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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
2
Muskogee progresses toward city status with a ten story hotel project. The corporation commission asserts authority to require flagmen at urban crossings. Seminole sent 28 car cattle bound for St. Louis markets, the largest shipment this year. Samuel Gompers may visit Oklahoma to influence November elections, per state labor leaders.
W M Malone of Vinita is appointed to succeed Alex Richmond of Muskogee as building and loan inspector. Richmond will move to Oklahoma City to start a business. Malone edits the Bank Guaranty Journal.
A charter is issued by Secretary of State Bill Cross to the Farmers' Union Co operative Association of EE Dorado in Jackson county. The company will capitalized at $20,000 and erect a fine gin there.
H A Krause a farmer living northeast of Frederick was accidentally shot and possibly fatally wounded while mowing oats. He had a shotgun to shoot rabbits and rode a mile home after the incident.
The corporation commission orders railroads in Oklahoma to not charge more than 2 cents per mile for cash passenger fares after July 30, prohibiting excess charges.
The Oklahoma delegation to the 48th annual meeting of the National Education Association sails to Boston for July 2 to 8 sessions. Officials expect attendance near 20,000.
A thief broke into Judge Sam Hooker’s residence in Oklahoma City and stole ten dollars and a gold watch bought in 1858, an item valued highly for its age and provenance.
W G Porter of Wakita stood before the insanity commission and was ordered to the Norman asylum after a trial on a killing charge. He claimed self defense and reportedly brooded over the incident until he suffered a mental breakdown.
Governor Haskell and Secretary of State Bill Cross relocate from the Lee Huckins hotel where they have stayed since June 11. They will take the first floor with the governor's assistants in the southeast rooms. The old high school has been remodeled for state officials.
A first mortgage deed of trust for 400000 from the Oklahoma City and Suburban Railway to the Mississippi Valley Trust Company of St. Louis is filed with the secretary of state. The twenty year mortgage bears 5 percent interest and funds construction of the line. The Oklahoma City and Suburban is capitalized at 7400,000.
Effective July 1 the secretary of the interior orders moving headquarters for district No. 5 from Checotah to Muskogee, district No. 7 from Antlers to Walahina, and district No. 14 from Tishomingo to Madill to centralize agency locations.
Alf Mowyer, a local farmer near Wade, died instantly while hunting after firing at a snake. He stopped to reload his muzzle loader on a log when the gun slipped and the hammer struck the log, tearing a hole from his left hip to his right shoulder.
The original Postal Telegraph and Cable company controlled by Clarence H. Mackey of New York will disconnect itself from Texas Postal Telegraph and Telephone, Western Union Telegraph, and Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph, and will thereafter conduct an independent business in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma County Fruit Growers Association schedules its next meeting for Saturday July 9. Discussion topics include opening a headquarters in Oklahoma City and planning a cold storage warehouse facility.
Charles West issues an opinion to the secretary of state declining to pass on whether a county may invoke a referendum on a law passed by the legislature that is local in scope. The ruling leaves the jurisdictional question unresolved and notes the limits of state authority.
On a dark night the Donna Isabel sinks leaving the crew and Doris clinging to life. The narrator plunges into icy seas to rescue a missing Cole and Doris tends him as the vessel hauls away from the wreck. Cole is lost to the lazarette as the survivors reflect on gold and fate.
John Stephens an adventurer from Massachusetts is drawn into a Chile Peru conflict and captains a ship line voyage toward a legendary treasure. A mutinous crew, mistaken captures, ghostly visions and a frozen wreck Donna Isabel spark a perilous quest for 3,000,000 pesos as the voyage nears its end.
The crew notes Cole’s break with reality after the box is opened. He works alone in the lazarette amid ice and seawater, muttering and slashing at the ice as others decide to leave him to recover in darkness. He returns to table at dinner without speaking.
A narrator recalls the first six days of a perilous boat journey. Sailors grow increasingly exhausted, desolate, and mutter about treasure as the sea and sky loom endless. Depression deepens until voices fade and the scene ends with a note to be continued.
A Life note praises Eve for securing higher education for herself and descendants, while Adam is portrayed as caring only for immediate pleasures. The brief reflects on values and the generational impact of learning.
The notice urges residents to attack flies during warm days to prevent breeding into millions. It promotes burning Pyrethrum in each room to stun and sweep up the insects, highlighting flies as disease carriers and a threat to health. It calls for community action to improve health.
A 19th century style ad and quips fragment lists Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothing, 2 oz packs for five cents, and notes on deceit and self views. It also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pellets for constipation and Lewis' Single Binder cigars with a claimed annual sales figure.
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