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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1925

Page

9

Sandwich 13 Not Legal Meal For Britons

A Brighton magistrate ruled that a sandwich does not legally count as a meal under English liquor licensing rules. This ruling alarms West End cabaret and restaurant owners who previously exploited the loophole by offering "property" sandwiches with drinks after closing time. If upheld, late-night patrons may be required to order a full meal such as ham and eggs or roast beef with Yorkshire pudding to drink after 11.

International Brighton England West End London

News Want Ad Service Prompt

A concise classified note highlighting buy rent or sell options. Readers are offered quick matching services for property listings personal ads and items for sale. Contact details and quick reference instructions are implied within the ad copy.

Pre-Easter Fashion Sales and Local Visits Highlight City Briefs

City brief notes show H P Schienberg home with flu, Dee Wilcoxin and Mrs Elzie King visiting Francis, C O Martin and Travis Kerr on business trips to Sulphur and Konawa, Cecil Deal in the city with the Joel Brown jazz ensemble, a $2 ticket credit on $10 purchases for a Palm Garden luncheon, plus a Fashion Pre Easter Sale and upcoming holdenville trip by R R Robinson and E C Wilson from the College.

Cecil S. Deal The Joel Brown Jazz Orchestra

Local notices and business visits in town

SEYBOLD, Cleaners, Phone 665. John Seybold, tailor, in Zeb’s Bar ber Shop. 3-26-1m T. L. Swinford, manager of the A. P. Brown store here, is a busi ness visitor in Mill Creek today. Verne Walters and wife of Norman arrived today to spend the Easter holidays. Our styles and materials are the best at popular prices. J. M. Burdik in the Fashion, 4-8-2 L. E. Mahon, of the International School of Correspondence, is in the city today on business.

T. L. Swinford A. P. Brown Mill Creek Verne Walters Norman J. M. Burdick L. E. Mahon International School of Correspondence Milan

Easter Holiday Roundup Heads to Ada Events

Local items note Dorothy Duncan from Norman home for Easter. Fashion promotes Pre Easter Sale with lingerie and a Blonde Satin Pump feature. OU students Frank Potts and Fred Taylor visit Ada. I am selling Clarified Milk at 10 cents per quart. schools invited to view the clarifier work. E H Burdick and Ethel Cardiff visit city. Lynx of state board of education in town. Denton Brecheen invites schools to see clarifier project. Irwin Snow travels to Purcell as a judge for McClain county meet.

Ada D. C. Brecheen Irwin Snow Purcell McClain County

Ada Mission to be Led by Rev Father Moisant

A Catholic mission will be given in Ada by Rev Father Moisant starting Easter Sunday at 9 30 am in the Catholic church on East Twelfth street. Catholics and non Catholics are invited to attend.

Ada Father Moisant East Twelfth Street

Community church building progress and Easter egg event

Last night members neighbors and friends hammered on the new church floor. funds were raised for the choir study and class rooms. Mr Wells installed windows. A supper followed upstairs on the new floor with guests invited again Monday at seven. Children should bring Easter eggs next Sunday for the egg hunt.

Mr. Wells S. H. Crockett

Joe E Brown's Orchestra to Play in Ada Dance

Joe E Brown's Orchestra or Southern Syncopators returns to Ada for a home coming dance at Convention Hall under Phi Delta Omega. The troupe, famed for thrilling the west, makes its first Ada appearance and invites the public to attend regardless of dancing ability.

Joe E. Brown Ada West Phi Delta Omega Mr. Brown

Palm Garden Bazaar Opens Saturday at 9:30 A.M.

Christian Ladies Bazaar features ladies and children's garments cooked foods candy and pot plants with cafeteria luncheon. Mary A O Green manager of Green drug store attends Oklahoma City baseball game between the Indians and the Pirates.

Palm Garden A. O. Green A. O. Green Drug Store Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, Indians Pitttsburgh Pirates

Log Cabin Filling Station Ad

H. V. Dodds manager offers Pennant Gasoline with Ol Free crank case service air and water at the Log Cabin Filling Station on the Red Star route from Ada to Roff. Ladies' rest room and phone 114 noted. S. P. Taylor reports hail in Lovelady Wednesday afternoon with minor fruit and twig damage and a fairly good rain.

Red Star Ada Roff H. V. Dodds S. P. Taylor Lovelady

Savings banks in New York City hold deposits

New York City hosts 65 savings banks with 3,032,000 depositors and total deposits of 2,558,000,000 dollars.

New York City

Herriot Turns On Enemies Charges Faulty Treasurers

Paris April 9 Premier Herriot suddenly assumed the offensive in the chamber of deputies and charged faulty administration of the treasury against every government since the armistice. He promised to reveal intimate secrets of the French treasury as he turning upon accusers he had fought for his political life.

Associated Press Paris Herriot Chamber of Deputies

Death of Willie Jones at I O O F Home Tennessee

Mrs Mae Lollar of 200 West Fourteenth street reports the death of her nephew Willie Jones aged 19 at the I O O F Home in Tennessee. He had lived at the Home since 1912, contracted tuberculosis after a pneumonia attack in 1923, and never recovered. He was a former Boy Scout and Sunday school worker with a promising future. Both parents are dead and many relatives live in Ada area.

Mae Lollar West Fourteenth Street Willie Jones Tennessee Ada

Trapp Signs Primary and Convention Bills for 1927 Vote

Governor Trapp signed the preferential primary bill and a constitutional convention referendum for 1927 to a popular vote. The primary counts fractional second and third votes while the convention proposal goes to the general election next year with a potential convening date in November if approved.

Oklahoma A&M summer session to host 25 educators and 238 courses

Stillwater Okla April 9 five educators of national repute an English poet and 23 school officials of Oklahoma will participate in the summer session at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical college June 1 to July 30. Credit courses offered number 238 including nine subjects for the first time. Notable instructors include Philander P Claxton Edward P Steiner Henry S Curtis George S Christine and John Comper Powys.

Associated Press Stillwater Okla Oklahoma Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Philander P. Claxton Tulsa Edward P. Steiner Grinnell College Henry S. Curtis Missouri George S. Christine Purdue University Lafayette Ind Bradford Knapp John Comper Powys London W. W. Phelan University of Oklahoma Norman M. A. Nash Charles W. Briles E. B. Nelms E. A. Duke Haskell Pruitt Kate S. North Virginia Lyles A. C. Parsons Oklahoma City E. D. Price Enid Charles W. Richards Ardmore J. R. Barton Okmulgee Merle Prunty J. N. Hamilton Ponca City F. J. Reynolds Jet William H. Bishop Lucy Helen Meacham Harry W. McKinney

Obituary for D D Jones Dies at 80 Near Ada

D D Jones aged 80 died at his home seven miles west of Ada at 6 this morning. Funeral services set for Center at 4 this afternoon. Survived by an aged wife.

D. D. Jones Ada

Edmonson pleads guilty and is sentenced

Edmonson pleaded guilty before District Judge J. W. Bolen to two arson cases connected with a Lula store fire and was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary. His sentence on an arson accessory charge was reduced after evading local officers for months.

Ace Edmonson Lula J. W. Bolen Edmonson

Buy it rent it sell it NEWS want ad

Fragmentary classified note seeks readers for a buy it rent it sell it service. Mentions general ad space for listings and inquiries. No clear names, places, dates, or prices readable.

East Central College notes discuss new building plans

An assembly led by Superintendent E L Rodman and Miss Ethel Cardiff of the state board of education reviewed tentative plans for a new 135000 building at East Central College. Judge J M Sandlin is expected today to join in laying future growth plans and Y M C A activities aim to host next year’s state convention in Ada.

E. L. Rodman Antlers Ethel Cardiff Tulsa State Board of Education J. M. Sandlin Duncan Ada East Central Stillwater Norman

Twelve in Class Descendants of Declaration Signers

In Baltimore on April 9 there are 12 Calvert School boys each tracing a signer of the Declaration of Independence in their ancestry. The students include Douglas Carroll, Dunlop Dawbarn, Eugene De Bullet from Charles Carroll. Howland Davis from Thomas Jefferson. Charles Larned from Richard Henry Lee. Holt Maulsby and David Lee Maulsby from Joseph Hewes. Edward Morton from John Morton. Canby Marys from George Reed. Dorsey Alexander from George Ross. Bernard Fenwick from Francis Lightfoot Lee. William Rawls from Thomas Stone.

International News Service Baltimore Calvert School Douglas Carroll Dunlop Dawbarn Eugene de Bullet Charles Carroll Howland Davis Thomas Jefferson Charles Larned Richard Henry Lee Holt Maulsby David Lee Maulsby Joseph Hewes Edward Morton John Morton Canby Marys George Reed Dorsey Alexander George Ross Bernard Fenwick Francis Lightfoot Lee William Rawls Thomas Stone

Lodge and Club Masons Meet Tonight In Degree Conferral

Regular meeting of the Lodge and Club R A Masons is held tonight with con ferring of the Most Excellent Masters degree. W H Powell, High Priest presides.

R. A. Masons W. H. Powell H. P

Regular Masonic meeting urged for tonight at 8 o'clock

Notice I. O. Of F. announces a regular meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. All degree team members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome. Wayne Roberts, N. G.

Wayne Roberts N. G

Italy plans vast Piacenza Cremona national park in hills

Piacenza and Cremona authorities propose a large National Park near Galso ma zzare on 4942 acres at 3280 feet. The wooded site includes gardens streams and waterfalls and an ancient Roman town reputedly buried in a nineteen century landslide. TOKIO A jealous naval officer warns his wife to avoid the postman tradesman skip the public bath and have letters delivered only through a door slit.

Rome United States Canada Piacenza Cremona Galsomazzaire Tokio Xamakura

Camphor Eye Wash Advertises Quick Relief

The notice promotes Lavoptik eye wash containing camphor hydrastis and witch hazel for sore inflamed eyes. A small bottle supposedly helps any case of sore, weak, or strained eyes. Aluminum eye cup tree. Gwin & Mays. Adv.

Gwin & Mays Adv

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