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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1910
Page
3
Figures from the Educational Department show that the five year adoption period under a Democratic administration would save Oklahoma people about 1,113,000 dollars. The data lists prices of Territorial State Advance geography Primary geography Advanced US History and other books in the same series.
The justice department will press the Haskell town lot cases in Oklahoma. Attorney General Wickersham and President Taft agreed the matter should go to a jury early in June. The report notes the plan as official policy.
Dr and Mrs Breco depart to Montreal and northern cities for about two months. Vernon family to relocate to Wyncoat Wyoming. Dr Truax heads to Guthrie for State Eclectic Medical Assoc meeting likely to be president this year. Colberg box supper nets 39.25 for W O W and LO O F hall. Local candidates and contests raise near 3.00 in bake sale. pretty girl contest draws about 19. Shattuck hired as Roff schools superintendent from Muskogee. Dr Sears preaches on Europe trip to be undertaken in coming months.
Francis Wigwam notes that drilling machinery for test wells at Francs has arrived from Tulsa and dual drilling is expected to begin before the 25th of the month. Charley Everly earns Socialist nomination for Pontotoc county district court clerk. Francis school ends an eight month term and plans nine month terms starting next year with school starting early September.
Miss Mary Brown, teacher for grades five and six, leaves Allen to join Ada public schools for the coming year. Dr W B Berninger departs for Indianapolis for a four to six week post graduate course on child diseases. His wife and Mrs Sidney Berninger will visit Dundas NL. A hailstorm struck the area with large stones but caused little damage. Miss Elizabeth Simpson of Woodlawn Alabama is named supervisor of Allen public school's primary department for next term. She is a State Normal graduate and experienced in modern primary methods.
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The article discusses aeroplane safety after Leon Delagrange’s fatal crash at Bordeaux due to a wing breaking in strong wind. It contrasts his monoplane design with Latham’s twin-wing system, noting that separate wing mounts allowed controlled landings, while Delagrange’s connected wings led to total collapse.
A travel account recounts an interview with Chiapas governor about the 1526 Chiapanec rebellion. The story describes mass deaths as families leaped from cliffs or streams to avoid Spanish bondage, with estimates of 50 000 to 100 000 dead and only about 2 000 saved.
In New York a leopard named Clayton turned on trainer Mrs. Pauline Russelle during a rehearsal at Huber's museum. The attack left Russelle severely injured. helper Harry Hendrickson fought the animal with an iron rod but Clayton also damaged him before Russelle escaped and the leopard calmed.
An inverted rainbow was seen from Rocca di Papa at 2,300 feet as a showery morning lay over the Campagna. Another double inverted rainbow was reported from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, extending above and below the horizon. The phenomenon results from the observer being above the refracting medium.
A man with a case of handbills walks into a Cincinnati restaurant run by a stern German proprietor. He plans to display railway excursion posters on the walls, but the owner resists, arguing customers would leave for cheaper ten day trips. The exchange ends with the German insisting the notices be removed.
Army posts employ a megaphone to amplify bugle notes so calls carry farther than natural sound. The device lets soldiers hear the horn at great distances, ensuring clearer communication across wide outposts.
Georgia figure J H Hale known as the Peach King nurtures a vast southern peach orchard operation, reportedly tending about 350000 trees across his extensive holdings.
Pick the choicest lot in the Donaghey Addition now offered at remarkably low prices. Investment potential is high and land this solid is scarce for a long time. If you plan a home, we offer financing with easy terms to suit buyers.
Assessor Walter Lang completed the Allen assessment including Commercial and College additions. Total assessed valuation is $225,875.72 with $111,939.00 in real estate and $104,036.75 in personal property. exemptions total $9,900.00. The district may vote bonds for water works.
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