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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
4
Mayor Gary Rithe ns condemns tobacco juice on sidewalks and curbs in Ada. City officials call spitting a violation of city ordinance and pledge strict enforcement if the habit continues. Business leaders object to blotched walks but support a calm, collective effort to beautify the town.
An interpreter aided a quarrel between two men over a debt of 24 dollars in a court hearing. The judge noted both had poor memory, dismissed the case, and split the cast, leaving rivals friendly as they left. Melua & Lehr advertised loans and real estate ads.
Commissioner Clay Stephens met with Hughes county officials and Allen residents to praise local road boosters. Allen residents meet Tuesdays to plan Trade Day and road projects, with the first mile and a half of road to Ada to be graded and oil mixed. Seven gravel trucks are at work, averaging one mile per week as graveling progresses toward Ada. Local farmers had hauled previously but state rules limited work hours, prompting use of trucks.
Boston report from a National Educational Association convention notes rising death by self harm among college graduates. Public Health Service official Maurice Hicker cites statistics. Harvard Yale Princeton Vassar and Smith graduates show troubling future trends. Harvard figures: class of 1881-90 averaged 2.06 children per married graduate, 1.55 per capita. Yale similar. Pendleton Lives cautions against generalizing from early data. alumnae statistics suggest marriages and children increased in later years.
Jim Good Obie Dyer and Dick Chapman were each released on 36000 bonds after a special habeas corpus hearing before District Judge Hal Johnson in Shawnee. The trio, tied to the May shooting death of George Martin at Roff, were bound over to the grand jury previously and were later granted bail despite earlier denials for Frank McClintock.
In Aug rural readers gain access to about eleven Traveling Libraries with roughly 25 titles each. Mrs. R. Dale of the Library Commission notes about 400 books depart the State Capitol weekly to rural schools homes and community buildings for two month loans.
Local chiropractic office listing for Dr Ollie McBride in the Salt 16 Shaw Building. Includes office phone 1104 and business name Why Pay More with Liberty Show Shop as proprietor Be W Whisenhunt at 210 East Main.
Washington Aug 23 Veterans difficulties in obtaining government aid are to be greatly reduced by consolidating all agencies handling soldier relief under one Veterans' Bureau director Charles R Forbes promises. The bureau will control claims medical care and education for disabled veterans. It plans 18 million hospital construction and 6 800 new beds by January. It will also oversee 46 630 war risk patients in private and 490 government hospitals and manage a large life insurance portfolio.
Several hundred men marched through downtown St Louis protesting unemployment. The crowd included former service members and inspired a citywide action after 250 men reportedly applied for no jobs as clerks in a ten cent store yesterday. The event followed steps taken to organize the parade.
The American government said it would not permit any hostilities arising from the Costa Rican occupation of the Coto region. In a note to Panama the United States warned that force would not be allowed and that all attempts to use force would be answered firmly.
Yellowstone Park in Wyoming gears up for winter by growing six hundred tons of hay on 1500 acres to feed buffalo herds and prevent them from drifting to lower valleys. A seven foot drift fence is being built as part of the game protection program to keep buffalo from the lower ranges during severe winter weather. Superintendent Horse M. Alpright notes ranch inspections and plans to add board reads to bolster winter preparations.
The Senate Agriculture committee approved the bill and sent the measure to the president for action. The report notes the bill regulates future dealings and aims to align with current standards. The wording appears garbled but indicates passage toward executive consideration.
From Tuesday's Daily several hundred dollars worth of damage occurred to J. H. Kuykendall's stock at the big stand in the McSwain, caused by fire water and smoke. The blaze, traced to the peanut roaster, smoldered all night and flared when a draft entered the door. Firemen could not stop the loss as tobacco smoke hindered their efforts. About 120 dollars in currency and checks were burned. No precise damage figure yet.
The Associated Press reports another scorching day in Oklahoma with the average statewide temperature at 102.4 degrees, four tenths below Sunday. Durant and Purpuria recorded 107 degrees, Lawson and Ponca City 106, Altus Kingfisher and Enence 105, Weatherford nearby, and most cities around 103. No rain in the 24 hours ending 7 am.
Ada residents A F P Dillard 55 and Lizzie Wainright 42 appear as a couple along with Center and Stratford pairs including Allie Denham 21 with Mabel Roberts 19 of Stratford. Other entries show couples from Independence Mo Lawrence Wanette and Wanette names, Rebece Center and Goldie Lewis 18, plus Ada and Oklahoma City unions. the Wayside Tales quote appears as a lyric snippet.
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