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  • Vol 27 Issue 1,355 January 19, 2023

    A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST The Daily PressArdmore, OklahomaSunday, March 29, 1925 STROMAN WORKS FOR BIGGER AND BETTER ARDMORE Only Dealer in Auto Replacement Supplies in This Section of State The Stroman Motors Supply Co., located at 224 West Main street, Ardmore, is the only jobber of automobile replacement supplies in Southern Oklahoma. The business…

  • Vol 27 Issue 1,354 January 12, 2023

    The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OklahomaMonday, May 28, 1906 HISTORICAL MURDER CASE Final Chapter Being EnactedMurder Committed in 1902 Guthrie, Okla., May 27, 1906 – Sheriff Elliott, who recently went to British Columbia, has wired here that the prisoner under arrest there is Sam Green, one of the men under indictment for murdering Sheriff Bullard and Deputy…

  • Vol 27 Issue 1,353 January 5, 2023

    The building below in the northeast corner of Main Street and North Washington was the City Drug Store back in the 1940s-1960s. In later years, it was used for used furniture and antiques. WHen it burned, it was not replaced but was razed. There is a parking lot located on that spot now. What’s interesting…

  • My HAM Radio Shack

    KC5JVT By Butch BridgesArdmore OklahomaUpdated: 2/16/24Online: 12/22/22 UPDATE: On Dec 30, 2022 the FCC granted me back my original 1994 callsign (for $35) of KC5JVT. Hip Hip Hooray! First a little of my HAM background. I started my HAM journey back in September 1994. A group of us local Ardmore, Oklahoma HAMs would meet every…