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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
2
The article recalls how rural mail delivery transformed daily life by bringing newspapers and letters to remote residents. It notes praise for postal service, highlights editorial contests, spelling programs, and quotes on perseverance, education funding, and public figures like Ford Mercer and Jack Dempsey.
A Missouri bank cashier, 35, committed suicide in Excelsion Spring after his wife found a note. Examiners said no motive and the scene was quiet. He had moved from Sasakwa to Broken Arrow with two children. Authorities reported the finances of the bank were sound.
Infant Cal Sparks dies at family home near the cement plant while updates report new arrivals, relocations, and health notes. Others include Hodge selling holdings to move to the Rio Grande Valley, Morrow and Turner families traveling, and school staff transfers in Ada area.
Alma Puding Burton aged year old daughter of Mr and Mrs G B Burton died Saturday night at 7 o clock at the family home 419 West Thirteenth Street. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. Interment in Rosedale cemetery. A. Robertson aged 89 died Sunday evening at 10 o clock at his home 501 East Ninth Street. Funeral services were conducted from the family residence this morning at 10:30. Interment in Rosedale cemetery. Deceased was a well known contractor and builder and had resided here for a number of years. He is survived by his widow and daughter Mrs Ella Steele aged 4 died Sunday morning at 2 o clock as the result of a severe fall Friday which dislocated her hip. General services will be conducted from the family home 1 West South Street Tuesday afternoon at 2. Reverend McKinley, pastor of Oak Avenue Baptist Church, will conduct.
Farmers face a lean year as poultry stock remains unsold while records show heavy volumes and rising prices. Oklahoma A and M experiment station partners plan to distribute good seed to farmers, with institutions like Granite Reformatory and McAlester Penitentiary storing seed to boost state crops and profits.
Oklahoma City Jan 21 Oklahoma was ranked fifth among U S states in crop valuation for 1924 by the state board of agriculture. Figures compiled for the nation by the department of agriculture at Washington show Oklahoma's total crop valuation at 427 million dollars, with cotton a major contributor.
Brinson and associates drift at 1000 feet in Section 22-5-3 Bebee country reporting gas shows at 05 and 335 feet. First sand free of water while discovery well east shows water at that depth. Two wells have produced oil for over three years, with limited output yet proving paying quantities. Bowles Brothers and Smith plan a new northern county location within two weeks.
Captain Sharp of the Honest Lil circus trains horses for morning drills and spring shows. He has worked with Buffalo Bill’s and Hagen and Waltues, plans extensive training at the high school grounds, and features horse dancing, hind foot work, and a traveling act previously seen in Madison Square Garden and before diplomats.
The report shows corn valued at 62,520,009 and wheat at 59,392,000, totaling 9 174,000,000. It notes 1919 had higher agricultural income despite the year not being notably successful due to reduced grain production and lower prices.
Attorney McMurray told a house committee he did not arrange a 1921 deal with Howard Manington of Ohio for a 10 percent fee on estate settlements of Martha and Saber Jackson. Separate local items note Rolf battery loses 28 19 to Oklahoma School for the Deaf, PTA meets, and various visits and services around Ada Stonewall and nearby places. Examinations conclude as the semester ends.
An ad style report touts Cottonseed Hulls as a low cost animal feed with high protein. It describes processing steps including perforated metal, sand removal shakers, saws for lint, hullers, and further shakers. It claims standard mixability with meals or grains and sells at about half the price of hay with current retail around 40 cents per 100 pounds.
Lawrenceburg Kentucky resident Mr T Nevins a local coal dealer reports severe bilious attacks twice monthly with nausea dizziness and constipation. After trying Thedford s Black-Draught he says it cleanses his system relieves bile and head fatigue, and he would not be without it for anything. He notes a neighbor recommended it and praises its effectiveness at one cent a dose.
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