Grace Story Ends In Grief and Trial Drama
In Atlanta, Mrs Daisy Opie Grace recounts a dramatic account to the court denying she shot husband Mr Grace saying he fell on himself during a struggle over a pistol. She claims she gave him 15000 dollars, faced abuse, and sought escape as the defense rests with the accusation unresolved. Nichols from Wichita is named in a separate note about his missing body and Wichita wife.
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Atlanta
Daisy Opie Grace
Grate
Grace
Grace Home
Power of Artery
Min
Mr. Irace
Ay’ctor
Kizace
Man Dies In Train Fall Near Renfro Depot
The body of W. F. Nichols of Wichita was found beside the Rock Island track near Renfro Depot Oklahoma, early this morning. Injuries suggest a fall from a fast moving train, unknown whether express or through freight. Pawn ticket identified him. investigation by local postmaster and agents of a Hulchingon firm follows.
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Krenfro
Oklo
Nichols
Wichita
Ane
Rock Isind
Marnne
Pkot
Hulchingon
Oklahoma Land Assessments by State Board of Equalization
The State Board of Equalization approved county by county land valuations in Oklahoma, detailing assessments for numerous counties. The list specifies assessed land values, property classifications, and total sums for each jurisdiction under review.
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State Board of Equalization
Oklahoma City
Adair
Atoka
Beaver - Beckham
Blaine
Bryan Caddo
Carter
Cimarron
Cleveland
Coal
Comanche
Craig
Ital Creek
Custer
Delaware
Dewey J
Fills
Garfield
Garvin
Grady
Grant
Greer
Harmon Pee
Harper
Haskell
Hughes
Jackson Pee
Jefferson
Johnston
Ene
Clay
Kingfisher
Kingfisher Tues 20.83 Kiowa
Latimer
la Flore
Lincoln
Logan
Love
Vila
McClain
Vas McCurtain
Mclntosh Via
May
Marshall
Mayes
Murray
Watermelon Fatality Triggered by Domestic Dispute
Shawnee Ohio August 1 A Black man Haut Ballinger was arrested on a charge of serious incident after a dispute with his wife over a watermelon led to a fatal shooting. Ballinger claimed self defense after she swung a butcher knife, then grabbed a firearm. He was held without bail pending a preliminary hearing.
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Shawnee, Ohli
Tecumseh
Haut Ballinger
Ballinger
Shawnee
Thore
Oklahoma Scouts Plan Verdigris Lake Encampment
Oklahoma Boy Scouts announce a large state wide camp at Verdigris Lake in Rogers County from late August 26 to September 6 led by Tulsa Y M C A secretary C E Buchner. About 1000 boys from numerous towns will attend with troops providing tents and activities including signaling campcraft and first aid under a formal council and master staff.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
C. £. Buchner
Buchner
Muskogee
Sapulpa
Claremore
Vinita
Bartlesville
Broken Arrow
Skintook
Nowata
Okmulgee
Pawhuska
Wagoner
Tulea
Tulsa Scout Comeil
Boy Scouts of Oklahoma
Big Lake
Rogers County
Verdigris Station
Frisco
Scout Véuneil
Scout Camp Council
Mounted Scouts Form First Troop in Durant
Major Carlo A. Rivers, scout master for Troop A, Boy Scouts, organized a mounted scouts troop in Durant Oklahoma on August 1. The troop, the first of its kind here, has drawn considerable attention. Rivers received a letter from Colonel Morton E. Gage, military attache of the British embassy, commending the reorganization.
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Durant
Okla
Carlo A. Rivers
Boy Scouts
Lightning Kills Four at Eagletown Timber Scene
Four men employed by Choc taw Lumber of Broken Bow were killed instantly when a bolt struck a tree in a timber tract near Eagletown Oklahoma as they sought shelter from a storm. Six others under a second tree were knocked down and stunned. In Franklin county near Effa a barn was struck and Arthur Powell was burned to death.
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Port Smith
Eagletown
Okla
Choctaw Lumber Company
Broken Bow
Degueen
Ark
Arthur Powell
Effa
Franklin County
Best of Shortcakes Strawberry Shortcake Recipe Origin
A Washington Star excerpt extols strawberry shortcake as the premier dessert, tracing its origins to rich biscuit dough and cream biscults. It contrasts soda biscuit dough with baking powder and egg, offering detailed proportions and methods for a moist, flavorful cake, plus tips for serving with whipped cream and proper layering.
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Washington Star
Frugal Sausage Mock-Up From Bread and Fat
A recipe for mock sausage blends soaked stale bread with cold chopped meat. Squeeze excess water from bread, mix with fat or lean meat, season with salt pepper and a binder, shape into small cakes, roll in flour and fry. Prepare ahead by chilling overnight for breakfast use.
Renovating Ostrich Feathers by a Professional Dyer
If your white ostrich feathers are valuable the safest plan is to place them with a professional dyer to be cleaned and recolored as desired. Dye chemicals are difficult for amateurs to handle and expensive feathers might be ruined by DIY renovation. The dyer will also advise and provide satisfactory results.
TwoEgg Cake Recipe Improves Baking Luck
A simple cake instruction lists ingredients including sugar, butter, milk, flour, and baking powder. It promises better results for bakers who have had poor luck with cakes and invites readers to report success after trying the recipe.
Silver Polish Recipe For Bright Finish
The formula calls for two ounces of cream of tartar two ounces of prepared chalk one ounce of pulverized alum and enough water to form a paste. Apply with a soft cloth allow to dry and polish with a dry cloth.
Changes Keep a Man Young
A New York Commercial writer argues that mental growth continues with curiosity and exposure to new events and people into old age. He warns that narrow routines and rigid party loyalty hasten mental ageing, while staying connected to youth and current happenings keeps the mind alert and flexible.
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Mig
New York
Each Man His Own Caricature and Sunday Aisle Watch
A reflection on how people shape ideals into caricatures of themselves. The piece notes a Sunday church scene where attendees reveal their true personas, from the bookkeeper Mr. A to the laid bare desires eclipsed by daily duties. Elwood Hendrick comments in Atlantic Monthly on the mismatch between work roles and inner gifts.
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Elwood Hendrick
The
Atlantic Monthly
Woman Conductor Served Three Years On Early Lynn Line
Mary Busan Stone of Upper Swampscott Massachusetts became a street car conductor in 1874 for the Lynn City railway, now part of the Bay State system. She performed all duties in fair weather and foul aboard a small two-car fleet that began with seven seats per side and expanded to nine per side as service grew.
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Mary Busan Stone
Upper Swampscott
Mass
Tt Wan
Old Lynn City Railway
Bay State Street Railway
Great Things for Morocco in a Consular Report
A consular report shows Morocco exports last year valued at 6 million dollars with grain, eggs, beans and cattle making up the mix. Descriptions note far inland desert distance from the coast, fertile regions, and ambitions by French and Spanish interests. Vineyards already planted in Algeria hint wine from Morocco may rise in prominence.
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Morocco
Algeria
Happy Days Recalled By Knot-Hole Lumber Deal
A Pittsburg lumber dealer sold a load to a stranger found to be full of knot-holes. He warned the buyer honestly that the wood was knotty. The stranger laughed and said the knotholes would not matter as the lumber would go around baseball grounds.
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Pittsburg
Oklahoma City School Board Vows Bond Approval Challenge
The Oklahoma state board of education, facing Governor Cruce’s removal of three members, resolves that if the governor refuses to approve the bonds and contracts for school textbooks, the board president and secretary will approve them for the people. The governor plans possible appointees and indicates several candidates, with over twenty applications already filed. tangible action may hinge on court decisions about his removal power.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Education
Cruce
Ff. J. Wilson
Robert Dunlop
Beatt Glen
Franke Hayes
Croce
Dunlop
Glen
Hayes
Banker Afraid to Be Gallant in Bootlegging Misadventure
J P Cook of Enid, president of the state vane, narrowly avoided arrest in Port Smith Arkansas after assisting a woman with a heavy suitcase. He recalled Fort Smith liquor crackdowns and a local bootlegging arrest involving a woman from Afton, fearing an alibi would fail if the suitcase proved illicit. He walked away with eyes front, relieved not to be accused.
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Muskogee
Oklo
J. P. Cook
Enid
Vane
Cook
Port Smith
Ark
Fort Smith
Gale
Mr .Cook
Afton
Broadway
Worth Smith
Mr. Cook
Aged Woman Killed by Train Near Guthrie Station
Grandma Brinton aged 79 was instantly killed Sunday at six o clock when a Portland Smith and Western train struck her as she started to cross the tracks at Warwick a small station one mile east of Guthrie She sustained broken shoulders and a broken neck and left behind several married children.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Grandma
Brinton
Porth Smith & Western
Warwick
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Grage
W. H. Nichols
Renfro
Buriel
Bis
Icy
Renfro Depot
Mounted Scouts
Rivers
Strawberry
Enid Banker Aided
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