Officer dies by own hand in Chickasha confrontation
L M Radley, once a trusted officer and Lawton fire chief, shot himself after being removed from the Chickasha police force amid allegations by a prisoner. A note on a check read I am not guilty of taking the money from the negro. His body to be shipped to Kansas for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okla
Goodwin
L. M. Radley
Radley
Bridges
Frederick
Bridgen
Chief Goodwin
Lawton
Kansas
Fine Showing by Anadarko Banks Figures Strong
Statements from three Anadarko banks released this week show deposits exceeding a half million dollars with individual deposits subject to check totaling 446 221 99 dollars. The bank system in Anadarko and Caddo county demonstrates robust financial health.
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Anadarko
Caddo County
Green Front shines for ladies and gentlemen on C Street
James Adkins opens a new shine parlor named the Green Front on C Street. He promises expert workmanship and guaranteed satisfaction with a clean neat shop available to both sexes. Also advertised is a farm bargain of 160 acres near town with tillable land, valley terrain, a six room house, well and orchard, priced at 2400 with 5 year financing at 6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Adkins
C Street
Adkins
BE. C
Scmuirr
Real estate transfers listed with multiple parcels and owners
A dense real estate transfer notice lists many grants and grantors in Anadarko and nearby areas, including names such as Reid-Reer, Gladgon, Clanton-Pat, Lilibridge, Myers, Bath Additions, Roswell, Walling, Reid, Peters, Yoats, Tribby, Cox, Griffith, Kell, Flood, Nelson, and Baldwin. It notes parcel codes, sections, and directions, with locations in Apache and nearby townships. The piece ends with a quoted speech fragment and a Tennessee Alabama anecdote about aging and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Reid
Lee W. Gladgon
United States
W. E. Clanton
N. E
Ella W. Lilibridge
F. G. Myers
F. M. Fulkerson
Sallie Lassiter
Binit
W. L. Bath & Wife
DeWitt Bedwell
Bath
A. H. Roswell
Eugene William Don
A. Means
Reinhard Loxaan
Bool
Lil BS Binger
D. E. Arnold
N. C. Peters
Anadarko
John J. Yoats
James Tribby
A. B. Cox
R. Griffith
Geo, Seigfried & Wife
David Schmidt
D. J. Flood
R. A. Nelson
Hat Dope and the Ghost of Cuvier
In an era of rapid science two Parisian researchers display uncanny powers with hats. A man examined a hat and guessed its previous wearer, Cuvier, and research confirmed the claim by matching the hat to a portrait of Cuvier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Cuvier
Forgetful Man Found After Mysterious Missing Appendix
A forgetful man from a small town in York County faced an abdominal operation. Surgeons discovered his appendix had been removed previously. He recalled undergoing a similar operation two years earlier, explaining the odd medical history.
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York County
Orators Free Hand in Cambridge Lecture On Liberty
Prof Masterman lectured in Cambridge on modern England and the liberty of the subject. He said Hyde Park on Sunday afternoons yields treasonous talk enough to fill a German fortress, yet the orators went home to tea. He noted no European state tolerates broad attacks on the sovereign without strong public resentment.
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Masterman
Cambridge
England
Hyde Park
London
Europe
Hope Is Gone For Cotteral Death Sentence Delayed
Federal Judge John H. Cotteral dismissed the habeas corpus for Will Johnson, a twice-convicted Pottawatomie County man, delaying his death sentence for the murder of Mary Cuppy. Johnson's lawyers will seek a federal writ of error after Governor Haskell granted a reprieve to December 11, with the case now bound for state court actions pending new trials or Supreme Court review.
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Lawton
Okla
John H. Cotteral
Will Johnson
Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie
Mary Cuppy
Haskell
Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
W. R. Biggers
Shawnee
E. A. Pierce
C. G. Pittman
Tecumseh
Cotteral
District Court
Rock Island
Mingin
Federal High Court
Coman[ete
Pierce
Rafe LeFors
Jackson County
Biggers
Pittman
Snan
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Henry M. Furman
Supreme Court
T O B Club Social at Grace Evants Home
T O B Club members and guests gathered at Miss Grace Evants home in Garner for progressive pitch and a two course luncheon. Attendees included Misses Stockton Terry Gillette Oldham Campbell Corseat and Mesdames Stratton Oldham Beast Livermore plus Messrs Landman Connell Allen Stratton Oldham Brown Nathan Connor Nernberger Phelps Davis Weimer. Next meeting planned with the Misses Campbell on Thursday the 18th.
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Grace Evants
Garner
Evants
Conner
Stockton
Terry
Gillette
Oldham
Daisy
Julia Campbell
Corseat
Mesdames Stratton
Beast and Liver
GossiP The 200 Crazy Animal Exchange
A bizarre letter of dubious content mentions a horned horse and his gun bearing wife a baby a tailor bird denies making pants and an Exquiman dog. The lyre bird resents a harpy eagle link and a mongoose husband warns against the name mongander under threat of heat.
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Bird
Would Wreck Hobart Jail Exposes Escape Plot
Hobart Oklahoma December 4 officers found a four ounce vial of nitro glycerine and 102 in cash on Walter Reed a manslaughter convict. Explosive hidden in bedding and money hidden in his cell. Officials fear a planned breakout with outside help. Reed convicted of killing Elmer Emmons and described as desperate.
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Hobart
Okla
Walter Reed
Reed
Elmer Emmons
Benefit of Band to Be Held at Dietrich Opera House
A four act home talent play A Virginian Romance directed by Bertha Moore will be staged Monday night at the Dietrich Opera House to aid the Anadarko Concert band. Cast includes Horace Vernier Ira Couttleigy Major Duffy Buck Tyson Dink Potta Ginger etc. The event aims to crowd the house with band supporters.
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Mre
Bertha Moore
Dietrich Opera House
Anadurko
Horace Vernier
Dick Dobba
Ira Couttleigy
H. J. Urquhart
Major Duffy—Arch James Buck Tyson
Harry Brown
Dink Potta
Jimmy Schwar van Littert
Oscar Martinberg
Squire
Jerry Fowler
Lige
John Knapp
Ginger
Bertha Grammer
Nance
Flossie Chambers
Providence
Amelia Linder
Imogene
Stolen Kine and Burden of Sorrow
Excerpt from Lippincott's Magazine reflecting on theft and ethics. Poetic phrasing contrasts simple borrowing with stealing a beast and a lawyerly burden of crime. The verse suggests prudence over wrongdoing and questions moral choices.
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Amin
Amine
Lippincott
Commercial Club Nominates Officers Tonight
A meeting of the Commercial club will be held tonight in the secretary’s office. Nominations for officers for the coming year will be made and the election will take place two weeks from tonight. Members are urged to attend due to matters of interest to the city’s growth and upbuilding.
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Commercial Club
Ana darko Fire Department Elects Officers for Year
At the regular meeting on Wednesday night the Ana darko fire department elected Chief E. E. Campbell Assistant Chief Charles Slemp Secretary J. E. Davidson and Treasurer J. A. McCampbell for the coming year. The group backs a new city building with quarters for a modern department and plans to urge citizens to support a bond issue when voting.
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Anadarko Fire Department
E. E. Campbell
Charles Slemp
J. E. Davidson
J. A. McCampbell
Dan Cupid in Comedy at The McAninch Next Thursday
The review praises the show for its ambitious cast and masterful overall direction. It notes a dash of ginger in the humor often missing from musicals and highlights both individual effort and collective charm in the production. The performance opens at The McAninch next Thursday night.
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Dan Cupid
McAninch
Public accounts review shows Oklahoma state funds totals
State examiner Charles A. Taylor releases reports on the treasurer secret ary of state insurance commissioner labor commissioner school land department and Agricultural and Mechanical college at Stillwater. Revenues from two offices exceed one hundred thousand dollars since statehood.
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Taylor
Menefee
Territorial
Rambo
United States
Commerce ‘Trust Company of
Kansas City
School Land Department
Insurance Commissioner
Secretary of State
McComb
Hhkensen
Dunbar Buys W A Scott Residence In East A Street Area
Homer Dunbar purchased the W. A. Scott residence lot 10 block 45 on east A street for 2000 and will move next Monday. Jack McClain bought the J F Brown property vacated by Dunbar on west A street. A marriage license was issued to Luther Goodwin and Elsie Palmer of Lookeba. Mrs Nannie Clary and her son Tom visit B F and C I Cooper in Wamego Kan.
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Homer Dunbar
W. A. Scott
East A
Jack McClain
Mr. Dunbar
J. F. Brown
West A
Luther Goodwin
Elsie Palmer
Lookeba
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John Sharp Wil- Names
Alabama
T. O. B. Club
Dietrich
Tonkawa
Barnes
O. W. Allison
Minerva
Audry Davis
Omaha
Neb
J. C. Edgar
Is Brother
Hopkinton, In
George Markman
Chris Schlitt
John Markman
Ella
George
Fire Department
Oklahoma
Nannie Clary
Tom
Wamego, Kan
B. F
C. 1. Cooper
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