Editor Visits New Field by Byron Norrell in Blue Mound Oklahoma
A field tour in Blue Mound and Sunshine communities explores dairying as a response to boll weevil threats. W. H. Brents leads a ranch visit, noting 400 to 500 acre holdings, water pump challenges, and plans to expand cream shipping and hogs. Local farmers share dairy and stock-raising efforts including Duroc Jerseys and crossbred cattle experiments.
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Byron Norrell
W. H. Brents
Blue Mound
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Sunshine
Mr. Brents
Brents
Travis Hathman
Dick Robinson
Mr. Brenis
Franks
C. J. Jordan
Mr. Jordan
Blue
Jordan
Roff
Ada
Houston Ansell
Ola Unsell
Mr. Ansell
Ansells
Ansell
Charley Hooks
G. A. Pitt
Sunshine School House
Pitt
Mr. Pitt
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas
H. KK
Tinsley
G. M. Pitt
J. M. Thompson
M. Conner
al Nabors
H. D. Lee
Lee
Graveling Work on N Broadway Begins This Week
Construction starts this week on North Broadway from the north end of paving to Rose dale cemetery and the fair grounds. A concrete bridge across the Dark Town creek is a key early phase to reduce dangerous crossings and improve grading and traffic flow along the route.
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North Broadway
Rosedale Cemetery
Fair Grounds
Dark Town
Walter Smith
Normal Players to Meet Edmond in Good Spirit
East Central football coach Thompson forecasts a tough battle as his team travels to face the heavier and more experienced Edmond teachers college eleven. Ada aims to rebound from three hard defeats with renewed training, speed, and accuracy to challenge a longstanding local rival.
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Thompson
East Central
Edmond Teacher’s College
Edmond
Ada
Benefits of the Co operative Marketing System
The piece argues that statewide co operative marketing protects both producers and consumers. It notes fair profits for growers, avoidance of market gluts, and wider distribution. It cautions against speculators and market manipulators harming producers and buyers.
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Co. I. Lewis
Oregon
California
Northwest
Hopkins Slays Wife Then Kills Self In Ada Area
W F Hopkins a 62 year old farmer nine miles southwest of Ada slashed his wife’s throat as she slept killing her instantly. He wounded his son Furman 16 before retreating from the house. Hopkins later killed himself near a creek after officers tracked him. Furman survived and is recovering. Neighbors say Hopkins showed signs of insanity and had a history in asylums. Funeral plans for the couple have not been announced.
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Furman
W. F. Hopkins
Ada
Hopkins
Pontotoc County
Furman Hopkins
Duncan
Chapman
Hopkins Place
Bob Duncan
Wewoka Shawnee Company Hits 50 Barrel Producer 1988
The Wewoka Shawnee company reports a 50 barrel producer found in 1988. Plans call for tapering this off and drilling deeper to the net sand. Oklahoma City reports state fish hatcheries will distribute over two million fish with Bryan county’s hatchery releasing 700000 and Comanche county’s 1500900.
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Wewoka
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Bryan County
Comanche County
Suspended Sheriff Arrested on Whiskey Still Charge
Lon Kuhn, suspended sheriff of Okmulgee County, was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal Grant Cowen on a warrant from Commissioner F F Lamb accusing him of setting up and operating a whiskey still. He appeared before Lamb and sought a hearing set for November 1, released on a $100 bond. The arrest follows an investigation into ties with George Kirkman in a still captured last August.
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Okmulgee
Lon Kuhn
Okmulgee County
U. S
Grant Cowen
F. F. Lamb
Kuhn
Lamb
Lee
George Kirkman
Settle Your Fines Or Go To Jail Warning From Mayor
Mayor Kitchens leads a drive to clear city police court fines with many debts handed to police for collection. Owing individuals will be visited in days and more accounts to be pursued this week. Officials say the action precedes a winter vice crusade to curb crime.
Al Jennings Tells of Fleeing Justice and Flight with O Henry
Al Jennings, once an Oklahoma outlaw and gubernatorial candidate, now in films, writes a book titled Through the Shadows With O Henry. The memoir recounts Jennings and Porter alias O Henry on the run, Porter facing embezzlement charges and Jennings wanted for robbery.
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AL Jennings
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Henry
Jennings
Bill” Porter
O. Henry
Porter
Robbery case at Fitzhugh delays trials to November
Arthur Gotcher confessed to the Farmers State Bank robbery at Fitzhugh. Preliminaries for today are postponed to November 2. Gotcher and Charles Thompson remain jailed. Thompson is a leading state witness. E. Stewart and Claude Castleberry are remanded on $10,000 bond. Sentencing for Gotcher is set for Saturday, with details awaiting his statement.
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Arthur Gotcher
Farmers State Bank
Fitzhugh
Justice of the Peace
W. H. Fisher
Gotcher
Charles Thompson
J. W. Bolen
Thompson
Eq Stewart
Claude Castleberry
Bolen
Stewart
Castleberry
Ollie Auten Recovers from Typhoid Illness
Reports from Vaness state Ollie Auten, once gravely ill with typhoid fever for over two weeks, has now fully recovered.
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Vaness
Ollie Auten
Wrestler Jack Reese Makes Ada Home During Recovery
Former world middleweight champion Jack Reese arrives in Ada to reside for the winter after a car crash near Chanute Kansas left him with three broken ribs and a fractured knee. While recovering he and Rev. E A Blackman refereed Chanute athletic events and he hopes to schedule a charity wrestling bout in Ada this winter. Reese previously wrestled here last winter defeating Joe Thomas in an hour long match.
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Jack Reese
Ada
Reese
Chanute
Kas
Rev. E. A. Blackman
American Legion
van Buren
Joe Thomas
Florida club girl earns profit from chickens and eggs
Rose McGrath of Putnam county Florida kept a small flock of White Leghorns doubling as her club project. In six months she sold eggs and chickens for 408.69 with expenses 115.08 leaving 293.61 profit and 50 prize money. State agent Patridge and county agent Sipprell commend her achievement.
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Thomas
Rose McGrath
Florahoma
Putman County
Florida
Rose
Sarah W. Patridge
Floresa Sipprell
Tropical Storm Claims Three Lives Across Florida
Three people are dead due to a tropical storm that swept Peninsular Florida over the past two days. The Tampa Tribune four page issue printed in Plant City details the toll and reached Orlando by 11 this morning.
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Orlando
Fla
Peninsular
Tampa Tribune
Plant City
Wewoka Businessmen Reorganize Club Seek Grain Elevator
Wewoka business men reorganize the Commercial Club after a lapse in support. The first undertaking will be to locate a grain elevator for the town.
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Wewoka
Young Democrats to Name Leaders Tonight at City Hall
Young Democrats of the city will meet at 7:30 tonight in City Hall to form a permanent club organization. Temporary president Lowery Harrell announced the plans and invited all interested men to attend and join. Important business is expected with a strong turnout urged.
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Lowery Harrell
American consul in Mexico stabbed at consulate
Lloyd Birmingham American consul at Salina Cruz Mexico was assaulted and stabbed by unidentified attackers in the consulate last Monday night. The injuries were two wounds in the left arm not believed to be serious.
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Washington
Lloyd Birmingham
Salina, Cruz
Mexico
State Department
Slash in wages of shoe workers proposed
Lynn Massachusetts October 26 a proposal for an immediate reduction of 20 percent in the wages of 18 000 shoe workers in factories affiliated with the Lynn shoe manufacturers association was submitted to workers of the union today for approval.
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Lynn, Mas
Lynn Shoe Manufacturers Association
Union
Brotherhoods Fight For Their Very Existence
Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, declares in Cleveland that the brotherhoods are fighting for their very existence and warn that their destruction could lead to radical labor groups filling the void within months. Mrs. Stone counters that the overthrow is far from accomplished.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Oklahoma roundup at Witchita crest and Game Reserve
An old time roundup will be held in the Witchita crest and Game Reserve in Oklahoma. The event lasts eight to ten days and covers about 5 000 cattle on the range.
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Witchita Crest and Game Reserve
Oklahoma
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J. B. Chapman
Mrs. Hopkins
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