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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1929
Page
12
The piece surveys Christmas as a cultural touchstone amid Bolshevik atheism, praises American religious freedom, notes Commander Byrd’s retirement promotion and future exploration, discusses railroad consolidation, warns against get rich quick schemes, and mentions air travel regulation, weather, boxing history, moonshine in the Ozarks, an oil well near Konawa, and a short newspaper subscription offer.
The text describes penalties for violations of a local ordinance in Ada limiting double parking in restricted districts to five minutes, with fines up to twenty dollars and jail if unpaid. It notes emergency provisions, the mayor Somer Jones, and city officials, and ends with a joke about a lazy bee and a congressman.
Ordinance 558 bans leaving motor vehicles parked more than two hours on Main Street Broadway Townsend and Twelfth Street areas in Ada. Oil field trucks may not park in those districts at any time and must park parallel to the curb with a red flag displayed.
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