Winners Crowned at Ada County Fair Premium Awards Listed
In Ada many winners recorded as the county fair closed. The list shows names like Cleo Coffey Alaire Montgomery Elmore Montgomery and Roy Summers with premiums in corn cotton cow peas grain sorghums milo potatoes and more, reflecting extensive farm club contests and exhibits across multiple years and classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Coffey
Alaire Montgomery
Elmore Montgomery
H. Summers
Roy Summers
W. T. Sorrelis
Homer Hill
Triumph
W. H. Thompson
Juanita Norvell
Ima Norvell
Lucile Berryman
T. E. Cullins
Beecher Mullinax
Earl Sullivan
W. O. Sargent
Clifton Sargent
Charlie Sargent
Artie Sargent
Grady Coplin
J. B. Cummings
Byron Crossland
Buster Donnell
R. M. Killian
S. Wyandott
Sam Dew
W. P. R. Cockerel
Ernest Williams
Carl Tilly
J. J. Reed
Gregg Cook
Raymond Ingram
Buster Morin
John Sparks
Stella Landrith
Perteedie Britt
Herman Britt
V. E. Collins
Ray Allen
Rochelle Allen
R. L. McGuyre
Nolan
Janie Waters
Carl Solomon
Addie Solomon
Borin
Vernon Kamp
L. B. Pullet
Roy Meek
Father and Son in Custody for Murder
Richmond Peters and his father Thompson Peters, both Indians, are jailed in Carter County awaiting murder charges for the Patterson killing at the fairgrounds. Deputy Jess Dunn leads the investigation with strong fingerprint proof linking Richmond to the fatal blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing London
Dunn
Peters
Ernie Wallace
Wallace
Patterson
Richmond Peters
Ada Delegates to Attend National Legion Convention
Ada delegates will attend the national American Legion convention in Omaha from October 5 to 9. State Commander Robert S. Kerr will go as Ada representative with the Oklahoma department, joined by Clarence West and Gardner Braly. They will board a special train from Oklahoma City October 4, with the City post band, stopping at Tulsa to pick up the drum corps. The train will include five Pullman cars and two baggage cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weanesany’s Daily
Norman Howard
American Legion
Tulsa
Federal Officers Begin Destruction of Largest Still in Oklahoma
Federal officers in Miami Oklahoma started the destruction of a large moonshine plant at Cayuga in Delaware county near the Ottawa line. The raid seized five thousand gallons of mash six hundred gallons of whiskey three 100 gallon stills and arrested five men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Okla
Cayuga
Delaware County
Ottawa
Oklahoma
William Meek
Vinita
United States Marshall
Movement to secure market square gains momentum
The Retail Merchants association and cotton buyers unite to secure a permanent market square for the city. Committees of three from each group meet with Mayor Somer Jones as chairman to plan the project and a public want ad urges buy it rent it sell it fine it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Association
Cotton Buyers
Somer Jones
Missing Youth Lenora Aguilar Found Buried in Box
In Stockton California on September 18 a dream led A Delmutu to the discovery of 4 year old Lenora Aguilar missing since December. The child was buried in a crude wooden box in a cess pool at the Zamora home site. Neighbors say the Zamoras left the country after claims of a sister's death and the child’s death in a local hospital. An adopted sister Mary Johnson had earlier described Lenora tied in water. Delmutu acted on a recent dream and with three friends helped authorities locate the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Calif
A. Delmutu
Lenora Aguilar
Louis Zamora
Mary Johnson
Lenora
Delmutu
County Officers Busy With Weekend Arrests Across County
The county jail held prisoners overnight as officers chased leads throughout the county on Sunday. Hershel Cope faced vagrancy charges, with a hot checks case being prepared. Duel Hibbard remained confined for defrauding a boarding house keeper. J L Metcalf W M Garvin and A M Davis were charged with unlawful possession of Jamaica ginger after a Sunday arrest at Allen. O L Dodson was jailed as an alleged accomplice in a Friday night car theft at the convention hall. H C Goodman was taken to hospital under guard after an escape attempt. An oil for aircraft engines from locusts is noted, and 1924 Oklahoma totals show value of 1.3 billion dollars in crops, minerals, livestock and manufactured goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershel Cope
Hastile
Sheriffs Office
Duel Hibbard
J. L. Metcalf
W. M. Garvin
A. M. Davis
Jamaica
Allen
O. L. Dodson
Convention Hall
H. C. Goodman
Scopes Trial Moves On Appeal To State Supreme Court
The Scopes evolution trial has been transferred to the state supreme court in Knoxville. An appeal was filed in the official form John T. Scopes plaintiff in error vs the State of Tennessee defendant in error. The record is among the largest ever filed, with Bryan's name appearing on the transcript page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Scopes
Dayton Court House
State Supreme Court
John T. Scopes
State of Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan
John T. Raulston
Rice Hotel Burned In Pauls Valley Landmark Fire
The Rice hotel in Pauls Valley burned Friday night and origin is undetermined. The landmark was among the first buildings after Smith Paul founded the town and hosted the Pauls Valley chamber of commerce meeting twenty two years ago.
Agricultural exhibits and farm clubs roll in across counties
Twenty nine counties have entered agricultural exhibits and twenty seven farm women's clubs have joined the display efforts.
Three Alleged Bank Robbers Captured Near Yale
Three men believed to be involved in the Kendrick Bank robbery were captured by Chief P. S. Byron and officers in Yale after a gun battle at Dan Robinson’s edge of town. One wounded man escaped. Ray Brannon, formerly acquitted in Bristow, is held as a suspect. Sheriff Ridpath, Kendrick bookkeeper Miss Madge Harris, and two other women pursue identification.
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Yale
Bank of
Kendrick
Oklo
P. S. Byron
Byron
Dan Robinson
Ray Brannon
American National Bank
Bristow
Brannon
M. T. Ridpath
Lincoln County
Madge Harris
Kendrick Bank
Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodge Service at First Baptist
Special services for Rebekah and Odd Fellows members were held at the First Baptist church with Rev. W. O. Leach delivering a sermon titled The Meaning of Odd Fellowship. A newspaper notice mentions Try a New Way ad for results.
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Ada
W. R. Clayton
Mies Jennie Kindsay
J. A. Lambert
W. A. Lambert
M. E. Lambert
M. R. Wood
Ruth Mitchell
Q. R. Bevers
Joe Riddle
Jersey
Hansell Riddle
Essie Sanders
Gwendolyn Robertson
Oba Robertson
H. Clay Stephens
Templeman & Solomon
Q. A. Tunnell
Col. Wyandotte
Henry Hughes
Aubrey Hughes
Zora Hughes
Hegari
Heeari
Vaness School
Abnie Robertson
I. R. Gilmore
Gladys Gryder
G. D. Gryder
W. T. Sorrels
Tom Watson
G. W. Busby
J. N. Fuller
L. Sil
John Fiske
W. A. Chamberlain
Clay Jones
McClintock
Rena Sullivan
Lois Felton
Rita McFarland
G. M. Nelson
Duroc
Aldrich
J. A. Price
J. A. Golden
J. H. Ingram
Frank Phillips
Cordia Sullivan
Ed Armstrong
J. M. Perry
Harry Miller
Homer Miller
Archie Solomon
Eldred Solomon
Spurgeon Solomon
Violet Nelson
Thelma Gray
B. F. McCauley
R. L. Holcombe
H. E. Morris
Co. W. Simpson
Marvin Simpson
Ersey Bull
Oakman School
Lorena Anderson
A. M. Shockley
John Boring
Bertha Burden
Winnie Whipple
J. F. Weldon
Wm. Jackson
A. E. Newton
Tom
Bert Ratliff
W. Leg. Pullet
Renzo Cooper
Leg
Cockerel
Carmen Qualls
Ruel Carter
Zayda Groves
Byron Norrell
A. T. Watson
Tom McCarty
Harry Morris Jr
Bant Cock
Bant
R. Eb, Pitt
Elizabeth Phillipe
Rome
Italy
Ardmore
Rodgers
Pacific
Honolulu
New York
Fletcher
Bingham
Gen. Harbord
Coolidge
National Legion Convention
Market Square
Cess Pool
Pauls Valley
BANK
Lodge
Tyle
West Main
Housewives
All Grocers
Oklahoma City Mill and Elevators
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