Marriages and community life at Maxwell
Sunday at Maxwell featured two weddings as Claude Hooper and Elva Robertson wed at 10 A M at the bride’s father home with Judge J W Walker officiating, and Clyde Hooper and Ollie Davis marrying at 11 A M with Rev James Stone. The day also held a three hour school music program and mentions of local farming, illness, and civic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Claude Hooper
Elva Robertson
William Roberson
J. W. Walker
Miss Roberson
Mr. Hooper
J. W. Hooper
Claude
Lawell Township
Clyde Hooper
Ollie Davis
Wm. Davis
James Stone
Davis
Cardle
Congress
Wm. Robertson
A. Summers
James Pannell
Baptist Church
H. F. Mathis
Ada
J. L. Adams
First State Bank
Holdenville
A. G. M.pherson
Abe Case
Lela Richardson
Homer Items in Cold Weather Report
The column notes slow but steady progress despite heavy snow and cold. Rev Curry missed a Sunday appointment due to the cold, while Jess Henry plans to build a store locally and about 90 students are enrolled in school. Nearby visits include Lannie and Vanda Black in Ada and Stella and Ethel Black in Sasakwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curry
Jess Henry
G. W. Black
Ada
Allen to be railroad division point after signed contract
G W Busby returned from Konawa and the Commercial Club M O G contract was signed making Allen the division point of the railroad. Citizens raised 60000 dollars twenty acres of land and free water for ten years. The railroad will build a round house hire more workers and enlarge yards. Fifteen to twenty houses expected as railroad men move in. W M Pegg returned from Oklahoma City trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Busby
Konawa
Commercial Club
Allen
W. M. Pegg
Oklahoma City
Lovelady Dots Weather and Rural Life Columns
The column notes gloomy weather with recent snow slowing the sowing of oats. It mentions hopes the cold will curb pests and yield a 1913 crop, plus local farmers jokes and town mentions. Specific names include Tamim, Bryan Robinson, Julius Jared, Frank Lovelady, Bud Taylor, Joe Jared, Tom Jared, Jesse Ross, Ed Celam, and The Old Arkansawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamim
Bryan Robinson
Julius Jared
Frank Lovelady
Bud Taylor
Holdenville
Joe Jared
Tom Jared
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Tom
Jesse Ross
Praud
Ed Celam
Arkansawyer
Lightning Ridge community notes on farming and local news
The Lightning Ridge column reports on fund raising for church organ with $23.85 raised by local youths, a weak Sunday school turnout due to bad weather, farmers preparing land for crops, new land clearing by Vandergriff and Reynolds, barn work by Tipton, Coley planning to expand 80 acre tract, Malley finishing his house, Hilliard renting land for wells, and locals trading through Frank Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Reed
Ben Tipton
Hodge
Arthur Vandergriff
Reynolds
S. E. Tipton
Frank Coley
Lightning Ridge
Malley
Hilliard
Sam Vendergriff
John Bossa
Willie
Lige Coffee
Frank Phillips
Ada Normal News Roundup Highlights Club Plans and Games
Moike Cassidy reports on Uncle Rube remake progress, practice schedules, and a busy campus scene. Ada will host a basketball game against Southwestern with a warm gym and admission of a quarter. senior class push for a top state edition. new booster club formation. recent band and biology updates. plus debuts in debates and fielding of a mounted pheasant donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal
Ada Commercial Club
Ada
Southwestern
MacMillan
John P. Crawford
Crawford
BE. C. N
Atoka
Nough
E. A. MacMillan
Lilly
Lament of a Married Man
A humorous verse riffing on marital life in a bygone era. The narrator laments his wife’s dominance in daily life, from social outings and church hats to money spent on fashion, late nights, and household duties, with playful biblical style cadence.
Archaic verse fragment appears with bridal party imagery
A fragmentary verse passage references bridal dressmakers and a millinery line as a person contemplates abundance and a enduring household presence. The tone suggests ceremonial or literary context rather than a news event.
Cold spell brings snow and local activity in Ada area
A chilly period brings snow sufficient for rabbit tracking. Ada resident Miss Mae McEntire visits Fitzhugh relatives. P Woodard made a quick trip to Ada. Mrs Myrtle Williams is ill. Gam Bullock and family visit Mrs E P Woodard. Building 48 stonework finished and carpenters expected. Gin operated several days last week. J Bullard expands blacksmith shop for more machinery. Bergman Ellard and Elvert Mitchell in Fitzhugh. Sunday school and singing postponed due to cold. Groundhog failed to see a shadow. Ruff Cartwright seen in half Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae McEntire
Ada
Fitzhugh
P. Woodard
Myrtle ‘Williams
Gam Bullock
E. P. Woodard
J. Bullard
Bergman Ellard
Elvert Mitchell
Slogan Contest Offer From Commercial Club
The Commercial Club offers five dollars to a winning slogan for advertising to engage city and normal school pupils. Mail entries to the club secretary. A committee including M. C. Grigsby C. D. Tanner and A. G. Winn will judge. Entries close at 5 p m February 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
M. C. Grigsby
C.D. Tanner
A. G. Winn
Marriage Licenses Recorded in Ada and York Areas
Notices list several couples with ages and hometowns including H Heathman and Zora Underhill, Hamp Porter and Susie Carney, Lee Martin and Lora Homersley, W Scroggin and Neal Jones, Lee Parker and Willie Garrett, Dell Day and Rennie Snead with varying ages and locales Ada York Center Burrow Abioso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I H Heathman
Work
Zora Underhill
York
Hamp J. Porter
Ada
Susie Carney
Abioso
Lee Martin
Jesse
Lora Homersley
Burrow
W. ®. Scroggin
Francis
Neal Jones
Lee Parker
Center
Willie Garrett
Dell Day
Rennie Snead
Seed Oats for Sale at Ada Oklahoma Barn
Seed oats offered at 5 606 bushels Texas red oats priced 0 50 per bushel. Heavy yields note 9 bushels per acre. Seller J W Davis Ada Oklahoma. Oats available at barn east of Katy depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
January Weather Summary with Temperature and Rainfall
January recorded a maximum of 73 degrees on the 17th and a minimum of 3 degrees on the 8th. The mean temperature was 40.5 degrees, above last year by 5.5 degrees. Total precipitation reached 1.87 inches, with a 0.77 inch peak in 24 hours on the 10th. Clear days numbered 14, partly cloudy 6, and cloudy 11.
Notice to Creditors to File Claims With Receiver 1162
Notice to creditors of Fowler Jones Drug Company in Pontotoc County Oklahoma to file claims with Receiver B A Mason Ada Oklahoma by March 6 1913 for allowance and verification. Unfiled claims may not be paid until timely claims are settled. Dated February 6 1913. B A Mason Receiver. Epperson Roddie Hig Attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom D. McKeown
District Court
Pontotoc County
B. A. Mason
Ada
Oklahoma
Farmers and poultry offers and bank closure notice
Egg setting price offered by B F Eleazer of Sulphur Oklahoma for Indian Runner Ducks and White Orpington chickens. Wheat crop in fine condition with oats expected to increase. Ada National Bank, Ada Oklahoma, announces closure and calls all creditors to present notes and claims. TOM HOPE president. Dated February 5, 1913. 42-9th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Eleazer
Okla
Henry Young
G. G. Davis
Ada National Bank
Ada
Oklahoma
Tom Hope
Bottie. Co
F. Simmons Medicine CO
ST. Louis
Missouri
Handling Kafir Seed Practical Methods for Oklahoma Feed
J H Zink of Cleveland County asks the best way to store 200 to 300 bushels of kafir seed from harvest to feeding. The article notes methods across the state, favoring threshing and grinding, heading kafir with grain headers into long stacks, or using a trough head and wagon to drop heads into the wagon. O O Churchill of Oklahoma A and M suggests machines that head rows and lift heads into a wagon box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland County
Oklahoma
J. H. Zink
O. O. Churchill
Dept. of Agronomy
A. & M. College
Stillwater
Boy Fatally Shot. Rescuer Collapses Near Scene
Ernest Ray, 17, farm hand, was shot five times by Elvay Smith while working near Waxahachie. Smith arrested. Ray died minutes later. Henry Foster, who rushed to aid Ray, died of heart failure nearby. Home regions include Maypearl and near Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxahachie
Ernest Ray
Elvay Smith
Ray
Smith
Maypearl
Henry Foster
Sale of Real Estate and Store Building at Public Auction
Trustee M E Williams will sell at public auction for cash on February 28 1913 at 11 a m the lot 7 block 32 Allen Oklahoma with the frame store building in front of the premises subject to bankruptcy referee approval. Auction in McAlester Oklahoma. First Published February 6 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Oklahoma
J. A. Cannon
Allen
M.E. Williams
County Physicians Hold Meeting at Dr Fausts Offices
County Medical Society met in Dr Fausts offices yesterday afternoon to discuss legislative medical matters. Dr L T Watson from Oklahoma City presented slides from Crises Clinics of Cleveland and spoke on perchencia cells and uses of local anesthesia. He noted new nerve blocking points. Papers and cases were postponed to the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Medical Society
Faust
L. T. Watson
Oklahoma City
Cleveland
Ohio
Watson
Call for County Warrants Up to Stated Series
County treasurer Rit Erwin announces payment of warrants up to the 1911 and 1912 series including salary contingent P and I supply court and school related warrants with specified numbers. The notice lists multiple warrant categories and urges claimants to present warrants for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court
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R. M. Conkling
O. G. Rose
Muskogee
Paris
Texas
B. G. Hoff
W.H. Holman
M. L. Aycock
Prof. Boltin
Homer
John King
Lannie
Vanda Black
Oakman
Stella
Ethel Black
Miss Pearl Black
Laney Dockery
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Joe
Allen News
Fred F. Brydia Co
K Drai
Lovelady
Moike Cassidy
Uncle Rube
W. S. Shelton
Mothers’ Do Club
Fitshuth P'chaps
Ruff Cartwright
J. W. Davis
Ada, Okla
State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Greiner-Kelly Drug Company, Et al
Fowler-Jones Drug Company
Dant
Epperson & Roddie
Hig Attorneys
Simmons Squaw
Gwin & Mays Drug CO
W. Main ST
Boy
Supt
Pierce
Alfred and
T. G. Summers of
District Court OF the United States
Eastern District OF
Homa
Bank
RIT Erwin
County
Treas
Asa T. Ramsey
West Bound
Lehigh Nixon
Tupelo
Stonewall
Frisco
Truax
ADA Center -Vane
Chickasha, Okla
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