Stanfield Livestock Buys Red Durocs for Ada Hog Raiser
The Stanfield Livestock Company of Ada, led by manager Allen Stanfield, contracted for a pair of Red Duroc hogs for a noted hog raiser in Peoria Illinois at a price likely over ten thousand dollars. The hogs, a male and son, are expected in Ada late February as hog raising in Pontotoc county grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanfield Livestock Company of
Ada
Allen Stanfield
Peoria
Illinois
Pontotoc County
Stanfield Livestock Company
Kansas City
Sale Notice in Ada and Center Oklahoma
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma Sheriff announces two sheriff's sale foreclosures. First, in Ada two lots Lot 7 and Lot 8 Block 9 Daggs Addition sell Feb 10 1920 to satisfy a 1919 judgment. Minimum bids set at two thirds of 700 and 1100 dollars. Second, Center Lot 3 Block 47 sell Feb 7 1920 to satisfy a 1919 foreclosure judgment plus taxes and costs. Both sales subject to court confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc
A. M. Walker
Oliver P. Walker
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Said County
A. D
Daggs
Ada
District Court
Bob Duncan
Plina A. Evans
B. S. McCleary
Lillian F. McCleary
Center
No Change Seen in Reservations on Treaty Article 10
Washington reports no change in reservations affecting Article 10 of the League of Nations covenant or the Monroe Doctrine. A peace treaty decision will be sent to the Republicans as Senator Lodge and the abutting committees press toward a compromise on the treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senon Lodge
Mal Otrathc
Senator Lodge
Boy Scouts Anniversary Timeline Marks Ten Years
The Boy Scouts of America reach ten years on February 8 with a nationwide celebration titled Universal Good Turn Week. The program lists daily themed activities from Anniversary Day to Home Evening aimed at promoting Scout work across schools and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
All America
America
Woman Vanishes After Leaving Infant at Day Nursery
A woman registered as Nora Brown from St. Louis with a baby one month to six weeks old left the Commercial Hotel to search for a friend named Buck and never returned. The infant was left at the Day Nursery. authorities traced her to a trunk delivery to Tulsa and continued a search. A separate public notice advertises a private sale of the Willard P. Holmes estate in Oklahoma County with sale details and bidding procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Hotel
Nora Brown
St. Louis
Buck
Tulsa
Stanfield Grocery Expands to Meet Demand in Ada
The Stanfield Grocery Company at 118 East Main, Ada, enlarges its floor area after successive expansions since 1909. It moved from 12th Street in 1913, added a 40 foot extension with a concrete basement, and built a rear 75 by 30 foot warehouse. The firm then leased the neighboring building, merged spaces, and hopes this suffices for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanfield Grocery Company
East Main
Stanfield’s
Ada
12Th Street
City collects bonds for waterworks project funds
City Commissioner of Finance W. B. Jones reports receipt of 341000 plus 895.63 in interest from city bonds issued to fund waterworks. Of the total 335000 is bond principal, 2750 premium, and 4145.63 accrued interest. Work will resume as weather permits with aim to finish at earliest possible date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Jones
Jones
Best Cough Remedy Endorsed by Drugists in Cubrun Ky
A Cubrun Kentucky druggist J B Jones says he and his family have used Chamberlains Cough Remedy for seven years and consider it the best cough medicine he has ever known. The piece notes druggists recommend the product due to positive customer feedback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Jones
Cubrun
Guardianship sale of minor Elizabeth A Holmes property
Guardian B. B. Jennings will privately sell, subject to confirmation, the minor’s one sixth interest in described real estate in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Sale set for February 10, 1920 at 10:00 A M at Colcord Building Oklahoma City. Address 1016 Colcord Building. Dated January 15, 1920.
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Willard P. Holmes
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Towit
Indian Base
Meridian
B. E. Jennings
Colcord Building
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma County
State of
Indian Meridian
B. B. Jennings
Oklaho City
Jan.ennings
Elizabeth A. Holmes
Soviet Leaders Move as Plague Flares In Russia
The Soviet government members have fled Moscow after a renewed plague outbreak and relocated to Tver on the Upper Volga, per advices received in Stockholm on January 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vamoose
Associated Press
Stockholm
Moscow
Tver
Upper Volga
Style as a garment runs out of material at both ends
A concise meditation on fashion noting that style continually exhausts resources on both ends, implying a paradox of originality and constraint in wardrobe design. The reflection frames style as a fickle balance between excess and minimalism, urging practical creativity.
Red Cross to Send Grieving Families Grave Photos
Red Cross chapters announce that every parent or nearest relative of a soldier sailor or marine killed in action or dying overseas will soon receive three grave photographs from the war department and the Red Cross. Graves Registration teams have photographed each identified grave and compiled 75 000 pictures at Red Cross national headquarters in Washington ready for mailing with name rank organization and resting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
War Department
Graves Registration Service
Army
The
Washington
Department of Communication
Prohibition Referendum Effort Fails in Washington State
Curbs on liquor face signatory shortage as Washington fails to gather enough signatures for a prohibition referendum. News notes New York views on prohibition, U S bank gains, and shifts in wine grape prices amid ban. Prohibition prompts shifts in policing probation work and church sponsored temperance substitutes such as motion picture houses in slums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Washington
The
Church Temperance Society
Episcopal Church In America
Honest Bill Show Secures Rare No Name Creature
William Newton owner of the Honest Bill Show returns from the south with a contract for a rare animal called the No Name. Described as a beaver headed rodent with a mule chin and eighteen inch poison quills, the creature is expected to arrive in Ada in about ten days after Newton paid 2750 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Newton
Honest Bill
Ada
Animal Kingdom
Africa
Newton
Hamon Wins Seventh District Convention Delegates
In Hobart on January 23, Ardmore backer Jake Hamon led a Republican sweep at the Seventh district congressional convention. Hamon won 44 of 69 votes to McGraw's 25, securing two delegates to the Chicago national convention. McGraw’s camp accused Hamon and supporters of vote-buying. Alva McDonald testified about a telegram reference to a $5,000 bank deposit. McGraw remained confident Oklahoma would lean toward his cause despite the setback.
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Hobart
Jake Hamon
Ardmore
J. J. McGraw
Haman
Friends of McGraw
Hannon
London
Hamon
McGraw
Beckham
Ellis
Harmon
Jackson
Washita
Custer
Kiowa
Greer
Tillman
Roger Mills
Lowden
Oklahoma
Leonard Wood
Wood
General Wood
Hiram Johnson
William £. Borah
Henry Cabot Lodge
League of Nations
Wilson
C. B. Leedy
Arnett
Ellis County
Leedy
Hamnon
Walter Thomas
Farmers’ National Bank of
Elk City
McDonald
Alva McDonald
Thomas
Jake
Lawton
Jim Harris
John Appleby
Harry Filstrap
Appleby
H. L. Vogle
Snyden
Kiowa County
Frank Waddell
Putnam
Dewey County
C. R. Strong
Clinton
Custer County
Zack Pryse
Mangum
Greer County
Fred L. Hoyt
Onega
W. G. Roe
Frederick
Tillman County
Church
Prohibition Campaign to Reach South America
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union announced an international push from Evansville headquarters to Uruguay next month. The prohibition drive will extend to South America with Uruguay as the first stop and local headquarters to be set up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South America
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
International
Evanston, Ill
Uruguay
Rheumatism Relief Claim From Swift Specific Co
An advertisement argues rheumatism is caused by a blood germ and promotes S. S. as a long used remedy. It cites testimonials and invites readers to send for personal treatment guidance to the Chief Medical Adviser at Swift Specific Co Department 43 Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. S. S
Swift Specific Co
At-Anta
To the Dyspeptic find relief with Chamberlains Tablets
The notice promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a cure for stomach troubles claiming others have recovered and can eat any food they crave. The ad urges readers to try the tablets for improved health and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ottawa Man Guilty of Criminal Assault
Miami Oklahoma January 23 Fred Hallmark Tar River Oklahoma found guilty by a district court jury of criminal attack in the second degree on a prominent Tar River woman Judge C S Fullerton to pronounce sentence Saturday Penalty ranges from one to 15 years in the state prison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Okla
Fred Hallmark
Tar River
Oklahoma
District Court
C. S. Fullerton
Government Fights Influenza Bill Adopted by Senate
The senate adopted a measure providing 500000 dollars for the public health service to combat influenza. The action was reported from Washington on January 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Senate
Doyle Says Heaven Has Alcohol Says League Lets It Fail
A quip contrasts Conan Doyle with the Anti-Saloon League noting alcohol in heaven would not last if the league arrived. The remark frames temperance as a debate on sacred versus social order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conan Doyle
Anti-Saloon League
Auctioneer Contact for Sale Ad and Odd Quote
If you need an auctioneer phone 595 or write William Esser Box 712 Ada. An ambitious school teacher hopes to rise in status until earning a salary equal to the janitor.
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William Esser
Mr. Farmer
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Co. F. Green
Ada, Oklahoma
Heh Juice Medicine Co
Gwin & Mays Drug CO
Boy Scouts Order
Starfield's Grocery
ITV
New York
New York Evening Mail
Kellogg Products Company
Buffalo, N. Y
United Breweries Company
Anna A. Gordon
Julia Deane
Union Signal
England
Boston
San Francisco
Adee
Poincare
France
Amon
Mpgraw
Ford OF Man
Supreme Council of Knights of Columbus
Ottawa
Shriners
Liberty Theater
City Auditorium
William Ball
el Reno
India Temple
Akbar Temple
George W. Clark
George W. Spencer
Rabban
Samuel A. Calhoun
Edwin P. Gallup
Edwin de
Oklahoma State Bank
C. H. Rives
H. P. Reich
Joe Stafford
L. A. Ellison
H. J. Huddleston
Main and Townsend, Ada, Okla
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