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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
5
A long list of social visits and family gatherings across Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Residents from Galey Sasakwa Ada and Maxwell are noted hosting and visiting kin and friends. Weather brings rains delaying harvest while schools reopen and locals report injuries and illnesses. Political candidates begin to appear as events unfold in Summers Chapel area.
Pleasant Hill and Franks column reports school progress and good attendance. Local residents visit relatives in Sulphur Ada Frisco Franks and nearby towns. Rain concerns cotton crops and community events including picnics and church meetings noted.
From Wednesday's day reports N B Haney Ada realtor and financier remains in extremely critical condition after a sinus infection. Mayo Brothers specialists were being sought Rochester Minnesota as local physicians monitored his bedside. John Chapman Ada resident and property holder was reported very low at the Dean home though slightly improved from yesterday.
Galeby reports ongoing rains harming cotton by insects while residents await sunshine. Community youths drift between broomcorn activities and returns home. Local visits include Dusbury Texas families and Grace Aitchison of Shawnee. A big meeting ends due to bad weather as sermons are praised.
The community reports return of Mrs. G B Northcutt and son Mac from Washington after a two week visit. Maxwell school boys beat Vanessa 7 to 4 in baseball with a rematch set for Friday. Several residents and visitors are named, including Miss Thelma Fleming teaching at Maxwell, and outings by Dr S L Burns and others to Ada and Cement.
Weekly community column records visits and social events. Names include Ethel Stewart Beulah James Bertha Jones Bernice Jones James Orville Chambers and others. mentions trips to Ada Frisco Western Oklahoma and Pleasant Hill church attendance. Ends with reader plea to send more news and a note about two Franks Flappers.
The week brings continued clouds and showers feared to harm cotton. Pest presence in cotton appears to have diminished. Sunday school has not met recently. Showers aid late feed crops and pea patches thrive. Sweet potatoes are good and farm women canned vegetables well though fruit is scarce. Fryer sellers struggle to cover market costs.
Sunday school and singing drew a sparse crowd due to rain. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Collins of Sapulpa visit friends here this week. Mrs. M. L. Hunt returns from Vaness. A community arbor to be built Friday July 30 for a meeting starting July 31. Monroe Lee and Walter Clayton updates include new storehouse. Ethel Clayton visits her mother Mrs. Caton.
John Ward runs in the Democratic primary for Pontotoc County weigher. A longtime resident with 31 years in the county he cites 18 years weighing cotton and promises to continue careful, steady service if elected. He notes he cannot personally solicit every voter due to work but pledges the same diligence as in the past.
In Temple Texas on July 27 the tally of Saturdays Democratic vote shows Dan Moody carrying Miriam A. Ferguson's home ward 405 to 192 and the county 4 947 to 3 935. Lynch Davidson had 50 in the ward and 1 081 in Bell county. Leonard H. Maxey 24 died after a car collision near Madill.
Patty Scott Johnson reports the death of Johnson a 103 year old Indian man near Steedman. Physicians say age wore him out not tobacco. He remembered the 1834 Chickasaw settlement and had a large family with twelve sons all over 200 pounds each. He was buried in a simple tribal ceremony.
Authorities identified the body found in a Texas park as J. A. Idlett of Wynnewood Oklahoma based on papers in his belongings. Undertakers said he likely died a week earlier after an axe murder.
A government bulletin reports 57 000 adjusted compensation claims paid on July 1 to World War veterans. Since the war’s end, 3 079 225 claims have been paid totaling 19 949 174 61 dollars. Mrs Snead secretary of the Red Cross prepares a Pontotoc county list of recipients.
The article notes that the attorney was in the car but unharmed and that Maxey, who came from Tushka two years ago, is survived by his widow. His body was shipped back to Tushka for burial.
Gordon Lawson of Van Cleve Missouri suffered for a year with boils and a run down system before using Bull’s Herbs and Iron. He reports the boils and sores disappeared and he became well and strong. The ad promotes Bull’s Herbs and Iron as a blood purifier and health builder for skin eruptions and general vitality.
A 75 person mob armed with pitchforks and hammers blocked Klansmen en route to a county meeting near Corning. Police arrived as rocks shattered cars and two Klansmen were injured. sheriff will present findings to a grand jury. Governor later intervened in a separate case about a minister remark. Cloudburst floods Ardmore.
Frankfort, Ky July 24 The Kentucky pardon clears Miss Martha Bates of Whitesburg who slapped Rev Arlie Brown of Millstone after he condemned women who bob their hair The governor William J Fields granted a full pardon stating the matter centers on free expression and moral policing in religious speech
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