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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1923
Page
6
The week’s unsettled weather delayed mail and reduced letters from correspondents. Many items will arrive after printing, causing hardship. The editor invites readers to report local improvements and upcoming moves in their communities.
Weather dampens cotton picking as farmers await better days. Local visits include Mrs Fain returning from Lindsay Oklahoma and Esther Parker calling on Helen Wesson. A Jack Walton rally drew strong turnout. Reorganised Sunday school invites all visitors to participate.
The Sequoyah Society held its regular meeting on Friday with about forty parents attending. Invitations were sent to parents and after the program the domestic science girls served sandwiches and cocoa. Officers elected for the Parent-Teacher Association were President Mrs Statler Vice president Mrs Johnson and Secretary treasurer Mrs Drake.
The report lists ongoing Sunday services at Happy Land with preaching each Sunday. Rev Gibbs, Mrs Shannon, Bro Vaughn, Jess Caton, Charley Gibbs, Rev Lilly and wife are named as speakers on various Sundays. The text notes vacancies on the fourth Sunday and confirms Sunday night services.
Mr and Mrs John Wilson visited their daughter Mrs Jim Hamette Sunday. Miss Clara Robbins stayed with Miss Onie and Miss May Hughes last Saturday night. Mrs Fred Daniels visited Miss Lizzie Lamb Sunday. Mr and Mrs Gibbs called on Mr and Mrs Ed Lamb last Sunday. Mrs Bertie Shannon and Farmer Wilson visited sister Mrs Maude Hamette Sunday. The heavy rain Saturday halted cotton picking for several days. Violet Eyes.
Bad weather halted Sunday school last Sunday. Local residents traveled to Stonewall Ada Frisco and Rof for various days. Jack Brents of Horse Shoe Ranch stayed with sister Lorena Thompson for two weeks. A prayer meeting at C H Dobson's is planned Sunday evening.
Cotton picking nears end as residents share travels and visits. Carl Hobbs and Berthg Patterson make Ada trips on Monday with Miller Phillips and his father. Miss Jewell Mabel and Myrtle Hobbs visit the Hobbs family. Mrs J E Phillips and Mrs R M Baker are noted as ill or visiting relatives. Flowers of Hickory attend a family gathering Thursday night.
Francis J. C. Barnes returned last week to renew property and greet old friends. The Francis Oil Co. plans coal shipments to stock for winter, while rain and high Canadian River levels disrupt travel and trade. Jeff Willcoxson’s replacement is N. C. Hornsby as he is away.
County court before Judge Tal Crawford faced a heavy docket of liquor cases hampered by rain and absent witnesses. Transportation efforts recruited sheriff's office to secure last moment witnesses. Oscar Hybarger and Ira McManus were acquitted. four guilty pleas and one conviction reported as sessions continued.
Heavy rains damaged roads bridges and crops including hay and cotton. Miss Addie Solomon is ill with typhoid fever. The stork visited families near Va nose and Midland, bringing a boy to Mr. and Mrs Yerby and another to Mr. and Mrs J W Hickey. Mrs C T Bradley returned from visiting her sister Mrs Hodges. Mrs Mullen is well enough to return home. The Auten child was buried in Midland cemetery.
Miss Naomi Moore on sick list this week. Miss Beryl Simpson visited home folks. A Mrs Owen Murphy party drew a small crowd Thursday night. Garlon Etebridge and Blanchard friend visit locally. Edna and Sam Stewart visited Mr and Mrs A C Thompson. Roy Watson motored home with Lloyd from E C Co Friday. Mrs Ana Nichols made a business trip to Ada Monday. Rain ended Cetteen picking. Sunday School was missed due to rain. Mrs Lillie McKee and Ralph Baldwin drove to Lawrence.
Tuesday afternoon social notes list Mrs. Roy McKee visiting Monday with Mrs. O A Holloway. Misses Hazel and Bernice Tinsley visited Mrs Emma Williams Friday afternoon. Smiles.
Approximately eight inches of rainfall drenched Ada over four days and nights, according to the government rain gauge under Prof. E A MacMillan. The yearly total rose to just over 42 inches, marking one of the wettest years on record for the area.
Five pleas of guilty and one acquittal mark Tuesday in Crawford county court. Ira McManus faces sale of intoxicating liquor charges as judges prepare for jury verdicts with 60 docketed cases, most involving booze law violations.
A county court jury found Dick Osburn not guilty of destroying property after he killed ten neighbors chickens. The defense argued Osburn sought relief from garden pests and invading friars and had been urged to keep chickens at home by city ordinances before resorting to lethal action. The case, long dragged through several terms, centered on alleged intrusions prompting the slaying.
Sheriff says a man held in Bartlesville will be brought to Olla for trial on aiding Ed Lockhart jailbreak. Authorities say the suspect was jailed in Bartlesville and released to be moved here for the case.
Oklahoma City October 17. The legislature in extraordinary session meets under Gov. Walton and McBee call. The house votes to challenge nine seats while flood relief is discussed in the senate. Names include Cloud Dis ney Goodrich Miller Salter Smith Watson Watkins and Finley with Murray Gibbons tabled. The reading of McBee call begins impeachment inquiry proceedings.
Oklahoma City October 13 Aldrich Blake former executive counselor who was removed last night by Governor Walton issued a statement declaring the klan fight must go on and that he is glad to be free to continue the fight unhampered He said the path is clear and will carry the fight into every precinct in the state He added the klan is already condemned by public opinion and vowed to translate that into law. Governor Walton announced C W King would succeed Blake and offered no comment on the statement
Fort Worth Texas October 13 James C Foster and Frank L Moor man were fined 15000 each in federal court after pleading guilty to using the mails to defraud Judge James C Wilson presided Henry Zweifel district attorney asked no jail time and moved to dismiss pending California indictments as similar pleas are expected from other alleged oil operators.
Ada Cotton Oil Mill lists cotton seed hulls sold in 100 pound bags with pricing code 10-18-2tw. Local buyers may contact the mill for shipments or pickup.
O M Rhodes and his wife aged 69 and 67 were shot at their New Brook area home in Columbia suburb. Reports say Rhodes accidentally killed his wife while cleaning a gun and then killed himself after learning of the tragedy. The daughter Sally Black said he fired a second shot into his dying wife and then shot himself through the heart.
Daniel OConnell, chief special agent for the Southern Pacific, telegraphed that the Ashland Oregon agent reported the bandits who robbed and murdered on train No. 13 last Thursday had been captured in the Coos Bay region.
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