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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
9
Roy Dixon, a Black inmate condemned for murdering Sam Hill, hanged himself with a blanket strip in his cell during the jailer’s temporary absence at the nick of time. He had feared a lynching by fellow Blacks after the sentence. The jailer found the body and had it cut down while still warm.
Mrs Belton Parker and baby Violet returned home from Arkansas. Townsley family left in search of a California home. Thanksgiving program and box supper a success showing strong local teachers and bright school children. Bertha Sanders won a cake for prettiest girl. Will Peck won pie for ugliest man. Total receipts 46 dollars for school fixtures. Miss Glennie Griffith left for Moll er to begin seven months of teaching. Several teachers named at the Ada meeting. Mrs Mattie L Thompson died November 29 1912, near Albertville Alabama aged 27, leaving six children and a devoted Christian family. The community mourns and sends sympathy to Mr W A Thompson and kin.
The piece notes farmers nearly finished picking cotton. It lists local happenings including a wedding at a justice of the peace home, a baby’s birth, a store sale plan, livestock moves, a farm dance trip, a mule and wagon mishap, and a social observation about Socialists after November 6.
Gentle notes from Ada area readers report Fitzhugh enjoying rain Sunday while Miss Tilda Woodard regains strength. Local visits include Mrs. McDonald in Blanchard and Mrs. Cilla Franklin’s illness, plus community updates on church services, health, cotton harvest nearing end, and cooperative efforts like the Odd Fellows supper that raised 54 dollars and 40 cents.
Unfavorable weather slows field work with scraps of cotton left to finish. Wylie Corvin spent Sunday night as a guest of Sloan Palmer, reflecting small social notes in the community page.
Stonewall deputy L. M. Chandler brought Louis Thompson from Antlers to face a charge of carrying a gun in the Jesse neighborhood this morning.
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