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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1925

Page

8

Court upholds ten year term for Yeats in abduction case

Oklahoma City May 14 The state criminal court of appeals today affirmed the ten year sentence on Joseph L Yeats for the abduction of Georgia Mields a year old member of his church The court held that the defendant’s lack of good faith and purposeful intent were shown by his perjury false statements deception of the girl and slander of her parents The opinion also denounced Yeats as an illiterate person with emotional religious tendencies but unable to uphold higher Christian morality

Oklahoma City State Criminal Court of Appeals Joseph Lk. Yeats Atlawa Georgia Mields Ethl S. Bessey Yeats

Trial Package Offer For Dr Pierce’s Invalids Fietel

A notice invites sending 0 cents for a trial package to Dr Pierce's Invalids Fietel located in Buffalo New York. The offer is presented as a promotional detail from a medical or patent remedy source.

Amendments to Reed-Johnson act aid veterans

Washington May 16 Amendments to the Reed Johnson act broaden relief for former soldiers. Director Frank T. Hines of the Veterans Bureau says the bill expands compensation to disabled World War veterans regardless of wilful misconduct and hospital status. It also ends forfeitures by consolidating prior rules and allows burial expense adjustments guiding eligible items. Retroactive to April 8 2017, the act expands burial and funeral expense coverage subject to director regulations.

Robert S. Trorngurgh Washington United States Frank’ T. Hines Veterans’ Bureau Bines Veterans Servier Neal Congress Hines

Mitinny Instructors Lead Roft Units in Training Week

Special report details Mas joc Chester BH McCormack and Statl 3mat O. We Wall directing instruction with First Battalion Headquarters Detachment and Combat Trichy Mito this week. Major Mitton H Tawlbve from 189th Field Artillery with Sergeant Stokes trains Third Battalion Headquarters Detachment and Combat Pear Ladth FLA. Both organizations earned a high rating in the last federal inspection.

Chester BH. McCormack Mitton H. Tawlbve 189Th Field Artillery Stokes

Rain Delays Rally Day and Farm Club Programs

Byron Norrell reports Rally Day in Pontotoc county delayed by rain. State club work shows 35,489 youths in clubs. Pontotoc hosts 627 members plus extensions. Better Farming extends contest entry to June 1. Hoot Owl Club notes meetings and a Lions club supper fund. Grasshopper control urged with poison. pecan school set for July 29-30 at A&M College. Coastal district livestock judging planned near Tishomingo June 8-9.

Pontotoc B. A. Pratt Pontotor County Atldmore Trom Farm Poys’ Clas Oklahoma Washita Valley Tishomingo Phil Lowery State A. and M. College Ardmore Carter, Love Johnston Murray Marshall Pontacc Atoka Coal Cleveland McClain Galvin Jefferson Chapman Cslate le Vest Byurna I Lowery A. and M. College

Dairy market report notes rising butter but abundant eggs

A May 12 U S Dept of Agriculture update shows butter stocks at 3 744 000 pounds for May 1 1925 with higher egg and poultry holdings 52 068 000 pounds of eggs and 2 955 000 pounds of poultry. Chicago egg prices rise but fail to match New York and a market readjustment is expected. Producers urged daily collection and thrice weekly marketing while butter 90 score stands around 41 2 cents.

U. S. Department of Agriculture United States Chicago New York W. Larson Bureau of Dairying National Dairy Club Swift & Company

Old Seminole County Courthouse to Be Auctioned

WEWOKA May 18 Another landmark of Oklahoma history will sell at auction May 25 as the old Seminole county courthouse yields to a new structure Mayor C Guy Cutlip will hammer down the worn building that housed the Seminole tribal council and U S district court The brick structure built in 1831 and 1898 by the U S government served as meeting place for the council and justice hall with the whipping tree nearby Its function shifted after statehood in 1907 and notable figures including R Y Owen T P Gore and Haskell visited the site for legal and civic matters The auction marks the end of an era in Seminole County history and the new courthouse stands ready in the town’s center

Wewoka Oklahoma C. Guy Cutlip Seminole County U. S United States District Court For Northern District Indian ‘Territory Council Seminole Council Ittself United States Florida Lincoln R. Y. Owen T. P. Gore N. Haskell

Dawes Has Advantage of Senate In Constant Session

In Springfield the old building stands ruined as years of exposure darken its walls. Mr. Dawes maintains the upper hand by staying in session continually, a point noted by the Springfield Republican.

Dawes Senate Springfield Republican

Aged Man Near Roff Reports Personal Crisis

Near Roff Oklahoma Hendrix a 13 year old resident there shot himself Tuesday morning. He leaves several relatives near and in Roff and was buried at Dolbers.

Roff Hendrix Dolbers

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VENTS Kansas Louisville DR. Pierce Mitinny Roft Byron Norrell Better Farming Association J. B. Hills J. 3. Treadwell The Better Farming Organization Pontnipe County Hoot Owl Ranch Hoot Owl Club Owl Gome Connored Kirk Okinnoma Pers Wade Allison Conway State Reformatory Grante Allison California Ananias Club San Diggo Golden Gate Temon Dor West Las Mrs. McGraw Jack Lloyd’s Farm Lovelady Community Produce Market Review New Yorke Wilson’s BC Daily Qi Santa Fe Arizona Grand Canyon J. H. Shackleford Ada
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