Ada Evening News and Ada Weekly News History
Publication record shows Ada Oklahoma papers consolidated over years from 1910 to 1919. The Ada Evening News and Ada Weekly News operated with joint editions and postal classifications, publishing every Thursday and offering monthly and yearly mail subscriptions. Entry notes consolidations with Pontotoc County Enterprise and Ada Star-Democrat and lists editorial and business office details.
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Ada
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
Okla
Secorels, Hones
Germans Seek Peace Yet Fear War Devastation
A reflective piece contrasts German desires for peace with the grim reality of casualties and dictatorship. It weighs Swiss pacifism against German ambitions, urging the German people to choose peace over conquest and a return to ordinary life.
California ham and eggs plan sparks cross state debate
An editorial argues against a proposed California ham and eggs measure, warning that shortcuts to wealth fail and urging readers to watch the Golden Gate vote. It cautions that success requires effort and cautions against relying on easy gains, even as it invites Californians to test the outcome.
Footballing Peace Proposal in Illconsidered War Talk
A 1814 style stance against Napoleon and a modern jab at Hitler frame a columnist’s mock solution: let football teams settle wars, with territorial swaps if one side outplays the other, sparing lives. The piece ends by noting a Streater Times Press headline about Mr and Mrs Ross Lucas's 30th wedding anniversary.
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Streater
Ilinois
Times Press
Ross Lucas
Temperance Sunday Lesson Urges Clear Moral Vision
The International Temperance Sunday lesson draws on Micah, Luke, and Paul to argue that drunkenness corrupts leaders and society. It warns against glamorizing sin, urges clear vision and practical virtue, and compares modern drinking culture to ancient tyrannies and social decay.
Diplomacy and War Strategy Woven Across Europe
The piece argues Britain and France outmaneuver Hitler with diplomacy while Turkey’s pact tightens the encirclement of Germany. It notes oil as a war lifeblood, Romania’s money shortfalls, Turkey’s Dardanelles leverage, and Scandinavian independence. It warns of a prolonged diplomatic front and parries with quips on defense versus offense and economic thrift.
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Great Britain
France
Hitler
Stalin
Chamberlain
Turkey
Germany
Russia
Romania
Baltic
Persia
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Simpson-Roadhouse wells drill and oil gas activity reported
In Gilcrease sand wells drill depth 1939 feet with top reached at 1927 feet. No. 2 Statler producing nine million cubic feet daily after plug at 1805 feet. 10 acre spacing sought for Cromwell sand around 2700 feet. several producers and gassers noted across Garvin, McCurtain, and Seminole county sections with various depths.
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Osborne
Cromwell
Gilcrease
Minton
Ett
Si NE
Magnolia
Nie
Barbara O31 Co
Griss0 Royalty Company
Local
Lintleir Prairie
Allen
Pete Huddleston
Patterson
Newe
R. M. Love
Lot
J. F. Lloyd
Carson and Sons
McCool
Postawatomie County
E. N. Jones
Fred
Summers
Seminole
Garvin County
J. ¢ Thorpe
H. C. Reese
Bebee
Senora Et al'No
C. A. Lucker
Plant Trees In November And December Months
STILLWATER October 23. The best time for transplanting orchard and shade trees in Oklahoma is late November through December, says F B Cross. He cites warmer winter soil, easier root development, and better establishment before spring growth as reasons. He lists recommended fruit varieties and notes smaller trees may be cheaper to buy but less mature. He provides detailed planting steps and mulch guidance, plus fruit varieties suited to Oklahoma including apples, peaches, grapes, and berries for extended harvest.
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Stillwater
F. B. Cross
Oklahoma
M. College Horticulturist
Cross
Tate
Annies
Oklahoma Governor Warns Schools on Budget Cuts
Gov Phil Phillips in Oklahoma City says part or all of the 265 543 cut in common school aid may be rescinded if budgets are not padded. He orders careful accounting by districts, urges within law spending, and vows to review payrolls for overspending while protecting teachers and superintendents who follow the law.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
R. R. Owens
A. L. Crabl
Crabb
Owens
Docket for Civil Term Is Released
A civil term docket released by Judge Tal Crawford lists 22 cases for trial and 18 on appeal with a jury to be impaneled the morning of November 13. The term runs from November 13 to December 7, and the docket covers a busy schedule for the court.
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Tal Crawford
Ee Madrid
Spain
Relief program orders relief cars impounded in Cleveland
In Cleveland on October 25 relief officials announced that most relief recipients must surrender their motor vehicles. Plates would be impounded at relief headquarters and no further aid issued unless a car is needed for work. About 8000 to 10000 privately owned cars in relief households face sale if valued under 100 dollars.
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Cleveland
Frank G. Jones
City Relief
Rtdes
WPA
Jones
Teachers Belong To Association In Pontotoc County
All Pontotoc County school teachers are members of the Oklahoma Education Association. County Superintendent Ray Stegall was notified Tuesday that the county was among the first large units to reach 100 percent membership, per a letter from C. M. Howell, secretary.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma’ Education Association
Ray Stegall
C. M. Howell
Plan to Aid Farmers in Flood and Drought Areas
President Roosevelt and a Senate and House delegation agreed on a program to aid farmers in flood and drought regions using existing federal funds. The plan would provide grants and loans to keep farmers and their stock fed and on their land, with no new appropriations expected this special session. Disaster loan and surplus program funds totaling about 107 million dollars would be mobilized to reach distressed farmers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sen. Bankhead
D-Ala
Congressional Committee
Honary
Ora
Bankhead
E Bankhead
Disaster Loan Corporation
Sen. Connally
D-Tex
Chairman Jones
House Agricultural Committee
Jesse Jones
Hood
Faminy Security Administration
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Obituary notices for W. E. Nelson and Ida B. Roberts
W E Nelson of Fittstown died Tuesday at 4 20 am Funeral services Thursday at 2 from Church of Christ East Main Bro Langston officiating burial at Rosedale cemetery Surviving are widow three daughters four sons three stepsons and two stepdaughters Ida B Roberts 53 of 431 West 5th street Ada died Wednesday at 7 43 am at local hospital Funeral at Criswell Funeral Home chapel at 2 30 pm Rev Mile Arbuckle officiating Survived by husband R L Roberts and two brothers W P and J W Myers of Denver Colo
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W. E. Nelson
Fittstown
Church of Christ On
East Main
Bro. Langston
Rosedale
Ida B. Roberts
West 5Th Street
Ada
Criswell Funeral Home
Mile Arbuckle
R. L. Roberts
Andiwe Brothers
W. P
J. W. Myers
Denver
Colo
Oklahoma apiary meeting cites lack of funds to enforce foul brood control
Oklahoma Apiarists association met at Oklahoma A and M College to discuss foul brood in bee colonies. S. Orman of Tulsa highlighted insufficient state inspection funding, hindering enforcement. Over 40 beekeepers attended. officers were re-elected and C. E. Sanborn named permanent historian.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Orman
Tulsa
Oklahoma Apiarist's Association
Oklahoma A. and M. College
D.’W. Darrow
Muskogee
Edwin A. Smith
Woodward
J. M. Gain
Oklahoma_ City
S. E. Hale
C. E. Sanborn
Burglars Hit Two Pontotoc Homes In Recent Days
Sheriff reports two separate break ins in Pontotoc county over recent days. At Doc Rogges house in Fittstown, bed, quilts and other property were stolen on Saturday night. A second break occurred at a residence north of Ada on Tuesday night as detectives probe ongoing cases. The Swedish parliament approved a 9 million dollar appropriation for 102 pine trees?
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Pontetoc County
Sheriff's Office
Doc. Rogges
Fittstown
Ada
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