This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
6
Guardian J D Morris seeks private sale of Joe Morris estate real estate in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Bid details require written bids filed with the county court or delivered to Ross Oklahoma. Sale subject to court confirmation and cash in hand terms. First published July 15 1909.
Guardian George A. Harrison will sell, on or after July 14 1909, at Ada Oklahoma, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 25 township 3 north range 7, Pontotoc County, to be bid cash subject to court confirmation. Bids must be in writing and delivered to the guardian or court.
Legal notice outlines a suit against J K Odell for 3898 dollars with attachment of 38.98 and hearing set August 14 1909 in Ada Township Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Also a bankruptcy discharge hearing for Bailey Edward Lavin to be held July 26 1909 in Ada. Finally a guardian sale of Silnee LeFlore minor's real estate in Pontotoc and Garvin counties set for July 16 1909 with ten percent cash deposit and court confirmation.
Guardians of Elmerina Goer and Henderson Goer announce private sale of their interests in 160 acres in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Sale to highest bidder after July 26 1909 at 10 am in Ada. Bids must be in writing and filed with the County Court or delivered to guardian at Galbraith McKeown Ada.
Lawton Oklahoma joins a two day celebration on August 6 and 7 marking the eighth anniversary of Kiowa Comanche country opening. Hobart Anadarko Chattanooga Frederick Walters Temple Randlett Grandfield join. Indian dance feature with Comanche Kiowa Wichita Caddo Apache tribes and prizes of beeves. Chief Quanah Parker leads about a thousand Indians for the event.
State auditor M. E. Trapp launches a campaign to enforce the income tax law, aiming to bolster the common school fund by ensuring all eligible earnings are taxed. He requests county superintendents’ lists of district officers to monitor assessments and improve compliance, with payments to Indians on Comanche and Apache lands around Lawton totaling about one million dollars. The Daily News notes the paper’s advertising option.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 12 Governor Haskell denounces dishonest journalism and defends the handling of the referendum petition for the Taylor election law. He says secretary of state Cross acted independently, referring disputes to the supreme court before any election costs. He warns some partisan papers seek to manufacture stories to attack him or the process.
A sudden cyclone in St. Louis at noon with winds up to seventy five miles per hour disrupted streets and streetcar service, toppled poles and damaged wires. No fatalities reported. across the river at Alton a steamer was driven against piers injuring nine passengers and causing minor waterline damage.
County Judge Joel Terrell presided over the marriage of J. L. Sharp and Carrie Martin of Maud and Jim Deuthit and Ola Fendley of Tyrola. A loud knock at the courthouse hall interrupted the service, traced to a state agent and Rafe Goen boxing up liquor for Guthrie. The couples were finally joined, and the article ends with an urging to use the News want ads.
In Wednesday's Daily, Ada shows real economic momentum with major factories. A mil lion dollar cement plant and a pressed brick plant provide steady payrolls, employing about 20 workers and producing 20 000 bricks daily sold at seven dollars per thousand.
Lost light green coat and smok ed pearl buttons placed in a wagon at the picnic grounds and carried away by mistake. Return to Sim Shaw, Nickel Store. 85-31.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 12 Warden Dick of McAlester prison told the board of control that $80,000 in the prison construction fund covered maintenance and support including clothing while convicts worked on construction projects because no separate maintenance fund exists.
Gouverneur reports a heavy wind and rainstorm dropping thousands of small frogs onto sidewalks. The Rome Watertown and Ogdenburg division rail was coated for half a mile making trains slow and dangerous.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.