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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
9
Community notes from Fitshugh record visits and health updates. Grandma Hennigan and Della Cartwright show improvement while Dovie Hudson remains ill. Local weddings, schooling plans, and church activities are listed along with cotton harvest and a tacky party invitation. Postmaster change near October 1. Continuous rain fuels picking across the area.
Center Ledger reports farmers rapidly gathering cotton with dry weather. if it stays dry, picking may finish by mid October. School started with Mr. Parkhearst as principal and about 800 students enrolled. Miss Kersey leads the primary. Several local families attend religious meetings and note illnesses and a bereavement. community ties remain strong as residents travel to Ada and Hom er for events and schooling.
Rain brings joy across Steedman with sermons indoors and a singing washout. Local notices cover gatherings, visits, ball game plans for September 10, and community chatter about travel, farming, and school affairs. Multiple names appear in social updates and small town events.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma the guardian John J Hallmark will sell at private sale after Sept 29 1913 at Ada Oklahoma the NW quarter of the NW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 26 Town 3N Range 8E to the highest bidder subject to court confirmation cash in hand bids in writing to the guardian or his attorney Wimbish Duncan Ada Oklahoma. First publication Sept 11 1913. A B Morgan district deputy of the W O W is in the city assisting his brother in promoting the Ada camp activities.
A. N. Davis as guardian of Morris Stick a minor will sell at private sale on or about September 29 1913 in Ada Oklahoma with court confirmation. Property located in Carter County consists of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter and Lot 4 and the Southeast Quarter of Section 31 Township 3 North Range 2 West. Sale terms must be in writing and dated August 30 1913.
Oklahoma City Sept 9. Discussion centers on special acts abolishing township forms in Garvin and Pittsburg counties and a general act. A constitutional amendment allows counties to abolish township government by popular vote. Amendment took effect with the polls. Local and state officials consider the power to abolish township government lies with people, not legislature, and outline petition and election procedures to end or restore township offices.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 4 Lieut Gov McAlester says he does not want to cause displeasure and would attend the Oklahoma battleship ceremony with Gov Cruce if invited He notes Kendrick would head the state in his absence and may seek the governorship next year McAlester expects a conference of Governors in Colorado Springs and may hold a meeting at McAlester to discuss candidacy The decision will be influenced by his friends' opinions
More Thoroughbreds at Auction New York September 4. A dispersal sale begins with the Ramapo Stud owned by the late Charles Kohler. Notable horses include Uncle once owned by John E Madden Master Robert Charles Edward Zeus and Superman. Attendees include G E Hutchinson RC C Roland CC Williams and F P Lieuallen at the Moose Picnic at Roff.
A jury in Pauls Valley finds Alex Jeffries guilty of killing state enforcement officer Lee Shireman in 1912. The verdict reportedly carries a twenty year term in the state penitentiary after a prior trial yielded fifteen years. Jeffries was shuttled to county jails nightly to avoid mobs amid renewed lynching fears.
H. Davis boarded a transport to Atoka this morning, identified as a passenger in the city transit logs. The brief note records the trip without incidents or additional context.
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