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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
6
Pontotoc county's call for registrants sets an 85 man quota for the last of August. The order will consume most of the class 1 men among the new registrants and may exhaust the pool, necessitating draws from class.
London report from August 6 notes the Attorney General in a Prize Court hearing states large scale contraband trade between Iceland, Germany, and Austria during the early war. He cites 200,000 woolskins exported via Denmark from Oct to Dec 1914, with profits made and voyages planned to avoid British naval detection. Documents masked true intent while evidence emerged from intercepted messages.
In Missouri primary returns incomplete but unofficial counts show Senator Xenophon P. Wilfley defeated for the Democratic nomination by about 25,000 votes. Republican Sheldon P. Spencer leads Jay L. Torrey by over 20,000 votes in unofficial returns from St. Louis area.
John Ward thanks voters in Pontotoc County after a primary victory. He praises supporters and vows to serve consistently, comparing his pride in the vote to that of Tom D. McKeown and Woodrow Wilson. He pledges to conduct office honorably and avoid disappointing his constituents.
A gathering of Live Stock Breeders of Pontotoc County will convene at the courthouse on Saturday August 10 at 2:30 PM. A previous meeting on July 26 formed a partial organization. this session aims to complete the organization. President M Chilcutt urges every breeder to attend.
Datty M. C. Wilson returns from New York with a stock purchase for Stevens-Wilson Co. Notable items include I. L. Smith visiting, Dan Rogers crossing the Atlantic, and several Ada residents reporting overseas or traveling. Community notes cover local business, appointments, and practical canning and preservation tips from the Extension Division.
Wednesday's Daily Co reports F. Green leaves for a month long visit to his old home in Jonesville Virginia. Mrs. J. W. Brown has a card from her son Walter saying he arrived safely overseas. R. L. Walker of Vaness has three boys in the army with one aboard a transport ship and two at the training station.
N C Hisaw from southeast of Ada arrived today with the season’s first bale weighing 510 pounds ginned at Pontotoc Custom. It was later sold for 27 cents to W K Chaney. total sale proceeds 230 dollars with 30 dollars in seed. Hisaw, a known first bale specialist, donated 10 dollars to the Red Cross. Local merchants and banks contributed to a post sale purse of 67.50.
Twenty one young men departed Ada today for Camp Fremont California to be inducted into military service. The group includes three new registrants Ras W McAdams Layton Chilcutt Jesse Roddy James L Roff Theodore Alec George Rance Jones Francis B Hammond Claud pg te es Thos J Paul Rovenet Sobadall Co Paris. Paris Aug 6 The German long range bombardment of Paris continued this morning.
Crops are very dry with hopes for rain soon. Miss Lena Jackson and Winnie Cassady visited Miss Lovan Cope of Latta who is ill with typhoid. Henry Oliver returned from Camp Bowie with an honorable discharge. Local visits include Miss Emma and Mattie Carroll to Ada, and many neighbors stopping by. Singing hosts Knox each Sunday night. all invited.
London dispatch reports that forces which attacked in Picardy this morning have advanced at some points to depths of more than three miles, indicating significant early gains in the fighting.
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