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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
4
A note from the Ada Weekly Democrat recalls the Thanksgiving gobbler dressed well and muses that many boast of being self made men would realize their own failure if forced to face it. The piece appears in a 1900s Ada, Oklahoma edition with standard masthead details and staff roles.
A humorous editorial note suggests a petty revenge by gifting a rival’s children drums and tin horns to provoke disruptive, harmless mischief that will burden the foe through noisy, persistent pranks.
The remark notes how Cleveland would find grim satisfaction reading 1893 Republican accusations that he caused hard times and plotted with Wall Street against national prosperity.
Officials in Guthrie attempted to hold up the state with an exorbitant rent for city hall use by the legislature. The action is not expected to improve Guthrie’s chances of securing a permanent capital location in 1913.
The piece discusses adopting the commission form of city government for Ada and asks if an ordinance could require carnival outfits to clean litter from streets. It questions national money policy, criticizes state officials, and compares financial panic to a Christian Science cure.
The article argues for immediate legislative action to fund and begin public road construction in Oklahoma by employing convicts. It contends roads require vast funds and labor, notes state treasury limits, and claims use of convict labor would deter crime by removing idle offenders from jail and forcing work.
The piece condemns railroad firms for violating the two cent per mile law and calls for firm enforcement across Oklahoma. It contrasts punishing a petty theft with tolerating corporate looting, arguing restraint on such outlaws will curb public losses. Also included is a bankruptcy filing notice for D F Blasingame in the Southern District of the Indian Territory with a court hearing set for Ada in 1908.
An Oklahoma City man cites past banking suspensions under Cleveland as panic while claiming Roosevelt era bank closures were a holiday. He mentions Sulphur’s artesian well, rumored to gush oil gas and mineral water, and jokes about drilling to spur even more “gushing” of local lingo.
A lighted lamp in the front hall arouses disruption as a ten year old, despite kids being in bed for two hours, threatens to spoil the moment.
Oklahoma City banks raised the weekly withdrawal limit on deposits from fifteen to twenty five dollars last Monday, affecting customers and cash flow across downtown branches.
In the United States District Court in the Indian Territory Southern District Myrtle Poe sues Albert A Poe. Defendant must appear in thirty days and answer the complaint. Judge J T Dickerson presiding with court seal dated November 6 1907. Clerk C M Campbell Deputy A H Constant Huffar Stone Webb Ennis and associates represent non residents. 11 8
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