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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1926

Page

8

Local City Briefs Highlight Social Visits and Accidents

Miss Thelma and Evelyn Jackson of Lamesa Texas visit Miss Raye Callis. Mrs G E Jackson of Lamesa stays with Mr and Mrs W S Callis at 800 East Tenth St. Prof A T Watson returns from Peabody summer session in Nashville. Dennis Davis and relatives plan to move to Hastings Nebraska after selling a saggy eet there. John R Lea of Homer recalls a near miss after an auto strike causing a black eye and bruises.

Thelma and Evelyn Jackson Lamesa Texas Raye Callis Dennis Davis Ella Davis Ollie Casey May Davis Overland Hastings Nebra Davis John R. Lea Homer

Ada News Briefs From Friday's Daily

Mrs Maud Bledsoe and her son Joe Frank returned from an overland trip to Colorado. Ed Montgomery of Owl Creek said cotton prospects are fairly good. Miss Kathyn Bayless of Stratford was discharged from Ada Hospital after appendicitis surgery and returned home. Gilbert Feed, once from Ada, now a traveling salesman living in Florida, visited friends and noted his parents also live there and are well.

Ed Montgomery Owl Creek Kathyn Bayless Stratford Ada Hospital Gilbert Feed Ada Florida W. L. Reed

Night clerk arraigned on pistol charge at local hotel

S W Kicham night clerk was arraigned Saturday before Justice H J Brown on a pistol in possession charge. He was fined 25 dollars and costs and released. The accuser alleged he carried a pistol on his person.

S. W. Kicham H. J. Brown Kicham

Mill Creek man leaves visit to go home

Alton Armstrong of Mill Creek, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Morrow and family, departed Friday for his home.

Alton Armstrong Mill Creek T. J. Morrow

Spaulding School Principal Visits Local Family Friends

Clifford Elliott, Spaulding school principal, spends the weekend here with family and friends. Mrs. John A. Smith and Chloe departed by auto for Texas to visit Smith's father. Slade Norman couple return today from Rinling Oklahoma. G. P. Carney handles local business after two months in Amarillo oil fields.

Clifford Elliott Spaulding School John A. Smith Chloe Auto Texas Mrs. Smith Slade Norman Rinzling Okla G. P. Carney Amarillo

Summers Sees Mixed Prospects for Local Crops

Alfred Summers reports in from Maxwell that the county average yields are improving after several years. Upland cotton shows promise but bollworms are damaging crops in the bottoms areas.

Alfred Summers Maxwell

Farmers report severe cotton shortage in Marshall county

Eldo Plumilee and wife with T. W. Bennett traveled to Madill midweek and report Marshall county cotton will be very short with some farmers already mowing down stalks.

Eldo Plumilee T. W. Bennett Madill Marshall County Eldo

Local notes recount arrests and moves across Ada region

The Ada area shows a string of incidents and arrivals including Arch Pettigrew jailed for wife desertion, Ed Finley held on horse stealing, and Frank Norman considering Ada school. Others report residents traveling or relocating, such as Miss Bertha Haggard from Paris and Mrs. Frank Meader from Boulder, with Edgar Allen Poe moving to Idabel for a McCurtain Chevrolet agency. Rev. C C Morris leaves for a Humboldt revival, with Prof A M Croxton to fill pulpit roles. J D Gaar purchases cotton sacks and prepares for picking near Vanoss.

Woman Swims English Channel Breaks Record Time

Mrs. Clementine Corson a professional swimmer born in Denmark living in New York swam Cape Gris Nez to Dover in just over 15 hours to surpass a men’s best time her husband a tug boat captain accompanied her by boat and she is mother of two Marjorie and Sonny Mille Gade as her professional name previously swam under that alias

English Clementine Corson New York Cape Gris Nez France Dover England Gertrude Ederle Marjorie Sonny Mille Gade

Weevils Infield Prompt concern as Miss German departs

The text notes considerable weevil presence in a field and mentions Miss Maurine German daughter of Prof. J L German leaving for Dallas Texas to teach and study piano under Von Mickwitz and Mrs Laud German Phippen for the school year.

Maurine German J. L. German Dallas Texas von Mickwitz Laud German Phippen

Miss Jessie Ca'es Heads to Bristow High School

Miss Jessie Ca'es leaves today for Shawnee to visit friends and then travels to Bristow to head the commercial department at Bristow High School for the upcoming year.

Jessie Ca'es Shawnee Bristow Bristow High School

Professor Fentem Returns from Oklahoma Summer Work

Professor A L Fentem has returned from the University of Oklahoma where he completed graduate work during the summer. Mrs Fentem has returned from Oklahoma City where she has been with family.

A. L. Fentem University of Oklahoma Mrs. Fentem Oklahoma City George Dougherty Dougherty Calumet Oklahoma

Professor Declares Readiness for Year at College

A professor states he is ready for a productive year at the college, mentioning his daughter as part of his reflections on the new academic term.

Ada welcomes new pastor and family from Marion Indiana

Rev and Mrs Charles Warren Johnstone and their baby daughter arrive in Ada from Marion Indiana. The Christian congregation plans a church reception Tuesday evening. Harry Kaiser remains ill in bed for five weeks. Miss Suzanne Holman returns from two months of travels in Mississippi Alabama and St Louis. Mrs W W Rader and Mrs Aus-

Charles Warren Johnstone Ada Marion Ind Christian Congregation Suzanne Holman Mississippi Alabama St. Louis

Smith Kerrs and Ada village notes from Oklahoma Daily

Saturday arrivals at bedsides include tin from Oklahoma City for Mr Kaiser who remains unimproved. Jail counts rise with Ed Rogers held on liquor possession and Sam Forman duo jailed after arraignment. bonds unmet. Ada items report typhoid improvement for G L Thompson, teachers moves, new cotton bale arrivals, and local educator shifts as Cather Van Meter heads to Caddo. Barney thanks Republican voters for district judge nomination and cross party support.

Tin Oklahoma City Mr. Kaiser Barney Chas. T. Barney

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A. T. Watson Nashville The Peabody College Red River Ma Ferguson Ada Independents Denison Arch Pettigrew Pettigrew Sheriff's Office Ed Finley Henryette Finley Frank Norman Pernell Frank Frank Meaders Boulder Colorado R.S. Shannon Guthrie Mr. Shannon D. T. Bradshaw Arizona Mr. Bradshaw Glendale Edgar Allen Poe Idabel Chevrolet McCurtain County Leslie Prince C. C. Morris Humbolt Tennessee A. M. Croxton J. D. Gaar Vanoss Mother of Harry Kaiser W. W. Rader Aus Wilson Hart Schaffner Marx Wilso Ada, Wilson Lain Chilcutt Ed Rogers Sam Forman Susie Forman G. L. Thompson Thompson Drugstore Gertrude Montgomery Whitewright Mattie Lyday State Teachers College Ypsilanti, Mich Cather van Meter Caddo van Meter Mr. van Meter Lucile Taylor Wetumka Wayne Truitt Sam Gordon Gordon Beacon Shoes Ua Ay Mivedttdyd Kuppenheimer Brook’s College Oxfords Endicott-Johnson and Excelsior Sne Clothiers
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