Ada Daily Briefs Mention Local Wins And Visits
Friday and Saturday notices show Mrs. Mabel Browall returning from Collierville Tenn. and Ada sees a shower. H C Emerson resumes activity after illness. W D Logston plans Ada as permanent home. new O C agent C E Wilson from Purcell praised by Santa Fe management. Citizens report rains, crop progress, and local travel with several named towns and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Browall
Collierville
Tenn
W. D. Logston
Blackwell
Ada
C. E. Wilson
O. C
Purcell
Santa Fe
Woodrow Wilson
McKeown
Lincoln Highway Association pledges support to Oklahoma road push
The Lincoln Highway Association based in Detroit sends warm backing to the Oklahoma Port land Cement Company and the Ada group. Secretary H W Wells is informed that wide publicity will be provided in an upcoming issue and a wall map for sale is offered to aid the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Oklahoma Lincoln Highway Association
Ada
Okla
H. W. Wells
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
W. S. Morrison
Mr. Morrison
United States
Canada
Lincoln Highway
Kansas City
Omaha
THE
Lincoln Highway Assn
A. F. Bement
Fine samples of Boone County white corn showcased on farm
W R Riddle shows Boone county white corn raised two and a half miles north of Frisco. He bought 10 bushels at $3 a bushel, saved the best seed, and expects at least 25 bushels per acre. One ear an impressive foot long. Riddle, a county demonstrator, works with Elmo Ellis the county agent amid wartime measures and security tightens at stations and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Riddle
Frisco
Boone County
Mr. Riddle
Elmo Ellis
Ada and area visitors and travel notes
Wednesday's Daily Prof. Philpott of Fitzhugh reports Ada visitors including Miss Katie Lawson at Atoka and Mrs. Josephine Robertson heading to Tutwiler. Mrs. J. H. Wood returns from Enid and El Reno. Lena West and Temple Westbrook travel to visit Blanche Rushing at Okemah. M. B. Molloy returns from Oklahoma City after state tennis. James R. Hounshell transfers from Fort Worth to Katy line between Atoka and Oklahoma City. Mrs. A. B. Yeager and children expected from Dallas this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Philpott
Fitzhugh
Katie Lawson
Atoka
Josephine Robertson
W. E. Conger
Tutwiler
J. H. Wood
Enid
el Reno
Lena West
Temple Westbrook
Blanche Rushing
Okemah
M. B. Molloy
Oklahoma City
James R. Hounshell
Fort Worth
Santa Fe
Katy
Worn kills man who wronged daughter at courthouse
In New Orleans on Aug 7 Mrs Florence McGowan killed J Leon Brown after his trial accusing him of wronging her daughter. The report notes the courthouse shooting followed the trial. Also mentioned are samples of feterita grown by J R Roddy and interest from Pontotoc county farmers as a potential feed solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Springer
H. A. Douthitt
Douthitt
F. B. Swank
Norman
Oklahoma
Bachelors
New Orleans
Florence McGowan
J. Leon Brown
Oklahoma State Bank
J. R. Roddy
Pontotoc County
Ambassador Herrick Sails for America Amid Paris Departure
United States ambassador Myron T. Herrick and his family prepared to sail from Paris today aboard the French liner France bound for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Herrick
America
Paris
United States
Myron T. Herrick
France
J. W. McNair Answers Last Roll Call
J W McNair dies at 11 from Ada Kansas home age 77. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at 411 West 12th street with Rev C B James officiating. Interment at Rosedale cemetery with Masonic honors. Survived by wife and three children I McNatt Ada Ok. May Van Demburgh San Diego Calif. Ray Ogle Fredonia Kans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McNair
I. McNair
West 12Th Street
C. B. James
Rosedale Cemetery
Albemarle County
Virginia
Illinois
Co. I
113Th Illinois
Kansas
Ada
McNair
I. McNatt
May van Demburgh
San Diego
Calif
Ray Ogle
Fredonia
Good Roads and Rural Schools Improve Access and Attendance
Washington Aug 13 The rural population backs better schools as roads improve. Improved highways boost attendance, enable consolidation into larger graded schools, and turn the consolidated school into a community center with public meetings and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Office of Public Roads
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Belgians Crush German Spies Amid Wartime Arrests
Brussels reports a vast German spy network in Belgium. Six hundred spies were seized and one hundred were executed this week. Some detainees wore gendarme civic guard soldier or officer uniforms, and many were armed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Paris
Belgium
Ardmore Vote Totals Put Trapp Top In Carter County
Ardmore Ok Aug 6 M E E Trapp led Carter County voters for lieutenant governor with LaFayette and Duffy close behind S P Freeling led for attorney general and the results reflect local preference in the contest ahead of statewide tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
M. E. E. Trapp
Carter County
LaFayette
Duffy
S. P. Freeling
Tennessee Sailed for Relief Aid to Europeans
New York August 7 reports the Tennessee carrying nearly 8 million dollars in gold sailed today on relief to Americans stranded in Europe. The American liner St Paul departed for Liverpool with five thousand bags of mail and large freight as vast crowds cheered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tennessee
Europe
St. Paul
Liverpool
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A.D. Moorer
East Main
H. C. Emerson
T. R. Cardwell
Antlers
A. K. Thornton
Cumberland Mountains
A. C. Calvert
Bokchite
Miles C. Grigsby
Clint Palmer
Egypt
Dr. Yarbrough
Dallas
Excelsior Springs
H. M. Good
San Saba
Texas
W. S. Knight
Durant
Greenville
Crawford
Stonewall
Alfred Vaden
Merle Sears
Lanford Shaw
Washita
Randolph
L. M. Overton
J. W. Whipple
S. M. Shaw
8S. M., Jr
St. Louis
J. W. Moore
Jack Moore
Fayetteville, Ark
Shawnee
J. C. Wails
J. E. Hurry
Okmulgee
J. F. Davis
G. G. Davis
Calvin
W. F. Garrison
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Chaney
Judge McKeown
W. K. Chaney
Denison
W. O. Pratt
Fromteedman
E. 9Th
Mr. Pratt
Order
R. N. Hounshell
Ahloso
National
Lincoln Highway Association
Flanders
Ramsey Drug Go
A. B. Yeager
J. W. M'Nair
Stillwell’s
Ne Plus
Ene
Ada, Oklahoma
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