Natural Playground of Great Southwest Near Ada
A vision for a vast outdoor recreation area south and east of Ada. John Fitts promotes building a string of lakes from Byrds Mill to Bromide with stocked fish and power for cabins, plus springs, geology, and minerals. Proponents seek capital to develop a premier Southwest outing spot within a hundred miles of major Oklahoma cities.
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Ada
Byrds Mill Springs
Sheep Creek
Rockies
Jesse
Connerville
Blue
Bromide
John Fitts
Byrds Mill
John
Southwest
U. Ss. Hatchery
Reagan
Johnston County
Durant
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Dallas
Would be bandit thwarted on Katy train near Moran
An armed stranger boarding the Missouri Kansas Texas No. 22 between Erie and Kimball was overpowered by engineer Ward fireman Lewis and Katy special agent Baxley after stopping the train. The man, possibly from Parsons, was jailed at Moran Kansas and could not name accomplices.
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Parsons
Kas
Kansas City
Erie
Kimball
William Baxley
Katy
Moran
Here
Ward
Lewis
Baxley
Charles Lewis
Charles Ward
F. M. Mullin
Pershing
Okla
Pottawatomie Reservation
Indian Territory
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
Kan
Denison
Sacred Heart Academy Strives for Broad Education and Character
The academy emphasizes education beyond domestic arts, preparing girls to stand in the business world. Penmanship remains a key strength while character building is central under Revered Mother figures. Since a 1901 fire, the school recovered with growing enrollment and no Protestant discrimination noted.
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Scoy
Mother Catherine
Aloysius
Mary Vincent
Sacred Heart
St. Mary’s Academy
Sacred Heart Mission Amid Oil Boom Faces Expansion
The Sacred Heart area near St Louis and Georgetown sees rapid oil field growth with seventy derricks visible from the mission hill. The piece reflects on the mission’s historic role in regional development and the challenges of boundary disputes as Pottawatomie Indians move into a new thirty mile square reservation.
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Pottawatomie County
St. Louis
Georgetown
Sacred Heart Mission
Old Mission
Cleveland County
South Canadian River
Seminole County
Little River
W C T U backs Hoover over Smith in Oklahoma campaign
Oklahoma W C T U leader Mrs. Elizabeth House announced the group will mobilize 350 unions and 15,000 members to defeat Governor Smith and support Herbert Hoover. The campaign aims to register dry voters and educate churchgoers about prohibition issues before the November election.
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ENID
Oklahoma Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Elizabeth House of
Bristow
Henry S. Johnston
Oklahoma
al Smith
Smith
Hoover to Speak at Carnegie Hall and Boston Address Planned
In Washington and New York outlets Hoover and Smith dominate talk. Republican HQ says Hoover will address Carnegie Hall on October 17 and head to Boston later, while Democratic leaders claim gains in Illinois Indiana Ohio and Wisconsin Minnesota and campaign notes spread from Texas to New England.
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Washington
Hoover
Carnegie Hall
N. Y
Boston
South
Cisco
Texas
Robinson
Ranger
Smith
New York
Curtis
New England
Raskob
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Gerry Said
West
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Capper Predicts Hoover Wins West of Mississippi
In Washington Senator Capper declared Hoover would carry every state west of the Mississippi. In another note H C diem brough, a former Republican senator from North Dakota who bolted to Smith, urged Hoover to repudiate newspaper statements appealing to religious prejudice.
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Boston
Moses
Hoover
North Carolina
Border States
New York
Senator Capper
Mississippi
Washington
North Dakota
Smith
Notice by Publication in Hamilton Divorce Case Oklahoma
State of Oklahoma summons Bessie Marie Hamilton vs W B Hamilton in Vontotoe county district court for divorce alleging habitual drunkenness and neglect. Respond by October 20 1928 or petition deemed true and divorce granted. court clerk IL E Franklin deputy Byron Roberts. attorneys Wimlbish & Wimblish.
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W. B. Hamilton
State of
Oklahoma
W. RB. Hamilton
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Edna R. Pannell
Maxwell
McClain County
Wayne
Alfred Summers
Dorothy
J. A. Pannell
F. M. Lynn
Pontotoc
Worstell
Galey
Summers Chapel
Willis Roberts
E. M. Pannell
Floyd Rolland
Ina Wood
Rachel Burch
S. L. Burns
Marguerite
E. C. Roberts
Frisco
and Mack Fowler
Vivian Turner
Stratford
Clyde Bonner
Byars
Vivian
Chapel
Bonner
Elmer Robertson
Spavinaw
Luther Robertson
Lookaba
Juanita
Ray
E. D. Tyson
R. M. Crampton
Minnie Max
Layton Wood
Joe Robertson
E. M. Parnell
Oscar Kreiger
Margarett Eddie
Wichita Falls
Kreiger
Crook Wrightman
E. W. Cotton
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Otis Light
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Harvey Mullinax
Vaness
Stratford School
Manley Lanham
Marjorie June
Tom Burch
Homer Strickland
Floyd Grey
McGee
Orian Grey
Alvin Summers
E. H. Light. Impson Anderson
FE. A. Easley
Ira Dennis
Paoli
Dennis
Mr. Easley
W. E. Dryden
Floy Sutton
Hansel Burk
Verlin Light
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W. H. Milan
Snowball
Ark
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Mountain View
J. L. Barnes
J. R. Newby
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Pannell
Frank Lewis
Orbra Roberts
Fate Turner
Lone Hill
J. R. Magar
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Magar
Harry Clear
Kathleen
Guy Northcourt
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H. J. Owen
Great Beyond
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WAR ON
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Commerce
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Holyoke
Mass
Whiting
Frank Dolp
Seattle
Gus Novotny
University of Ilinois
Chicago
Novotny
The
Associated Press
Atlanta
John Roach Straton
State OF Oklahoma
of Vontotoe
Said County
Bessie Marie Hamilton
E. Franklin
Byron Roberts
Wimbbish & Wimbish
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