Rural postal delays and weather disrupt correspondence
Last week Wednesday holiday slowed rural mail routes causing eight letters to miss the News office until Thursday and Friday. The editor notes ongoing snow may keep this week short. Parish Chapel reports rain and wind halting Saturday services. Community updates include visits, school terms, illness, hospital care, and a prayer meeting at Sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ano
Parish Chapel
Maddox
Dryden
Ausbie Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
Lillian Maddox
Virgie Maddox
Gertrude Pennington
Zella Pennington
Augusta Thompson
Ollie Wood
Alla Imgran
Mary Thompson
B. J. Downing
Center
May Pate
Mrs. Maddox
Willard
Mrs. Wood
Weather Dampens Attendance in High Hill Neighborhood
The report notes heavy weather in High Hill with a string of social visits listed. Names include Carrie McMeans Jewel Kerr Neva Boyd and Beatrice Ginn visiting various local residents. A lighter Sunday school turnout is attributed to the bad conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Hill
Carrie‘ McMeans
Jewell
Bertha Kerr
Neva Boyd
Standridge
Lula
Beatrice Ginn
Bessie Neely
Annie Farrow
J. A. Franks
N. E. Albert
H. M. Neely
Elva R. Duvall
Pauline Franks
Donnie Horn
W. E. Ginn
Ada
Frank Kerr
D. M. Kerr
Dunahe
Weather and church notes from a rural community
Weather disrupts Sunday school with wet conditions. A large turnout attended W C Rose's Friday night gathering. Walnut Grove will host preaching Saturday night and both Sunday services. Widespread illness in the area with grippe sidelining Louis Agee from school. An 11 pound girl born to Mr and Mrs Will Crow last Wednesday. both mother and baby fine. Henry and Sybil Roper were ill last week and away from school. Mattie and Arcell Roddy improving.
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Hickory
Sherman Hospital
Sunshine
G. H. Pitt
Ada
Robert Heathman
H. G. Brents
Pie Biter
W. C. Rose
Wal-nut Grove
Louis Agee
Grippe
Will Crow
Bother
Babe
Henry Roper
Sybil Roper
Mattie
Arcell Roddy
Rebee
Colbert High School Adds Room and Modernizes
Contractors start work on the school building with tinted light blue walls and green ceilings. A new east side room will mirror the west, gas lighting and water fountains, a teacherage on campus, and Colbert aim to meet city school standards next term Hurrah for Colbert. Ethel McAnally of Davis visited relatives over the weekend. The infant child of Mr and Mrs Lane died Saturday night with funeral services led by Rev W H Nettles Sunday. Jho Wood visited relatives. Singing every Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbert
Ethel McAnally
Davis
Lane
W. H. Nettles
Jho. Wood
Pie Supper Planned at Bebee School House Saturday
The Bebee community invites everyone to a Pie Supper at the Bebee school house on Saturday night March 4. Bring a pie. Great fun for residents and visitors alike.
Early Rain Helps Oats Grow Strong in Region
Heavy rainfall in recent days boosts early planted oats as farmers report healthy stands. W. H. Bents and Travis Heath made a quick trip to Ross last Thursday while Price Jackson travels to Oklahoma City for a medical exam. A street setback leaves debris after a fallen tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bents
Travis Heathman
Ross
Price Jackson
Oklahoma City
Eway
Snow Banks and Community Happenings Round Local Life
A tight knit community reports heavy snow melt improving ground moisture for farming while events fill the week. The Spinister's Convention at the high school drew praise. illness delays Deacon Dubbs as Otis and Crawford Martin miss school. local visits and church plans fill the social calendar.
Supreme Court to hear Howat case on contempt details
Washington Feb 27 The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the Howat case and other Kansas labor leaders challenging the Court of Industrial Relations and the contempt proceedings stemming from 1920. The Oklahoma vs Phillips and Watson murder case is set for trial in Atoka on March 20 with witnesses expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Howat
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of Kansas
Court of Industrial Relations
State Court
State of Oklahoma
J. W. Phillips
Alex Watson
J. M. Williams
Atoka
Mr. Phillips
Carter County
Hardy Sanitarium
Mr. Watson
Mill Creek
Notice of suit to quiet title in McClain Garvin and Pontotoc lands
This Pontotoc County Oklahoma notice cites Nancy Seeley and Robinson Murphy suing J D Whitaker et al for quiet title on multiple tracts in McClain Garvin and Pontotoc counties totaling 130 acres plus 96.11 acres and 50 to 80 acres in various sections. Defendants are advised to answer by April 8 1922 or risk a judgment in favor of George B Hall to quiet title. Also two creditor notices request claims against M D Timberlake and H F Williams estates be presented within four months. documentos dated February 18 1922 and February 20 1922.
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Pontotoc County
State OF Oklahoma
Nancy Seeley
Robinson Murphy
J. D. Whitaker
Camp L. Ward
Robert J. Ward
Oley B.ward
Cyrus D. Ward
A. H. Kane
Maurice W. Kane
Bertha M. Kane
Bicy Wright
George B. Hall
McClain County
Oklahoma
McClain
State of
Garvin County
Purdy
Pontotoc
Model farm dreams and practical limits in Ada weekly notes
G M Pitt reflects on a club boy’s model farm idea noting 250 acres would be costly and time to build wealth varies with capital. He sketches a smaller 40 to 60 acre ideal with a bungalow outbuildings a pair of mules a possum dog and a tin Lizzie concluding individual tastes shape classic rural dreams. An ad promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a constipation remedy and a tidbit notes one in seven live to eighty.
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Ada Weekly News
Club Boy
G. M. Pitt
Ada man convicted in federal counterfeiting case
Bonnie L. Biggs of Ada was found guilty in federal court in Muskogee of passing counterfeit federal bank reserve notes. He was the fourth member of the gang convicted. The proceedings noted five terms were in Kansas City.
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Muskogee
Bonnie L. Biggs
Ada
Federal District Court
Federal Bank Reserve
Kansas City
Biggs
Armies Equal Peace Cost as One Fifth of Europe Men Under Arms
Twenty percent of Europe’s men are under arms signaling that maintaining peace sustains armies nearly as costly as war. The statement contrasts peacetime defense with wartime expenditures and implies broad military readiness across nations.
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Europe
Notice to creditors and divorce suit pending in Oklahoma
Public notices record administrator actions in Pontotoc County Oklahoma with claims for the estate of William A Fischbeck and a divorce case in district court. The creditor claims deadline is four months from February 22 1922 and the divorce defendant Bud Bass must answer by April 12 1922 or the petition may be granted by default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Omia Bass
Bud Bass
A. D
L. E
Franklin
J. Rogers
Crawford
Salesman Taken From Jail Beaten by Masked Band in Claremore
Traveling salesman Jack Burlington, for a Kansas City firm, was abducted from Claremore's city jail by masked men. He was driven three miles out, beaten with a black snake, and warned to leave town. A Knights of Ku Klux Klan letter claimed responsibility and stated police were not to blame for the act.
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Claremore
Mar
Jack Burlington
Kansas City
Knights of Ku Klux Klan
Notice to creditors in the Huddleston estate Ada Oklahoma
Seven claims are invited for the Frank Huddleston estate in Pontotoc County. Creditors must present their claims and vouchers to Administratrix May Huddleston at Ada Oklahoma within four months from the date of notice or be forever barred. Dated February 28. Busby and Harrel serve as administratrix's attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
M. D. Timberlake
Beulah S. Timberlake
W. F. Schulte
Ada
Oklahoma
Beulah S. Timberl
Feq
Administratrix
Pontotoc
H. F. Williams
Oma Black
Noah Williams
James E. Webb
William A. Fischbeck
J. A. Criswell
Said
William H. Buster
Clo Buster
Huddleston
Frank Huddleston
Ada Lowers Millage to Five Mills for Current Expenses
Ada announces a 5 mill levy for current expenses, the lowest in four years. mayor Gary Kitchens cites readings from official compilation showing prior years at 5.3 mills in 1919 and higher totals with sinking funds. 1918 and 1919 had totals above 15 mills, while this year totals 18 mills.
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Ada
Gary Kitchens
Oklahoma City Plans Junior High Swimming Carnival
A swimming carnival for junior high athletes is planned in Oklahoma City on March 16 with nine or ten events. Bartlesville’s Carl Drath, president of the Southwestern league Bartlesville club, aims to capitalize the local organization at $25,000 before contracts with players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bartlesville
Carl Drath
Bartlesville Club
January Coldest Start Since 1918 Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma weather bureau reports January as the coldest first month since 1918 with a state mean temperature of 36.1 degrees from 68 stations. Moisture exceeded normal, averaging 1.50 inches with Meeker recording 2.58 inches and Broken Arrow 1.98 inches in 24 hours. Newkirk saw 5.5 inches of snowfall. extremes include Poteau 77 degrees and Blackwell 7 degrees below zero.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
United States Weather Bureau
Bureau
Meeker
Kenton
Panhandly
Broken Arrow
Newkirk
Broken Bow
Burgau
Hurley
Poteau
Blackwell
Jefferson
Beaver
Goodwell
Hooker
Edge eating monkey tribes in historical note
A brief observational fragment discusses monkey tribes as edge eaters, a wool dissolve test by boiling sodium hydroxide, and a few odds and ends about English dishes, James J. Hill starting work in St. Paul, and comparisons of water power between the U S and Britain.
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Ollie, Rains
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Effie Rollins
G. W. Wells
Tnion Hill
Ellis Maxwell
Annie Atkins
Joe Ward
Worstell
Vanoss
Spinister
Deacon Dubbs
Otis
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J. T. Coffee
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Guyman Stegall
Owen Hobbs
Ollie Auten
Missionary Baptist Church
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Stringtown
W. C. Auten
P. G. Smith
P. A. Templeman
Bapntist Church
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Chamberlain
J. F. McKeel
May Huddleston
Busby & Harrel
Attorneys For Administratrix
James J. Hill
St. Paul
United States
Great Britain
Poland
Padgrewski
Partridge Wyandottes
John Skinner
Ada, Oklahoma
Home Building & Loan Association of Ada
Stein-Blochs
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