Mystery Indian beef token found near Lawton stirs Fort Sill past
A tarnished metal token reading Good for 10 lbs beef and marked S.L. & Co. was uncovered near Lawton. Historians recall Fort Sill ration days when live beef issued to Plains Indians drew mixed reactions and legends about traders and the Red Store.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
John Tyree
John Wade Tyree
Poolaw
Cache Creek
Cache
Medicine Bluff
Highway 277
East Rogers Lane
277
Frederick Remington
School Veterans To Get Allowance Early This Month
Veterans will receive their checks on or about December 18 according to Menter G. Baker manager of the Muskogee Veterans Administration Regional Office. Grant payments are usually mailed around the twentieth of each month.
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Menter G. Baker
Muskogee Veterans
Oxford police warn with Christmas cards on cars
Oxford England police left Christmas cards under wind shields of illegally parked cars. The cards carried the warning If you drink, dont drive as a public safety message during the holiday season.
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Oxford
England
UPI
Notice to Patrons of Southwest Veto Clinic
Discontinued services at Lawtons. Clinic intends to continue via Elgin phone 492 4404. Joe F. Kelsey DVM owner.
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Southwest Veto Clinic
Elgin
Joe F. Kelsey
DVM
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