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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1927
Page
4
A columnist notes Colonel Thomas J. Dickson argues school histories exaggerate America's WWI role and Congress may debate who won the war. Veterans and generals long argued Civil War and Spanish American War outcomes, but writers keep digging. The piece opts to give Americans the benefit of the doubt.
The piece argues Chickasha thrives from population growth and attractive living conditions with good schools and churches, while Ada mirrors the trend with investment and home building. It discusses farming politics, highway wo rk in Alabama, and the West’s growing promise, ending with a curio about love and marriage warnings.
A Mother's Day meditation on visiting loved ones and the value of family ties contrasts with commencement season at schools and the resilience needed for youth facing life’s challenges. The piece also reports deadly tornado outbreaks across Texas Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Iowa and nearby areas with multiple deaths and extensive damage in Garland Nevada Hutchinson Eldon and Greenville.
The report details a rising death toll from a severe storm. Eighteen deaths in Maynard, a northern hamlet, and five more in Norphlet and Strong in the oil belt. Eleven people were killed in Maynard, reportedly razed by the wind.
National guardsmen mobilized to supervise relief and salvage with Red Cross reporting control and officials saying no outside aid required. Hutchinson suffered the heaviest property loss while Medicine Lodge reported three deaths in that area. Inman Medora each logged two fatalities and Santa Fe engineer James C. Burke died when his engine fell through a bridge near Kingman.
A tornado struck near Mexico Missouri late last night killing two people and injuring an unknown number. The storm ripped a 20 mile long by 156 yard wide strip from near Fulton in Callaway County to Benton City in Adrian County, leveling structures and causing extensive damage.
A couple petitioned Rev. E. O. Whitwell of the First Presbyterian Church to wed but began married life under a cloud. The minister, noted for his travel, was seen carrying a bank check between banks with the reply it’s hot.
Reverend Whitwell says he does not intend to sue but asks the young man who gave the bad check to make good the payment for services rendered. The offender’s name is not disclosed.
Classified notice promotes a local want ad service offering space to list items for sale rent or purchase. Readers are invited to place ads for homes cars jobs and services through the newspaper office.
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