Declining Protestant Growth Across States Cited
The article cites church reports showing New York declining 50 percent in 25 years with Manhattan losing 60 churches since 1901 while 16 new ones were built. Massachusetts shows Jewish synagogues up 81 percent Greek Orthodox 43 percent and Roman Catholic 30 percent with Protestants up only 11 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Churches
Southern Convention
Southern Baptists
The
Christian Herald
Northern Baptist Convention
New York
Manhattan
Massachusetts
Dirt roads doomed in Oklahoma says railing on rural decline
The piece praises a newly graded Pontotoc County road yet laments heavy rains and traffic that quickly ruin unpaved surfaces. It argues hard surface roads and bonds won't ensure permanence without broader rural improvements such as schools and churches, urging a patriotic push for better rural highways and facilities.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Ada Paving Resolutions for Districts 6 7 8 10 11 April 1920
Ada Oklahoma boards publish paving resolutions approving street, avenue and alley improvements in Districts 6 7 8 10 and 11. Documents outline specifications, costs, and assessments, name streets including South Rennie Avenue South Broadway Belmont Avenue Twelfth and Eighteenth Streets and more. Public notices call for protests within 15 days after publication.
Ada Oklahoma paving resolution extends street districts
On April 29 1920 the city council adopted Paving Resolution No 7 2 governing Ninth Street from East line North Broadway to East line of Blocks 6 and 7 Normal Heights Addition Ada Oklahoma Tenth Street from railroad right of way to Francis Avenue North Rennie Avenue from railroad to Ninth Street North Hope Avenue from Ninth Street to Main Street Lands Avenue from Ninth Street to Tenth Street an alley in Block 79 Original Plat from West to East block 79.
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Ninth Street
North Broadway
Normal Heights
Ada
Oklahoma
Tenth Street
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Francis Avenue
Rennie Avenue
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
Main Street
Hope Avenue
Lands Avenue
Ada paving resolution for street improvement district
Resolution outlines paving plans for Improvement District No. 8wise in Ada Oklahoma. It covers Twelfth Rennie avenue west to Francis avenue and South Mississippi avenue from Main street to Twelfth street north line, plus area from Twelfth street south to Block 21 Dan Hays Addition including crossings.
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Twelfth Street
Rennie Avenue
Francis Avenue
Mississippi Avenue
Main Street
Dan Hays
Ada
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Board of Commissioners
Pelter Involved Mention Spotted In Local Talk
Local chatter notes the name Pelter in a brief remark about a man linked to an ongoing matter. No further details are provided in readable text.
Ada OK Paving Resolution Nos 9-2 and 10-2
Ada Oklahoma civic notices outline Paving Resolution No 9-2 detailing Main Street Ada Pontotoc County from the railroad right of way to the Glenwood Addition for street improvements including paving grading curbing guttering and drainage with assessments to follow after protest deadlines. Also listed is Paving Resolution No 10-2 for South Johnston Avenue from Main Street to Block 143 Original Plat and Block 27 Dagg's Addition with similar improvement and assessment provisions.
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Eighteenth Street
Johnston Avenue
Stockton Avenue
Main Street
Twelfth Street
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
Ada
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Board of Commissioners
City of
Ada Weekly News
Gary Kitchens
Public Justice & Safety
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Block 14
Glenwood
Dagg
Maxwell
Pontotoc
Cowling & Carpenter A. Building
City Officials Approve Public Justice and Safety Resolution
A city meeting records a resolution by the mayor and commissioner of public justice and safety, with the city clerk and commissioner of accounting and finance noted. The document bears the date 4 22 21 and outlines administrative actions for the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Jones
ofAccounting & Finance
Moser's Department Store Ad Encourages Family Visit
Mr. Farmer urged to bring his family to Moser's Department Store to see why shopping there saves money. The ad touts dry goods ready-to-wear shoes for the whole family and claims wide selections at low prices. Date appears as 4-22-1tw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelter
Mr. Farmer
Moser’s Department Store
Strayed Bay Horse Missing Near Byng Oklahoma
A 12 year old bay horse weighing about 900 pounds with saddle and collar marks was last seen three miles west of Francis. A liberal reward is offered for information leading to its recovery. Contact D. L. Lunsford Byng Oklahoma dated 4 22 31.
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Francis
D. L. Lunsford
Byng
Oklahoma
Death of Mrs. Lucy J. Tully at Bebee Funeral today
Mrs Lucy J Tully aged 60 died yesterday at Bebee. Funeral services were conducted this afternoon by C V Dunn for the mother of Mrs M O Buckalew. Interment followed at Rosedale.
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Tully
C. V. Dunn
Lucy J. Tully
Bebee
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ADA Star-Democrat
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc Co
Enterprise
the News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada, Oklahoma
Marvin Brown
Luther Harrison
South Broadway
Townsend Avenue
Twentieth Street
Belmont Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Thirteenth Street
South Townsend Avenue
South Rennie Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Sixteenth Street
Seventeenth Street
South Johnston Avenue
City
Public Justice and Safety
Bill
Stratford
Pelter’s
Roff
J. E. Kinsey
Vanoss
Okla
McCaskey Register
New Binder
J. E. Zumbro
Rollow Corner
R. C. Jeter
Rollow Hardware Store
J. L. Page
Townsend
Joe McElreath
Airedale
H. J. Huddleston
M. & P. National Bank
International Stocking Mills
Norriston
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