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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1928
Page
7
Public notices cover quieting title suits and heirs for Sarah Hallmark and Jennie Mills, estate sales in Pontotoc County, sheriff sales on Burris and Barney properties, foreclosure actions, and final accounting for Randolph Laurence and other estates all dated 1928 Ada Oklahoma records.
Breco's Hospital, a corporation based in Ada Oklahoma, has filed for dissolution in the Pontotoc County district court. All persons must appear within thirty days from the first publication to show cause why the dissolution should not be granted. Court Clerk IL & Franklin presiding, with Byron Rogerts as deputy and J F McKeel as attorney for petitioner.
The Pontotoc County sheriff will sell at 2:00 p.m. on November 26, 1928, at the south front entrance of the Ada courthouse the 160 acre parcel in Section 29 Township 2 North Range 7 East Pontotoc County Oklahoma for cash to the highest bidder per an order of sale from the court.
Representatives from 17 Oklahoma counties organized the Oklahoma Poultry Improvement association at Oklahoma A and M college. Officers include Dr. F. R. Sutton as president and C. C. Knepley as vice president. Directors set to begin flock accreditation with 100000 seal leg bands and plan inspector contracts at a directors’ meeting October 20.
Three men robbed a bank at Prague near Chandler and took assistant cashier J. L. Urban as their prisoner. The cash between 3000 and 4000 dollars vanished while Urban disappeared from the bank. A blue sedan was seen leaving the rear with Urban as the trio fled toward Stroud. No suspects or Urban found by 2 pm.
Oklahoma City announces bids for asphalt topping on 18.5 miles of gravel highways in two sections. Plans include six miles on U S highway 70 to state highway 10 and 12.5 miles in Okfuskee on U S 66 toward Okemah. Cost estimated at 12 to 13 dollars per mile, depending on soil and base conditions.
Herbert Hoover declared at a Waldorf luncheon that he has no doubt about winning the November election if Republicans sustain effort. He praised unity, large-scale mobilization, and the surge of independent voters, and outlined plans for final appeals from Stanford University on election eve.
Classified ads note strong value in smart spending with top deals highlighted. Readers are urged to compare prices and invest wisely to maximize gains from purchases and services promoted in the section.
Governor Smith, after a 3 600 mile tour, claims five Atlantic seaboard states totaling 123 electoral votes, 10 shy of the required majority for the White House, as reported by D Harold Oliver from New York.
Col Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt will head a Field Museum zoological expedition beginning November 10 to explore southeastern Asia north of Indo China. Suydam Cutting joins the Roosevelts to study rare animals in the Mekong gorges near Burma Siam and Yunnan. Harold Coolidge Jr leads a second party toward Yunnan.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway and Texas Pipeline company challenge 1923 highway law provisions and millage allocations in Craig and Okmulgee counties. Gulf Pipeline and Frisco railroad also file protests amid a flood of objections as the state court awaits two more review judges and an official appointments timeline.
West Orange New Jersey October recounts Edison describing the first phonographic reproduction of Mary had a little lamb as the British government returns his original phonograph. He praises the gesture and reflects on the device's history during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony.
Lincoln Nebraska October 19 Frank Sharp, twice convicted and twice sentenced to death for slaying his wife was electrocuted at 9 29 a m today in the Nebraska penitentiary
Oklahoma City report on October 22 details installation of the Pro Patria Legion memorial painting. Frank Phillips of Bartlesville gifted the work to the American Legion and the state. Artist Gilbert White observes as panels with names of fallen servicemen are prepared for display on the grand stairway. Unveiling is planned for Armistice Day November 11.
Department of commerce reports 28 656 marriages in Oklahoma in 1927 up 5.1 percent from 1926, and 7 644 divorces up 3.3 percent. Annulments totaled 127. population estimates show 2 384 000 in 1927 and 2 342 000 in 1926, yielding 12.0 marriages and 3.21 divorces per thousand.
Three men started a journey to the state penitentiary this morning escorted by county guards. Sentences range from ten months to 15 years with Jack Palmer receiving the longest term for robbery of a Stonewall bank. Orval Stillwell to serve two years for burglary and Bruce Earnest ten months for forgery.
A New York attorney plans a deluxe duplex along the East River in a fashionable colony. He has leased two floors of a building and will convert them into a 22 room suite with ten baths.
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