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Newspaper

Ada Weekly Democrat

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1909

Page

7

Rifle Range At Camp Perry Hosts Five Major National Matches

From August 9 to today Camp Perry Ohio has run five major matches at the rifle range with thousands of participants. Events include the seventh annual National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice matches, the 27th annual National Rifle Association matches, the sixth annual Ohio State Rifle Association matches, the first annual Department of the Lakes Rifle Association matches, and the Ohio National Guard competition. The period saw official support by the U S Army and National Guard, with a $12 000 congressional appropriation for competitors Messing.

Camp Perry Ohio National Board For Promotion of Rifle Practice National Rifle Association Ohio State Rifle Association Department of the Lakes Rifle Association Ohio National Guard Ohio State Rifle Ohio State Rifle Ssociation Department of the Lakes R. A National Board For Promotion of U. S. Army National Guard Army Congress National du Pont Tyre

Press Rifle Match at Sea Girt Draws Noted Newspaper Men

The annual Sea Girt press match grows from a jokey origins to a notable competition. Leslie Fort presides over the Correspondents' Club as it holds meetings at the governor’s Sea Girt mansion. John Taylor Humphrey won the first prize and began the tradition of filing the cup. The event features NRA prizes, state matches, and a keen contest among newspaper men with government and military ties.

Sea Girt New Jersey Leslie R. Fort Governor Fort Lakewood Journal Governor's Sea Girt Range John Taylor Humphrey Bird W. Spencer Humphrey New Jersey Rifle Asso Lica National Rifle Association Camp Perry Sea Girl Illinois State Rifle Association National Guard Ciation National Board For National Rifle Association of America United States National Board Congress

Blondes Deemed Inferior by U S Army Doctor Sparks Chicago Debate

In Chicago and New York speakers including judges and a judge’s wife defend or dispute Maj. Charles E. Woodruff's claim that blondes are morally and physically inferior and overrepresented in jails and asylums. Insane hospitals in Illinois and prisons show no clear blonde excess, with officials noting similar or varied counts among light and dark complexions.

Chicago Charles E. Woodruff United States Army Woodruff New York State New York America Dr. Woodruff Theodore Brentano Criminal Court George Kersten Dunning State Hospital For Insane Elgin Supt Wilhite Podstata State Hospital For the Ill Clinton Elmira Reformatory

Harriman Plans Sun Room Sky Light Home Oasis

Financier E H Harriman commissions a sun room atop his Fifth Avenue and 69th Street residence. Architect Grosvenor Atterbury and Julius Peabody design a 48 by 35 foot glass enclosed sunroom with a center skylight, interior porch, and operable blinds to regulate temperature. The top story will include two bedrooms two baths and a sitting room, all opening to an open air feel with park views.

New Harriman Home Fifth Avenue Sixty-ninth Street New York Grosvenor Atterbury West Forty-third Street Atterbury Julius Peabody Cally Central Park Harriman

The Ever Changing Waist Line Waistline Wobble Cited In Advice

A wry meditation on shifting waistlines and public headlines, citing Mrs. Wilson Woodrow and a quip about accountants losing balance after work. The piece blends humor with social commentary on changing standards and personal fitness in a bygone era.

Wilson Woodrow American Magazine

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by women

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is extolled by Mrs. Lizzie Holland of Noah Kentucky after claiming relief from headaches nervous prostration and menstrual issues. The ad touts 30 years of cures for inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities backache and other female illnesses and offers free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.

Lydia E. Pinkham Noah, Ky Lizzie Holland Noah Pinkham Lynn Mass

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