Talk of the Town items fill Ada streets with visitors
The Ada region buzzes with short visits from E. E. Mattews of Roff. Joel Terrell tours Sulphur, and others like J. M. McDonald of Fitzhugh, W. A. Hollifield from Konawa, and Chas. Richardson with Mrs. Eula Van Meter visit Ada. Local officials and travelers discuss crops, politics, and town news amid a busy week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Mattews
Roff
Joel Terrell
Tom Holt
Texas
Ben Thompson
Longview
J. M. McDonald
Fitzhugh
Our City
W. A. Hollifield
Konawa
Chas. Richardson
Eula van Meter
T. P. Gore
Mayor's Watinee Cot Opens City Crime Tax
Three performers appeared on Monday morning as Uncle Dick opened the show. A Redman delivered a moving piece about a long conflict with a notorious Great White Mule while his fine was settled for 8.75 dollars. A duet of two youths, intoxicated in Shawnee, confessed to disturbing the peace and paid a one dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gahagan Wimbish
Stonewall
Forrest Johnson
Citra
Johnson
Nashville
Southwest
Tennessee
Uncle Sam
Charlie Richardson
Wilson Lumber Co
Hope Lumber Co
Muskogee
Clara Russell
Uncle Dick
Redman
Gravel train wreck delays Frisco passengers near Fitzhugh
The gravel train wrecked near Fitzhugh last Monday night delaying the west bound passenger train due here at 8 23 until the following morning and delaying the east bound passenger train for several hours as wreckage was removed and track cleared. No injuries reported.
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Fitzhugh
Brigadier General Sam Hargis Elected Chickasaw Brigade Commander
At the Sulphur reunion Captain S H Hargis was elected commander of the Chickasaw brigade of Confederate veterans for the ensuing year by acclamation. The choice honors his fidelity and zeal in behalf of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Hargis
Chickasaw Brigade of Confederate Veterans
Farmers Institute Announced for Pontotog County
C A McNabb secretary of the Oklahoma Territorial Board of Agriculture will visit Pontotog County October 2 to conduct a farmers institute if the county requests it. Further announcement will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. McNabb
Oklahoma Territorial Board of Agriculture
Pontoc County
Woodmen of the World elect new camp clerk
At the regular meeting the Woodmen of the World accepted the resignation of George West as camp clerk and chose Albert Burgess to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodnen
George West
Albert Burgess
Konawa Plans BBQ to Celebrate Third Birthday
Konawa will celebrate its third birthday with a big barbecue on August 1 and 2. The greeting to our Seminole sister wishes many happy returns and community spirit.
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Konawa
Newspaper Deal Offers One-Year Subscriptions for $1.75
The Democrat and Texas Farm and Ranch are bundled as a two-paper package priced at $1.75 for one year. Subscribers save by pairing the local daily with the agricultural weekly. The offer highlights combined access to local news and farm reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Texas
Miss Edna Gomner Weds Banks Walker Quietly
Local notes report the marriage of Edna Gomner to Banks Walker at the bride’s parents home on Sunday the 14th. Obituaries note the deaths of two babies from Mr and Brown and Mr and Mrs Smoot, with community sympathy. Also mention a court at Calvin and visitors to Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rutlege
I.N
W. A. Barrett
J. S. Cannon
Texas
Edna Gomner
Mr. Banks Walker
Veterans ride to Sulphur reunion from Ada camp
Captain Hargis leads Confederate Veterans from Ada via Frisco to Sulphur for a big re union. Weather altered plans as overland trip was scrapped due to heat. many comrades joined by Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargis
Ada
Beard v Bocher Bocher defendants warned to answer
In the United States Court in the Indian Territory Southern District Leona Beard plaintiff sues C J Bocher and M C Bocher defendants warned to appear in thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Judge J J Dickerson presiding seal dated July 6 1907 Clerk C M Campbell Deputy A H Constant Attorney J F McKeel for non resident Thomas P Holt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Indian Territory
Leona Beard
C. J. Bocher
M. C. Bocher
J.J. Dickerson
C. M. Campbell
A. H. Constant
J. F. McKeel
Thomas P. Holt
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Chapman the Shoe Man
South Broadway
L. T. Walters
THE
ADA National Bank
Tom Hope
M.C. Copeland
Frank Jones
Orville Snead
John Beard
Z. E. Chariton
Eila C. Scales
M. C. Copeland
Little Brothers
Schotten
Orr LE
Beard & Blanks
Real Estate, Insurance and Loars
Capitol Hill
BEARD @ BLANKS
Talk OF
the Town
E. T. Brown
Holdenville
E. F. Pugh
Pontotoc County
J. D. Laster
Virgil Hale
W. F. Scott
Big Blue
H. A. Kroeger
Francis
Frisco
Bill Cardwell
Haskell
Frantz
Republican
W. H. Buck
Ardmore
Liberty Female College of Liberty
the Democrat
Ben Savage Tolbert
Blanco
Ben
W. H. Ebey
Dallas
F. H. Lucas
Sherman
Calaboose
W. W. Johnson
Allen M. Roddie
Jesse Warren
U. S
Brents
Chapman
J. B. Stout
Joplin
Missouri
Walters
L. Thomas
Paducah
Kentucky
Paul’s Valley
W. P. Bunch
Fairfield
O. H. Thomas
Little Rock
Arkansas
C. P. Hoggard
R. A. Owens
Abbie Mosher
C. O. Barton
Miss Mosher
Barton
Denver
Colorado
Sam Hargis
A Farmers Institute For
Pontotog County
Stevens
Pace
J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co
Chicopee Falls, Maas
U.S. A
Methodist Church
Ruth Roach
Japan
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Miss Roach
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