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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1927
Page
13
Local letter column and social notes from Pontotoc County rural communities. Names of Ada Vernon Shawnee Purcell and many residents appear with visits, illnesses, school plans, dances and church events. Includes obituary of Grandma Woods and community announcements about fairs and plays.
Local notes indicate Grandma Bulledge visits daughter Mrs A C Nelson this week. Mrs Joe Brecheen is visiting relatives at Rosedale this week. In other news, Jess Tyree suffered a barn fire last Saturday night with an estimated loss of 100 dollars.
Many neighbors depart for Texas to pick cotton, with families such as Hubbard Bowerman and Gordon visiting, while others like Tom Norman and Miss Emma Walker travel to Sulphur and Norman for extended stays. Relatives, including the Bowerman and Walker families, are noted on Sunday outings and visits across nearby towns.
Local notes recount visits and travel among Ada residents as families motor to carnivals and fairs in Ada and nearby towns. Several households host relatives, attend services, and read the news. A Texas railroad commission decision is reported: it refused to act on a complaint about men removing shoes on trains.
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