Local social notes from Thuredas region during holidays
Local residents and visitors travel for holidays across Ada Stonewall and Burns Texas. W J Peay heads to Bellbuckle Tennessee to spend the season with relatives. Mrs M J Little and daughter Mattie visit Burns and Dexter families in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Peay
Bellbuckle, Tenn
M. J. Little
Miss Mattie
Burns, Texas
Ms. Little
C. P. and
J L
Mattie Pate
Burns
Texas
Wetumka
C. P. Little
E. C. Smith
Stratford
G. M. Ramsey
Guinn
Taylor
Ainsville
T. L. Rippey
el Reno
Oklahoma
Nora Wilder
Wynnewood
B. H. Pender
Mr. Pender
Clarksville
Ada News Busy Holiday Socials and Travels
Ada residents and visitors fill the holiday period with shopping visits to Ada from Stonewall Waco and Francis. Teachers and students travel between Ada and Mount Lebanon Sherman and Lehigh while many plan Christmas gatherings and journeys to Oklahoma venues and home towns.
Local residents return from Oklahoma cities
Baily Bobbitt came home at noon from Guthrie where he was attending school. T. P. Holt returned at noon from Oklahoma City. Judge Galbraith came back at noon from a business trip to Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. Byrd
E. M
A. Byrd
Stonewall
John Beard
Owl
Dr. Anstell
Anna Reed
Oklahoma City
Judge Galbraith
Bar Association
C. C. Nash
Waxahsatchia
Texas
L. E. Farris
Jackson
Maude
Mary Walsh
Ardmore
T. P. Holt
Baily Bobbitt
Guthrie
Proverbial Snippets Rise From Ottawa Herald Praise
The Hooker Advance notes an unknown bard poem praised by the Ottawa Herald. It wryly observes life lessons through lines such as the rose that smells sweetest fades first and the biggest worm in the largest apple, ending with a critique of chasing the flashy over the simple path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Herald
Chickens Form Missionary Society For Vesey Church
John Herman a Methodist church worker organizes neighborhood chickens around Vesey Methodist Episcopal church near Sykesville Maryland into a missionary society. Each hen becomes a lay member and farmers donate eggs laid on Sundays to the church for Epworth League services each Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Herman
Vesey Methodist Episcopal Church
Sykesville
Epworth League
Slayer Surrenders in Dixie Killing
Ardmore Indian Territory December 22. A. N. Bryant a prominent farmer of the Dixie community surrendered to officials. Bryant is charged with in a quarrel shooting and killing an Indian named S. F. Frazier at Dixie on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
I. T
A. N. Bryant
Dixie
Bryant
S. F. Frazier
Revolting Crime Report Involving 15 Year Old Henry Sweat
A 15 year old Black boy named Henry John Sweat faces charges after a reported incident on a dark Thursday involving a six and a half year old girl. Deputy Marsha Cummings reports the suspect confessed after an apparent forensic corroboration. The girl, daughter of Johnson Gift near the ice plant, was not seriously hurt. Sweat works at the Compress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Johnson Gift
Marsha Cummings
Henry John Sweat
Ballards Snow Liniment Promises Quick Rheumatism Cure
A Texas advertiser claims Ballards Snow Liniment cures rheumatism and sprains and lists its benefits for neuralgia bruises and contracted muscles. A. G. M. Williams of Navsota TX testifies to relief from a sprained ankle and says he keeps it at home. Sold by G. M. Ramsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. M. Williams
Navsota
Texas
G. M. Ramsey
Ante Christmas Saturday Closes Busy Holiday Shopping Day
Crowds filled streets and stores for Christmas shopping with clerks kept busy all day showing holiday offerings. Country customers flocked to town as the preholiday bustle peaked.
Ballards Horehound Syrup Promises Cough Cure
A nostalgic advertisement touts Ballards Horehound Syrup as a positive cure for coughs influenza bronchitis and all pulmonary disease. It claims relief after one bottle and lists prices 25c 50c and 1.00.
Brannon Brothers Arrested in Sasakwa Shooting
A deputy marshal from Sasakwa detained Brannon brothers after a shooting at Little River near Sasakwa Thursday morning left 21 year old Jack Foster dead. Several Black witnesses accuse the Brannons while they deny guilt, noting their previously good reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdenville
I. T
Jack Foster
Little River
Sasakwa
Brannon Brothers
New Cure for Epilepsy Reported by Waterman Family
J B Waterman of Watertown writes his daughter’s epilepsy was cured by Dr King’s New Life Pills and she has had no attack for over two years. The ad claims these are the best body cleaners and tonic pills on earth and notes a 25 cent price at G M Ramsey’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Waterman
Watertown
Dr. King
G. M. Ramsey
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J. C. Ray
Ada
W. E. Dupree
Cliva Talla
E.L. Kirtley
F. Stamps
Whitewright, Texas
J. M. Foster
South McAlester
2Nd Baptist Church
Ella McCain
E. S. Collins
Dexter
Tex
H. M. Goad
Greenville
J. M. Singer
Shawnee
Mr. Felton
Arkansas
Los Angles
Cal
Bueland Stovall
Nellie Moore
Peerless Portrait Co
A. H. Chapman
Sulphur Springs
B. F. Peck
Mr. Peck
W. B. Johnson
A. L. Reeves
Center
T. J. Hurley
Fitzhugh
S. A. Steel
Brownwood
M. L. Perkins
Mrs. Perkins
Springfield
Professor
Mrs. Berry
Mesquite, Texas
J. A. Young
Francis
J. W. Crippen
Waco
J. H. Cantwell
W. S. Kerr
Lillian Harrell
Baptist Academy
Mt. Lebanon
T. B. Harrell
J. A. Wooley
W. E. Tigner
Conway
Clara Sullivan
Klondike
P. A. Norris
C. A. Cummings
M. Townsend
van Noss
A. F. Moore
Reuben Kemp
Birmingham
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J. W. Davenport
Dewey
M. E. Steel
Vera Fulton
Sherman
J. E. Bills
Edna Fulton
W. H. Ponder
Mr. Ponder
al Ponder
H. E. Johnson
Dade
Scott Lanham
Melissa Ruppey
Tishomingo
Davis’ Neices
Gov. Brown
DeWitt
Crescent Drug Store
G* W
Hail
Rollow & Jackson
Lm J. E. Bradley
G.M. Ramsey
E. L. Kirtly
Chas
Perry, Oklahoma
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago, Ill
J. F. McKeel
May McClain
Lehigh
Kennedy
Jim Bolen
John Andrews
Daugherty, I. T
Chicago
Ill
Miss Carothers
Kansas City
A. K
Huntington
Velma Patterson
Beggs
T. J. Worthington
John Ste
Atoka
J. B
Willie Woodard
Konawa
Mrs. Davenport
Ira Gregg
Will Gregg
Mt. Vernon
Joe Ring
Allen
Mr. Ring
R. C. and
G. I. Slocum
Oakman
Franklin and Sutton
D. F. Copeland
I. T. DeWitt
J. A. Jones
A. C. Cluck
Baby
Randolph
Matilda Fields
Okemah
Ross
Adah Wilson
Misses Wilson
19Th
Leylah King
Tupelo
W. A. Ponders
Denton
G. R. Hartrick
Z. Coleman
Tulsa
S. M. Torbett
Gladys
Estelle
A. M. Waddell
J. P. Wood
Adams
J. M. Fears of
Tupelo, Miss
W. G. Hammond
West 15Th Street
J. W. Dean
Mt Lebanon
Firsts Presbyterian Church
Coleson
Chance of Francis
Atty Ennis
Oscar Harris
Dallas
S. E. Chapman
Alice Harris
Carlton Weaver
Chapman
Bud
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Slayer
O.B Weaver Real Estate and Fire Insurance Agency
Industriov
Jim & Bradstreet
R. O. Wheeler
Mgr
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