Ada Mer Making Good at Camp Travis
Ada Evening News notes soldiers from Ada Oklahoma at Camp Travis Texas in July 1918. Fred Gay of the 19th Co later joined the 29th Co 8th Bn 165th Depot Brigade promoted from corporal to supply sergeant. Mario Giorgio Tonini of the 37th Company aids new recruits with clothing and shoes. A reader cites Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy saving a Des Moines child from dysentery and reports of its use by the author.
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165Th Depot Brigade
Camp Travis
Texas
Ada Evening News
Fred Gay
Ada
Okla
Fred
Gay
165Th
Mario Giorgio Tonini
Ashland
Kansas
Chamberlain
William Whitelaw
Des Moines
Iowa
McKeown Predicts U S Will Send 3 Million Men to France
Drumright Oklahoma July 28 Congressmen Tom McKeown Ada spoke to about 5000 people predicting the United States will have three million men in France by September 1919. He said the draft age would not be lowered but advanced to forty five years.
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Drumright
Okla
Tom McKeown
Ada
United States
France
List of men called army service
The local board has completed the list of registrants to be called about August 8 and sent to Camp Fremont on the west coast. The eighteen named include Ira Pinley Layton Chilcutt Jesse Roddy Sam Thompson James L. Roff Theodore Alec George Rance Jones Clarence Leroy Davis Grover Cleveland Fish Abraham Lincoln Degroff Ben Vancleve William Earl Owensby Homer D Ledbetter Raymond Misenheimer. Six Negroes have been called to report August 2 and will be sent to Camp Dodge Des Moines Iowa: Johnnie Hall Willis Akers Simon W Johnson Nelson Wade Henry Samson Lifily Black.
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Camp
Fremont
California
Ira Pinley
Layton Chilcutt
Jesse Roddy
Sam Thompson
James L. Roff
Theodore Alec George
Rance Jones
Clarence Leroy Davis
Grover Cleveland Fish
Abraham Lincoln Degroff
Ben Vancleve
William Earl Owensby
Council of Defense Disposes of Cases in Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc County Council of Defense executive committee met Monday in the courthouse to try disloyalty or war obligation cases filed with the secretary. Five complaints were dismissed after parties met the council demands. the names of those meeting obligations without trial will not be published. A follow up meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 12 with several cases set for trial.
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Pontotoc
Glass 2 Will Be Drawn On Soon
Washington reports General Foch will rush Americans to France for the remainder of the summer and early autumn. Hundreds of thousands of national army men are ready and all allied tonnage will be used. Officials say another million Americans could finish the war before snow flies. Draft plans shift as Class 1 may exhaust, forcing Class 2 drafts in January.
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Washington
Marne
Foch
France
Belgium
War Department
Baker
Hinery
Congress
Crowder
Open Letter to Pontotoc Cattle Inspectors on Dipping Law
A Pontotoc County candidate declares intent to end the state dip law and seeks public response from cattle inspectors W B Gay and F C Krieger. He requests details on tick infection levels, county dip funding, exemptions, federal inspections, and timelines for ending the program, with publication across seven local papers. He has traveled widely to gather support and will address further officials if needed.
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W. B. Gay
F. C. Krieger
Pontotoc County
Agricultural Department
Oklahoma City
Federal Department
Washington
Ada Weekly and
Daily News
Ada Star- Democrat
Ada Pontotoc County
Allen Hustler
Roff Eagle
Francis Wigwam
Stonewall News
Commissioners Court
What Soldier Boy Does With His Pay
The AP reports from Camp Beauregard, Alexandria La, that a machine gun company enlistee earns $33 monthly. He sends $15 to his mother, $5 on Liberty Bond, $6.50 for insurance, leaving $6.50 or about 21 cents a day. He plans to open a savings account with the idle wealth.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Camp Bauregard
Sam
Austrian Socialists Seek War Terms Agreement
Austrian Social Democrats call for immediate government negotiations with Germany to jointly fix war aims and peace terms. They reiterate willingness for peace without annexations or indemnities and accuse the Austro-Hungarian government of not acting decisively against the German military party that currently dominates.
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Amsterdam
Social Democrats
Lawher House
Germany
Vienna
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Local Doctors and Offices in Ada Oklahoma
Dr C A Thomas veterinary surgeon lists office phone 51 and residence 539. Dr F R Laird dentist operates in the First National Bank Building Ada Oklahoma.
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Co. L. Orr, M. D. Res
N. Miss. Ave
First Nat’l. Bank
F. R. Laird
First National Bank
Ada
Okla
Mrs Furman Illness Moves Toward End in City Hospital
Mrs Henry M Furman wife of the late Justice Furman remains gravely ill at St Anthony's hospital in Oklahoma City according to her doctors and may pass away soon Otis Weaver reports from the hospital visit shared with Shawnee News Herald.
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Furman
Henry M. Furman
Justice Furman
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Oklahoma City
Otis Weaver
Poultry remedy promises earlier moult for hens
Get ready as hens shed feathers and molt, with B A Thomas Poultry Remedy helping hens molt earlier so they are ready to lay when eggs peak in winter. Agnew Milling Co. of Ada Oklahoma offers the product and guarantees satisfaction if it does not work.
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B. A. Thomas
Agnew Milling Co
Ada
Oklahoma
Conspirator Promoted Naval Attache Boy Ed Recognized
New York July 27 Captain Boy Ed former German military Attache in Washington whose recall was demanded by the American government because of his role in German propaganda has received official recognition by Emperor William. The Cologne Gazette reports a speech by him referring to him as Naval Captain von Boy Ed.
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New York
Boy- Ed
Washington
Emperor William
Cologne Gazette
Ere
von” Boy-Ed
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