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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
7
In the Tawnaver house Campbell reassures Renshaw that only outside observers should be reported. Madame Hooeser arrives as a central figure linked to the mystery, while Mrs. Pardee riffs on sugar shortages. Renshaw senses a rising dread as night approaches.
David Campbell realizes a private matter keeps him from full disclosure while Renshaw assists with letters. Campbell’s controlled, uneasy mood hints at a secret in the household as he directs telegrams and plans travel for Madame Hoesleff aboard the Frederick.
Plans approved by the commanding general establish C M T Camps at Fort Sam Houston Fort Crockett Fort Bliss and Dallas Texas Fort Sill Oklahoma Fort Logan Colorado and Fort Huachuca Arizona Three new camps reduce size to give more instructor attention and allow more parent visits Camp dates likely in August as in prior year
In the study, Renshaw proofs letters written in his own words but shaped to reflect Campbell's persona. He realizes the messages carry the Campbell signature, short and businesslike yet true to the mentor’s style. Enter Verity Campbell alongside the old man, stirring Renshaw's guarded reaction.
Sheriff Piiken announces sale of a 100 by 140 ft property in Bar ringer Heights Ada to satisfy a $2,118.33 judgment plus interest and costs. Appraised at $1,280 with one-third cash bid required. sale February 17, 1925 at 2 PM at the Ada County Courthouse. Attorneys McKeown Green for the plaintiff.
Mrs Florence Wilson wife of M L Wilson of 710 West Tenth street died Saturday morning at 5 o clock from pneumonia. The body will be shipped via the Santa Fe to Wananette today for interment. She is survived by her husband and three children.
Oklahoma reports a record cotton crop of 1,408,000 bales, the largest in state history. The milestone highlights strong growing conditions and expanding acreage across major producing regions.
In Coburg Germany rival Romanoff claimants to the Russian throne invoke divine providence for their rights. Grand Duke Cyril proclaims himself ruler of all the Russias, while supporters cite events and miracles and emphasize medieval-pageantry in a town famed for its castle and royal relics.
College notes report W C Herring head of rural education is in Okmulgee and Henryetta this week checking extension classes organized there under East Central. Ed Stevens of Coalgate, once forced to quit school due to illness, has reentered the institution.
East Central Tigers travel to Weatherford Thursday for a two game series with the Weatherford Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are the defending inter collegiate champions and unbeaten this season while the Tigers aim to subdue fifty Bulldogs.
Professor Hugh Norris went to Fort Worth Texas to be at the bedside of his sister in law whose condition is described as very grave with little hope for recovery.
A group of engineering students from Oklahoma University led by Professor Holland toured the city on an inspection trip visiting a cement plant and the Byng power plant.
The poultry class under Professor McCormick has secured eggs to be set in the college incubators. They are also stockpiling Leghorn hens and providing brooders for raising the chicks.
A group of college organizations visited MHoldenville Friday evening for entertainment. The brass quartet Manville Steed Meaders Montin performed numbers, Parker Montin and Miss Strite offered solos, and Miss Bess Shauliss gave a reading. President A Linschied gave an educational address and the performers praised the royal reception.
The Pontotoc County Teachers gathering in the college auditorium Thursday evening and Friday drew a large crowd. Noted speakers included Professors John Zimmerman and E. H. Nelson along with Miss Mattie Lyday Miss Lillian Strite and Mr Montin among others.
Oklahoma City Jan 24 More than 18 000 school children will attend six to eight month terms as 1 361 schools close early due to a 15 mill levy not covering teachers salaries State Superintendent M A Nash says 1 880 693 dollars is needed to complete terms Many counties especially rural ones face closures with terms cut to three or four months and some schools already shut Nash urges public subscriptions to fund continued operation under present laws
Senator Jed C. Johnson, Oklahoma education committee chair, announced a week of action on Senator Joseph C. Looney's bill to appropriate $500,000 for aid to weak school districts with a floor attempt to raise it to $900,000. The measure targets underfunded districts amid ongoing budget discussions.
Tulsa January 27. Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company posted a 25 cent per barrel advance in high grade Mid-Continent field oil. New top grade expands schedule to six grades from below 30 to 41.6 degrees and above. Light grades below 39 degrees remain unchanged.
President Linscheid returned from Oklahoma City where he testified before the appropriation committees of the senate and house to present the institution’s needs for the next biennial budget.
Junior high and training school students were dismissed Friday to make room for the Pontotoc County Teachers association meeting or activities.
The Thompson and Black well near Fitzhugh section 2-2-5 remains shut at 1502 feet after completion. The Mecca well section 7-2-8 on Ingram farm is shut at 1550 feet. The Galloway well section 15-3-6 on Dew farm is shut at 1158 feet. The se moved to section 3-4-6.
Jack Lloyd plans to plug back and test a 1200 foot sand in section 6-3-7 near Ada. The hole reaches 3300 feet and the shallow sand shows paying strength, prompting further downhole work in favorable conditions.
Drilling at the C. J. Wrightsman well in section 24-4-4 on the Floyd farm reaches a 6 inch hole at 2815 feet. The Heiland well in section 4-4-5 remains shut down at 2145 feet. Test activity continues on the Hatcher farm.
The Goldeline company contracts a cellar test in section 24 west of Wrightsman test. American Oil and Refining spuds Foster farm and Breco No 1 in section 3, and rigs up for Balthrop No 4 in section 9. Cementing 8 inch casing at 1635 feet on McCurry farm in section 16. Clint Palmer farm well in section 18 has been temporarily closed.
Pilgrim Petroleum is drilling at 2461 feet in section 27-4-6 on Ada Investment Company property. Work will resume immediately on the Lancaster well in section 34-4-6 on the Norris farm.
Te Pilgrim and the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company are roaming a 10 inch casing at 1075 feet in section 31 4 6 on the Whitaker farm. The hole reaches a total depth of 1689 feet.
S. P. Smith visited Saturday afternoon to bail oil from the Hughes well in section 28-47. The bore is believed to produce about 16 barrels per day from the 735 foot sand.
The Goldeline well in section 13 2 3 is shut down at 900 feet just across the county line in Garvin county.
Louis Lem a carpenter shot his wife Josephine after a divorce suit dispute then killed himself. Four daughters 7 to 16 witnessed the shooting as police found Lem dead and Josephine dying at a hospital with both victims shot through the head by a large calibre pistol.
A fragment notes a location at 3000 feet within section 19-5-7 on the Wilson farm, indicating a geographic reference likely for land use or surveying. No additional context or event is provided in the readable text.
The Howarth well in section 14 4 7 is shut down at 1054 feet Brinson and others are filling around 1100 feet in section 2 5 5 on the Brown farm Texas Pacific company drills around 400 feet on the Ray farm in section 34 5 6
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