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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1924
Page
2
Rev. T. V. B. Mullinax of Jones Chapel Pickett reports a fine cotton crop on a ten acre patch planted early and now knee high and blooming with no boll weevil signs.
Miss Wilma Chilcutt daughter of Mr and Mrs M B Chilcutt has been elected to a position with the schools at Cushing. Mr and Mrs Ed Dixon 231 West Eighth rejoice over the arrival of an 8 pound baby girl Thursday. Sam Grant of the American National Bank Oklahoma City visits family. A K Thornton finishes work on his two story brick home at Broadway and Nineteenth street.
Mrs Edwin Nicholls of Ross was operated on for appendicitis Saturday afternoon at city hospital. Mrs R L Bailey and her young son from Fort Worth visit George W West and wife, Lena West before. J D Gaar notes few weevils in cotton north of Vaness. corn droughted but expected good yields. G W Reed of Jack Fork shows broom corn samples at Oklahoma State Bank, twenty acres on his land and neighbors with similar acreage.
Carey Iittlefield reports that two weeks of rain in Kansas damaged crops but is creating a large corn yield. He witnessed the cyclone that damaged Augusta a week ago.
Commissioner Pace reports only a light shower near his Stonewall area Saturday night with rain mainly in the eastern part of the county not reaching his location.
Uncle Nat Bison of Jack Fork says he has not seen a better prospect for a cotton crop at this time of year and has noticed only a few punctured squares from boll weevils. He believes he may contend for the first bale honors this season.
George Culp a well known attorney of Gainesville was in the city today as the guest of Cc. H. Rives. Rives traveled to Allen Sunday and reports seven misses from Ada when a heavy rain shower fell Saturday night, heavier to the east. Miss Leis Osbirn of Hickory is visiting her sister Miss Gertrude who attends East Central College.
J. Vincent of Tupelo completes a trip visiting friends in Ada and returns home today.
Mr and Mrs Alvis Townnell expect to relocate to their new residence in the Alley View addition this week.
Dane ass Hill arrived from California to attend the funeral of his father F D Hill who died Sunday.
Ed Bullard and his wife, who had been visiting friends in Ada, have returned home. No further details were provided about their trip or destination.
B. K. McKinley and Joe Tom left today by auto for Fort Smith Arkansas where they will be joined by Mrs. McKinley and continue the trip into the Ozark mountains for a week or so.
Hon W C Duncan Mrs Duncan and Miss Dorothy return from a long car tour to St Louis Flora and Charleston Illinois He notes corn in Illinois corn regions is very poor indeed.
P. S. and John Case and their wives left this morning for a trip to Hill County in Texas.
BH Hammond of Colbert neighborhood says he expects ice watermelons next week, indicating local fruit harvest timing and personal plans.
Mrs Charles Blankenship formerly treated for pneumonia at Breco hospital showed signs of improvement today according to hospital bulletin.
J H Norman returned Tuesday from a trip across the northeast and reports the area from Mc Alester to Muskogee and west to Tulsa got rain last week. Crops he saw were in good condition and prospects improved.
Classified notice seeks a reader to locate missing items in a regional news want ad. Details are sparse but imply a search for a product or service through a newspaper classified section.
In Anadarko and Ada a pair of stories unfold. A platinum mine mystery centers on Andrew Keown’s death near Fort Cobb with Lin es hotel owner Anna Lines and an eastern geologist tied to a potential lease deal. Investigators seek the mine location as they probe a possible motive and missing lease papers.
Two men held up the cashier of the Uncas State bank in Ponca City at about 10 this morning and took roughly $1,500 in cash and currency. Two accomplices waited in a touring car outside and fled south after the robbery.
The board of directors of the Order of Railway Conductors formally endorses Senator Robert M. La Follette for president with an almost unanimous vote. For vice president, members favor Howell of Nebraska Dill of Washington Shipstead of Minnesota Wheeler of Montana Huddleston of Alabama or W S Stone president of the Brothers of Engineers per President L E Sheppard.
More than twenty supporters of Senator La Follette met in Washington to perfect a national campaign organization and choose a vice presidential candidate. The gathering followed the Conference of Progressive Political Action in Cleveland which endorsed La Follette as an independent presidential candidate and handed the running mate selection to the national committee dominated by labor and farm representatives.
Ardmore planners prepare a pageant to mark Ardmore’s thirty fourth birthday with a parade by settlers and a noon barbecue. The celebration anticipates about 20 000 visitors from Ardmore and nearby towns as committees ready events covering the city’s early plainsman heritage.
Sister Antonia a longtime Ursuline nun near Cologne and sister of Reich Chancellor Marx died recently at age 63.
College notes show East Central College with the largest enrollment increase over state peers with Durant Edmond and Tahlequah campuses rising modestly. Summer term degrees rise from 38 to 54 and life diplomas from 233 to 304, while summer enrollment climbs from 1,948 to 2,315.
The Tulsa post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars started a fundraising drive to purchase a piano and other musical instruments for the Muskogee Memorial Hospital to aid disabled veterans.
Tulsa July 19 Gov M E Trapp credits Northeast Oklahoma as a leading dairying region and backs an ambitious chamber of commerce drive to educate farmers and identify suitable tracts. M C Hales notes tours to Wisconsin dairies as the first step in establishing a local dairy industry amid strong alfalfa and clover feed prospects. The plan includes specialist tours to locate prime tracts and promote dairying to curb neglect of farm lands and boost dairy product imports into the state.
Will M Thompson outlines his views for representative race in Pentotoc County praising public schools the Bible in schools tax cuts support for rural districts and labor friendly laws. He appeals to voters to avoid abuse and to think before the August 5 ballot while noting he is running as a Democrat. Tulsa Legion posts distribute over 1000 adjusted compensation application blanks to veterans with volunteers aiding at the post dugout each night.
J O Vernon will leave for Colorado Wyoming for the summer. Prof Edward Davis and family depart after August extension to visit relatives in Mississippi. Prof M Z Thesappon and family head to the Kiamichi mountains soon. Dacre and others spend the summer in regional locales. Prof M P Hatchett to spend summer in Arkansas. Woods family leaving for California to pursue degrees and return next summer to East Central. Miss Watson to attend the University of California. Miss Louise Hornbeak stays with European history studies in Wyoming and California. Professors Hedges and Weems will spend weeks at Yellow Stone National Park.
The Holdenville Masons awarded a contract this week to Voting & Lang for a three story Magoptie temple at Broadway and Seventh. The building will include four ground floor business rooms, 50 by 60 feet frontage on Broadway, three 25 by 67 feet spaces on Seventh Avenue, a second floor with seventeen office suites and modern amenities, and a third floor housing Masonic lodge rooms including a 60 by 60 foot lodge hall and related spaces.
Lemon Cook 36, an employee on the Wolverine oil base, was shot and killed during a dance at a club house near Avant Oklahoma. Dick Marlow 33 was charged with murder after allegedly admitting involvement to officers. No motive is known.
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