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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
10
Pontotoc County commits to wartime unity under council of defense and Liberty Loan groups. Leaders in every school district ready for a one day Red Cross drive, urging each person to act as a committee of one and share the sacrifice.
An ad notes cane seed at 3.75 per bu gg hel with contact W. C. Rollow. The fragment appears from a period newspaper page segment.
Eight men from Pontotoc county were sent to Camp MacArthur on Tuesday afternoon for induction into military service. They are Edward W. Upton, Linton Brown, James F. Foster, Buddie F. Hill, Guy E. Edwards, Franklin Porter, Garland Ast, and Lawrence Anderson. Two additional workers who offered for special service are ordered to report on the 17th and will be sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison and Hoboken for related duties.
A compiled reader list shows individuals with ages and towns including Francis, Stonewall, Maxwell, Lula C. V. Kindred, Lula, Ada, Vanessa, Henryetta, Burrow and Marvilla Burchfield. The record also notes a price of cane seed at 3.75 per bushel and names W. C. Rollow with a date 5-9-4tw.
Ada residents share war related updates with friends and family. Roy Adair’s son arrives safely in France as a sergeant and Catherine Threlkeld’s husband Lt. W C Threlkeld serves at Ft. Riley. Local students professors and civic actions fill the week with enlistmentairport visits and school board changes.
A 1918 letter from Benediction to A S Wyley of Muskogee argues for distributing eastern Oklahoma school aid to incorporated town districts. It claims towns bear higher costs, levy more taxes, and educate more students, urging state funds be shared to support nine month terms and equalize aid across districts with towns. It references non taxable land held by Indian allottees and migration of Indian families to towns for better schools.
In Oklahoma City on May 8 special material from the State Council of Defense warns drafted soldiers about venereal disease. The Practical literature stresses infection risks, prompt treatment, and warns of free legal aid and soldiers insurance. Distribution targets county councils and exemption boards to reach every drafted Oklahoma boy.
About four hundred bankers attend the twenty second annual session of the Oklahoma Bankers Association in Oklahoma City with more expected as the two day convention opens. In Paris the German attempt near Anchin farm southwest of Amiens was repulsed after an intense bombardment.
A serious auto accident Tuesday near the fair grounds north of Ada badly injures C. C. Parker with three ribs broken a dislocated shoulder and two lungs hurt. Will Horton and Miss Mertie Barnes and Emory Douglas escape with minor hurts. The crash follows a punctured tire as the car rolled over.
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