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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
6
Dr. Fowler Border of Mangum and Brant Kirk of Oklahoma City helped with the Confederate Veterans Reunion in Washington. Kirk organized the special train, and Border financed a hospital unit to care for aging veterans.
A fashion column notes wool shortages push frugality toward silk fabrics and wide brim hats. It highlights taffeta salts, airy white pena hats, marines crown hats with velvet ribbons, and elegant sailor hats with eyelet embroidery while promising a midsummer millinery boom driven by refined, ornate designs.
Fragmentary OCR text notes embroidery and fashion items as summer fare. Mentions warmoth er and son, Rontwanian, Geckindly in favor. Contains unclear phrases and uncertain names, but suggests a fashion feature or trend roundup.
B J Waugh once Tulsa land department official and Homemakers League president is sought as the league reports $300000 unaccounted for. He has been missing for a month, previously linked to prohibition politics and state dispensary activity. Authorities suspect flight to Mexico.
Francis Maurice Sinclair, a clerk at Osage Oil and Gas, married Gaynelle Garriott after falsely claiming ages and residencies. Gaynelle’s parents accuse him of perjury and have arranged arrest in Lordsburg New Mexico, prompting a deputy sheriff to pursue.
Fort Sill distributed about 45000 among Oklahoma National Guard members last week under a new pay scale. The minimum monthly pay is 30 dollars for privates, with higher amounts for private first class, noncommissioned officers, and commissioned officers, while living expenses are paid by the government.
Fragmentary OCR records indicate Mexican workers employed as section hands by a railroad with county clerk and county officers mentioned. The incomplete note references inspectors or supervisors and a ledger entry tied to Rogers and county affairs, but the details are unclear.
Oklahoma City Mill & Elevator Co reports top quality wheat with low hot and dust content. Samples test 63 pounds to the bushel. Threshing active in southern Oklahoma counties. One car sold to Texas at 2.15 per bushel. farm price 2.10. Average yield 10 bushels per acre. heaviest 18. Pending Congress action delays advance contracts as grain dealers await government price rules.
The region’s wheat harvest is near completion with threshing underway and most fields expected to yield 15 to 20 bushels per acre, some reaching 20 to 30. A 116 acre field northeast of town is forecast to yield 3,000 bushels. Most wheat will be stored in shock or stack and only a small portion sold this year likely at about 2 per bushel. Farmers anticipate borrowing before selling.
A large crowd at a Grove picnic near Guthrie sparked a fight when two women drew razor blades. Will Moore and Lon Younger fired at each other, killing Guthrie bystander Guthbrie-Jess Jackson and wounding James in the leg. Both women suffered severe cuts, and James remains hospitalized with a shattered leg. All involved are described as Black from the Search neighborhood.
Dr H Overbey of Ryan has been commissioned by Surgeon General Gorges as preliminary dental examiner of applicants for the dental reserve corps. He announces examinations to be held at Oklahoma City from June 26 to July 30. About thirty applicants are expected.
Ex editor Cale Finhart proclaims courts only convict the penniless while Ike Boles is jailed for alienating affection. A veteran journalist rails against lawyers, overbearing statutes, and society’s fascination with clever legalism. Newt Mapes, jailed for murder, gets a new trial.
A fragmented rustic scene recalls a city parade that draws crowds to Main Street and fairgrounds. Rural folk in Seeleyville and Terre Haute attire mingle with families, farmers, and lovers as a state fair atmosphere slips through weathered pages.
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