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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
1
Hon. Wm H Murray of Johnston County urges Ada farmers to select seed corn with uniform ears rather than largest ears. He criticizes nonproductive farming habits, stresses systematic work, seasonal plowing, and soil improvement, and praises education and Ada Normal School for agriculture.
Mr. Murray urged farmers to adopt uniform seed corn to ensure simultaneous blooming and silking, stressing late corn in the south and early in the north. He warned against mixing seed varieties and praised intensive farming to boost production, rural schools, and Oklahoma’s future as an agricultural state.
Four couples visited the county judge seeking marriage licenses as Christmas fever hits. Among them J G Zom 30 and Cybil Leigh 18 of Roff wed after the ceremony. Others include W H Northcutt 25 Center with Elma Blankenship 18 Stratford and H T West 26 Sasakwa with Onie Culwell.
Sheriff T J Smith will return to Ada with three African American suspects Moon light Black Doe Black and Will Cole to be jailed on murder charges in the July killing of Frank Ua'en er at a Jack Fork negro picnic near Ada. Another pair previously brought from Pauls Valley were acquitted.
The paper acknowledges a six month subscription payment of 50 cents to Mr. Will Halford of Rockwood Texas. S. Wilburn, a local resident, appeared in police court for disturbing the peace and was fined 9.75 dollars. Charlie Long of Rebee sent a one dollar cash subscription.
J L Stallings a well known Pontotoc county farmer died by his own hand after leaving a note to his wife stating he was tired of living. A son reported the death and described the scene near Weleetka where morphine boxes were found with the suicide message. He had recently moved near Ada and Weleetka with his wife and son.
A Danish university committee verdict brands Dr. Frederick A Cook’s North Pole claim as not proven and questions his honesty. Commodore Holm calls observations unreliable but not a swindle. Olufsen terms it the saddest life event for an explorer. Denmark signals disbelief and awaits action from America.
Miss Annie Morgan daughter of J P Morgan and Mrs O H P Belmont act as authorized labor leaders directing the 40000 shirtwaist workers strike plan. They promise legal defense for arrested picketers and will oversee campaign efforts. Belmont condemns police interference with strikers.
Dr E J Bulgin begins aggressive evangelistic campaign in Muskogee Oklahoma by securing bottled evidence against forty seven illicit joints and gathering material on four habitual gamblers among business leaders. He accuses officials of condoning vice and vows to press stricter action at the next meeting.
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