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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1910
Page
7
Oklahoma legislators telegraph the governor with 32 signatories split 21 in favor 7 against 4 non-committal on a special session to start around Jan. 20. Key items include re enacting county officer fee and salary laws and school land department issues.
In Muskogee County Oklahoma bootleg operations have flourished as county and state officers abandon costly raids. With 250 prohibition cases pending in the superior court Judge McCain and Prosecuting Attorney W J Crump debate whether to continue prosecutions or drop cases due to unpaid costs. Officials allegedly incur large fees for raids while forty bars operate openly.
In Muskogee Oklahoma two more arrests followed a special grand jury. Dr L F Flamm county physician was indicted for taking payments from patients and billing the county for the same services. Robert H Greer a township supplier was indicted for bribing township officers by giving a trustee ten percent kickback.
Five carloads of steel totaling ten thousand dollars have arrived for the Lawton and Fort Sill electric line and are being distributed along the route. Construction will start when weather allows and all engines will be completed by spring.
Extensive arrangements are under way for the annual state meeting of the Oklahoma Retailers association in Shawnee on January 13 and 14. Wallace Martin, President B. D. Wood of Hydro, A. W. McKeand of Oklahoma City, J. E. Foster, and C. M. Greenman will address the gathering. The past year's conditions and the association's overall progress will be discussed.
Governor Haskel directs the second Oklahoma legislature to telegraph opinions on the need for a special session. Key issues include tax relief measures, limiting levies, restricting bond issuance, splitting tax payments, extending deadlines, and a uniform officer salary bill. The request asks for locality tied views and immediate guidance.
State Public School Officers Association gathers in Guthrie next week with county commissioners and school board members from across the state. The meeting prioritizes administrative and policy issues over the recent Oklahoma City teachers’ gathering.
A gas explosion wrecked a stone building and an adjoining frame structure at Wagoner and Muskogee Oklahoma Friday. Bayless Rutherford aged eighteen and Frank Stocklassa suffered serious injuries.
Governor Haskell offers a $200 reward for the parties responsible for the December 31 Paden fire that destroyed Patterson and Seran’s store building in Guthrie Oklahoma.
Guthrie Oklahoma January plans show the state board to award February contracts for a 100000 Girls Industrial School at Chickasha and 159000 insane asylum at Vinita The board checks plans with Supervising Architect Pat Weathers and on January 24 contracts will be let for the Claremore University Preparatory Building.
In Cambridge before the Yale Harvard game two Yale students ask a passer for Harvard, only to be told the institution is locked because many Yale men are in town. The anxious Yale visitor learns Harvard has shut its doors for the day.
An advertisement asserts deafness can only be cured by constitutional remedies with a specific claim that nine of ten cases are caused by Catarrh. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo and offers a $100 reward for any Catarrh related deafness that cannot be cured. It also plugs Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A tense courtroom moment has the judge vowing to eject any future interrupter while a prisoner expresses approval with a cheer. The judge then pauses to consider the next move.
Mothers urged to examine every Castoria bottle for the seven signature marks and the phrase In Use For Over 30 Years to ensure they buy the trusted remedy for infants and children.
The text notes the swan living up to 300 years and mixes odd statements about cures and teas. It mentions Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and generic remarks about sermons and political speeches, all in a jumbled catalog-like fragment.
A Washinton DC clerk in a federal department is asked why he will marry despite a $900 annual income. He confesses no reason beyond being in love, noting personal affection as the sole motive. The remark is drawn from Lippincott's Magazine.
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria purchases what is termed the largest lot of fancy grade tobacco for Lewis Single Binder Cigars. The lot, forming twenty four carloads, is from the finest crop and is expected to supply the factory for over two years. An extra price was paid for the selection.
Snippet shows a conversation about a beautiful angel image and engagement. It mentions an engaged man describing a fiancée and uses medical imagery of tight chest and cold lungs to convey misery. The passage reflects tense emotions and confusion in a domestic or artistic scene.
An OCR fragment promotes Ball Blue cleaning product with price mention, then breaks into unrelated lines about someone paying to educate a man and a father bearing costs, lacking coherent context or outcome.
Fragmented text notes a warning about a cough turning chronic and mentions a large bottle sold by druggists. Also hints at a saying about a man's wisdom tied to a clever wife. The readable bits are sparse and lack clear event or names.
A quip from Everybody's Magazine notes Southern charm with a stingy caveat. A Georgian father tells his son to avoid pursuing women or streetcars, claiming another comes along soon. The wry line reflects regional wit and social mores of the era.
A heated exchange claims Smith is a born liar while Jones taunts him for learned deception from college, mocking crude methods and suggesting a calculated scheme behind his lying.
An advertisement claims a treatment cures itching burning bleeding or protruding piles within fourteen days or money back. The quirky copy touts guaranteed relief and refunds. It teases with humorous lines about unrequited affection and timing.
An old advertisement touts a painkiller to ease strains and sprains in muscles and nerves. It urges readers to buy in large bottles as the cheapest option and notes availability at druggists with a 23 percent discount.
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