Drapers Honored in Texas Oklahoma Reunion Tribute
For over 25 years Prof and Mrs W G Draper served local schools near Madill guiding hundreds of students and earning deep affection. A reunion planned by former pupils honors their dedication and molders of character. The piece then surveys Texas Oklahoma politics noting Butler of Massachusetts tariff stance and Ferguson defeat, with remarks on Republican platform and farm tariff relief proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Draper
Madill
Jim Ferguson
Texas
Moody
Ferguson
Republican Party
Tulsa grape center ambitions and Pontotoc fair plans
Tulsa county plans for grapes highlight profitable acre crops with early ripening and strong market demand. The piece cites Tulsa and Pontotoc county prospects, a permanent fair site, and potential county growth while noting cotton market shifts and national demand trends impacting Ada and neighboring regions.
Lieutenant Bettis Dies in Washington Hospital
Lieutenant Cyrus K. Bettis army flying ace dies at Walter Reed hospital from spinal meningitis following a crash in fog last week. Bettis won the 1925 Pulitzer air races and served in France. missing 13 hours after crash before reaching Bellefonte hospital. Parents to decide funeral arrangements.
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Cyrus Bettis
Washington Hospital
Washington
Cyrus K. Bettis
Army
Pennsylvania
Walter Reed Hospital
Bellefonte
Penn
Bettis
al Williams
Navy
American Air Corps
France
Pulitzer
Philadelphia
Selfridge Field
Mich
Seven Sisters Mountain
Bellefontaine
Port Huron
Ada Ice Price Cut Announced By City Leader
Mayor Somer Jones announced a voluntary ice price reduction after receiving a letter from Roy Givens of Southern Ice & Utilities. The cut lowers rates 10 cents per hundred pounds and 5 percent on 1000 500 and 300 pound coupon books, bringing Ada’s price from 80 to 70 cents per hundred pounds. The move follows appeals to the state corporation commission and notes Ada’s higher rates compared with nearby towns.
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Ada
Somer Jones
Roy Givens
Southern Ice & Utilities Company
Jones
State Corporation Commission
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Texas
Norman
Dallas
Fayal Isle Rattled by Devastating Azores Earthquake
The Azores island Fayal reels after a massive quake. In Horta about 8000 residents spent the night outdoors as streets split and homes collapsed. Casualties estimated from 50 to 400. relief ships, engineers, and sanitary corps rush to the archipelago. The mayor of Horta reports the city a mass of ruins.
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London
Fayal
Azores Islands
Portugal
Measre
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Washington Letter on 1928 election and Coolidge prospects
Stewart discusses how the 1926 congressional election could impact Coolidge’s renomination chances in 1928. He notes that a Republican or Democratic shift in Congress would alter prospects for farm candidates and figures like Dawes Lowden Borah and Longworth. The piece argues the November vote shapes each aspirant’s path regardless of Coolidge’s fate.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Senate
Corn
Dawes
Frank O. Lowden
Borah
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Lowden
Longworth
Watson
Ada Men Attend Oklahomans Meet At City Tuesday
J C Hynds secretary of the Ada Chamber of Commerce and Robert S Kerr went to Oklahoma City for a banquet held by Oklahomans Incorporated. The group plans to raise about a half million dollars for a state wide advertising fund. Hynds sees potential for Ada and Pontotoc County to participate to attract industries and residents.
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J. C. Hynds
Chamber of Commerce
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma City
The
Oklahomans, Incorporated
Mr. Hynds
Ada
Pontotoc County
Oil Activity Advances Near Bebee Field Wells
The Tidal company well 28-5-5 near the La Selle well in Bebee field is spudding. Humble company in the same locality is rigging up and expected to drill soon. American well 34-5-6 is drilling at 960 feet.
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Tidal Company
la Selle
Bebee
Humble Company
Desertion charges filed against Jake Phares dismissed
The wife had filed desertion charges against Jake Phares, but they were dropped after he appeared before Justice H J Brown. Testimony showed Phares worked in Lula when his wife left for her old home in anger over his refusal to return to the city. The court costs were charged to the wife due to the circumstances.
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Jake Phares
Phares
H. J. Brown
Justice of Peace
Justice Brown
Lula
Smith and Brown Hold Senate Lead in South Carolina
In updated figures from the previous day’s senatorial primary Senator E. E. Smith leads with 61,782 votes, Edgar A. Brown has 53,763, and N. B. Dial 30,129 as revised returns are tabulated.
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Columbia
S. C
E. E. Smith
Edgar A. Brown
Smith
Brown
N. B. Dial
Grace Matthews Dies at 30 in Francis
Mrs Grace Matthews aged 30 of Francis died Wednesday afternoon Funeral services were held this afternoon Interment in Cedar Grove cemetery
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Grace Matthews
Francis
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Mrs Mittie Taylor Dies at 35 in Roff
Mrs Mittie Taylor aged 35 wife of H E Taylor of Roff died Saturday morning at 9 30 in a local hospital. The body was taken to Roff where funeral services will be held this afternoon and interment will be in Roff cemetery.
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H. EE. Taylor
Mittie Taylor
H. E. Taylor
Roff
Roff Cemetery
Mrs Amanda Wooten Dies at 72 in Konawa Area
Mrs Amanda Wooten mother of W H Wooten died Saturday morning at the family home north of Konawa. Funeral services and interment were held this afternoon at Konawa. She was 72 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Wooten
W. H. Wooten
Ada
Konawa
Death of Mae East in Egypt community
Mrs Mae East age 16 died Tuesday at 4 p m at her home in Egypt community Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock and the body interred at Rosedale cemetery. Chelsea contract let at 20 218 for 3 12 miles of road from Chelsea to Wingonon township Picher new post office dedicated Weatherford contract awarded for construction of new high school building at 38 447
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Mae East
Egypt
Rosedale Cemetery
Chelsea
Wingonon
Picher
Weatherford
Memorial sculpture for 1917 call to arms praised
No. 3 Bartlesville reports on a capitol memorial sculpture depicting Oklahoma men answering the 1917 call to arms. The commander calls it an outstanding development of the department for the year.
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Bartlesville
State Capitol
Oklahoma
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Ada, Oklahoma
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