Oklahoma bill targets neglectful spouses and missing parents
Hon E S Ratliff advances House bill 246 making abandonment or wilful neglect to support a wife or minor children a misdemeanor with fines up to 1000 dollars and up to two years in county jail. It allows weekly support orders and optional probation with recognizance. The act repeals conflicting laws and cites related marriage proofs. Also obituary notes Brundidge Harrison passing with burial at Rosedale cemetery.
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E. S. Ratliff
State of
Oklahoma
Notable Ada resident listed in Who's Who in America 1908
Ada is recognized in the 1908 1909 Who's Who in America volume that profiles leading professionals. Among 59 Oklahoma figures, jurists listed include C A Galbraith Ada J J Dunn J L Pausvart Alva F E Gillette Anadarko Hosea Townsend Ardmore C F Irwin El Reno J K Beauchamp M P Garber Enid J H Burford Guthrie C A Cook M R Lawrence C W Raymond J R Thomas Muskogee B F Burwell Oklahoma City Louis Culzbasher Okmulgee N H H Clayton South McAlester J A Gill Vinita.
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Ada
America
Dictionary of National Biography
C. A. Galbraith
J. L. Pausvart
Alva
F. E. Gillette
Ana
South McAlester
J. A. Gill
Vinita
Take a Course in the Oklahoma Commercial School
There is no place for you in the business world unless you are prepared to do the work it wants done. A picked up education will not enable you to hold any position of consequence. The business man of today does not have either the time or inclination to educate his employer.
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Oklahoma Commercial School
Ada Daily and Weekly News hires S W Hill as journalist promoter
S W Hill, a veteran Ada cotton expert, accepts a position with the Ada Daily and Weekly News. He will serve as journalist and promoter of the business interests until the next cotton season.
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S. W. Hill
Ada
Thanks for kindness during illness and burial of our boy
We express heartfelt thanks to friends who showed kindness and tenderness during our son's sickness death and burial. We sincerely appreciate your sympathy and care. Sincerely Mr and Mrs A N Harrison.
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A. N. Harrison
Trial Returns Guilty On Concealed Weapons Charge
Tom Thomas was found guilty after a jury trial in city court Tuesday for carrying concealed weapons. He was fined $5 with the usual trimmings amid efforts by defense lawyers to secure a new trial due to two city officials serving as jurors.
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Tom Thomas
Moss ?: Scribner's Sold to Sol Moss Sole Owner
Sol Moss has purchased the interest of Jne Scribner and is now the sole owner and operator. John plans to work the soil near Stonewall. Mrs. Cash Russell, badly burned weeks ago and staying at her parents south of Ada, is reported to be improving. T N Herron, a prosperous farmer from the Aloso area, was in the city Tuesday. W M Wilson from near Francis visited Ada today. Roff in cleanup day following a mayoral proclamation with residents gathering rubbish and burning or hauling it away. The city election.
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Moss
Scribner’s
Sol Moss
Jne Scribner
John
Stonewall
Cash Russell
Abe Crow
Ada
Roff
Francis Wigwam
Ada City Elections Show Socialist Challenge and Quiet Vote
Socialist candidate Walter Mason drew attention with a surprising showing in Ada’s city election amid a quiet vote of 510 ballots. Democratic chief of police candidate Geo Culver won 391 to Mason’s 119, while the first class city issue passed narrowly. Wards split as Ada voters weighed city governance with a larger context of state affairs and government printing bids were also awarded in Guthrie.
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Ada
Geo. Culver
Mason
Walter Mason
Socialist Party
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Peae
Greenland
Mayor’s Court
T. N. Herron
Aloso
W. M. Wilson
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Francis
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McAlester
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Guthrie
Okla
State Printing Board
Ewe
Culver
Globe “Weenicke
Duncan
J. E. Hurry
R. E. Haynes
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