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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
8
A judge describes how spending time in jail shaped his mercy. He recalls one week in prison and a lifetime of understanding what sentences mean. The district attorney notes three months, while the judge emphasizes firsthand hardship before ruling.
A Camden business man keeps a recently arrived Irish servant girl at home. A telegram for him arrives. the girl shows it to her mistress who hesitates to open it. The envelope bears a note about opening, implying a hidden warning or trap. The episode unfolds with confusion over the telegram’s instruction.
A guest recounts a risible incident where a wife reading about the Thaw trial while biscuits baked caused a pan to burn, leading to a comic misadventure. The tale ends with the cow found next morning in a 40 acre lot as laughter erupts among the guests.
Mme Denhardt visited a St Regis charity bazaar where an ivory gray silk umbrella used by the actress Sarah Bernhardt was put up for auction. A booth attendant sparked a lively bidding war, and a western brewer won the item for ninety dollars as Bernhardt watched with a smile.
A West Philadelphia inspector investigating water waste uncovers a tenant who reveals a constantly running water flush in a dwelling. The resident, unaware of the ongoing loss, admits four years of continuous flow, prompting a promptly summoned plumber.
A humorous exchange compares a man on ships to a sea dog and mocks a constant airship presence by calling him a skye terrier, ending with a judge’s quip about labels.
A fragment from Lippincott's shows Morrowby asking if anyone owes him anything and testing if he has overlooked debts while joking about lending five until Saturday. The terse exchange hints at social cash dealings in a casual round of acquaintances.
A North Georgia traveler is hosted by a native family at a cabin as night falls. About twenty children gather in the larger room while supper is prepared with cornbread and grease. A Miss Polly in the big house offers the family education, and the mother asks if dining room access is allowed. The eldest child recalls a dish called grave-eye that seems like sop, testing the traveler’s tale.
A 1807 milestone marked by Frederick Albert Winsor lighting Pall Mall England with gas lamps as part of Britain’s street illumination history. The idea traces to William Murdock, a Scottish mining engineer, who proposed gas in tubes and built a bag lantern that emitted flames, earning him the demon of the Cornish moors nickname.
A poetic reminiscence of mountain mornings with pine scents and fresh bread, the pull of action versus rest, hearty appetite, tranquil evenings after long hikes and trout fishing, and campfire storytelling that lingers beyond the city’s noise. The piece invites a two week escape to nature.
A London exchange recounts a courtship tale aboard a railway carriage. A gentleman greets a polite, ordinary woman who asserts friends push her toward notoriety. He learns a band awaits her at Windsor, but she reveals it is a husband. The man, startled, ducks his head and ends the journey in the next carriage.
In Hillville a willing wagon driver Eben Jenkins gives a ride to a hasty young man. The traveler boasts of distance while Jenkins delivers in mock math, joking that Hackett lies far away and the man will hoof it seven miles back. The tale ends with a sly warning of a future encounter.
A clipping notes Japan as a natural seafaring people, shaping both navy and merchant marine due to resources and geography. It also recounts a fanciful biblical tall tale about Og, king of Bashan, claiming immense height and marvels, attributed to rabbinic tradition via the New York Press.
A wild-eyed man at a pink ink table hints he is the cause of numerous city explosions. A woman across the room reacts with fear and disbelief while a companion notes the man’s occasional brain storms.
Fragmentary text describes a sunny soul as God’s evangel in a dark world and a living gospel. It contends enduring happiness beyond aging, portraying a preacherly voice that exalts a blessed disposition as an aureole to age.
In a village tale from a past era a man named Rudzka, impoverished by a long service as a valet, marries Camilla Ostvic in 1863. The bride introduces her husband to Dr Theodor Sparcek, who claims both bride and self as newlyweds. Sparcek engineers a honeymoon with the bride while the husband remains a rattled spectator.
A Dawn fire on Westminster Place prompts a maid to open all windows to let firemen in. The mistress questions the plan as the maid quips that firemen “never waits to go to the door” and jump in through windows, showcasing a comic misunderstanding.
A banquet remark by J. J. Hill prompts a caution about excessive suspicion. A story from St Paul recalls an elderly farmer and wife who plan a visit, face an attempted theft at a station, and outsmart a man who grabs a valise. The wife declares resilience and warns off confidence tricks.
A Denver hotel clerk charges a groom six dollars per day for room and board, totaling twenty four dollars. The groom protests then photographs the clerk to prove his claim of high rates. The couple leaves with the camera and telescopes as a souvenir.
A veteran narrator recalls a curious tale of marriage and misfortune. He describes how a woman’s needle in her waist, placed a year earlier, gradually affected him, leading to a claim of being “dead to rights.” The anecdote underscores caution in pursuing a dangerous liaison.
Engineer William Barclay Parsons warns against cheap work at a dinner. He cites a dairy anecdote to illustrate that lower cost often sacrifices quality, as a customer presses for six cents a quart and the clerk notes they can quickly make him yield.
Queen Victoria of Spain eschews alcohol preferring a special orange based drink with aerated water. Princess Henry of Battenburg and Princess Christian daughters are teetotalers. Children of the Prince and Princess of Wales raised teetotal. Princess Patricia of Connaught and her sister also abstain. Duchess of Argyll teetotaler with Alexandra and Maud saying wine touches their lives.
Old ballad recalls a Chester merchant spared by a loving maiden who consented to marry under the gallows. A 1784 New York criminal also escaped death this way, though a Pinkerton case later records a criminal who refused life. The note references Victor Hugo’s Notre Dame and Esmeralda’s heroic scene.
A clerk suggested a method to curb stamp misuse by placing stamps wrongly to stop people mail misrouting. The plan involved stamping only when mail is sorted, a process described as used in England. The passage notes frequent losses in continental postal handling.
Ancient Egyptian medicine was widespread with public treatment and guidance from other patients. Eye diseases received both medical and surgical care, while the Papyrus Ebers from Memphis circa 3000 B.C. remains a key source. Disease was attributed to divine anger and moral struggle, a view echoed across Africa and Asia in various forms.
The New York Press notes one man in New York unintentionally gains fame by ordering his telephone company to omit his street and house number from the directory. His name and number appear, while his address remains missing, sparking curiosity among strangers who contact the information bureau seeking the elusive address.
A West Side kindergarten teacher prompts students to share ideas on sunrise and sunset. Willie suggests God takes the sun to heaven and hides it behind His back, prompting a little girl to ask why it still shines.
A fragmentary note centers on social tension and suspicion as a speaker questions another about motives and sincerity, hinting at moral judgments and community norms without full context. The language reflects informal dialect and ambiguous stakes.
A fragmentary exchange hints at a woman known as Nell who could resist advances while the speaker recalls her bold response. The terse line suggests tension and curiosity about how she perceived the situation.
A narrator recalls a revival where his girlfriend rose to the mourners bench and sat beside a rival. He intervened by kneeling between them to separate them, claiming he prevented the rival from marrying the girl, noting youth is fleeting.
English society women own priceless jewels with duchesses Portland and Marlborough, Viscountess Iveagh possesses a prized necklace worth over 350000 dollars. Lady Rothschild, the countess of Dudley, Annesley, and Denman own fine pearls. Roxburghe and the Marchioness of Dufferin hold many turquoise pieces.
A garden note stresses using solid color Phlox drum monds for bold beds. Although planting in spring and moving plants indoors for protection in autumn is laborious, sturdy cuttings three inches long rooted in moist ground in three to four weeks.
A grandmother plans a special pie for Bobbie in a saucer. Bobbie replies that mother said not to be a bother, so if it is going to be trouble, she should make his pie the regular size. The light exchange reveals family humor from Harper's.
An amused exchange leads to Mr Bender signing a pledge after a playful discussion about reform. The dialogue includes Mrs Bender and Mr Bend in a lighthearted scene sparked by a globe full of goldfish. The next morning he admits shame and completes the pledge.
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