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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
19
A promotional blast urges readers to spend time on the newspaper's advertisers as a way to ease rising living costs. It emphasizes daily routines and budget concerns, urging ongoing attention to advertised offers and goods.
Warrants issued for James Williams and Andrew Williams of Kay county twenty miles west of Newkirk on peonage violations. They allegedly held and forced labor from United States citizens, threatening others who sought freedom. A New York brother allegedly recruited eight to ten colored boys from Charleston to work on the Kay county farm. A boy escaped and alerted the county attorney. US Assistant Attorney W. B. Herod notes this is the district’s first such case.
Geneva reports a Swiss National Council member has been accused of spying for a foreign power, marking the first such charge in Swiss history. Arrested in Zurich, authorities say a house search found proofs of guilt and a focus on Swiss defenses along the Italian frontier.
H Waite announces ready to receive bids for fair concessions at Pontotoc County Fair. A large restaurant is sought and extensive exhibits are expected as farmers show strong interest. Horse races are planned across the three days of the event. DARBY'S PRO PHYLACTIC FLUID ad appears with bathing claims and local druggist listing.
Western Oklahoma has received more rain than the east over the last forty days. Farmers in the arid belt see improved crop prospects and growth, boosting demand for silos and granaries in Cimarron and Beaver counties near Texas. Local men establish farming potential, noting progress this year.
The case parallels many others who used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After months with doctors and various medicines, a 25 cent bottle cured his wife’s severe bowel complaint after the second bottle. For sale by All Dealers.
New York August 1 The Standard Oil Co announced it has stopped all exportations of oil products and petroleum as these would be contraband and subject to capture and confiscation by warring nations.
A Collier's Weekly meditation on turning point moments. Ordinary people become heroic when the hour strikes, from business leaders facing crisis to workers at peril, raising to meet fate with calm resolve. What will society become if we live toward our best?
The tale recounts Lord Dysart paying a nurse to cash a single £100,000 note at the Bank of England and then producing the missing note from a bureau drawer. It notes a similar habit in a forties-era relative who kept about £30,000 in banknotes in books.
A primary grade teacher recalls a pupil named Thomas denying throwing paper wads on the blackboard with the remark mine didn't stick. The scene prompts no further investigation as the teacher remains skeptical about how many wads were thrown and when.
Two Irishmen stagger along Randolph street in rough seas of the night. One supports the other as the sobbing man pleads for freedom from a forced embrace and a proposed fight. The scene suggests a tense social encounter amid a friendly yet uneasy alliance on the street.
An English manufacturer’s agent unveils a closely woven fabric for raincoats produced in the United States. No rubber is used, and the fabric is guaranteed rain proof though smoke may pass through the point where water falls. It is claimed to be self ventilating and will not cockle up.
In a mountain tale Jim Hicks recalls a quarrel with Simmons at Beaver Dam over a meat bill. Hicks quit Simmons after being dunned, claiming the storekeeper at Beaver Dam treated him mean and that the debt was never paid in full. The exchange occurs after Hicks meets Tom Wade near Windy Gap as Hicks returns with flour.
In Delhi's ancient Mogul capital two famed buildings remain the Diwan-i Am and Diwan-i Khas. The Peacock throne, six by four feet, stood in a back wall recess, gilded with gold and gems and topped by 12 pearl columns, valued at 30 million dollars before Nadir Shah seized it in 1739.
Scientific American argues using Stefan’s law that at 80 degrees latitude two million years ago with a sun larger by about 50 percent Earth’s mean temperature would near 90 C enabling life starting near the poles. It also foresees in under two million years a sun smaller by one tenth to make equatorial temperatures drop below freezing.
The piece argues that getting a good photograph is largely a compliment to the sitter. It notes that facial expressions in photos often miss subtle emotions, sometimes preserving flaws while capturing a convincing but uncharitable likeness. It concludes the camera lacks charity and can be a liar.
A Puck cartoon mocks home economy fetishization with a worried Old Man on a doorstep noting his wife’s absence and household mishaps. The dialogue lampoons magazines and makes light of domestic pursuits, including a freckle remedy and a rushed pudding recipe. Interestingly the daughter is injured by an improvised home mechanic tub.
The advertisement asserts three benefits from THE NEWS' advertisers including fixed prices, worry-free purchasing, and proven quality. It claims you won’t haggle over price and you won’t doubt product quality, promising the best options in the city.
A night on New York Citys East Side shows bedraggled men and women, many children, and exhausted parents sleeping on curbs and doorways. Reportage portrays heat, filth, and poverty as the streets glow with gaslight and morning dawn ends another long night.
Summer constipation is described as more dangerous due to contaminated foods and excessive cold beverages. The ad claims Po-Do-Lax increases bile and acts as a laxative to clear congested waste, promising quicker relief and better feeling. Available for 50 cents at druggists.
Washington reports that postmasters will not urge or act as agents to induce nonordered recipients to accept cash on delivery or insured parcels. An official order from the Post Office Department explains such parcels are sent to unwitting addressees to push sales or collect payments. Recipients may freely accept or refuse deliveries.
Jim Lewis George Ferguson and Miss Mattie Dennis were visiting B H Lowery and family. They have left for their home in Nashville, Tennessee, marking the end of their stay with the Lowerys.
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