John Smith case unfolds in dangerous newsroom chase
In a Chicago press room a bum steer about a hitchhiker and a supposed theft spirals into a murder plot. Reporter Morden taunts police while pursuing a hot lead on banker Frank B. Cathay and a shadowy graft tied to Riverview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morden
John Smith
Smith
Detective Bureau
Carsons
Frank B. Cathay
Riverview
Cathay
Frank
B. Cathay
Walnut Avenue
First National Bank
Mary Briggs
Whipple
Cutie
Roy
Guy
Baseball Talk Shows 1887 Series Compared To Today
Oklahoma City resident Burford recalls 1887 Detroit vs St Louis series as longer and different in rules. He notes pitching from a box, catcher positions, and three strikes per batter, with Detroit 10 games to St Louis five. He cites players like Brouthers, Hanlon, Rowe, and Bennett, and Comiskey later owning the White Sox. Also includes local notes on Sunday school, school exams, and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Voklhoma City
George Eyarde Burford
St. Louis
Detroit
Burford
Dan Brouthers
Ed Hanlon
Rowe
Jimmy Rowe
Lucky Baldwin
Charlie Bennett
Bennett
Boston
Charley Comiskey
Bobby Caruthers
Dec’ Bushing
Starling Battery
Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Farmers’ Exchange
Amos E. Oetker
M. E. Ferguson
Oetker
Archie Anderson
Springfield
Pitt births and local visits noted in Vanoss
Vanoss residents report the birth of a 74 pound daughter to Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Pitt. Sunday visits include Jack Spear with Boyd Ponders and others at J. J. Shaw and C. L. Berger households. Regular church events and teaching trips are mentioned with several families hosting and visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Rosebury
Bill Jones
Ellis Large
Dave Watson
A. Doner
Fannie Baker
Marie Johnson
Maud Williams
Hazel Phillips
Ethel Paterson
Ada
Bill Baugh
Jimmie Harrison
Wilburton
Nadine Westervelt
Norman
Miss Haines
Lucille Henson
Edna Jones
Marvin Jones
Clarence Sarters
Imogene Salters
Mary Hoosier
Pierce Odell
Asher
Geneva Langston
Vera Reynolds
Denny
James White
California
Hazel West
Jim Williams
Bill Phillips
Lavern Baxter
Elma Phillips
Marie Griffith
Mary Goodman
Purcell
Edna Thurman
Imogene Bingham
Clara Mae Phillips
First Baptist Church
G. M. Pitt
Jack Spear
Boyd Ponders
J. J. Shaw
Henry Eaves
Carl Tilley
Adella Jones
Florence Standridge
Okmulgee
Bill Richardson
P. J. Richardson
C. C. Wilson
J. W. Owens
Carl Standridge
Clint Sturdevent
Y. C. Horton
Juanita Gaar
J. D. Gaar
Charley Wilson
Ann Owens
Gus Carelton
Board Baptist Church
Lehigh
Messrs
W. J
C. L. Berger
Cuba Childress
Vergie Berger
Yetta
Holdenville
In Memory Martha Grindstaff Dies at 98
Martha Grindstaff died September 23, 1934 at age 98. She is survived by two daughters Mrs. Mary Reeves of Vaness and Mrs. Martha Jane Reeves of Oklahoma City. She was buried in Midland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Shillingby
Fay Bronson
Lockhaven
Philip Lampson
Cincinnati Red
Argyle
Shillingby
Lampson
Shillingley
Decker
Sidney Griff
Martha Grindstaff
Mary Reeves
Vaness
Martha Jane Reeves
Oklahoma City
Grindstaff
Midland
Oil Drive Aims to Stabilize Markets Amid East Texas Tensions
Federal and state authorities mobilize to curb crude and refined product movement as East Texas production draws scrutiny. Courts act on illegal storage near Gladewater Kilgore refineries while Texas proration rules seek to keep output near 20 000 barrels daily under federal caps. In Springfield, youths kidnap rob and shoot during a string of early morning robberies in Billines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
East Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Petroleum Administrative Board
East
Texas
United States Supreme Court
Gregg County
G. W. Smith
Commission
Gladewater-Kilgore
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Carleton
Rime
Price
Charles Morden
Elizabeth Givens
Reeder Street
Thirty-second Avenue
Waters Street
Maple Avenue
George Moffit
Melrose Street
Webster and
Broadway
Carl Wheaton
Wheaton
Monadnock Building
Ninth and Central
Western Avenue
Cypress
Hazel
Thomas Becker
Washington Street
Buddy
Vecker
Sam Greenwood
Griff
Kiff
Carleton Kendrake
NEA Service Ine
Tom Carsons
Be Carsons
Tom
Francis
Cedar Grove
Edd Crews
Morgan
C. E. Thurman
Bill Summers
Maggie Williams
Roff
Wm. Jhones
Konawa
Jhones
Buford A. Merritt
Elmore
E. A. Tipton
Knoxville Tenn
A. E. Kile
Ruby Russell
Ross
E. C. Mitchell
New Mexico
Haskell
Luther Pippin
Wim. Barnett
Otf
2Off
Jake Colson
Kid Cushman
Mr. Parish
Red Wilson
Chas. Jacks of
Anters
Bernice Rucker
Miss Sallie
Vanoss
Billines
Here
Cotton Producers’ Pool
Coleman Sea
Pontotoc
Custom
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