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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
4
A collection of satirical notes and trivia touching Edison, Rich ard Harding Davis, balloonists, Peru to New Castle, Carnegie libraries, Marconi’s wireless venture, and Young Mr. Rockefeller. The tone mixes speculation, industry buzz, and social quips with references to finance, travel, and technology.
Lipton plans another challenge with Shamrock echoing the saying that the third time never fails. A national commission on the tramp issue should bring ham sandwiches for access to the topic. An American visitor learning a Mamie Taylor inquiry found Europe still not fully invaded by foreigners.
Report notes Colorado is grappling with widespread forest fires amid unusual silence on any volcanic eruption. No correspondent has tied the blazes to a volcanic trigger, leaving authorities to focus on firefighting and prevention.
Several scientific gentlemen have peeked into the crater of Mont Pele but have not yet hit upon a plan for preventing further eruptions.
A writer contrasts a death caused by an elephant with the more common injury from a rusty nail, noting similarly fatal outcomes and suggesting no greater suffering in either case.
English noble families rapidly dispose of castles and estates to present a respectable appearance in the coronation procession plan, seeking better public impression and display of status.
Mrs. Laura Dainty Pelham argues Tagtime could redeem American music, while questioning whether the music is worth saving under this condition.
Rumor holds that Lord Sholto Douglas, recently running a Seattle saloon, will be asked at the coronation to step back and take a seat rather than advance.
A New York man died recently from overexertion while playing ping pong prompting critics to frame the game as a societal menace and urge caution in recreation.
Scientists who wish to return will delay inspecting Mont Pelee to discover why it has a dark brown taste, hoping the volcano regains calmer behavior before an expedition.
A Martinique official resisted urging people to flee, clinging to office as danger neared, the report notes. The governor prioritized staying in power over timely evacuation for residents.
Bishop Spalding argues women shoulder three fourths of humanitys sins. He contrasts with Adams faulting Eve for half of the sins in his era.
The article notes that going bareheaded is spreading in Washington and is mainly adopted by men who did not spend their last year’s savings on new Panama hats. This reflects a cautious, cost‑saving attitude influencing daily attire.
A Staten Island fatality prompts calls for a high track side boiler plate fence to shield the public from erratic drivers. Officials emphasize stronger barriers as the solution to ongoing dangers.
President Roosevelt informed Congress of his stance on Cuban reciprocity after consulting leaders, stressing duty to Cuba, fairness, and the aim to foster a mutually beneficial economic arrangement. He warned against tariffs or rebates and highlighted links to future West Indies and Isthmian canal interests.
The President urges Congress to enact substantial tariff reductions for Cuban imports arguing moral and national interest reasons. He cites McKinley and Palma appeals and notes the tariff law allowed a limited twenty percent cut for one country while protecting others. He says a workable reciprocity plan should favor Cuban agriculture and industry while preserving the U S protective system.
Cherokee summer normal school opened in the female seminary building at Tahlequah. Instructors include Prof. Elmer Essley Miss E J Rider Miss Minnie Puterney and U S Supervisor of Schools C S Coppock. Large attendance of teachers reported.
Gov. Johnston says distribution of a $20,000 relief fund for indigent Chickasaw citizens will begin soon. He notes enumerators have gathered names. aid will be given to those in need without regard to politics as the fund is exhausted.
Prof. C. M. Gould of the University of Oklahoma travels with the Oklahoma geological survey from Norman toward Yukon to study gypsum and salt deposits. The party will operate with wagon, tent, and camp gear, surveying western counties, Texas, and the Indian Territory through September, with plans to publish a report next winter.
The Choctaw nation Jones academy campus hosts twenty tents and forty teachers at the new normal with strict military rules. Captain S L Morley commands the teacher company while several young ladies plan to form a competing drill unit after girls arrive. Geary voters face a June 25 bond issue of 27000 dollars with 2000 for water prospecting and the rest for waterworks.
An Oklahoma City woman assaulted another using the butt end of a whip in a recent incident. The victim reported injuries and police are investigating the motive and suspect details.
Lawton reports a new mill for gold and silver ore recovery to be built within four months at a cost of 15000 dollars. Shawnee Mining contracted United States Stewart Oxidizing to construct the plant about nineteen miles northwest in the Wichita mountains. The facility features a forty horsepower engine, sixty horsepower boiler, fifty ton crusher and oxidizer with suitable buildings and appliances. The patent reclaiming process, used in Cripple Creek, proves practical and signals ore in paying quantities.
The Louisiana leper home houses thirty six inmates including nine teen males and seventeen females. Five Sisters of Charity nurses care for the unfor tunates. The leper colony operates as a state institution.
Hon T Y Fitzpatrick of Kentucky writes from the National Hotel Washington praising Peruna as a natural nerve tonic that strengthens nerves and regulates blood flow. The ad claims catarrh cures and invites readers to write Dr Hartman for free medical advice at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
English baby carriages are imported in New York in larger numbers than ever before and some are among the costliest manufactured, with prices as high as 100 dollars.
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