Cummins Heads Senate as Pro Tempore at Confab
The Associated Press reports Senator Cummins of Iowa was chosen unanimously president pro tempore of the Senate at the Republican organization conference. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts was re-elected party leader and debates over committee chairmanships for Penrose of Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming were postponed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Warren
Wyoming
Finance Committee
Fitzhugh School Hosts Tom Thumb Wedding
Miss Webb and her Fitzhugh public school primary class staged a Tom Thumb wedding in the school auditorium to raise funds for finishing the school piano. An admission of 25 cents was charged, and attendees reported it as one of the best entertainments in local school circles.
Calotabs Promote Gentle Liver Cleansing In Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a pleasant calomel substitute that cleanses the liver and purifies the system. One tablet at bedtime with water delivers a morning wakefulness, no taste or nausea, and no salivation concerns. The drug is sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a money back guarantee. Tom Moore of Pontotoc Miss visits Mrs. T. E. Edwards then returns home.
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Tom Moore
Pontotoc
T. E. Edwards
Two School Districts Seek Building Improvements
Laxton plans a bond issue of 6000 dollars to erect a modern school, Latta proposes 9000 dollars for the same purpose, and Hart considers consolidating the district schools. Superintendent Floyd will address residents, and Prof Pratt discusses boys and girls clubs work.
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Floyd
Laxton
Latta
Hart
B. A. Pratt
Worstell community notes face rain and events in mid spring
Heavy rainfall marks the week affecting farming with cotton replanting and corn damage from hail. Worstell district residents plan school program on May 16 and all day singing at Summers Chapel. Social visits, hospital stays, and local gatherings fill the week as crops show promise and roads hinder travel.
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Sunshine
Worstell
Summers Chapel
Thomas
Alfred McManus
Gailey
Charlie Crow
Willie Walker
Margie Thomas
Ivy Finley
Mr. Baldwin
Ed Stevens
Mystery in Green Fancy A Note and a Shadowed Night
In a tavern world of intrigue and a national problem, Barnes faces a careful police scrutiny after a mysterious note hints a book agent’s visit. O Dowd presses a staged expedition to uncover clues on Paul’s killing as Lyndon Rushcroft and Miss Thackeray observe the unfolding dangers.
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Mr. Jones
Miss Thackeray
Barnes
Green Fancy
St. Elizabeth
O'Dowd
Paul
School closes term at Jones Chapel district west of Ada
W. W. Norton reports the term ends Friday at Jones Chapel school four miles west of Ada. Miss Catherine Bulen has led a successful program and patrons want her to stay another year with a salary raise. The district raised 200 for Liberty Bonds during the war and 27.50 for portraits of three district boys who died for their country. A twenty day singing school is planned for the summer with most funds already raised.
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W. W. Norton
Jones Chapel
Ada
Catherine Bulen
Round Two 8th Grade Exams Set for Pontotoc County
The second round of 8th grade examinations will be held in Pontotoc County this week to continue assessing student progress across core subjects. Local schools urge students to arrive on time with their IDs and supplies.
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Pontotoc County
Foley Todd nuptials at Ada home in quiet ceremony
Corporal Charles A. Foley of Bartlesville Oklahoma and Miss Dude Todd of Ada were married Thursday at 4 PM at the bride’s East Ninth Street home. Rev Whitney officiated. The groom, an oil man, wore Army uniform. Todd has lived in Ada and is known for amiable disposition.
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Charles A. Foley
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Dude Todd
East Ninth Street
Rev. Whitney
Miss Todd
Ada
Mr. Foley
Dan Cupid
Guardianship Hearing for Willie Ervin Anderson Real Estate Sale
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma the guardian Tom Anderson seeks court approval to sell ward Willie Ervin Andersons real estate. The hearing is set for June 19 1919 at 10 A M with notice to kin and interested parties and publication in Ada Weekly News for three weeks.
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State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Willie Ervin Anderson
Tom Anderson
Ward
Ada Weekly News
Ada
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County Seeks Bids for Ada Stratford Bridge
Pontotoc County Oklahoma opens bids on May 12 1919 for bridge construction between Sections 22 and 27 T 4 N R E on the Ada Stratford Highway. Sealed bids due by 10 am June 2 1919 with 10 percent certified check. bond required. county may reject any bid. I R Gilmore chairman M Garner county clerk.
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Ada-Stratford Highway
Board of County Commissioners
Pontotec County
Oklahoma
I. R. Gilmore
M. Garner
War Department assigns vast South Texas Oklahoma units to early convoy home
The War Department announced assignments covering nearly the whole South Texas and Oklahoma Division for early convoy return. The move signals a major redeployment as World War II forces prepare to ship home in the near term.
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Washington
South Texas and Oklahoma
War Department
Itinerant preacher prays for destruction of Stonewall and Ada
Deputy Sheriff Claud Chandler of Stonewall reports a Sunday worshiper prayed for an hour and a half that Stonewall and Ada be wiped from the earth and that this fate would come before May 15. The preacher gave no clear grievance and attendees did not react with alarm.
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Claud Chandler
Stonewall
Ada
Petition Filed for Marriage Annulment in Coalgate
A district court petition seeks annulment of Hazel Winters and Porter Crooks marriage in Coalgate after Winters’s father claims Hazel, age 14, was misled into the union. Attorney B C Waddington represents the plaintiff. Crooks faces charges from the prior weekend for pointing a pistol at his wife and threatening to kill her for refusing to cohabit.
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Hazel Winters
Porter Crooks
Coalgate
J. F. Winters
B. C. Wadlington
Crooks
Infantryman Roy L. Fulton to be returned home soon
Mrs. Orville Snead of Ada Oklahoma receives a Pershing office letter dated April 12 1919 stating discharge for Roy L. Fulton Co A 141st Infantry cannot be granted immediately but he is expected to be returned to the United States with the unit in a near future convoy. The message is signed by Adjutant General C A Shauss.
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Orville Snead
General Pershing
Roy L. Fulton
141St Infantry
American Expeditionary Forces
France
Ada
Oklahoma
United States
C. A. Shauss
Wilson Says Message Will Be Very Brief
Paris May 15 President Wilson says his forthcoming message to the special session of Congress will be only a few hundred words long. The brief message should be cabled probably on the day of delivery to expedite transmission.
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Paris
Wilson
Congress
Masterson declines Edmond Normal presidency
W G Masterson superintendent of McAlester schools declines the presidency of the Edmond Normal chosen by the state board of education. He will remain in his present position.
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Normal
McAlester
W. G. Masterson
The
Edmond Normal
State Board of Education
Monroe residents visit Laughlin and relatives
Mrs. Sam Prichett and Mrs. S. M. Ponder of Monroe Louisiana arrived Friday for an extended visit with Mrs. Ponder's brother J. S. Laughlin and other relatives.
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Sam Prichett
S. M. Ponder
Monroe
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