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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1920

Page

9

Ring Candidate In Letter To Morris Is Clear on Prohibition

Walter N. Wray and Charles L. Turley vie for the Shrine ring as popular novices. Turley denies anti prohibition charges in a letter to Rev. C C Morris, while Wray avoids political questions until after the Sulphur ceremony.

Morris Sulphur Walter N. Wray Charles L. Turley Madill Wray First Baptist Church Turley Ada Marshall County Chas. L. Turley

Clinton Conkling Dies at 78 in Springfield Illinois

Clinton Conkling aged 78 who once personally notified Abraham Lincoln in Springfield of his presidential nomination died after a long stomach cancer illness. The Muskogee Daily Phoenix reports a modern political quip about the Twentieth Amendment wishing the stork access to apartments.

Associated Press Springfield Ill Clinton Conkling Abraham Lincoln Muskogee Phoenix

Harding urged to stay home after western trip

New York October 12. Senator Harding the Republican nominee is urged to remain at home after a western tour that his managers say failed to convince the people. Senator Pat Harrison chairman of the Democratic speakers bureau issued the statement today outlining the setback.

Associated Press New York Harding Pat Harrison Democratic National

Trade Extension Move

Washington reports that appropriations near 1 1/2 million dollars will be asked at the next Congress for extending foreign trade. Officials say increased funds are needed due to changing conditions in American commerce.

Associated Press Washington Congress Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerc

Parachute Jumping Described With High Death Risk

Washington reports Army air service details the parachute system used by aviators. It explains the fall from the plane, the pull on a wire, and the release of a pilot chute that opens the main parachute. The process can cause severe shock and a real sporting chance of the parachute failing.

Associated Press Washington Army Air Service

Democrats Form Cox Roosevelt Club At Lawrence

An enthusiastic Cox Roosevelt club was organized at Lawrence after an Ada address by Luther Harrison. Mr. Nettles was elected president and Miss Brumley secretary. The public school building was filled as voters listened to the campaign talk. W B Jones and Orel Busby accompanied Harrison.

Cox-Roosevelt Lawrence Luther Harrison Ada Nettles Miss Brumley W. B. Jones Orel Busby

Obituary: Infant Mildred Fletcher Passes After Brief Illness

Little Mildred Fletcher died yesterday at one month and six days old. She was the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Fletcher of 807 West Thirteenth Street and was buried yesterday afternoon in Rosedale cemetery.

Mildred Fletcher

Farmers Better Politicians Than Businessmen in Neapolis

Pp. E. Goodrich of Winchester Ind president of the Grain Dealers National Association warned at the group’s annual convention that an agrarian movement will rise. He said farmers, more active in politics, seek class legislation to increase prices by collective marketing and control, while public costs of marketing grain remain low for producers.

Neapolis Pp. E. Goodrich Winchester Ind Grain Dealers National Association Goodrich

China’s foreign trade grows fivefold since 35 years ago

China’s foreign trade value now stands at about five times its level 35 years earlier, reflecting a sustained expansion across export and import activities. This milestone underscores the long term growth in China’s role in global commerce and economic development.

China

Elks of Ada Host Evening Dance and Social

The Ada Elks invite members families and applicants to a party tonight at the clubrooms under renovation. Games include dominoes forty two grudge and five hundred. A jazz orchestra arranged through the Dubinsky Brothers will perform starting at ten with dancing to follow until early morning.

Elks of Ada Elks Arkansas

Cotton harvest drives Shawnee market boom in county

Shawnee Oklahoma September 30 The Pottawatomie county cotton crop is described as the largest in the county’s history with over 200 bales already marketed here. Cotton wagons line the gins from dawn to dusk as the season begins and upland yields exceed prior all time lows.

Shawnee Pottawa Tomie County

Woman Sues for Divorce from H B Young in Ada

Mary Young files for divorce alleging marriage at Ada on April 2 1910 and desertion since August 1 with failure to support and repeated cruelty. She seeks court relief and any further decrees the court deems proper.

Mary Young H. B. Young Ada

Roff Merchant Fined for Lottery Punchboard Violation

O R Wood a Roff merchant pleaded guilty yesterday to running lottery punchboards in his store. He was fined $25 and costs after Sheriff Bob Duncan arrested him and found the devices on display in the shop.

O. R. Wood Roff Justice Brown Wood Bob Duncan

Russians Flee South From North Pole Rumors

Pawhuska Daily Capital questions a sensational claim that Russian forces are retreating southward from a northern frontline near the Pole. The brief questions the plausibility and sources behind the strange report.

Pawhuska North Pole

Ada Okla Editor's Daughter Weds in Ada

A couple from Ada Oklahoma married today by Judge Woodward after the 1 10 pm ceremony in his office. Bride Laverne Brown daughter of the Ada News editor and groom J B Smathers musician in an Ada theater plan to reside there.

Oklahoma Judge Woodward Sherman Kidd- Key Miss Brown Ada Okla Laverne Brown Ada News J. B. Smathers Denison Texas Herald

Crump Draws Flag for Dem Ticket in Oklahoma

Frederick Oct 8 Judge George Crump of Holdenville campaigned before large crowds in Tipton and Frederick denouncing Republican foes. He defended Senator Gore and Ferris supporters, blamed price declines on Republican inaction, and urged unity and policy solutions to boost cotton and wheat prices while praising Wilson era ideas.

Gore United States Senate Democratic Party Republican Congress League of Nations United States Wilson Congress Cuba England Republican Party

Arrests for Consorting at Roland rooms in police court

Buck Jones and Annie Byrd were arrested for consorting at the Roland rooms last night. Byrd was fined 20 dollars and costs after arraignment before the mayor, warned it was not her first offense, with a daughter present. Jones faces 30 days in county jail starting Monday for liquor possession, convicted this week.

Buck Jones Annie Byrd Roland Rooms Gothher Jones

Four Thousand Doctors Strike In Miami News

Report notes four thousand doctors are on strike in Miami. It cheekily links strikes to Vienna by mentioning the Vienna loaf as a whimsical reference. No further details on cause or participants are provided.

Miami News Vienna

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