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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1913

Page

9

Lovelady Still On The Map Near Ada In May Notes

Lovelady remains on the local map seven miles east of Ada as correspondents report May showers helping crops oats wheat and corn. Sunday school prospers under Bro Robinson. Trades Day land sale in Ada draws Bud Taylor and others. Elmer Lillard heads to the woods with an axe likely to cut wood for Bur Taylor. Henry Lovelady moves into a new house rebuilt after a prior fire. His daughter married George Pitt of Roff last week. Prof Cartwright spoke on Character and Influence with Baker Ricketts and others. A drill by ten young ladies spelling Christ delighted attendees and a noon dinner was well received.

Lovelady Ada Johnnine Bro. Robinson Bud Tay Ior Joe Jared Elmer Lillard Bur Taylor Henry Lovelaly George Pitt Roff Cartwright Baker Globe Ricketts Lalies West Lanham Duty Price Rolls Guy Griffith Summers Chapel

Local notes from Moller area including farming and social events

Mrs. A Kiffer is improving and plans to go to Chocky for treatment. Families visit, new home built, and a large crowd attends Sunday School and a singing session. Cotton planting. kaffir corn planned. rain helped. May 16 school entertainment. Odd Fellows picnic and Newbanks event cited. farmers busy with plowing and planting. job hunting among locals.

Center-Lanham Happenings and Mother's Day Observance

Local notes show Center and Lanham activities with school closures at West Lanham and Miss Duty teaching efficiently. A May Day style Mother’s Day program is planned for Center with a full churchyard service, meals, recitations, songs, and tributes to mothers.

Bro. Dame Tom D. McKeown Fred Sloan Noah Garret Mothers Way W. T. Peck Erica McCulloh Myrtle Austell

Aholo Pick-Ups and Local Travels Across Oklahoma

Summary not fully clear. notes mention Sam Richardson flying to Muskogee on business Carney Walton visiting Ada and several lines in a foreign script with unclear meaning. The readable items show travel and cotton planting context in a regional setting.

Sam Richardson Muskogee Carney Walton Ada

Egypt Items Reflect Weather and Illness Amid Social Visits

On a cold morning the article notes sickness in Egypt including Mr. Sam Murray’s boys and Mrs. Yan cey. It mentions social visits by Miss Bell, Remel Perdue, Clara and Bertie Agee, Mrs. McCracken, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Ragland, J. R. Perdue, and Mr. Marcum, with well wishes for recovery and cordial welcomes.

Egypt Sam Murray Belle and Remel Perdue

Allen News Briefs Face Busy Weekend Travels

Attorney W. B. Toney returned from a business trip to Hiddenville Saturday and Dr. C. M. Means came back Friday from McAlester after attending a Masonic Fraternity meeting. Wagar Pegg of Davis, Oklahoma, was in town.

W. B. Toney Hiddenville C. M. Means McAlester Masonic Fraternity Wagar Pegg of Davis, Okla

Allen area notices show travel, teaching staff and land sales

Allen area items report W M Pegg returning from McAlester visits renewed acquaint ances in Ada trips by B O Fry and J E Smith. Teachers named by the Allen district include Supt O H Graham and several grade instructors. Land purchases, oil lease activity, church visit, and strong agricultural college outreach across Oklahoma are noted with rising prospects for crops and oil wells.

Allen O. H. Graham Tanie Poland Mamie Dye Phillips Ella Barnett Annie Drake Emma McFadden T. E. Smith Holdenville Whitely Bros Frank Huddleston Ada John Locke Joe Grandell A. A. Caldwell Arthur Olive Tom Cagle Lee Brumfield Dr. C. M. Mearns B. O. Fry L. C. Webb A. M. Cummings J. L. Walker Konawa Baptist Church E. F. Simpson Lehigh Our City

Pecan Grove Sisters Return From Ross Visit

Misses Essie and Jessie Johnson daughters of Mr and Mrs C J Johnson have returned from Ross where they visited their brother Mr and Mrs Ed Johnson They attended an exhibition at Dol berg schoolhouse and reported a nice time Mr Ed Johnson is visiting his mother and father this week

Ada J. E Sloan J Copeland Prof. McClain Robert Townsley Bob Astell Homer Bragg Earnest Dame Oscar Sinclair Misses Austell Ruby Viney Vadie Martin Bob Fustell Cora Bullock Texas Gertrude Dunnegan McAllister Snow Dunnegan Mr. Stone Essie Jessie Johnson C. J. Johnson Ross Ed Johnson Dolberg Schol House

Slayer of King George commits death by own action

Aleko Schinas who killed King George of Greece on March 8 in Saloniki by a point blank shot died by suicide this morning by leaping from a police station window. He was born in Voto Thessaly and had sought aid at the palace in 1911 after which he claimed to be driven away. Doctors had said he was dying of tuberculosis.

Athens Greece Aleko Schinas George of Saloniki Schinas Voto Thessaly

Train kills man at Weleetka Oklahoma

Bob Lane of Paden a bridge worker died after slipping under a moving train while trying to board a car at Weleetka Oklahoma May 5 His body was cut in two as the accident occurred near a bridge site reported by local authorities

Weleetka Okla Bob Lane Paden

Dr C A Thomas Veterinary Surgeon Ad

Veterinary surgeon Dr C A Thomas announces office hours at West 12th Street with phone contact 306 for pet care and medical services.

Sale of Lands in Atoka County Cleans Unallotted Lands

Indian Agent W. H. Reynolds reports Atoka County land sale on Tuesday cleared the unallotted lands. About 9,700 acres sold at average prices above six dollars per acre.

Atoka County W. H. Reynolds Atoka

State legislative reform group aims at scientific management

Des Moines reports the legislative retrenchment and reform committee forms to cut costs and boost efficiency in state government. It proposes abolishing the legislature’s committee clerk system and placing departments on scientific management principles to reduce expenses and improve operations. Oklahoma News in Brief mentions related items across the state.

Des Moines Ioawa

Lawmakers Consider Cost Saving Measures In State

A report discusses saving about $25 000 annually through reforms and cautions that trimming legislative journals and department annual reports could save thousands more in printing costs.

France School Teachers Face Potential General Strike

Reporters say France's school teachers seriously consider a general strike. Several teachers were fined for disobeying a court order to disband their union.

France

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