The Pellys Barn Fire in Taloga During World War I
A fall morning in Taloga Oklahoma during World War I announces a barn blaze. A family drives a wash boiler in a Model T to fight the fire but encounters a hidden gully and witnesses neighbors hoard sugar as the barn burns. The memory lingers with the crack in the windshield and the morning glory vines.
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South Texas
Pellys
Pelly
Taloga
Oklahoma
Mother
Brother
Tulsa SPCA Builds $30,000 Shelter for Stray Animals
Tulsa Oklahoma SPCA completed a $30,000 shelter funded by Mr and Mrs H O McClure. The stucco brick building houses 48 kennels and outside runs for sick injured or stray dogs and cats with individual confinement. The center will be operated with yearly support totaling 12,000 from city county and self raised funds.
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Tulsa
Oka
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
H. O. McClure
SPCA
Sewing Nylon Fabrics: Proper Stitching Guide
Guidance on stitching nylon materials advises guiding fabric slowly through the machine without pulling at ends. Use nylon thread for nylon fabrics and cut nylon thread with scissors rather than tearing it off.
Beaver Is Champion Woodcutter of North America
The beaver, largest North American rodent, is described as a champion woodcutter with four long self sharpening teeth that grow continually. A full grown beaver can fell up to 300 trees a year in small timber, and it cannot control the direction in which trees fall. Most trees they cut lean toward the water.
World’s Deepest Lakes Named by National Geographic
The National Geographic Society lists Baikal in southern Siberia as the world’s deepest lake at 4,982 feet and Tanganyika in Africa at 4,708 feet.
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National Geographic Society
Baikal
Siberia
Tanganyika
Africa
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