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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
8
Sugar Prices Rising in Ada and Statewide
Ada residents face scarce sugar with prices ranging from 25 to 28 cents per pound amid shortages. Oklahoma City lists 40 cents while Francis asks 20 cents. Keltner wholesale and Waples Platter report no stock, and Coalgate shipments are nearly exhausted. If relief delays continue, Ada shoppers will pay cap city rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
News
Oklahoma City
Francis
J. M. Keltner
Keltner Wholesale
Coalgate
Sasakwa Citizen Wounded In Shooting Near Little River
Charlie C. Vance of Sasakwa was shot in the back while trying to arrest a suspect near Little River north of Sasakwa. He is in grave condition with a bullet in his spine and partial paralysis. Three Black suspects, including one woman, fled after dropping a pistol. they were later moved to McAlester state prison for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie C. Vance
Sasakwa
Little River
Vance
Calvin Vance
Wewoka
McAlester
Charlie Vance
Seminole County
Socialists to Open 1920 National Convention in New York
The Socialist Party of America will convene in New York on May 8 with 200 delegates to draft a platform and nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates. Debates will cover free speech and assembly rights, the war era crackdown, and responses to allied leftist groups. Eugene V. Debs is urged for the presidency from Atlanta penitentiary, while party leaders push for an uncommitted keynote speaker and a state-by-state delegate allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Socialist Party of America
United States
Albany
New York Assembly
House of
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Morris Hillquit
Industrial Workers of the World
Soviet Russia
Communist Party
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
White House
Debs
Jesus of Nazareth
Pennsylvania
Otto Branstetter
Chicago
Finnish Workers’ Educational Association
Atlantic
Pacific
Hillquit
Stedman
Hoan
Adaage Co. Ice Plant Thrives Under Local Demand
Ada Ice Company a branch of Southern Ice and Utilities serves 2000 Ada homes and 40 nearby towns with a 70 ton daily output. Manager Arthur Marshall emphasizes customer viewpoint, stock at 92000 dollars, and losses shown by audits in 1920 and 1918. Prices set by Oklahoma corporation commission. Ada Ice Cream unit ships nationwide with high cleanliness rating of 99 percent and daily capacity of 1000 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Ice Company
Southern Ice and Utilities Company
Oklahoma
Sapulpa
McAlester
Haileyville
Ada Ice Cream Company
Ada
Pontotoc
Stonewall
Roff
Maud
Konawa
Blanchard
Magill
Atoka
Shawnee
Arthur Marshall
Marshall
Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
Corporation Commission
Katy Railroad
Pontotoc County
Ada Ice Cream Cmpany
State Department of Agriculture
Wounded Soldier From Farm Visits News Office
Sam Lockhart of Center visits the News Office recounting service in France with the First Oklahoma and Rainbow Division. He was wounded three times including near Sedan, with a broken foot wrist injury and bullet wound to the hip, yet continues work on the farm after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lockhart
Center
France
Oklahoma
Champagne
Rainbow
Argonne
Supreme Court Recesses Without Ruling on Prohibition Amendment
Washington May 3. The Supreme Court recessed today until May 17 without issuing a decision on the constitutionality of the prohibition amendment and the enforcement act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
One More Still Added To Number Captured By Laws
Local officers captured another moonshine still in the Burrow community and arrested Tom Brumlee. Deputies Chandler Nebhitt and Constable Gayne found the still near a creek after a warrant search. Brumlee tried to escape spilling liquor. about 50 gallons of whiskey and two barrels of mash were recovered. This marked the third still seized in 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrow
Tom Brumlee
Claud Chandler
Gus Nebhitt
Walter Gayne
Brumlee Place
Brumlee
Nebhut
Lot
Sodom
Fine Mackey wedding in Ada ties two communities
William D. Fine and Ina Mackey exchanged marriage vows in Ada on Saturday. The groom resides in Ada while the bride hails from Mill Creek, with Justice Brown officiating.
Leopards dominate Zululand's tropical fauna
Leopards remain the primary tropical animal species observed in Zululand, where other tropical wildlife are less prevalent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zululand
Let a Want Ad Get it For You
A brief want ad service offering to place classified requests for readers seeking items or services. Professionals or individuals may submit needs to have reach through the newspaper’s classified section.
Lohden Sues For Separation After Loss Of Wife Wagon And Team
W H Lohden files suit in district court seeking divorce from Mittie Lohden on cruelty and desertion grounds The petition notes five children born to the marriage and that in March the defendant took the plaintiff's wagon and team and departed with Burgess Lohden, never returning The case is represented by King Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lohden
Mittie Lohden
King & Crawford
Bonham
Texas
Burgess Lorden
Burgess Lohden
Ada Ice Cream Company Expands to Ada Region
Ada Ice Cream Company grew from a struggling concern two years ago to supplying all Ada stores and families. It now ships hundreds of packers to towns nearby and even to places with their own ice cream plants, reflecting strong leadership under Mr. Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Ice Cream Company
Ada Ice Company
Marshall
Ada
Oklahoma City
Census shows race suicide as Oklahoma's greatest menace
Unofficial state figures warn of declining birth rates across urban and rural areas. District supervisor C. H. Hyde notes rural areas with very low numbers of children under ten, with some counties recording as few as six children per 100 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
C. H. Hyde
Rural Oklahoma Demographics Highlight Declining Farm Population
The report notes many districts show ten to twelve children per hundred population, with western areas and the seventh district most affected. Farm families remain larger than urban, yet mortgage debt climbs while farm ownership declines and many rural townships lack capable heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
John Rawls Denies Republican Campaign Rumor for Sheriff
John Rawls, a Democrat running for sheriff in Pontotoc County, rebuts a patent medicine vendor’s claim that he is a Republican. He notes lifelong Democratic registration, party support, and urges old residents to trust his record since moving to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannard
Pontotoc County
Old Timers Recall the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush
The article recalls April 22 1889 the opening of Oklahoma lands to white settlement and the infamous rush. It notes 200 000 people gathered at river corners and points along the new strip 160 acre claims 160 acres with some killed in contests and Sooners hiding prior to opening times as the government distributed titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Oklahoma
Oklahoma
98Th Meridian Line
Parcell
Texas Line
Kansas Line
J. R. Childress Dies at 76 North of Town
J. R. Childress, 76, died at home four miles north of town. Funeral services were held this morning with Rev. C. V. Dunn leading the service and burial at Rosedale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Childress
J. R Childress
Rosedale
Rev
C. V. Dunn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oklahoma State Bank
C. H. Rives
H. P. Reich
Joe Stafford
L. A. Ellison
H. J. Huddleston
Main and Townsend, Ada, Okla
HEGRE
Socialist Party
Adaige CO
Merchants & Planters National Bank of Ada
John Rawls
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