This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR outlines Erskine Dale a pioneer and leader among settlers near a warfort and shorelines. The text depicts Chase to safety, encounters with British forces, and a fugitive youth guided by a foster father figure, with shifting loyalties and danger.
The chapter follows Erskine's march with Clark toward the Northwest and a spring return to Virginia. He grapples with ambition and memory of Barbara Dale while encountering Loyalist intrigue, frontier violence, and hostilities around Dunmore’s raids. A pivotal sunset meeting with Barbara signals a budding romance as Grey arrives in the scene.
A partial and garbled notice reports the postponement of the Demolay initiation ceremony. The readable fragments mention lack of attendance, plans for new initiations, and the expectation that work will proceed rapidly once plans are completed.
Erskine reunites with Barbara and Grey at the manor as he recounts his Indian frontier ordeal. He explains avoiding tribal intrigue, rescuing his own life, and pledging to join Captain George Rogers Clarke, with Early Morn noted for bravery. The scene ends with Harry and Barbara reacting, while Grey bears the tension.
Twenty three time bombs exploded at intervals from 1 30 to 3 00 am in the stockade of the Santa Fe shops near the round house. The blasts hurled earth and fragments, no guards were hurt, Deputy Marshal Atherston was seriously burned by a later explosion. Investigators say cast iron pipe elbows filled with white powder were used. More blasts were expected and the stockade was sealed.
Oklahoma City reports reveal varied campaign filing expenses across candidates. Several listed modest costs for postage and filing fees while others itemized larger outlays such as travel, meals, and campaign supplies, with totals approaching fifty dollars or more for some campaigns. The accounts show no uniform spending pattern and include notes on in-person filings and venue charges.
A garbled passage recalls a diminutive recruit at Trem Camp amid dusty trenches and shovels. It hints at Army life and a claim about aquatic birds becoming heavier when dry, suggesting a lesson from a weekly feature.
Oklahoma state superintendent R H Jison reports about 18 000 of 17 000 teachers attended summer classes to pursue advanced study, a share believed higher than in any other state. Normal schools hosted roughly 9 000 to 9 800 students with Central Normal in Edmond hosting the largest count. attendance extended to Phillips Enid and Baptist Shawnee among others, with some students outside the state.
Joseph O'Sullivan and Reginald Dunn were hanged at Wandsworth prison for the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Witton on June 22. A crowd of about 49 Irish men and women gathered outside the jail, singing hymns for the condemned, as the two men faced the scaffold and died.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.