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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
2
Nepeese witnesses Pierrot's murder by McTaggart in a frozen Lac Bain cabin. Baree maims the attacker while Nepeese flees toward Blue Feather gorge. Pierrot dies, the Willow plunges into the deadly chasm to escape capture.
Bush McTaggart, the Factor from Lac Bain, faces moral ruin after Pierrot and Nepeese die. He burns Pierrot’s body, buries him, and digs a grave as a snowstorm swallows the scene. Baree howls for Nepeese, sensing loss as McTaggart seeks escape and Baree follows toward Lac Bain.
The Times reports a telegram from Oakland to Minnie Kennedy stating Aimee McPherson is alive. Signature Dr. Murten and a possible link to Kenneth Ormiston raise fresh search efforts. Experts compare handwriting and a car encounter near the telegraph office are noted.
Chicago July 10 Martin J Durkin sits in a cell pondering his 35 year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of murdering Edwin C Shanahan a federal agent. An indictment charging Durkin with the murder of Harold Gray a police sergeant is on the calendar and may be tried. The jury preferred hanging but compromised on 35 years after six hours deliberation with two jurors wanting the death penalty.
A remark states Coolidge has a license to catch fish in New York but questions its practical value as fish cannot read.
A man rewrites a note the boy carried and, after finishing, drives a short distance. He tells the boy to return the message to the office, paying for it and giving the boy a tip.
East Central University readies for commencement week with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. H. O. Smith at Convention Hall on Sunday and alumnus Robert S. Kerr delivering the address Thursday morning. The institute expects its largest graduating class.
Chicago July 14 Robert Scott would answer no to did you fire the shot that killed Joseph Maurer a drug clerk in the City Hall Pharmacy scene prosecutors allege the brothers staged a holdup Scott's counsel said he would testify only if forced judge Gemmell urged him to tell his past history Maurer slain April 1924 in a downtown alley for 400000 dollars
A Chicago woman requests a divorce claiming repeated shootings by her husband. She states he would shoot her again if allowed to remain married, seeking legal separation and protection.
Chicago story recalls a century old choice by Edgar Lee Masters' grandfather who refused to trade his pony for land that later formed the city core. Now the city council debates selling a small parcel to the Marshall Field estate.
In Guthrie on July 10 the Igerson brothers Abe Ike and Nathan were sentenced by U. S. Judge Cotteral to two years in Leavenworth and a $1000 fine after being found guilty of concealing assets in a voluntary bankruptcy. Phillip and Clara Igerson were acquitted. The brothers, prominent merchants in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas, hid more than $15000 in assets while operating stores at Webb City Denoya Shidler Bleckwell and other locations.
A political letter argues for Lester E. Smith, the Democratic candidate for Oklahoma State Senator in the 23rd district, to hold joint debates with opponent Strickland in Pontotoc and Seminole counties. It critiques Strickland on six bills including horse racing, gambling, and the harmless error repeal, while pledging focus on education taxation and agriculture ahead of the August 3, 1926 election.
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