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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
7
The narrator recounts a perilous trek behind enemy lines in Belgium. He abandons a river boat, hides in woods, navigates villages, and passes German soldiers by feigning Belgians, enduring nerve shredding moments and a tense near discovery. Freedom hinges on careful camouflage and luck.
The narrator recalls a tense nighttime episode with a German soldier who searched him for hidden potatoes, a common contraband in occupied Belgium. He avoided arrest by hiding the heavy bottle and feigning deafness, then slipped away toward a city gate and a chance passport to Holland.
In Ashland Kansas a Des Moines Iowa man recalls a neighbor's story of using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy to save his daughter at the point of death from violent dysentery. The family physician had given no hope before the remedy was tried. The man also reports personal success with the remedy.
Considerable activity noted in Pontotoc County oil fields with several promising prospects. The Bayou well by Bayou Oil Co in 33-5-7, drilled by MacThwaite Oil & Gas Co, shows gas and potential as a producer. Highnote well in 15-4-7 shows early results. the sand is anticipated within a week. Near Hart in 29-3-4 the Tri-State group drills between 700 and 800 feet, about a mile from the old Lewis well in 13-3-3. Magnolia Petroleum Co. moves from a dry hole in 31-5-8 to a new site, planning a hole in 34-5-7.
Agnew Milling Co of Ada Oklahoma promotes B A Thomas Poultry Remedy to speed moulting and induce earlier feather shedding so hens will be ready to lay when eggs peak in winter. If the remedy fails, they guarantee satisfaction.
New York Aug 1 German government allegedly spent 30 50 million dollars on propaganda in the United States and got nothing for it Viereck pro German publicist testified at the inquiry Becker said officials favored buying influential newspapers to shape opinion He claimed purchases could have kept America from entering the war A federal grand jury decision on the alleged sale of the Daily Mail to Germany was expected within days.
Classified notice seeks to buy a 200 acre farm in Ada Oklahoma. Contact A Braly at Box 538 phone 73 for cash offer details. Listing appears as a private sale request in a historical newspaper fragment.
London Aug 1 The Associated Press reports Luxemburg has endured four years under German military rule with limited destruction but repeated air raids by the Germans. Despite propaganda, Luxemburgers view the German occupation as the cause of raids and protest their anti-aircraft measures as ineffective.
Bart Smith promotes Red Cross Amrico Tooth Paste boasting enamel safe cleaning and antiseptic benefits. The ad touts more than one hundred other Red Cross Remedies and Toilet preparations sold and guaranteed.
The Associated Press reports German is banned as a basic language in Santa Catarina Brazil with Portuguese made the official medium. Before Brazil entered the war a district there housed 134 German only schools, now German is to be taught only as a subject.
The Dutch chamber appropriated ten million dollars for lodging and sustenance of prisoners of war interned in the Netherlands. The expense will be reimbursed by Britain and Germany.
An old advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for billious attacks claiming the tablets tone the liver, cleanse the stomach, and relieve constipation. It asserts quick recovery after taking three tablets and prices them at a quarter.
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