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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1910
Page
6
The notice shows the Ada Oklahoma post office marking as second class matter under an 1879 act. It records entry date July 17th and details related to mailing regulations for the period.
The Democrat announces candidates for the August primary including for County Treasurer J W Westbrook J K Scruggin and R H Rit Erwin. For Justice of the Peace Ada Township H J Brown is named as a candidate.
Fred Knapp attacks state administration over taxes, claiming high levies in Depew Township for 1909. The breakdown shows 2.25 mills due to the state, with the rest split among township, School District No 21, and county. Editors defend local conditions and accuse Knapp of bias in his Republican-leaning publication.
The note calls for pursuing facts first before attacking any office holder. It urges consistency and fairness, emphasizing accountability regardless of party ties or political orientation. The stance signals a principled approach to public duty and oversight.
A columnist argues that newspapers incur costs for every line and must rent space to stay in business. Friendly benevolence cannot cover operating expenses, and free advertising undermines a paper’s finances. The author likens unpaid space to giving away essential rent, a practice as damaging as rent-free housing.
The statement argues that the state can provide a robust public school system and protection for workers, but cannot educate or serve the individual. It emphasizes personal initiative in education and reapportionment of the fruits of one’s labor as a responsibility for each citizen.
A legislature introduces a bill to dissolve current districts and form new ones. The proposed district would combine Coal, Pontotoc, Hughes, McIntosh and Muskogee counties and operate with three judges. Democrats oppose the change preferring the existing five-county, two-judge setup.
The Democrat notes this issue carries Socialist convention resolutions from Pontotoc county but is not endorsing them. Socialists claim to advocate peace and the resolutions are presented for insight into their stance while causing no special harm to Senator Roddie.
In Cairo Illinois a mob hunted and attacked two to three black men accused of snatching purses from women. In a pitched road battle with the sheriff and black deputies one man was killed and several wounded. The sheriff could not recruit white posse members.
A row of state office hopefuls press for favorable coverage, appealing to editors' sense of public service as they outline platform highlights and personal hardships to sway media perception.
The speaker urges obtaining space before the public to explain the absence of a check on campaign spending. He faults the legislature for not reducing printing costs, noting that campaign expenditure limits were not lowered and lamenting the continued burden on candidates and printers.
The writer, an elderly bachelor, notes he was taught to favor a lady’s will and to avoid opposing her. He references two women’s organizations supporting and opposing suffrage and urges ladies to vote for the majority’s choice. He treats the issue as a matter of gallantry and folly to take sides in their disputes.
The Francis Wigwam released a booster edition last week touting the town's advantages and inducements for growth. Editor Clark receives credit for the publication, and the paper is praised as excellent, deserving unified local support.
The ice plant manager B. H. Frick said the cold season seemed to end with three coal cars unsold the day before a blizzard. After shoveling to the bin’s bottom he changed his view and said the break in winter had loosened.
A Kansas City man observed robins in his yard recently. The passage adds a surreal aside about a man recalling pink kittens with green stripes walking on walls and ends with a caution to stop drinking the stuff.
A witty line celebrates an unusually mild February on the 17th, noting how a June day would be rarer. The speaker imagines a rare weather contrast to amuse readers.
The quote suggests a man’s estimation of his own ability sets the limit others will recognize. the world rarely values him higher than his own view, and frequently judges him more harshly than he does.
The post office department has discontinued the Abbott office numbered nine. Mail formerly sent there will now come to Ada.
Local notes report social visits and meals among families including Conleys Crusons Vaughns and Rigsbys. Health news mentions Grandma Vaughn’s improvement and Mrs Davis with Annie McCulloc aiding singing after Sunday school led by Rev. Peck. Regular church services occur every third Sunday.
Proceedings document last week list numerous payments to individuals and vendors, followed by a notice of sale of real estate from the estate of Arthur C. Love Gaddis in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. The sale is private, March 8, 1910 at 1 p.m., at Barton & Roland, Ada, with 160 acres described and cash terms.
S W Bends of Coal City Alabama fears no more liver and kidney trouble after 12 years of suffering. The ad proclaims the pills cure constipation malaria headache dyspepsia and debility and sells for 25 cents at Gwin Mays Co.
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