Local Ada notes capture social visits and moves
Geo Harrison and Jack Hampton on a Madill business trip. Mrs A L Wood of Fitzhugh attends to affairs. Stan Mason heads to Hartshorne to run a drug store. Chicken thieves raid W H Rayburn’s flock. Judge S Heard from Stonewall checks in. Multiple residents attend to farms, schools, and church activities across Ada.
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Geo. Harrison
Jack Hampton
Madill
A. L.wood
Fitzhugh
Stan Mason
Hartshorne
W. H. Rayburn
Traffic Swell as New Wagons Roam Ada Territory
Saturday crowds swarmed Ada streets with wagons filling every space. To newcomers the scene would reveal a vast territory feeding Ada, with many new wagons in service showing farmers prospering and upgrading equipment.
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Ada
Time to Die and a Price Change
The tale clips a man told he could not live an hour more yet hears cotton has risen to 15 cents. He vows to leave and does so as gossiping neighbors watch. The life insurance man later brings him a dinner.
Pontotoc Men Making Good In Legislature Coalitions
Otis Weaver notes Pontotoc County stock is high in the legislature. Roddie leads as Democratic Senate caucus chairman while John Crawford gains ground. J. S. Barham, our floater, rises, and with E. B. Jayne of Seminole County the pair form a strong combining force.
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Pontotoc
Otis Weaver
Pontotoc County
Roddie
Senate
Jno. Crawford
J. S. Barham
E. B. Jayne
Seminole County
Judge Lindsey to Stay in Pontotoc County
Judge L C Lindsey will remain in Pontotoc County after buying Kellis Hawkins 160 acre farm near Ahoso. He plans to tend the place and remains in town today due to his wife's illness.
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L. C. Lindsey
Fitzhugh
Kellis Hawkins
Ahloso
Fitzhigh Gins Over 1000 Bales From Friday
W L Meharg the Fitzhugh gin man reports 1 060 bales of cotton this season and expects just over 1 100 more before the season ends. This surpasses last year’s output by more than double as water scarcity hindered operations due to a dry flowing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Meharg
Fitzhugh
Preliminary hearings held for liquor sale charges
This morning Judge Brown heard cases against Will Blankenship and Lucky Boyd for selling liquor to a minor. Blankenship was bound over while Boyd was released due to insufficient evidence to warrant detention.
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Brown
Will Blankenship
Lucky Boyd
Blankenship
Boyd
Wedding Unites Birdwell and Balthrop in Ada Court
At 2:30 in the county courthouse Justice Brown officiated a brief ceremony for T. R. Birdwell of Bebee and Miss Millie Astor Balthrop of Ada. The young couple wed amid a small crowd and received warm congratulations before leaving.
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Court House
Justice Brown
T. R. Birdwell
Bebee
Millie Astor Balthrop
Ada
Oil Prospects at Fitzhugh Amid Local Interest
W L Meharg said machinery is ordered to sink a oil well at Fitzhugh between the depot and the village. Local parties have some stake but Shawnee capital will finance most. Dr F W LeFevre, a specialist, is noted in connection with the venture.
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W. L. Meharg
Fitzhugh
Oklahoma Baptist Journal Renamed Baptist Oklahoman
Otis Weaver has moved the Oklahoma Baptist Journal to Oklahoma City and renamed it the Baptist Oklahoman. Dr A J Holt will edit and own major stock as the Baptist Journal Company reorganizes with capital of 25900 dollars.
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Otis Weaver
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Baptist Journal
Ada
Baptist Oklahoman
Baptist Journal Company
A. J. Holt
State Baptist Convention
Southern Divine
Reorganized Corporation
Weaver
State Baptist
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