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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1923

Page

7

Ada Klan Cross Torn Down After Walton Order

Reputed Klan official defends the group while Ada authorities remove the fiery cross from the Howard Zorn building. Sheriff J E Sloan reports the cross torn down at 5 39 after orders from J C Walton commander in chief. The klan pledges to endure what it calls persecution while stressing its peaceful, charitable image. An obituary notes William Underwood Walker Uncle Red, a longtime Ada resident, dies at 76 after a life of service in territorial days.

Anhi Knights Kru Klux Klan Ada J. C. Walton State of Oklahoma ov _ i Walton Sheriff's J. E. Sloan P. H. Deal Ku Klux Klan W. A. Walker Grim Reaper Territorial William Underwood Walker Uncle Red Mew Pethel C. E L. M G. W J. D J. F. Walker Clint Palmer

United States Exports Perfume To South Africa Monthly

United States ships perfumes and toilet preparations valued at more than £360,900 monthly to South Africa. The transfer reflects ongoing trade in personal care products between the two nations.

United States South Africa

Reunion News and Local Happenings Across Pontotoc County

D C Hybarger arrived from Chickasha with 32 veterans and said Chickasha will bid for the reunion next year. Lieut Gen Kirkpatrick of McKinney Texas visited the News office. The three game series began Sunday with a 6 to 0 loss to the locals. L J Crowder improves after illness. A fishing party heads to a nearby stream near Antlers. A Baptist church meeting in Stonewall drew a good crowd. J B Hill and Mrs Duvall joined club youths traveling to the Oklahoma City state fair on Monday.

D. C Kirkpatrick McKinney Tex Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate Veterans Mmes J. C. Hynds Harry Deering J. W. Westbrook F. L. Evans Johns Stonewall Ladies of the Baptist Church J. B. Hill Mrs. Duvall Oklahoma City

Mrs McCoy Improves After Ada Hospital Stay

Mrs McCoy of Stonewall, hospitalized in Ada for several days, is reported improving as doctors monitor her recovery and condition remains stable.

Baby Born to Sawyer Family in 11 LB Delivery

Born to Mr and Mrs Roy E Sawyer at 1023 N Hickory a Friday afternoon an 11 lb boy. Mother and baby are dying nicely.

Roy E. Sawyer Hickory

Teachers enter college from Center and Pauls Valley area

Mr. and Mrs. Doc Heflin both teachers at Center enroll in the college. Mrs. Charles Frizzell, teaching at a consolidated school near Pauls Valley, also enters the college.

Doc Heflin Center Charles Frizzell Pauls’ Valley

Shawnee ladies return home after Confederate reunion

Misses Lillian Roberts and Louise Rankin sponsor and maid of honor to the Confederate reunion from Shawnee returned to their home Friday.

Lillian Roberts Louise Rankin Shawnee

Music supervisor Miss Inez Donaldson resigns Ada post

Miss Inez Donaldson who has supervised music in Ada city schools for four years resigned and left Saturday for Chicago to enter Northwestern University.

Inez Donaldson Ada City Chicago Northwestern University

Mrs. R. E. Austin Visits Dallas Parents

Mrs. R. E. Austin of Dallas is expected today to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Westbrook at 124 E 14th Street. Max Westbrook traveled to Atoka to meet her and will accompany her home on the afternoon Katy.

R. E. Austin Dallas J. W. Westbrook E 14Th Street Max Westbrook Atoka Katy

Kanem Club Succumbs In Openers With Ada Amateurs 5-1

From Mondays Daily the Kanem club, leaders in the Oklahoma State League first half, lost the opening game of a three game set to the Ada Amateurs by five to one. Mrs Watson of Conway recovered from Ada hospital surgery and is reported doing well. Mr and Mrs B C Ballard of Pauls Valley spent the weekend visiting Miss Eugenia Davis. From Tuesdays Daily the Duncan club, first period winners, returned with another performance.

Kanem Club Ada Amators Mrs. B. C. Ballard Pauls Valley Eugenia Davis Duncan Club

Lefty Willivana Pitches One-Hit Game In Win

Wednesday's lefty hurled a one hit game in the third of a three game series at the new park as the Adam tribe won 3 0. Local visits note Misses Clark return from Fort Worth and relatives visiting from Camp Bratt and Atoka. Miss Craddock heads to Berkeley for graduate work in primary methods after summer with Mrs Blake. Whitaker family returns from Cookville Tennessee by Dodge car with apples from great grandmother trees.

Willivana New Park Adam Tribe Reita Craddock Ballard Blake California University of That State At Berkeley Miss Craddock J. G. Whitaker Cookville Tenn Mr. Whitaker

German Officials Declare Poverty Forces Ruhr Action

Berlin September 26. President Ebert and Chancellor Stresemann said in a formal proclamation that Germany must end the Ruhr battle. Continued passive resistance would have caused economic collapse and endangered the German people's livelihood.

Berlin Ebert Streseman Ruhr Germany

Cotton and grain markets in New York and New Orleans report

Daily market notes show New York cotton bids opening around 28.50 with highs near 28.90 and lows 28.27, while New Orleans prices range from about 27.60 to 28.10 with closes around 27.73 to 27.91. Grain lists wheat trading near 1.04 and corn around .71, with oats near .41. Ada market reports list poultry prices including fryers 17c lb and turkeys up to 20c lb.

New York New Orleans

Mexican Revolt Damage Claims Top Quarter Billion

Claims for damages to foreign property from the Mexican revolution filed with the National Claims Commission total more than 250 million dollars. If a revolutionary claims convention is adopted after U S Mexican diplomatic relations resume, the total will rise as many American and foreign claims remain unfiled or held up in diplomacy.

Mexico City National Claims Commission Commission United States Mexico National Commission

Bishop Smith and Miss Maud E Smith Married in Oklahoma City

Bishop of this place and Miss Maud E Smith of Weatherford wed Sunday in Oklahoma City and arrived in Ada at noon. They plan to reside here with Mrs shaped by a Southwestern Teachers College graduate and a piano builder tuner known across the state for thoroughness. They have yet to choose a permanent home site.

Bishop Maud E. Smith Weatherford Oklahoma City Ada

Paris Bishop to Address Foreign Missionary Group

Des Moines Iowa September 26 Bishop Edgar T Blake resident bishop of Paris France will address the annual general executive meeting of the Women s Foreign Missionary society to be held October 18 23 Mrs Evelyn Riley Nicholson reports The society lists 618732 members including auxiliaries 377169 YP and SB 83498 Kings Heralds 63006 and Little Light Bearers 75119 Speakers include Miss Anla Gordon Bishop Thomas Nicholson Prof O H Smith Nanking and Br Y Y Tsu with Blake recalling Moscow Living Church Conference experiences

Des Moines Edgar T. Blake Paris France Women’s Foreign Missionary Senteny Evelyn Riley Nicholson King’s Heralds Little Light Bearers Blake Living Church Moscow Russia Anla Gordon World’s Womans Christian Temperance Union Thomas Nicholson Anti-Saloon League of America Nanking China Br. Y. Y. Tsu Tiv Chinese Christian Associa? Ca

Public parks development expenditure in Oklahoma City

The city approves an annual outlay of 150000 dollars for public park development projects in Oklahoma City. The budget funds playgrounds landscaping and recreation spaces across multiple neighborhoods. The measure supports city planners and park commissions in coordinating ongoing enhancements.

Oklahoma City

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Mutt and Jeff Sid Mutt Mrs Sydney King Burk’s Bud Fisher Klan Gross Ada Torn Dow Klan L. J. Crowder John Chapman Otto Stone Lee Daggs B. M. Bobbitt Allen Stanfield Henry Stuckey Antiers Mable Connie Clark Mrs. A. J. High Fort Worth J. L. Murphy Lieut. O. N. Murphy Camp Bratt, N. C A. Foster and Family Bishop Smith Hartman Scranton Bays Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta Waco Sherman Denison Corsicana Reat Aca Ie Railway Cleburne Pontotoc County Bruno Mayer J. C. Walker Mike Mayer Coalgate Grace Perhans
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