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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
5
Advertising rates noted as one dollar per year. Ada plans a mass meeting Monday at the 25, 806 Club to push for a state game school moving to Ada and considers new school district boundaries under state law. Guthrie reports Merant and Tishomingo also in the race with incentives and political backing.
A Kath brakeman from Oklahoma City is seen stalking the sidewalk with a bundle of clothes and new shoes. He boasts about buying cheaper wares away from Oklahoma City while criticizing local shoppers as disloyal.
Governor Haskell named Lion Lee Cruce of Ardmore to the first vacancy on the State University regents at Norman. The move honors Cruce’s business qualifications and loyalty to the Democratic party, though Cruce could not devote full time to the post. The governor’s selection reflects magnanimity and high commendation.
The Rev. E C Dinwiddie head of the prohibition movement bases headquarters in Guthrie Oklahoma. He says his group will push for proper temperance legislation before the legislature and ensure the right kind of dispensaries are established in Oklahoma counties.
The National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City announces temporary suspension after six weeks of draining deposits. Officers, the controller, and James T. Bradley as temporary receiver cite inability to meet demands amid rumors. About 12 million in deposits left for out of town banks and 5 million tied to locals. three small banks closed in Kansas, and city reserves range high.
The Ada News is designated by the County Commissioners to publish all Pon Totoc County proceedings. The Daily and Weekly News readers will be regularly informed of county business and the commissioners court proceedings will be printed immediately after adjournment.
Don A Tolbert of Ada enlists in the U S Navy after visiting Dallas recruiting office and will train in Newport Rhode Island for four years. The issue also references a financial statement attested by M D Timberlake and notes on public commentary about Thomas W Lawson and President Roosevelt.
The document lists assets and liabilities including due from banks and cash items, notes of other national banks, U S bonds, and deposits. It shows totals for resources and liabilities and ends with a cashier sworn statement by Frank Jones on December 6 1907 before Notary B K McKinley.
Albert H Kuehnie 23 shot and killed Fritz Kuehnie in East Golden to protect his mother and sisters. The struggle began when the father grabbed the mother from the kitchen, aiming a pistol at her before the son intervened and fired, killing his father.
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