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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
1
A fragment outlines figures on taxable property assessed and passed by the board within corporate limits. It references population figures, school relations, and occupation tax collections, but the text is incomplete and unclear in details.
The Ada baseball team hosted Center at the old diamond north of town. Nine innings were completed in short order with Ada winning 23 to 6. The game featured wearying late innings and a high scoring finish, and the Center players were praised as genteel foes.
B W Bolen of this place devised an invention titled King Bolt to aid building machinery of small kinds and the construction of locomotives and railroads. The patent is commending the attention of all manufacturers of machinery and has been estimated to be worth a large sum.
The inventor receives daily letters seeking information and terms and the team believes he will secure a neat sum for his clever invention.
A test case in Vinita explores whether mayors may try misdemeanor defendants without jury trials. Clay Tittle was convicted by Mayor Parker after bond denial, then jailed to work off costs. A writ of habeas corpus to Judge Gill delays final action as the broader issue of mayoral trial rights and bond obligations awaits a ruling.
This item lists various whispered facts about residents and businesses from Doss to Ada. It mentions a tailor, a bottling idea, a bogey game, a heat of the ice question, and a busy marshal, with notes on possible moves, health, and local commerce in the Territory.
A formal government notice warns M C Walker of Ada about fencing a public road from Ada to Stonewall. The letter cites a 12 year old route, threatens misdemeanor charges, and orders removal within ten days under criminal statutes cited by Mansfield's Digest. If ignored, removal will be enforced by a United States Indian Policeman.
Last Tuesday marked the anniversary of St John the Evangelist as the Masonic hall was dedicated and officers installed led by Worshipful Master J B Shirley. Judge J B Thompson spoke after the ceremonies and Eastern Star sisters provided a donation, with remarks by J P Crawford and Ti W Fielding and comments on Palmer Moseley from Ardmore Appeal.
Cherokee Nation chief notes a flood of letters from American men seeking Cherokee wives. A cease to claim rights upon marriage since 1895 is explained. The sample letters describe hopeful suitors from Brocton Massachusetts and other places ready to work to win a wife.
Mrs Davis wed Miss Ruth Taylor of Dallas at First Baptist Church Dallas by Rev G W Tavlett. Newly joined couple left for Ada via Fort Worth after the ceremony. Mr Davis, living 20 miles southeast of Ada, is described as an honest upright man with a bright future.
At a Stonewall meeting of Bright Star Lodge on Saturday night June 21 1902 the following officers were elected Worshipful Master George Henry Truax Senior Warden P R Flatt Junior Warden George W Young Treasurer Wm L Byrd Secretary N L Heard re elected Senior Deacon S P Taylor Junior Deacon F F Faber re elected Senior Steward P L Chapman Junior Steward I W Odom Tyler J W Clark.
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