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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
3
Tomorrow at 10 o'clock the W. O. W. special train will depart Ada. The Ada drill team performs at 9 then joins the train to Muskogee for the large annual meet with Woodmen from many towns expected. The Circle will meet to escort the choppers to the train.
The Ada Commercial College opened for the fall term with satisfactory enrollment and good student effort. Faculty expect thorough work and strong results before year’s end, urging liberal patronage to avoid sending students out of town.
G. W. Hall received word that his son Curtis was in a serious train wreck near San Francisco. Several people died and Curtis was injured, later reported to have non serious injuries. The family remained in Ada and planned to join him soon.
County Treasurer Rit Erwin offers payment of outstanding warrants from 1911 and 1912 across several funds including Salary Court P and L R and B Supply Contgt Separate School with specified amounts and cited pay dates. Warrant totals vary by fund and year with a Sept 5 1912 call noted.
An advertisement from Ada hawks Nolen's Tonic Tabules described as a cure all with claims to aid digestion tone the liver and build new blood. Offered at 50 cents with a guarantee by Gwin & Mays.
The document states that H. P. Reich serves as cashier and confirms the financial statement.
Obituary notes Rev. W. H. Moss aged 76 died in Sunday after bronchitis. Born August 1 1836 in Wilkes County Georgia he served as a Methodist preacher from 1856 and traveled through Georgia Louisiana Texas Oklahoma and beyond. Surviving are four children and his widow Mary Jackson. The remains go to Hubbard City Texas for burial after services this evening.
Property offers 21 acres with two houses and additional housing, part cultivated in alfalfa and a small orchard of good varieties. Suitable for truck farming. Close to schools and business blocks. Address T. Be. Culling care Ada Natl. Bank, 129 4th 11w.
The News condemns the current public school histories as biased and partisan. It argues Gov. Cruce acted wisely in firing the board and demands fair nonpartisan texts. The paper endorses Confederate groups’ resolutions condemning the books and plans to quote passages to support its stance.
Ada industry grows with J C Tipton opening a mine on the McGuyre farm and another west of Sandy. He now runs three mines employing over fifty men, expanding Oklahoma’s home paving material. Tipton, a leading asphalt operator, helped break the trust’s hold on the region and foresees continued gains.
The Ada Normal training school increases to include all grades up to 8th. Miss Timberlake directs 1st and 2nd. Miss McClain handles 3rd through 6th but is away two months. Miss Switzer teaches 7th and 8th. Mrs. Briles covers McClain’s room. The building adds a kitchen and dining area, widening room use and attracting many applicants while promising a record-setting year.
Tomorrow the clang of the gang will summon us to our class rooms to begin the regular class work. It is one of the Specialties of East Central never to lose time. Enrollment is expected to exceed previous years as all student activities start. Coach Cox calls for football candidates and first practice will be held in good form with new men ready for the fray. Prof Bascom T. Lawson afternoon for Sasakwa eft Friday where he will as Principal of the
More than 150 chickens were taken to the Normal kitchen for a veterans reunion meal. The News located 56 birds donated by Union Hill and Egypt women and delivered by J K Bottoms. The veterans enjoyed the dinner, grateful for the generous unseen contributors.
Property owners urged to call at once to identify and retrieve blankets and comforts borrowed from citizens for veterans reunion. Readers trusted Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy by many cures, sold by all dealers.
Howell Durham from Chism donated one dollar to the Wilson fund at the News office this morning. The Ada newspaper now has six dollars on hand and needs four more to complete the second ten dollar remittance to the national treasurer.
Lawrence Reed and Clara Dryden both of Stratford secured licenses along with John Gates of Wapanucka and Taylor Curtis of Tulsa. Ada residents Bud Tyra 28 Ida Duncan 18 J G Summers 23 Jessie Dillard 16 and John Chambers 29 with Maude McHugh 28 appear among applicants. Others include Michi T. H. Huse 48 Ada and Mary Martin 23 Ada with Roy Hamilton 20 of Citra and Ethel Hall 16.
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