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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
8
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J J Crabtree was taken to Oklahoma City Wednesday for hospital treatment. M M Harwell, freight and traffic manager, is due in today from a business trip to Oklahoma City and St Louis. J J Fulton and family of Route 2 Ada plan to move to Mountain View Oklahoma. They have lived here long and will be missed from the community and county.
Little D. E. Hennigan Jr. of 631 West Eighteenth street was dangerously hurt Friday when run over by a horse.
Luther Harrison reports Holdenville oil activity as Ada hosts visiting relatives and newlyweds Austin and Gatlin in mid December. P W Vaught speaks to the county union while Jay Allen returns from Chicago livestock show with notes. J F Homan reappears after 25 years in Pontotoc area.
Former Gov. J. C. Walton fails to prove grand jury members in Oklahoma City were Klansmen in his bid to quash indictments. Eleven jurors denied the accusation, with a hearing set for December 21. Judge George W. Clark may be asked to disqualify himself. A Mandamus action is scheduled next week.
Christina Bailey daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey of New Bethel died early Sunday. Funeral services were held at New Bethel Sunday afternoon with interment in the local cemetery. Other items note A A Walker’s 66th birthday and local moves or visits, including Bennett Story’s trip to Memphis for an engineering meeting and N C Waddill’s remarks on Ada News history.
The fourteenth census places Oklahoma's center of population at latitude 35 28 35 north longitude 96 52 48 west. It lies about two miles south-southeast of Meeker in Lincoln county, with movement from 1910 to 1920 totaling 11.9 miles.
At Red Oak the Choc taw Chickasaw Baptist association approved converting the old Collins Institute near Frisco into an Indian orphanage. The 160 acre site includes a school building residence and smaller buildings. The plan seeks government repair and local maintenance with the orphanage funded by the association, eliminating the current $1200 caretaker salary.
C H Richard scout executive at Pawhuska will organize Osage County's first Boy Scout troop on Thursday December. He will address Osage Commercial Club at a luncheon and outline scout work for the group.
Brief item asks readers to submit results and updates for local events. Calls for timely reports from schools clubs teams and community groups to fill upcoming pages.
The Coal County singing convention will join with the Eubanks singing class on Sunday December 30 for an all day singing event. Singers from out of state are expected and local participants urged to attend to help ensure a successful season. Eubanks lies five miles east of Stonewall, four miles north and one mile west of Tupelo.
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