Ada in the 1910s: Local notices from Talk of the Town
Attorney B. H. Epperson and W. H. L. Campbell transact business in Hickory Ardmore. Roddie heads to Oklahoma City for the state democratic convention. Various locals visit, invest, paint, and plan, including Byars land sale to American Trust Co. and a fishing party for W. J. Coffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. L. Campbell
Ardmore
Furman, Galbraith
McKeel
South McAlester
Court of Appeals
Reuben M. Roddie
Oklahoma City
A. L. Beck
Magdalina
Herndon
Indiana
K. C. Parks
Byars
Ada
R. C. Hess
S. G. Mewbern
R. L. Thomas
J. H. Rogers
American Trust Company
Our City
Capt. Cates
Stonewall
Black Rock
American Trust Company of
Capt. Coffman
Crossplains
Texas
W. J. Coffman
Lone Star State
Will Coffman
Harry Kiser
Small Boy Shot At Stonewall
Sam Collins twelve year old son of Henry Collins formerly of this city now a resident of Stonewall was accidentally shot by Tom Bolin while returning from a hunting trip. The bullet struck Collins in the back above the hips and lodged in the abdomen after piercing intestines. A surgeon treated the wound and sewed four pierced intestines. Collins was carried home in critical condition but may recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Collins
Henry Collins
Stonewall
Tom Bolin
Tommie Bolin
Young Collins
Poy
Friday the Thirteenth serial chapter in Mineola Courier
The Mineola Courier continues Thomas W. Lawson's Friday the Thirteenth serial tale. The editor imagines his death, heavenward glory, and taunts deadbeats while recalling the paper’s clue as a quenching message for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Paradise
Jasper Seas
Gulf
Mineola Courier
Decoration and Unveiling Observed by Woodmen and Odd Fellows
The Woodmen of the World and Odd Fellows held a joint decoration day with a service at First Baptist Church led by Rev. T. B. Harrell. They laid flowers on graves at the old cemetery, heard a memory address by T. D. McKeown, and unveiled the T. L. Gray monument at Rosedale cemetery after decorating their deceased members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World
Odd Fellows
Lodge Room
First Baptist Church
T. B. Harrell
Brotherhood of Man
Old Cemetery
T. D. McKeown
Woodmen
Rosedale Cemetery
T. L. Gray
Send the Paper to the Old Home
The Democrat offers to send copies outside the state for 75 cents per year to paid up subscribers. The policy promotes Pontotoc county interests and immigration advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Democrat
Pontotoc County
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Chapman the Shoe Man
South Broadway
L. T. Walters
Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph Company
Ranabie
Big A
ADA Milling CO
Tom Hope
M.C. Copeland
Frank Jones
Orville Snead
John Beard
J. F. McKeel
Z. E. Charlton
Ella C. Scales
M. C. Copeland
Little Brothers
Schotten
Treivey
Talk OF
the Town
B. H. Epperson
Hickory
E. E. Smallwood
Bride
Konawa
John Rinard
H. J. Brown
H. J
Wisconsin
W. P. Litteral
Chapman Hotel
Vore
Ingram
Davis
Main Street
Evans
Hollifield Hardware Co
Brinson Brothers
Holdenville
O. W. Feemster
Capitol Hill
Rev
J. R. Browne
Sanger
Geo. Middleton
Dallas
Hotel Chapman
Lottie McNair
Kansas
Bent Mason
J. S. Harris
Jamestown
M. A. Seele
Tyrola
Dr. French
Miss Welsh
the Democrat
Uncle Dick
Geore Culver
ADA Title & Trust Company
Rear Citizens National Bank
Ada, Ind
Ter
Electric Theatre
Twigg
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