Oklahoma's Oil Center Tulsa Praised by Marshall Expatriates
A Marshall Herald writer extols Tulsa Oklahoma as a dry, fast developing city with a thriving business, culture, and education scene. He notes Modern streets, hotels, banks, clubs, and churches. mentions Kendall College and Tulsa Business College. praises golf clubs, orchestras, and operas. highlights Indian and white social life and the strong local economy.
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Inlet
Herald
Marshall
Mar
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Tula
Talgentic
Ishopss
Golf Inks
Ebs
Eagles
Kendall College
iGileco
West
Sealaton
Ftwer
National Bank
Will Keller
Eat Nowata
Otis Weaver
Banty
Howell
Bill Rhodes
Clarence Smith
Dan O’neil
Paris
Ill
Dan
C. J. McKerren
Letter From Lewis New Mexico Describes Homestead Life
A 1909 letter from Lewis, New Mexico details homestead filing in Quay County on Llano Estacado. He describes high plains, elevation about 4000 feet, grasses including buffalo and blue grama, soil depth and color, and crops like corn and sorghum with dry farming practices to retain moisture. He notes prior rancher occupancy and the region’s semi arid climate shaping farming methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
New Mexico
Herald
Clark County
Uncle Sam
Quay County
Llano Estacado
Texas Panhandle
Illinois
Lael
Farm Report From Byron Baker on Local Acreage and Crops
Byron Baker notes daily planting spans ten to sixteen acres with oats wheat and corn. He reports sowing 160 acres and observing good growth. He mentions 198 acres of corn and kaffir corn and that hogs fetch good prices this fall despite abundant rainfall.
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Penalosa
Kan
Marshall Herald
Kansas
O. K
Old
Clark County
Jerry Ishler
Martinsville
The
Herald
Fe Smith
Oklahoma
Byron Baker
Immigrant Letter Describes Mississippi Settlement Growth
Mr and Mrs John E Tibbs write of moving seven years ago to a remote Mississippi site 565 miles south of Memphis on the Coldwater River. They praise rich delta land, a growing northern community, a good school, pleasant climate, wildlife, lakes and potential as the garden spot of the world inviting friends to visit and settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibbs
Misa
Mississippi
Memphis
Coldwater River
Delta
John E Tibbs
Annual Thanksgiving Meeting of County Teachers
A county teachers gathering was held in the city on November 26 with 153 teachers and 31 advanced students attending. The program featured Rev. Kirkland in devotional exercises, addresses by Forest Sumner Lunt on The Value of Grouping and Prof. J C Brown on Accuracy in Arithmetic, musical pieces, and reports from Casey and Martinsville sections. Flozza Smith served as secretary and H W Drake as president.
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ER. W. Drake
Kirkland
Flozza ‘Smith
Forest Sumner -Lunt
Charleston Normal School
Lunt
J. HW. Dickerson
West Union
J. C. Brown
Casey
Will Thompson
Martinsville
E. L. McCabe
Flozza Smith
Sec
H. W. Drake
Pres
North Pole Explorer Andree Fate Recalled In Ottawa Tale
A cut fragment recalls the 1897 Andree balloon expedition who vanished seeking the pole. Bishop Albert Pascal of Prince Albert notes a Pole search and a shrine visit in Ottawa before returning to his diocese, with a priest named Barauoule guiding travel details to Reindeer Lake.
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S. A
Andree
Jett
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Albert Pascal
Prince Albert
Ottawa
Pascal
Barauoule
Sesktino
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Okla
Lark
TyAia Pans
Susie Pace Cree
Shere Tile
Fae
Roma
M. R. Bless
Andrees
Hees
Phoenix
Poe
Estee West Union
TEI
Christ
James
Brady
Oldsbibka
Thad
Ay Tao
Seth
Sm Wand
Rey Ea Au
Loadi
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