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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1934
Page
2
The essay argues Confucius founded on ancient Chinese beliefs without personal deity and offered a negative Golden Rule, limited social reform, and retrospective goals. Christianity provides a personal God, inner transformation, proactive ethics, social progress, and a forward looking vision, claiming superior civilizational impact.
A May 21 1864 Masonic Master Mason diploma certificate preserved on sheep skin parchment was issued to George L Young of Indianola lodge Kansas. The relic, donated by Mrs Frank Burbonny, traces to Indianola lodge No 34 and its dissolution in 1877 before influencing North Topeka Golden Rule No 90 and Silver Lake Lake Lodge No 50.
Arthur J. Cleu a 40 year old Oakland printer was arrested after confessing to sending poisoned liquor through the mails to seven lodge members in a Native Sons of the Golden West quarrel. He faced possible attempted murder charges as prosecutors prepared grand jury action.
Oklahoma City May 19 The final Oklahoma primary field stands at 1173 after 23 withdrawals. Milburn and Billups left gubernatorial race with Milburn backing Lieut. Gov. Burns. Mitchell Darnell also had exited. Fifteen Democrats remain seeking to succeed Governor Murray who backs Speaker Anglin. Other withdrawals touched attorney general state treasurer insurance commissioner corporation commissioner and a congress candidate. A separate supreme court ruling allowed Mrs I L Huff to use the prefix Mrs on a land case.
Charles H. Martin a retired major general and former congressman led the statewide primary as the Democratic nominee for Oregon governor. Willis E. Mahoney trailed in the battle for the nomination, while Joe E. Duane won the Republican race in Portland.
Union Valley Adult club met Wednesday afternoon led by president Nome Scott and secretary John Chaffin. The program focused on Kitchens for May with contributions from Jess Brandon and demonstrations by Morgan on tea cart making and bedroom color selection using color charts.
Sixteen thousand dollars reportedly recovered from aLive Oak creek area cache near a marked hackberry tree after a New Mexico or Oklahoma bank robbery. Two pairs of men, one tall and blond and another short and dark, sought the Brown home, then disappeared by a creek bridge. Subsequent visitors claimed the pair were the robbery’s pursuers. local authorities suspect a gang double cross.
Oakman 4-H girls report on sewing projects with counts across first to third year members. Fitzhugh Grade 4-H club demonstrates grasshopper control and sewing. Captains report on garden crops and canning, meat and greens, clothing, cooking, home improvement, poultry, livestock, and cotton mattress demonstrations. Market and livestock prices and cattle, hogs, and sheep figures included.
Latta 4-H girls have completed most sewing projects with summer remaining. Girls over 16 in the club will participate in a dress review on Saturday June 23.
Owl Creek 4-H girls and adults met to view a bread making demonstration with plans for the girls to try the method soon. The group also watched a tea cart demonstration for the adults and noted canning beets raised by the 4-H members.
Summers Chapel hosted an extra Friday meeting showcasing a tea cart demonstration. A good turnout enjoyed a cool clubhouse under new awnings while Mrs. Haskins provided strawberries cream and cake.
Spring household guidance from Mrs. Jessie Morgan and Madonna Fitzgerald covers bedroom reorganization, storage DIY, refinishing furniture, slip covers, and budget decor ideas. It also explains staking tomatoes with stakes or a grape trellis, tying method, wire setup, and benefits for cultivation and delaying blossom rot.
Home demonstration agents report 1933 Southwest district with 295 4-H clubs and 5,144 members, plus 371 adult clubs and 6,685 women. Highlights include Tillman county Little Theater project led by Mrs. Mary Neely Capps, hotbeds in Comanche county, parent teacher association in Kiowa, and mattress making efforts in Kiowa and Ardmore health clinic with 96 participants.
Oklahoma City May 23 cattle market shows 1409 head with 200 calves sold. The day and week were around steady with beef classes scarce and prices 4.50 to 5.50 for bulk beef. good beef cows traded around 3.00 to 3.25.
In Chicago on May 23 1930s market notes show butter at about 15 292 unsettled with varied graded levels from extras at 23 1-4 to 24 1-4 and firsts around 22. Eggs remain steady at 29 558 with prices unchanged amid broad market activity.
UP Poultry reports a steady live market on May 23 with 41 trucks. Hens range 12 to 12 1 2 cents per pound, leghorn hens about 10 1 2, rock fryers 24, colored 23, rock springs 26, colored 24 1 2, rock broilers 20-22, colored 20, leghorn 17-19 1 2, bare backs 16 to 18 1 2, roosters 7 1 2, turkeys 10-14, spring ducks 11-13, old 8-9, geese 6.
Chicago May 23 Potatoes on track 346 total U S shipments 922 old stock hull supplies moderate demand slow. Idaho russets U S No 1 1 25 35 Colorado McClures U S No 1 1 60 Minnesota cobblers U S No 1 1 00 Michigan russet rurals U S No 1 1 20 New stock weak supplies heavy demand moderate Alabama triumphs U S.S No 1 1 50 decay 1 25 20 U S No 2 71 2 Irish cobblers U S No 1 1 55 Louisiana triumphs U S No 1 1 40 60 decay 1 25 35.
Chicago reports show Wheat leading gains as Winnipeg notes crop shortfalls across Balkans France Germany and Italy. Joey markets price structures closed higher by 3 8 to 3 4 cents from yesterday with corn and oats mixed and provisions steady.
Wheat No 2 red 91 and No 1 hard 91 1 4 cents. No 2 northern spring 88 3 4. Corn No 2 yellow 52 1 2. No 2 white 56 1 2 to 57. Oats No 2 white 36 3 4 to 37. No 3 white 35 1 2 to 3 4.
New York May 23. Cotton steadied on trade buying and short covering after earlier liquidation. July cotton, which had fallen to 11.25, rose to 11.31 as the market paused, leaving declines of 2 to 5 points.
Spot cotton closed quiet two points lower in New Orleans on May 23 amid sales of 287 bales. Prices listed low middling 10.78, middling 11.43, good middling 11.88 with receipts 1,310 and stock 654,869.
Ada High School conducted its twenty seventh annual commencement in the school auditorium Friday night. H P Sugg of the class of 1907 presented the program as Sherwell Aldridge opened the ceremony with the processional. Willie Lou Raynes sang with Francene Naylor, and Theron Johnson performed a violin solo. Dennis Williams, class president, reviewed honors earned during four years, and Mr Sugg spoke on the school’s reminiscences.
In 1907 Ada Indian Territory saw student growth from 400 to 500 to 2700 with 82 teachers and a $500000 school property value. The first graduating class of seven in 1907 followed an intensive five month knowledge drive sparked by superintendent M L Perkins. The spring 1908 class numbered 107.
In Rio de Janeiro on May 19, Peru and Colombia accepted Brazil's proposal ending a 20 month dispute over Leticia. The plan sets to honor existing treaties, create arbitration tribunals, and settle issues of sanitation river navigation customs and Indian education in separate accords. Colombian envoy Luis Cano said ratification is assured.
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