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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
3
Judge and Mrs. C. A. Powers departed today for Shreveport Louisiana to spend the winter with their grandson V. C. Powers and family.
The Parisian by EK T Burk announces a sale featuring 40 new coats and spring dresses. Items include fresh fashion arrivals to refresh wardrobe selections.
Milton Yarbro arrived Wednesday for a Christmas visit to his parents Mr. and Mrs M Yarbro. He is taking a cytometry course in a Chicago school and expects to complete it in January.
The snippet lists a Parisian advertisement by E. T. Burk offering goods at sale prices and includes notices about Murray Beeker ill with pneumonia at 501 S Townsend, Ada Greenhouse advertising Evergreens, and Mrs Parley Duke with daughter Betty Joe visiting in Oklahoma City.
James M. Brymer of Sulphur Bluff Texas arrived Wednesday evening for a short visit with his sister Mrs Mary Jane Stuart and niece Mrs Lena Agnew and A M Stuart and family. A new shipment of underwear at less than factory prices. H B Kennedy who has been ill for several days is reported improved today.
A display of Christmas cards is on view at the News Office with samples for selection. The notice also mentions local society news: Mrs. W. H. Burnam has returned to Clarendon Tennessee after a two week visit with her son and his wife in Ada. Additional notices include shopping by Stratford residents and a bankrupt sale at The Parisian featuring new spring coats and dresses.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Wheelock of Urania hosted guests yesterday and today Mr and Mrs E R Wheelock who returned to their home this afternoon.
Buck Ticer and E T Burk visit for business while Gideon Bible society head D A Talbot reports hotel Bible orders. Maud officials mourn Rev B F Stegall as Langford Shaw conducts Tulsa business. The piece also covers Washington seating controversy over Ware Grundy election prospects and possible Pinchot entry.
Wewceka High School details athletic activities for the season including team practices, event participation, and program updates. The report outlines upcoming games and the preparation status of boys and girls teams, with notes on facilities and coaching staff.
Help us select Christmas coats and dresses at The Parisian E T Burk. Vacate building notice dated December 11 1921.
Mrs Ned Campbell of Hillsboro Texas travels to the city to stay by the bedside of her sister Miss Vira Jean. Unredeemed watches and diamonds offered at a sacrifice by Ada Credit Co located over First National Bank.
Mrs Ralph May of Asher will visit her sister Miss Eva Lee Roberts at 414 West Fifteenth over the week end. Mrs May was formerly Miss Joe Wilma Roberts and a student of East Central.
R B Faunt LeRoy reports L J Crowder owner of Crowder barber shop is confined at home 817 S Stockton today by illness. Duncan Bros offers Christmas heater price reductions. R C Jeter Cash Hardware at 204 East Main advertises 12 12 st sale.
Miss Rennie Mae Coffman is reported to be improving today with bedside updates indicating steady progress and better health.
The Parisian EK. T. Burk advertises Christmas coats and dresses, listing a selection available for the holiday season from 12 11 21.
Bill Brunson motored to Coal Gate today to attend to business matters.
Mrs Shea offers useful and fancy hand craft gifts for all ages at 612 South Broadway. The shop hours are 2 to 5 p m with daily sales and display arrangements.
Ed Cooper of Wascello Texas has been in Ada for several days attending to business and left Ada this morning for a business trip to Wichita Falls.
Fred J. Stephens motored to Oklahoma City today on a business trip. The Par isian E. T. Burk was in the building on December 18.
A fragmentary line shows a location at 204 East Main and a nearby cash related note. No clear event or date is readable.
Mrs Roy Tidwell and her daughter Mrs Walter Green and Mrs A W White and daughter Zula Mae drove to Oklahoma City today to visit friends.
R B Faunt LeRoy, a registered optometrist, is noted in connection with Duncan Bros in a 12 5 1m listing. The item identifies the professional and business association without further details.
Mrs. Sidney Katz, confined to her home at 8 Cherry due to illness, is reported to be improving today.
Professor T. K. Treadwell and Miss Alice Green will speak at the noonday lunch eon in Okemah tomorrow. Dr Linscheid will address the afternoon meeting of Okemah teachers. Finger waving, 25c. 721 West Ltd. 12-12-It.
Testimony before the Caraway lobby investigating committee raised a national tariff dispute. The figure known as the lobbyist faced questions about his stance on labeling and his view that some states were backward and should refrain from strong input on revenue laws. He argued for limited southern and western influence, citing coalition dynamics with the Democratic and Independent Republican bloc.
The market drifted lower with light volume as bear operators struggle to unload stocks. U S Steel fell below 170 while J I Case dropped over 1 3 points and multiple leaders declined 10 to 16 points, with about 3 8 million shares traded.
Livestock sales in Oklahoma City show cattle 700 and calves 200 with a steady to firm tone after a weekly 25 cent decline. Top fed yearlings reach 12.25, 1050 pound steers 11.00, yearling heifers 10.00 to 10.50, cows around 7.50, canners 4.25 to 4.75, bulls scarce. Hogs 1,000 head fully steady with top at 9.10 for rail and truck hogs, sows 7.75 and up, packer demand.
Hogs 8 060 head and 1 100 directs move slowly with top $9.25 on choice 220 4 230 lb butchers. Cattle 7 500 and calves 2 000 with slow to steady slaughter classes. Sheep 4 000 with lambs steady to higher, top fed lambs at 12 50 and lambs 11 25 to 12 60.
Wheat averaged higher in Chicago trading after a weak Liverpool close caused selling abroad. Export buying of North American wheat reached 600,060 bushels or more with Spain and Great Britain purchasing. Chicago quotes closed 1% to 1 1/2 cents higher. corn up fractionally and oats mixed. provisions stable to down.
Wheat No 2 hard 1.22 No 3 yellow hard 1.18. Corn new No 3 yellow 1.00? No 3 white 0.87. Old corn No 2 yellow 0.92 No 3 yellow 0.91. Oats No 3 white 0.44–0.45 No 4 white 0.45–0.44.
In New Orleans on December 12 futures closed steady to seven points lower. Spot cotton closed steady with unchanged quotations. Sales reached 2,799 bales. quotes were low middling 15.56, middling 17.06, good middling 17.61. Receipts 3,592. stock 526,631.
Judging dominated the Pontotoc county poultry show with H L Buchannan of Enid serving as judge. The event fills the show room near the post office as visitors study prize birds, while a $5 prize goes to the weight guesser and 156 eggs await a drawn winner.
About two hundred workers at the Penwell Coal company in Pan Ill voted to join the National Miners union strike and stay off work as the national group calls for solidarity actions.
In New Orleans on December 12, cotton trading stayed narrow after a steadier opening. Prices eased on the British board of trade November statistics, then a late rally added 5 to 7 points. January at 17.12, March 17.41, May 17.64, with exports of 16,091 bales.
Washington dispatch reports a Senate agriculture subcommittee hearing into low cotton prices. Gardiner H. Miller of the New York Cotton Exchange says prices reflect supply and demand, not exchanges. Heflin accuses Anderson Clayton & Company of wielding influence over markets, while Miller notes a few firms dominate trading and smaller brokers struggle.
In the South Oklahoma City field, the Indian Territory Humli nat ing Oil and Foster Petroleum No. 2 Verne erupted, sending a large stream of oil mud and rocks over the crownblock and adjacent leases. At Stillwater, Oklahoma 4-H clubs excelled at the National Club Congress in Chicago, winning multiple judging events and placing high among individuals.
The crew drilled to a depth of 6535 feet in lime. They logged 615 barrels in the first half hour and 1280 barrels in the first hour. Gas production was estimated at about 50 million cubic feet. The hole reportedly cleaned itself after reaching the 4000 foot mark.
The Associated Press reports a cold wave across eastern states with official readings near 20 below and unofficial drops to 30 below in parts of New England. Northfield Vermont recorded 20 below, while Londonderry and St Johnsbury Vermont saw about 30 below. The Connecticut River at Turners Falls Massachusetts was completely frozen, an early season unusual sight.
The poultry show opens eyes to rapid industry growth in Pontotoc County. The exhibit of chickens and turkeys shows superior variety and quality, and each year the show improves beyond its predecessors, putting the county on the state poultry map.
I. R. Gilmore who lives seven miles west of Ada pastured 52 head on 50 acres this year. He put up 80600 bales of hay and had a good fall pasture to boot.
Mrs. Charles McLaughlin and son Charles Jr. of Duncan are guests of Mrs. A Stockton. Mrs. Raymond Thweatt of Duncan visits her brother and sister Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown.
Willard P. T. A. will meet Friday afternoon at 2 10 o clock. A full attendance is urged.
Stillwater note describes W H Brooks using a new terrace technique to prevent breaks in rows. He previously ran rows across terraces and faced frequent breaks, but this year reports a complete absence of breaks, according to Pa t. Brooks of Lincoln County.
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