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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
1
The second annual convention of the Indian Territory Istian churches in the Southern district is in Ada with thirty five delegates. The Christian Womens Board of Missions leads today and most program participants are present.
A popular Ada couple, seen together several times, were greeted by about twenty friends in an Ada neighbor town as they returned from a trip. The crowd hurled old shoes and rice at them, leaving the pair astonished yet smiling and wincing at the airborne footwear and footwear.
A large Ada gathering heard J A Baker of Wewoka and Rev E D Cameron of Sulphur speak at the United States court room in Ada. Cameron praised Judge C A Galbraith and recounted his 1892 Oklahoma superintendent term while Baker defended the constitution and denounced baseless slander claims from Georgia.
Seminole I T April 9 Armed men patrolled the street as six nitroglycerine charges blasted the First State bank safe. Two robbers escaped with about 1000 dollars while over fifty shots rang out. no one injured. Bank insured. $500 reward offered by president A D Powell. town of Seminole small with few authorities.
Ada public schools schedule field day for Thursday at 1 PM. Students from South and North schools will gather on the South campus for a spirited rivalry in athletic events typical of such school life.
Durant figure R L Williams consents to run for judge of the Oklahoma Supreme Court from the second district. The piece details his Alabama birth in 1868, legal rise, and leadership in Indian Territory politics and the constitutional convention, highlighting his anti corruption stance and public service.
The News visited the dam site where Harry Keller, foreman of the crew, toured the works. Concrete foundation reaches 225 feet with 3300 yards to be poured and completion expected in forty days. An earth section of 500 feet long and 100 feet wide follows, braced by 42 feet concrete braces. Flood gates two in number arrived Saturday.
A runaway near East Main Street was narrowly averted Monday morning when Burris Horton of Copeland and Sloan managed to stop a frightened team pulling flour to Ada. Horton ran beside the horses and halted them east of the Harris hotel with no serious damage. Mrs. Walter Bean of Greenville Texas is visiting sister Mrs Vergil Hale.
Citizens in new Oklahoma territory counties met in Guthrie to organize against attempts to block county creation. Officers include W. T. McConnell as president, George C. Whitehurst as vice president, W. B. Newman as second vice president, A. J. Litus secretary, and John Garnett treasurer. Delegate George Wood announced the gathering. Fred Elkin plans to file a Beaver county suit against the constitutional convention over the division of Beaver county.
In Ada a ten pound baby girl was born last night to James Webb and his wife in North Ada. Both mother and child are doing well and the father beams with happiness.
Rev. E. D. Cameron, candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, departed for Muskogee this morning to rally support and discuss his platform with voters and party leaders.
The piece hails Robert E. Lee born January 19 1807 as a model of virtue and leadership. It calls him a tower of strength and inspiration before and after the war and argues he represents a heritage for Americans on both sides of the Potomac.
Attorney I. M. King arrived back in town this morning after attending a court session in Wewoka.
Denison Texas April 9 Officials of the Missouri Kansas Texas have been told to send all available cattle cars south as water and grass grow scarce in parts of Texas. The plan aims to speed shipments despite motive power shortages and the need to double the efforts to release, return, and repair bad order cars.
Oklahoma City reports the green bug has damaged at least 20 percent of wheat and 50 percent of oats this year. Secretary C V Toppie of the Oklahoma Millers Association released the fifth crop bulletin noting losses mainly in Southern Oklahoma where oats are gone and corn acreage rises. The oats land is being switched to corn and cotton with a final assessment due at week’s end.
Voters are advised of upcoming Democratic primary dates and related filing periods. The notices emphasize participation in the party's selection process and outline registration deadlines for eligible voters.
At 7 o clock Tuesday night April 9 1907 Rev Thomas L Rippey officiated the quiet marriage of H C Wunderlich and Miss Daisy Sarrell at the M E parsonage in Ada Wunderlich is a popular Ada telephone exchange manager and a Michigan native. Sarrell has served as chief operator at the Ada exchange and previously at Atoka.
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