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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1924
Page
6
IRWIN MYERS depicts a tense scene as Ed Warhope confronts a threatening drunken assailant in a crowded Flatwoods room. A preacher steps between them, restraining violence as the crowd steadys and weapons are stowed.
A Tulsa survey by a local insurance firm lists forty nine city residents with fortunes over six figures, naming a top wealth of about twenty million dollars and several others from four to fifteen million. Ninety percent earned their wealth in oil with the rest from real estate and manufacturing. seven hold policies above one million.
Jack Warhope a bound boy works near feed pens and woodsman Simon Colin shows unusual trust. Texie and Jack share quiet flirtation as clues of danger and hidden eyes build, while Belden’s renown and orchid finds stir mystery in the hills.
In January the county court will conduct three sessions led by Judge Crawford tackling criminal and civil matters. The criminal docket emphasizes booze law violations, concealed weapons, and motor vehicle alteration cases linked to stolen car investigations in Pontotoc county. Civil business mainly involves appeals with a motion docket closing the month.
J B Cowan a veteran special officer tracked down W F Hendricks in Georgia after an old Walton era parole was revoked. Hendricks was brought to Murray county jail in Sulphur to begin serving his sentence amid a web of bonds and past arrests.
A description of a cabin interior reveals a soft Orient rug covering most of the rough floor a cook stove with utensils a canopied bed with fine linen faded tapestry handsomely upholstered chairs and a carved rosewood center table detailing the room's lavish decor.
The text notes how the settlement grew from a trading post in Indian Territory to a cattle country boom town. Oil discovery later propelled Tulsa to prominence, bringing thousands and a surge of substantial buildings, with Fortunes rising as the city gained importance fifteen years after its early growth.
A 78 year old man, A H Kilpatrick, died of apoplexy or heart failure while driving a wagon on East Main Street early today. He had left home to haul sand from Katy yards and collapsed in front of the Prince Motor company, dying almost instantly. He was father to Mrs. A M Gregg and B S Kilpatrick of the city and Mrs. John Nutt of Mt Vernon, Texas, and was well known locally.
The Standard Oil Co of Indiana filed suit in U S district court in Muskogee to force Cosden & Co to abandon a refining patent and repay profits from the Burton Humphreys method of making gasoline. The petition outlines successive Burton Humphreys patents bought by Standard for 17 years.
Ia L M Overton and Dr J L Jefress will practice in Ada with offices over the P and E Grocery on West Moir Street. Overton previously practiced at Fitzhugh and Roff, while Jefress, long a physician at Roff, has moved his family to Ada.
Gov. M. E. Trapp announced the state hospital for narcotic patients at Darlington will be abolished soon. He said three Oklahoma hospitals for the insane are adequate for narcotic cases and the facility would add expense. The hospital received 210000 from the legislature. Trapp noted he can discontinue it, as health department head, and a survey found buildings flood during high water, making them unusable for any state institution.
Albert Driver died at a local hospital after a hemorrhage reported at 3 45 AM. He is survived by his wife, daughter, and parents in the obituary notice.
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