Adjuvant Armament and Sinister Stealth at Chickasaw Capitol
Opening of the Chickasaw Legislature saw armed guards at the capitol. Nine elected representatives were barred from admission while Mosley ally Gov. Johnston was sworn in, prompting outrage over a supposed constitutional breach. The piece also outlines local public order penalties and a continuation note for a later page.
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Capitol
Jd. Blair Shoenfelt
Interior Department
Gov. Johnston
Mosley
Senate
Byrd
House
Health in our neighborhood and gin progress
Health in our neighborhood remains very good. Farmers report corn yields good while cotton is light due to boll worms, with about a quarter bale per acre anticipated. Allen Blackburn runs the Ada area gin with a strong crew and steady business. Melissa Davis weighs, Walter Martin gins, John Hogin and John Hawkins operate the press. Mr. Bennett of Oakman engineers and Allen serves as general roustabout. the crew is praised as among the best in the Territory, and local patronage is urged. A separate note recalls a local scuffle between John Sullivan and Charlie Fitzsimmons, with Fitzsimmons prevailing using a broom.
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Allen Blackburn
Allen
Ada
Mel Davis
Walter Martin
John Hogin
John Hawkins
Mr. Bennett
Oakman
A Chance for a Fortune Contest Offers Cash Prizes
A Ada News promotion promises 1084 prizes ranging from 1 to 10000 dollars plus monthly special prizes. For 1.50, readers receive Kansas City Farm Journal and Ada News for a year and a convention hall concert ticket with a governor election vote estimate.
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Kansas City Farm Journal
Ada News
Convention Hall
Kansas
Secretary of State of
Journal
Miss Froy Morris Hosts Notable Young People Evening
Miss Froy Morris entertained many young people last Thursday at her home. Andy Thornton and Miss Clara Rogers won prizes in the games. Attendants enjoyed refreshments prepared by Miss Floy and praised the host for a novel and royally conducted event.
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Froy Morris
Andy Thornton
Clara Rogers
Miss Floy
Ordinance Defining Offences Against Public Peace Ada Town
Ordinance No 1 defines offences against public peace in Ada town. It prohibits two or more persons assembling to act unlawfully with force or violence against persons or property or to terror others. Convicted parties face a fine from one to twenty dollars.
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Ada
Iinet
School Board Accepts Resignation and Names Replacement
The school board met Monday night and accepted Miss Grace Smiths resignation due to the superintendent Prof Scarborough assigning teachers to Ada. Mrs Dick Sinclair was elected to the vacant place. A resolution enrolls all pupils in Old Town up to the 5th grade with plans to assign another teacher if needed.
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Grace Smith
Scarborough
Old Ada
Dick Sinclair
Old Town
Ada Meat Market Opens on Main Street
The Ada Meat Market announces a new clean market on Main Street inviting local shoppers to trade and visit for fresh cuts and goods.
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Ada
Main St
Fire consumes gambling den on Townsend Ave
Last Tuesday morning Bob Nes ter moved the contents of a Townsend Avenue gambling den to a wagon and burned them at town edge. The blaze reduced furniture to ashes as several men played a lively game nearby.
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Bob Nester
Townsend Ave
Big Glory Balloon Starts Denver Flight For World Distance Record
The balloon Big Glory, one of the largest ever built with 140000 cubic feet of hydrogen, began its Denver launch today aiming to break the world long distance record and possibly reach New York. Captains T. S. Baldwin and Percy Hudson pilot the craft with Denver Post staffer C. S. Sherman aboard. Parachute messages will be dropped to relay course and progress.
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Denver
Colo
New York
Denver Post
T. S. Baldwin
Percy Hudson
C. S. Sherman
The
Earth
Grand Showing School Opens With Strong First-Day Enrollment
A Grand Showing School opened last Monday with 282 251 at Scarborough Institute and 31 in old Ada. The first day turnout is strong and editors expect enrollment to top 300 before press time, reflecting well on the city and the value of its good schools.
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Scarborough Institute
Old Ada
Arkansas Traveler Misreads Frisco Station Sign
A gaunt Arkansawyer in Hugo enters the Frisco station and fumbles at the ticket telegraph office. He calls for help, but the Telegraph operator ignores him, while the sign over the window reads Ticket and Tel Office and remains unread.
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Frisco
Hugo
J. T
Ticket & Tele Office
Harney County Stock Suffering From Drought Heat
Terrible drought grips Harney County Oregon with grass burned, springs fenced, cattle dying for feed and water. Reports from Burns note hard times in Gordon and Murray counties Georgia with old farms worn out and many men as day laborers.
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Burns
Oregon
Harney County
J. F. Jackson
Gordon
Murray
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Warning Order in Indian Territory Court
In the United States Commissioner’s court in the Indian Territory the defendant D C Bosley is warned to appear within thirty days to answer Reed and Harrison’s complaint. The notice is dated August 21, 1902, issued by U S Commissioner Bb F Tarsorrz with West and Skinner as attorneys for the plaintiff and Currie as attorney for the nonresident defendant.
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D.C. Bosley
Indian Territory
Reed & Harrison
Bb. F. Tarsorrz
United States
Southern
West
Bargain newspaper bundles offered by Ada News
Readers may subscribe to Ada News with paired papers at discounted prices including Dallas Semi-Weekly News Bryans Commoner Texas Farm and Ranch Kansas City Farm Journal and Dallas News combos. Offers run for one year with varied total costs and a call to order now.
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Ada News
Dallas
Bryan
Texas Farm and Ranch
The
Kansas City Farm Journal
Dallas News
Severe storm damages in southeastern Nebraska towns
Special dispatches report a heavy wind rain and electrical storm late last night across Auburn Nebraska City Beatrice Table Rock and surroundings. Auburn roofless houses and wrecked barns dark streets from downed lines. Two inches of rainfall in an hour flooded areas with washed bridges and damaged homes. Several buildings struck by lightning.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Auburn
Nebraska City
Beatrice
Table Rock
Local News from Bebee Reports Illness and Death
In Bebee there is notable sickness. Mr Collier died of cancer on his face last Tuesday and was buried at Box school house. He leaves a wife and several children. Garner and Ritter moved back to Bebee from Shawnee. Citizens lease land in Seminole country for next year. Mr McElroy’s school progress is hindered by a three month suspension after the firet of.
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Collier
Box School House
Garner & Ritter
Bebee
Shawnee
O. T
McElroy
Special Summer Train Rates To Western Ohio and Michigan
From now until Sept 6 the Frisco system offers round trip tourist tickets at one fare plus 2.00 to Cleveland Sandusky Put In Bay Detroit Port Huron Harbor Beach and Point Aux Barques. McNair, Agent, Ada IL.
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Frisco
Cleveland
Sandusky
Put-In-Bay
Detroit
Mich
Port Huron
Harbor Beach
Point Aux Barques
McNair
Ada
A Clipping Bee Held by Presbyterian Ladies
A clipping bee will be held under the auspices of the Presbyterian Ladies on Friday evening the 12th at 8 o clock. The event takes place on the vacant ground adjoining the Christian Church and all are invited to attend.
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Presbyterian
Christian Church
Garnishment notice in Indian Territory court
A.L. Nettles sues D. C. Bosley in the Sixth Circuit Garnishment case against the First National Bank of Ada. Bosley, a nonresident, is warned to appear in 30 days to answer the complaint. Authorized by U.S. Commissioner B. F. Talbott. West & Skinner and Hamrick & Co. represent the parties.
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D.C. Bosley
D. C. Bosley
Indian Territory
A.l.nettles
Bank of
Home Visitors Excursion to Ohio and Indiana in 1902
Frisco system offers round trip tickets at one fare plus 2.00 to points in Ohio and Indiana and west of a line through Sandusky Columbus Dayton Springfield and Cincinnati Ohio and Louisville Ky. Tickets valid 30 days return. For details contact I McNair Ada Io Ty.
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Frisco
Ohio
Indiana
Sandusky
Columbus
Dayton
Springfield
Cincinnati
Louisville
I. McNair
Ada
Io Ty
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Moon Bros
ADA Saddlery Company, Ada, I. T
Blackburn
John Sullivan
Charlie Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Unique Entertainment
School Board Proceedings
Bob
Voyage of Aeronauts
Arkansas
Nickel
Broadway
Post Office
Bro. Armstrong
George Wall
George
Jim
United States Commissioner’s Court
Plaintiff
C.J. Warren
ADA, I. T
United States Commissioners Court
Son
A.L. Nettles Plaintiff
B.f.talbott
U.s.com’r
6Th Cout’s
West & Skinner,Attys
F.D. Hamrick
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