10 000 with 350 direct sales. prices softened 25 cents for medium and light hogs while heavies did not sell. Top hog price 9 85 on choice 26092 30 pounds. Cattle show calves strong to steady with native fed steers and yearlings barely steady. cows and vealers mixed. lambs and sheep around steady to slow.
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Kansas City
U.s.ca
Market Prices Reported for Butter Poultry and Eggs
Kansas City markets list butter creamery 47 cents large quantities 46 cents butter fat 34.4 cents packing butter 29.4 cents. Poultry prices show hens 22 cents broilers 22 cents roosters 22 cents.
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Kansas City
Grain and Cotton Markets See Mixed Turn in Early October
In Chicago wheat prices fell slightly amid market volatility though North American export business showed renewed activity with 750000 bushels destined for trans-Atlantic shipment. World wheat supplies rose to 414998000 bushels. Cotton in New Orleans and New York rose on storm fears and rain forecasts with December near 118.80 and March around 119.14, as traders weighed crop damage risk and private crop tips.
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Re Grain
Chicago
New Orleans
Georgia
Carolinas
New York
Unclear Historical Note on Owen Hich Cancellations
Fragmentary OCR mentions Owen Hich with dates 1893 to 1914 and 1893 to 1911, noting Prev. Close 18580. Lack of context prevents a clear event or entities beyond these numeric references.
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Owen Hich
Low
Spot cotton steady middling 019.15 in New York
The market reports spot cotton steady with middling grade priced at 19.15 cents per pound in New York on October 1. The brief note records a stable tone for the commodity without holding or futures context.
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New York
Allen Scout barbecue set at Busby home near Allen
Allen area Boy Scouts report a fine meeting led by Scout master Walter Olivo and committee member J K Malone. Five scouts will be ready for first class badges at the October 5 barbecue at Judge and Mrs Orel Busby s summer home off the Allen Ada highway three to four miles west of Allen.
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Allen
Walter Olivo
Fred Perry
J. K. Malone
Orel Busby
Ada
Pontotoc County
Boy Scouts
New Allen Highway
Wm. Pece
Judge Busby
Convention Hall
Jude
Ashby Perry
Southern Lines
Muscle Shoals
Wilson Dam
Florence
Ala
R. W. Simpson
Court of Honor
Chattanooga
Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Perry
Prof
A. M. Wallace
Clay Floyd
Wayne Fowler
Morcan Wood
Paul Jackson
Ned Rogers
Owl Patrol
Hughey Brewington
Screech Owl Patrol
Homer Sarrett Jr
Bob White
Asbury Methodist Church
Knight
Bobby McClure
Muriel Burke
Dennis Williams
J. C. Emerson
Homer Peay
Roy Meek
Dan Proctor
Herman Hamilton
Washington
F J Gentry Former road official dies at Enid
Enid mourns French J. Gentry 62 pioneer booster of good roads and first state highway commission member who died at his home. He built six lumber yards in Grant and Garfield counties and opened the first automobile agency in Enid in 1906. His health declined after a heart attack while serving on the highway commission during Governor Trapp's era. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
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Enid
French J. Gentry
First
State Highway Commission
Gentry
Highway Commission
M. E. Trapp
Grant
Garfield
J. C. Walton
Acquittal in Slaying of Clay Tracy At Ada
Floyd Mosely of Oklahoma City was acquitted by a district court jury in Pawhuska of the murder of Clay Tracy of Ada. The jury deliberated since Tuesday night after Mosely admitted the slaying but pleaded self defense. Tracy’s mutilated body was found in western Osage county near Ponca City last April.
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Pawhuska
Floyd Mosely
Oklahoma
Cleveland
Jesse L. Worren
Mosely
Breedlove Given Maximum Term
Jack Breedlove, former Tulsa traffic officer, was sentenced to seven years in prison for the acid attack that disfigured Ila Condon. Judge Luther James praised the verdict but lamented a heavier sentence was not possible. Breedlove, unmoved, was remanded to county jail. a new trial motion was overruled.
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Tulsa
Jack Breedlove
Ila Condon
Luther James
James
Breeclove
Fresdloves
Stonewall Scout Troop Plans Meeting Space and Library
Mr and Mrs Carl Marsh Miss Arzella Isaacson Miss Ester Wellborne Miss Helen Sarrett and scouts Stanley McSwain Floyd Highfill Marshall Pitts James Cathey and Mack Tipton are involved. Scoutmaster Gene Birge aided by Prof Clifford Elliot will organize room repairs and a small library for Troop 22 Stonewall aims for a Washington trip with eager boys.
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Carl Marsh
Arzella Isaacson
Ester Wellborne
Helen Sarrett
Stanley McSwain
Floyd Highfill
Marshall Pitts
James Cathey
Mack Tipton
Stonewall Troop
Gene Birge
Clifford Elliot
Stonewall
Elliot
Washington
Cool Weather Shifts Duck Season Opening Date
Weather and calendar changes irritate local duck hunters as opening day moves to mid October. Early migrations prompt reports of ducks seen and mallards hoped to linger. The game department notified hunters of the date shift and altered licenses accordingly.
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State Game and Fish Department
Court upholds several manslaughter and liquor rulings
The Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals affirming four year manslaughter terms for Henry Romines and J T Smith, plus two year term for Roy Ansley. It also upholds convictions for possession of liquor and stills, with reversals for Thurman Harter and Jack Hunter due to insufficient evidence. other cases involve receiving stolen property and related fines. The opinions cover Payne, Comanche, Choctaw, McIntosh, and Nowata counties.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Comanche County
Henry Romines
Snyder
Margaret Stephens
J. T. Stephens
Lawton
Shadrick
Rosinganna
J. T. Smith
Choctaw County
Smith
Gennie Ray
Robert R. Jordan
John L. Neason
Payne County
Jack Penrod
Joe Schram
Comanehe County
Thurman Harter
McIntosh County
Jack Hunter
Canadian
Earl Doyle
Nowata County
Convicts Escape Through Tunnel At Wynne Farm
Seventeen or more convicts escaped from the Wynne state prison farm after tunneling from a kitchen floor and surfacing outside the fence. Authorities pursued with bloodhounds as four men believed to be involved seized an automobile on the Phelps road.
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Huntsville
Texas
Shire
Grimes County
Here
Wynne State
Phelps Road
Sherift’s
E. F. Harrell
State Penitentiary
Sighnt
Extension Work To Be Offered In Ada
President A Linscheid announces a meeting in Room 56 Administration Building Monday evening September 36 for teachers in Ada area interested in organizing undergraduate extension classes.
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Pres. A. Linscheid
Ada
Shearer Before Senate Probers
Washington September 30 William B Shearer observer for American shipbuilders at the 1927 Geneva naval conference testified before a Senate committee that no American delegate wished the Parley to fail and that only one member allegedly opposed an agreement He defended parity with Britain and cited naval intelligence data as key to his position saying the conference did not break up by his actions.
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Shearer
Joseph M. Reeves
Drew Pearson
Geneva
United States
Washington
William B. Shearer
Senate
Shortridge
Senator Shortridge
Great Britain
Japan
Ambassador Gibson
Hundreds Taken in Dragnet Raids Across Chicago Suburbs
About 450 people were arrested in weekend raids targeting liquor, vice, and gambling in Chicago and Calumet City. Pat Roche led Calumet City operations as officials criticized the suburb’s law enforcement, with crowds of around 1,090 following the raids and calls for cleanup.
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Chicago
Calumet City
John A. Swanson
Pat Roche
Swanson
John Jaranowski
Cook County
Roche
Clashes With Shortridge During Geneva Conference Testimony
William B. Shearer told a senate committee he could reveal more in 34 minutes than 30 years. He had been paid 25000 by three U.S. shipbuilding firms for representing them at the 1927 Geneva conference on naval limitations. He clashed with Chairman Shortridge over procedure as the inquiry began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shortridge
Washington
William B. Shearer
Senate
Shearer
State law voided by court in Oklahoma tax ruling
The U S circuit court of appeals upheld Judge Edgard S. Vaudt in ruling that Oklahoma's foreign corporation license fee of 1 per 1900 dollars of invested capital is unconstitutional under the fourth amendment. The suit by Shaffer Oil Refining American Petroleum Barnsdall Texas companies against the tax was sustained.
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ST. Louis
Sept
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert A. Lewis
Edgard S. Vaudht
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Vaught
Shaffer Oil and Refining Company
American Petroleum Corporation
Barnsdall Oil Company
Texas Company
Oklahoma Ebey bill faces Supreme Court review over tax method
Oklahoma state officials said appeals to the United States Supreme Court will be taken from circuit court rulings on the Ebey bill, a 1923 measure altering foreign corporation license tax to one per thousand based on assets used in the state, while domestic tax stays 54 cents per thousand. Four foreign firms sued, with 161 suits pending. The Vaught decision was issued last July.
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Oklahoma City
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Fred Hanson
Hanson
Fall seeks double jeopardy dismissal of bribery case
Former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall plans to ask the District of Columbia supreme court to drop the Elk Hills bribery indictment as double jeopardy. He will appear before Justice William Hitz with counsel Frank J. Hogan to press the motion after the October trial date. The case centers on a $100,000 bribe from Edward L. Doheny for the Elk Hills lease, following a joint trial where Fall and Doheny were acquitted of conspiracy.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Elk Hills
Calif
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Fall
William Hitz
Frank J. Hogan
Edward L. Doheny
Elk Hill
Doheney
Lawton Man Dies in Auto Accident Near Union City
El Reno report states CAP-SR Rankin, 75, of Lawton died from injuries after his car skidded on a flat tire and overturned three miles north of Union City. His wife Mrs Rankin, 70, sustained injuries while driving from Cherokee to their home. In a separate crash near El Reno Isabel Fike, daughter of Mr and Mrs John C Fike, was slightly hurt when glass cut her amid a collision between two cars.
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EL Reno
S. R. Rankin
Lawton
Union City
Greatest Results for the amount invested News Classified ads
Classified notices highlight high-value returns from investments and local services. Readers encounter bargain opportunities, financial tips, and small-business promotions reflecting economic activity and consumer interest in maximizing value.
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UF Appeals Court
Monroe Whitehead
Ruth White
A. T. Nichols
Etchieson
Kan
Myrtle Cromwell
Ada Mose Vinson
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Citra
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Effie Harper
James H. White
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