• County officials launched a crackdown on local Prohibition violators by padlocking the Marquette Hotel on E. Main after a raid uncovered more than seven gallons of corn whiskey and dozens of empty bottles. The operators, Mrs. N.A. Stephenson and W.O. Glandon, were arrested and charged, while roomers were quickly forced to vacate the building. Authorities alleged the hotel had become a public nuisance where men regularly bought liquor, and a court injunction barred the owner, Antonio Patti, from reopening. Officers hinted that more rooming houses would face similar action.
• An article by Charles N. Gould of the Oklahoma Geological Survey praised the Okmulgee district as one of the nation’s richest mineral regions, producing vast quantities of brick and other clay products. Oklahoma, once 35th in mineral output, now ranked second or third nationally. Brick plants in Boynton, Okmulgee, Henryetta, Holdenville and nearby towns made the area a major export center.
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