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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1924
Page
8
A narrator reveals a family’s tragic past surrounding a presumed child’s death and a haunting upstairs room. Aunt Mary recounts rigid discipline and a mother’s guilt linked to a lost daughter named Doris, while the mother longs to glimpse her elusive smiling memory.
The City Star quotes Professor Pate musing on the fate of the grand marshal once famed for a red sash and a tall steed in past parades. The whimsical reflection touches on the marshal’s role and the audience’s reactions.
Mrs G W Lively and her son John from Momenee, lil, are visiting her sister Mrs E B Waggoner at 1020 Belmont.
Herbert Hoover endorses a $1,000,000 Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University. Trustees appeal to the public for funding to support professorships, fellowships, and a library, highlighting Page’s democratic ideals and humanitarian work. Contributions directed to 111 Broadway, New York City.
Okmulgee attorney H E Baker recalls the 1880 Republican convention in Chicago and the Old Guard backing Grant. He notes the nine day deadlock, Garfield’s rise as a dark horse, and argues for party unity and bipartisan tariff issues. Baker says he will vote for Coolidge.
A William Fox screen version of A. S. M. Hutchinson's This Freedom shown at the Ameri can theatre last night earns praise for its story direction acting and photography. It follows a woman banker whose ambition drives her life as her family suffers from a swindle and ruined lives in London cabarets with Fay Compton delivering a standout lead performance.
In Ardmore county court Judge A J Hardy heard the state case against Doe Smith charged with murder in the death of Indian Wyley Sams who died at his Sulphur area home on June 27 from a head blow with an iron bar last December The docket also lists B H Hudson charged with perjury related to an automobile confiscation case for this afternoon.
Judge A L Beckett of Okmulgee reports the Democratic national convention favored Smith in the galleries where booing and gatekeeping silenced Bryan McAdoo supporters. Beckett says he supports McAdoo but sees no clear path for Ralston Glass or Bryan. He criticizes access rules and cites liquor support at Oklahoma HQ.
OKMULGEE An oil field worker named Snedin of Cromwell is critically injured and unconscious after a car left a Youngstown highway embankment near Cooksville. The car overturned three times and burned. a Cromwell woman accompanying him suffered injuries but was not jailed. Snedin's brother in Indiana was notified.
Dr. S. L. Burns of Maxwell reports his bees, among the county’s most successful, have produced little this season due to a late honey flow.
A candidate for Pontotoc County Sheriff requests voters support on August 5th. He highlights a clean deputy administration, union and fraternal involvement, and urges consideration of his experience, courage, and fairness in office. Political advertising signals.
A garbled line suggests a tonic boosting appetite and vigor. The text reads as a quirky health claim with promotional tone. No clear events or identities are present.
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