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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
22
American dead from the city hospitals near Paris are interred at the Suresnes cemetery. Republican Guard and Marines act as honor guard while French citizens pause to pay homage as coffins draped in American flags are laid to rest on a hill overlooking Paris.
A fugitive recounts four grueling days westward into Belgium evading German searchers, swimming the Meuse in near exhaustion, and hiding in fields and barns. He trades clothes for camouflage, buries gear, and survives on improvised meals from Belgian civilians while evading patrols and threats along roads, canals, and villages.
Chicago July 13 Suspension of the Western Southern Pacific Coast International and Texas leagues will aid the American Association says President Thomas J. Hickey. About three hundred players become available for immediate service as major and big minors have already snapped up the best Southern Association talent. The association plans to add forty or fifty players once Crowder's work or fight regulations clear up.
The Pontotoc County Musical Association convenes at Jesse on July 27 starting at p.m. and continues Sunday. President J L Collins urges full turnout from local and neighboring counties. The group, long run by active wives, aims for a highly successful meeting.
Miss Ellen Borland dies at Henryetta after surgery. Interment at McAlester follows Tuesday. She was well known in Ada where she lived with her nieces the Misses Cameron while they studied at the Normal. Her passing is deeply regretted by many friends.
Felix Weldon George Grider Fred and Ike Blankenship caught a 43 pound yellow catfish in Boggy Jim and Ben Boring. The fish was sold on Ada streets Saturday for the Red Cross raising 32 dollars and 50 cents.
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