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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1925
Page
8
Oklahoma farming data shows corn yield at 7.5 bushels per acre totaling 21.6 million bushels with 55 percent merchantable. Drought and freezes reduced weights of wheat oats and barley. sweet potatoes and apples also down. Cotton production forecast at 1.366 million bales with Caddo leading ginnings. labor shortages persist in fields.
Oklahoma gins operated near full capacity during the first nine days of the month, with Saturday likely excluded, pushing this season's ginnings to 998,000 bales versus 828,000 bales before November 1. Jno A Whitehurst notes many gins did not report on time, so totals are estimates and may be high.
The Ada Lions club held its regular weekly gathering in Allen high school with about fifty Lions wives and guests, and seventy five Allen citizens sharing dinner. Hon Otto Strickland welcomed guests and spoke for pending road and county courthouse bond issues. Dr E E Dale of the University of Oklahoma gave an Oklahoma history address, with humor and plainsman reminiscences.
Des Moines reports hail corn belt husking as a major athletic event with Iowa rivals Illinois Nebraska and Minnesota competing for the 1925 grand championship near Burgess Illinois on November 19. Wallace's Farmer highlights champion physique and the hook method saving millions of hours in labor.
The Moral Heroes class at Roff ended with 192 enrolled students and 136 earning certificates after completing five Ada speaker lectures. The eighth grade won a Knott's bakery prize for highest attendance, and Turner Durham received the best written work award. local educators and Ada businessmen contributed to prizes and support.
Pasadena police were told by John Osborn a theft of $100,000 in Liberty bonds and $800 in currency occurred at his hotel residence in Pasadena. Osborn is a wealthy Los Angeles businessman living at the Hotel Maryland.
A brief on a passerby with one leg hobbling on Main street chats with another amputee. The second man recommends a rubber on the wood stump to ease pain and shares a long personal note about wearing a prosthesis for 11 months before parting ways.
A weary elderly man thanked the giver profusely and promised to try the suggested plan immediately.
Horace Mann used a strong running and passing attack to defeat Tecumseh 21 to 9 at Park Field on Friday. The locals, despite facing a larger foe, dominated late with a sharp ground and air game and earned their second win over Tecumseh after a 6 to 0 victory earlier in the season.
Classified notice highlights a general want ad service offering purchase, rental, sale, and locator options. Encourages readers to use the newspaper to place or find listings across categories.
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