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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
8
Mary Ruth born yesterday at Latara. Col V A Newcomb left for Iowa City to attend the University of Iowa. Frank Meaders and family plan a summer vacation in Boulder Colorado.
Misses Mary Byrd Mundy and Edna Mae Peters have returned to their Stonewall home after attending the college here this summer.
Miss Stella Watson leaves today for Lexington Kentucky to attend the University of Kentucky. She will then travel to the Philadelphia Exposition before returning here this fall.
Stuart Linscheid joins Miss Annie Weaver Jones and Miss Louise Horn on a forthcoming trip visiting several North Carolina points.
R. B. Duffer was arraigned today before Justice of the Peace Joseph Anderson on a charge of abandonment of a minor child. He had been sought county wide and officers spent much on telephone tolls before he turned himself in at the sheriff’s office.
Two small paving projects were let yesterday afternoon to Hill and Chilecutt. Work will begin immediately on one block of Thirteenth Street by the new courthouse and two blocks on Eighteenth Street to connect with the Cement road.
Conductor Bob German and Bob Jr returned Thursday from a ten day trip visiting relatives in Kansas and Missouri.
Rev. T V B Mullinax and wife visited children in Oklahoma City and Reno, ending a week away. David Nolen and family from Olney, Oklahoma, visited Nolen’s daughter Mrs A W Stewart. Bill Hunter of San Angelo Texas died after an injury in a baseball game. W B Hunter is E C Hunter’s brother. Kathryn Boren of Paoli leaves Ada hospital after treatment.
R. I. Pollock a Laxton rancher visited Ada last Saturday. H. P. Sugg and family returned Friday from Cotton Plant Arkansas. Mrs. R. A. Ansell remains confined to Breeo hospital but will leave soon. Bart Donaghey and son Goram went to Bonham Texas to visit friends and plan to return Sunday with Mrs Donaghey.
J H Davie of Owl Creek says his cucumber crop is thriving this season. He travels about 15 or 16 miles from Ada by auto to bring produce to town. Mrs Bertha Weaver left for Tuko Oklahoma to visit sister Mrs Lauran Sears and will drive to Rochester Minnesota Niagara Falls and other points through several States and Canada.
M. C. Copeland, who owns the land where the LaSelle well produced, travels from near Brownsville Texas to view the find. He plans to pick cotton on his Rio Grande valley farm and expects about 50 bales from 40 acres.
Dale Fischbeck, who has been harvesting up near Sharon, Oklahoma, returned yesterday.
Miss Connie Clark returns to Oakman where she is now teaching after a weekend with relatives and friends.
Miss Mabel Peck has returned from a month long vacation visiting points around Plainview Texas and Mountainair New Mexico.
Mr and Mrs J E Rogers and their sons Randle and Gerald from Austin Texas spent a weekend visiting relatives Mr and Mrs C F Morgan.
M. C. Grigsby Virgil Hale and daughter Sarah came back Saturday night from an overland trip to Texas. A rainstorm near Tishomingo forced them to fear they might be stranded for the night.
Mrs Marie Rodke Bailey has returned from Ardmore and Sulphur where she attended matters in connection with the American region auxiliary.
Tuesday report states N. B. Lacey remains in critical condition at the local hospital where he was admitted after becoming seriously ill on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Vaden and their children left today for a few days visit with relatives at Bradley Oklahoma. From there they will go further accommodations to be announced.
A. A. Lucas and family traveled home Monday from an extended overland trip to Orange County California. Mr. Lucas reports that his health has improved considerably due to the coastal sojourn.
Rev C W Stringer visited this morning praising bumper crops in the New Bethel community. He reports his cotton is fruiting well and seems free from flea damage, marking a bright agricultural outlook.
Mr and Mrs G E Nance Sr of Canyon Texas visit daughters families Mr and Mrs Sam Becker and Mr and Mrs Harry Hagar. Nance was an early Pontotoc county oil operator and eyed the new discovery. The Bumpers and son Darwin toured Rio Grande Point Isabel Padre Island Old Brownsville and Matamoros with Copeland at Weslaco and plan extended stay at 1009 East 9th Ada.
Mrs. J. A. Pannell of Summers Chapel visited Ada this afternoon and said crops in that part of the county are the best in years. Will Peck, county clerk, returned from business trips in Texas. Mrs. Bob Duncan plans to move to Seminole where Mr. Duncan and their son Bud currently reside.
Mrs. R. F. Davis of Wewoka spent the week end with the E. L. Canterbury family. She is the mother of L. V. Porterfield who serves as Seminole county superintendent.
E. L. Canterbury and his son Edwin are expected to return from Stillwater today after two weeks work there.
A six pound baby girl was born Tuesday morning at Ada hospital to Mr and Mrs W M Cope. Another baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs T R Kymes at 530 West aMin yesterday at 6 P M Miss Edna Andrews of the Panama Canal territory is visiting Miss Della Andrews in the city.
Mrs. S. A. Britton departs for Austin Texas after a visit with her daughter Mrs. Elia B. Evans. She plans to make her home there in the future following the stay.
Bristow July 26 Rain, sun and clouds helped crops statewide with soil moisture strong. State Board of Agriculture president John A. Whitehurst notes rains on the 21st and 22nd benefited most raw crops except cotton, while corn and grain sorghums show excellent prospects and truck crops rise in Oklahoma. Tomato season ends as 103 carloads shipped, onions 39, potatoes 2,269, and a first watermelon carload expected from Agawam.
The United States circuit court of appeals in St. Paul reversed the federal court conviction of W. L. and Allie E. Lewis in Muskogee last fall on charges connected with the case.
Chicago July 24 The confession of Robert Scott who has life imprisonment for murder claims he and not his brother fired the shot that killed Joseph Maurer a drug clerk This admission was against counsel advise and will not be used in appealing to the state supreme court William Scott Stewart the brothers defense attorney said he plans a writ of superseders to stay Russell Scotts upcoming execution as the state supreme court prepares to reconvene ten days before his date.
Robert Scott, serving life for murder, told the Herald and Examiner he fired the shot that killed Joseph Maurer. His brother Russell remains on death row after a long series of legal reversals. lawyers doubt the confession can alter Russell’s sentence despite new scrutiny.
Thirty deaths were tallied in Buffalo and nearby from wood alcohol likely sold at soft drink stands. Police arrested two dealers and sought James Walker the distributor. Acting Chief Marion promised at least five murder indictments as soft drink parlors were shut.
The Liberty National Bank of Tulsa failure leads to the Lewis brothers' conviction on national banking law violations after three trials. Judge Franklin E. Kennamer sentenced them to twelve years each and $20,000 fines, with an appeals ruling on disqualification. Ardmore case later handled by Judge John C. Pollock in federal court.
Robert T. Lincoln eldest son of Abraham Lincoln died at his summer home in Manchester Vermont. A longtime lawyer and former secretary of war he had kept a quiet retirement after leading roles in public service. He was due to turn 83 on August 1 and his death was found by servants at 9 a.m. after a morning wake up. He survived by his widow two daughters and grandchildren.
A political ad urges voters to re elect Judge J W Clark to the Supreme Court praising his record and campaign as above reproach. It claims he will win every county in his district and urges voters to support him on the state ballot noting his independence from corporate or political influence.
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