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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
2
Hog prices fell Tuesday with tops near $9.35 and bulk at $9.10 as wholesale and local buyers led to a sharper decline from last week. Receipts were ample and packing houses held back, while stockers remained steady around $7.50 to $8 for desirable pigs.
Miss Beds Jones of Vaness was an Ada visitor Sunday. Mrs. Lee Welch left for Ross to visit her mother Mrs. Josh Embree. Jim Keltner C B Keltner and son Frank left for Tahooka Texas after spending time with their folks. Jim and C B Keltner plan to build a hotel in Tahooka. Mrs. C B Keltner and family expect to move soon.
Oscar Krueger of Ardmore recently returned from a Texas Colorado and Kansas tour. He is a well known oil man in Ardmore and will attend Columbia University School of Law this fall leaving his Ardmore business to his brother Carl Krueger who is practicing law there.
Newton Wall spent Friday with his uncle J B Wall at 21st and Oak. Mr Wall lives near the Galey sehen house.
Co. H. McKellar is appointed salesman for the Standard Computing Scale Co of Detroit Michigan. He will cover southeastern Alabama with headquarters in the local office.
Mr and Mrs W C Dowell of Lone Oak Texas are guests of A L Payne and mother en routs home from points in Colorado as they travel back from the west.
Misses Sadie and Catherine Edminston left Saturday for Dallas Texas for a vacation of two weeks. They will visit relatives and friends while in the metropolis of Texas.
Prom Wenday's Daily reports E. E. Emerson and family traveling to Beggs Oklahoma where Emerson is set to become principal of Beggs High School on Tuesday.
Harry H. Williams editor of the Battle Charter of the San Antonio Express is in the city today visiting his brother S. T. Williams of Ada Title and Trust Co. He is returning from St. Louis after several days in the St. Louis packing district.
The bridge over the South Canadian River north of Ada is nearing completion. Cable work is nearly done and stringing of steel will likely start within a week or ten days. It should be ready for use by early October or November.
From Tuesday's Daily Mrs. Tal Crawford, confined to a hospital in Oklahoma City for several weeks, has sufficiently improved to allow Jude Crawford to bring her home Monday.
Mrs Mary Edwards and daughter from Honolulu Hawaii and Mrs Joe Cole returned from a motor trip to Eureka Springs Arkansas. Mrs Edwards drove a car shipped to the United States from Hawaii and drove to Ada from Los Angeles.
R W Simpson returned Sunday from Florence Alabama after his father passed away. The elder Mr Simpson was well known in Ada and had visited here multiple times.
Mr and Mrs W G Meadorle travel this afternoon to their old home in Scottsville Kentucky for an extended visit. They came to Oklahoma nearly twenty years ago and expect to renew friendships and acquaintances.
State auditors C Hyer J B Write and Lonnie Gienn completed review of J W Westbrook county treasurer from December to August. They report the books and cash in good shape and that everything balances correctly.
I McCauley left Wadaceday for Lubbock and other points in Texas. The note records travel to multiple destinations in the state and lists Wadaceday as origin.
Mrs. Ruby Forrest, Miss Effie Forrest and Miss Judd of Stratford were seen shopping in Ada today.
Mrs H A Berryman was permitted to return to her home yesterday after being confined to Breco hospital for some time.
The final tabulation shows Democrats with 6938 votes in Pontotoc County the highest ever. Some precincts reported errors including Ada Precinct 2 Ward 2 Floyd 143 to 1 for Mrs Britt and Ward 4 Precinct 1 Heflin 244 instead of 144 Colbert reported Floyd 51 Britt 18. County board will base totals on tabulated figures.
Miss Truth Barnes of Stonewall is reported improving after an appendicitis operation at Breco hospital Monday. J. E. Hickman, superintendent of the city schools, is taking a few days recreation in Sdnia Anna Texas.
Mrs M R Maldlow of Gast Ninth street is in Springfield Tennessee for a two weeks visit with relatives and friends.
Miss Ruby Hawkins arrives back in Cay from Los Angeles and San Francisco area with stops in Washington and Oregon after summer travels.
Dr. Nelson of Bunceton a Democrat and Sam A Baker of Jefferson City a Republican were projected as their parties nominees for governor in the November election as results from all but 27 of Missouri's 2 987 precincts favored them. Indications were that the missing rural precincts would widen their leads with Nelson expected to lead by about to 000 and Baker by around 40 000.
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