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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
7
The travelers arrived in Okmulgee Oklahoma with two flat tires and an empty stomach. They met Oscar Skeeky Geeben and Jcee collected a bud, a debt owed since the San Francisco Fair. The group then moved to Ada Oklahoma for the next leg of their journey.
A public auction of 90 acres in Pontotoc County is set for August 3, 1925, at 2 p.m. at Ada courthouse to satisfy a foreclosure judgment of $5,086 plus interest and costs in favor of H. G. Foster and Sam Foster against J. W. France and Eva France. The Sheriff, W. B. Swa, conducts the sale with undersheriff P. H. Deal and attorneys Busby & Harrell.
Sheriff W B Walker of Pontotoc County Oklahoma will sell at the Ada courthouse front door on July 27 1925 at 2 pm the described 402.04 acre tract in Township 2 North Range 6 East Indian Meridian to satisfy a foreclosure judgment for William S Hicks against John W Kennedy and Mary C S Kennedy The sale is without appraisement and will be for cash with costs and interest 10 percent from December 22 1924 The sale is conducted by Snston usby & attorneys for the plaintiff.
In the County Court the matter of the estate of F. J. Phillips, deceased, Eula Lasater Phillips, petitioner, gives notice to all interested that a hearing on the petition to probate a foreign will will be held on July 10, 1925. The notice names Bula Lasater as involved in the proceedings.
Bertha C. Kornegay sues Susie Rogers and others in Pontotoc County Oklahoma to foreclose a 1074.50 mortgage with 10 percent interest since 1924 plus 100 attorney fees and costs on the South Half of Southeast Quarter Section 29 Township 5 North Range 8 East. Defendants must answer by September 10, 1925 or a default judgment will be entered. Witness dated 7 23 3w.
County of Pontotoc ss Oklahoma district court case Seth B Atwood sues Jesse W Morris and Lula Morris for 958.25 with 10 percent interest from Feb 1 1925 plus 75 attorney fee and costs to foreclose a mortgage held by Conservative Loan and Trust Company covering the south quarter of northeast quarter and southwest quarter of northwest quarter of northeast quarter and southwest quarter of southeast quarter of section 13 township 8 north range 8 east in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
In district court J. D. Sloan sues Mallie Sloan for divorce and child custody. Mallie Sloan must answer the petition by August 27, 1925, or the petition will be taken as true and a judgment entered. Court clerk L. E. Franklin attests this 2nd day of July, 1925.
Notice to creditors to present claims against Katie Tobias deceased in the County Court Ada Oklahoma. Administrator Tom D McKeown requires claims with vouchers within four months from July 15 1925 or be forever barred. McKeown and Green attorneys for administrator.
J. T. Montgomery, 80, founder of Memphis and a regional pioneer, died at his home after a brief illness. He arrived in the area over 25 years ago and settled the land that became the city.
The city board passed an ordinance requiring sidewalk gasoline stations to obtain permits and pay a $25 annual license. Mayor Somer Jones says about 40 sidewalk stations could be affected and cites roughly $1,000 yearly in expected tax revenue. The rule aims to curb unfair curbside competition. The measure also tightens permit rules for new blacksmith and machine shops in residential areas, needing two-thirds owner consent within 300 feet.
Miss Bess Kitchens and Mr. Burrell Edwards of Detroit wed in Oklahoma City on July 13. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Kitchens, taught locally last year. Edwards works in Detroit's telegraph office. couple to live in Detroit after a honeymoon via Niagara Falls and Canada.
Dallas fire destroyed a two story rooming house early today killing four men and injuring five others. Two victims remained unidentified while the identified dead are T. E. Young, 23, contractor, and Joe Dunaway, 34.
A fire in Eufaula early today destroyed the McIntosh county courthouse building. The blaze began about 3 o'clock on the second floor, risking the safety of the treasurer and county clerk records. Most first floor records survived, but severe heat threatened other documents. authorities hope the county clerk's vault remains intact. The sandstone brick structure valued at $10,000 was owned by Geanette Barnett, a Creek Indian woman.
CHICAGO July 20 Russell Scott again faces reprieve doubts after Detroit telegraph operator James M. Ball admits his earlier claim of witnessing the Maurer killing and Scott’s innocence was a romance crafted to save him Ball says he lied to aid one he deemed innocent but his tale failed to help and the governor had already issued a stay of execution based on a telegram from a supposed brother Robert Scott who also faced indictment
J B Klein president of J B Klein Iron Foundry and his son Robert nine were killed when their car wrecked on a steep incline near Fort Sill while returning to Lawton from Medicine Park. Mrs Klein and another son were seriously injured and treated at Fort Sill hospital.
Report notes that fifteen thousand bakers are employed across New York City, reflecting the city’s bakery industry scale and labor demand.
In Stillwater Minnesota the Forty-first annual Last Man’s club banquet gathered three of four Civil War Last Man’s members. Chairs draped in black stood for departed comrades as John S. Goff Peter Hall and Charles Lockwood attended. Amiel Graff could not due to infirmities. The program included toasting the dead with wine drawn from a local bank vault bottle. The meeting era began with the club formed in 1884 by B company First Volunteer Infantry.
The Ada area logged a record 109 degrees between 2 and 3 pm yesterday per government observer Dr. Edson A. MacMillan. A 95 degree reading marked today at 2 pm with clouds forecast, while a brief 12:30 shower cooled the air. No fatalities or heat prostrations were reported despite the extreme heat. Scudding thunderclouds later offered some relief to farming sections of Pontovoc County.
Preliminary trial of three officers of the failed Farmers State Bank of Thomas, Bert Sanders W D Alexander and D R Clonnd, was moved from Arapaho to Weatherford on a change of venue. They face charges of accepting deposits in an insolvent bank after the Thomas bank failed in October 1923.
Oklahoma National Guard encampment at Fort Sill August 3 to 17 features new facilities. About 40 000 dollars funded several light frame buildings including kitchens mess halls two hostess houses an athletic field and an emergency hospital. Six thousand guardsmen expected with 850 horses 400 state owned and rest from army and more than 200 motor vehicles for training. Invitations issued to legislators and civilians amid prior Missouri and Arkansas guard use for anti aircraft and heavy artillery practice.
Dr. H. J. Sophian of Kansas City announces plans for an eight story apartment hotel in Tulsa costing about $1,200,000. The facility will contain about 50 apartments and work is set to begin in August.
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