Local Happenings in Ada and Surroundings
Ada market reports cotton highs and drought effects. Rev B F Stegall leaves for Atoka for revival. Miss Nelle Robinson to Chickasha to teach. Francis Wigwam and local guests at C F Krieger home. A G Stroud to join Ada railroad business after station consolidation. Dew visits Texas A and M with son in army. letter from Francis fighter Joe Boyd reported injury status. City commissioners ban vaudeville during wartime. Lovelady farmer P H Hyder showcases two corn stalks with high yields for winter. Edwin Gorman killed in action in France. nephew of Hunter. Updates on locals Miss Lillian Gibbs and Miss Jewel Hart leaving for teaching posts. Telegram on crop conditions, and various residents visiting, traveling, or returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton
Ada
B.F. Stegall
Atoka
Nelle Robinson
Chickasha
Francis Wigwam
Henry Krieger
Jessie Krieger
Mr. Troop
New Wilson
C. F. Krieger
A. G. Stroud
Winslow
Arkansas
M. F. Dew
Texas A. & M. Training Department
Henry
Francis
France
P. H. Hyder
Lovelady
Hunter
Edwin Gorman
Oakwood
Tex
Parade Rest Village At Camp Travis Attracts Recruits
A weekly Camp Travis newsletter describes Parade Rest a wild west like village near Camp Travis Texas with cold drink stands vaudeville and churches. The article notes the village accessible to soldiers on leave and under city military oversight. It also describes plans for forming the 18th Division with regiments from the 19th and 85th Infantry and outlines a gradual training program emphasizing rest and moral recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Travis
Tex
Salvation Army
San Antonio
Travis
Ada City seeks annexation of Belmont Addition tract
Property owners and residents south of Ada city limits along Belmont Addition have filed a petition with Ada’s Board of Commissioners requesting legal steps to annex the Belmont Addition into the city of Ada Oklahoma. The notice outlines the action and seeks formal steps to complete the incorporation.
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City of
Ada
Belmont
Board of Commissioners of
Oklahoma
Rain aids pastures as heavy Friday storm passes
The Friday night rain ranged from 0.82 to 1.0 inch in Adm, helping fall garden crops and promising value to pastures and late crops. Miss Maud Vernon closes Egypt school until cotton picking ends in four to six weeks. Fred Brydia reports strong crop conditions in Iowa and Illinois, wheat fine and corn expected to yield well. Reverend J. M. Vernon returns from a 12 day meeting near Blanchard and notes his nephew Dewey Hughey is a prisoner in a German camp at Hummelberg. Col. J. A. Blanton dies in Brunswick, Ga at age 80, former Civil War officer under Longstreet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Vernon
Egypt
Fred Brydia
Des Moines
Chicago
Iowa
Ilinois
J. M. Vernon
Blanchard
Norman
Vernon
Dewey Hughey
Hummelberg
Letters From Soldier Bos
Reuben H. Carver writes from Camp Presidio San Francisco Aug 18 recounting a 72 hour 1900 mile journey through Texas New Mexico Arizona and California. he describes seeing the mountains near El Paso the Pacific coast the golden gate and ships in the bay as well as a visit to Chinatown and Golden Gate Park. he notes schooling in California and expresses interest in travel and writing again later with health and spirits good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben H. Carver
San Francisco
Caillf
Wirt
Camp Presidio
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
el Paso
Tex
Old Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Frisco
Pacific Coast
Ocean
Golden Gate
San Francisco Bay
Atlantic
China Town
Golden Gate Park
Reuberth
Carver
Presidio
Calif
Soldier Writes Home From Camp Travis
Earnest Hayes of 86th Company, Fifth Battalion, 165th Depot Brigade, sends a letter from Camp Travis Tex dated August 28 1918 to The Ada Evening News. He expresses pride in having his name published, describes waiting to meet his mother Mrs Elhora Hayes, notes favorable climate and better sleep, and mentions a recent beneficial rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Hayes
Camp Travis
Tex
86Th Co
Ada Evening News
Elhora Hayes
Earnest H. Hayes
D. B. Camp Travis
Texas
Million railroad men to share in new wage increase
Washington reports nearly one million rail yard and maintenance workers plus clerks and station agents receive wage boosts ranging from ten to thirty percent. The plan, second in a series of government orders, will add about 100 million dollars to annual payrolls. Details to follow. telegraphers pay review pending. Mr HLN Zenor of Cananea, Mexico, joins wife returning home. Mrs JF Gulsinger heads to Henrietta to teach this year.
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Washington
United States
McAdoo
Directo General
Board of Allroad
Cananes
Mexico
W. A. Wingo
Zenor
Cananea
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Colgate
M. Shaw
PHOME
Ad&, Orla
J. B. Corvin
Ray County
Tennessee
Lillian Gibbs
Boswell
Jewel Hart
Caddo
Henry Russell
Tulsa
R. L. Zumbro
Byrd
Mill
Franka
Zumbro
Allen Francis
Ross
James H. Hodges
East Central State Normal
Camp Taylor
T. C. Culling, Jr
Naval Academy
T._O. Culling
Navy
Hungary
HR. G. Seara
University of Chicago
East Central Normal
Gordon, Perkins
Normal
Deen
Oklahoma City
Democratic State Committee
O. A. Bayless
Akron
Ohio
Colorado Springs
C. C. Roberts
Walden Precinct
Byron Norrell
Indes
Weston Cain
Ralph R. Cain
Cora Lee Hopney
Sherman
Stevens-Wilson CO
Enzo
Jewtal
Gwin & Mays
N. B. Dodge
W. E. Atkins
John P. Mckinley
H. J. Conley
Edna Conley
J. E. Hickman
A. M. Crow
Inlaw
J. A. Blanton
Brunswick
Col. Blanton
Longstreet
The
Star
Cdy
J. O. Abney
I. M. King
H. J. Sannett
Charles FH. Fain
W. CG. Jones
Rance
Ilat
Fremont
Cahit
J. M. Perry
Alton Surrell
Soldier Bos
J. F. Gulsinger
Henrietta
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