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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1918

Page

6

Social Democrats Back Wilson in Peace Drive

London dispatch reports a mission from the Social Democratic League of America seeks to assure Entente Socialist leaders that America backs President Wilson and his peace terms to the limit. The group argues united labor support will deter a German peace offensive and end pacifism among allied socialists.

London Associated Press England France Social Democratic League of America America Wilson Europe John A. M. Simons Louis Kopelin Alexander Howat Kansas United S Austria Germany United States Entente National Cayce Paci

Unclear list of residents from multiple towns

A fragmented OCR item lists individuals with ages and home towns including Vanoss Ada Sulphur Stonewall Lula and related names such as E. I. Walker 18 Lona Wheat 18 Harry H. Parson 23 Ruth Ellison 27 Wm. Ballard 19 Filorrie Jones 18 E. H. Barron 36 Gracie Price 18 T. L. Cook 39 Ethel Mc Clary 27 Joe Harland 42 Luella Whitesides 24 Alfred Bruno 21 Lizzie Mitchell 21. The text lacks context indicating why the names are grouped. The source reads as a roster fragment from a local directory or notice.

Stonewall E. I. Walker Vanoss Lona Wheat Harry H. Parson Ada Ruth Ellison Wm. Ballard Filorrie Jones E. H. Barron Gracie Price T. L. Cook Ethel McClary Joe Harland Luella Whitesides Alfred Bruno Lula Lizzie Mitchell

Proficient Instructor Ends Dinner Nightly Lesson

A father finds a vacant chair and learns his son Harry has been heard swearing on the street. The mother confirms, the father storms upstairs in anger, slips on the stairs, and humorously ends with a lesson remark. The tale appears as a Harpers Magazine anecdote.

Harry Richard Harper’s Magazine

Local Happenings Overseas Highlight Quiet Pusey Scene

Miss Bessie Pryble of Yukon and Miss Jennie White of Oklahoma join Mrs. P. R. Elkins as guests abroad. A parade of visitors arrives from Sulphur Bluff, Hugo, Honey Grove, Fort Smith, and Strathors across Oklahoma and Texas with army duty, revivals, and travel notes.

Bessie Pryble Yukon Jennie White Oklahoma P. R. Elkins Hubert Glaze Sulphur Bluff Texas M. J. Stuart J. L. Ag Rew H. B. Roach Hugo Bailey M. Bobbitt Fort Sill The Army Bonnie Grimes First Baptist Church Honey Grove

Mrs Cora Pritchett Visits Father in Daily Record

Mrs. Cora Pritchett has been visiting her father W. R. Brandon during a stay noted in Monday's Daily. The item records family time and location, with no further details on dates or events.

Cora Pritchett W. R. Brandon

Cannon long term of service in Congress would match record

Washington August 13 With a twenty second term possible Uncle Joe Cannon would tie William Boyd Allison for longest combined and House service. Cannon began in 1873 and has since led the House, with gaps in 1890 and 1912. Morrill also served forty three years.

Washington Illinois Joe Cannon Congress House William Boyd Allison Iowa Allison Justin Morrill Vermont Morrill

Mrs Anna Ingram Heads Fort Worth to Visit Noble Young Tones

Mrs Anna Ingram left this afternoon for Fort Worth to visit her Noble Young Tones, and is alone in the home of W K Chaney.

Anna Ingram Fort Worth W. K. Chaney

Czar's Siberia Journey Told by Red Cross Mission

The American Red Cross mission to Romania recounts a train trip across Siberia that carried former Emperor Nicholas II and his family to Tobolsk. The conductor, a Bolshevik supporter, notes the royal family’s desolation and lack of salutes in stations as soldiers declare equality now. Nicholas spoke little and ate sparingly while guards indulged in wine and cards.

Associated Press London American Red Cross Romania Acros Siberia Nicholas Toblosk Trans-Siberian

Gloucester Shipyard to Build Four Grand Ways

Gloucester New Jersey August 14 construction of four mammoth ways at the new shipyard of the New York Shipbuild ...

Gloucester N. J New York Shipbuil

Weather and War News From the Local Area

Dry hot weather cripples crops risking poor cotton yields while war mobilization continues. Two 1918 graduates left for Camp Fremont California with more to be called around August 26. Oil wells run steadily as Dr Sharp relocates to Francis for practice and Fireman Payne recovers from a yard collision injury.

Camp Fremont California Sharp Stonewall Francis Payne

German Ukrainian Commercial Association Formed in Munich

Amsterdam reports that to win the Ukrainian market for German manufacturers, a German Ukrainian Commercial Association has been formed in Munich Bavaria. Seven German chambers of commerce and 500 members have joined the new group.

Amsterdam Munich Bavaria

Miss Ruby West Visits Beatrice Bovee at Atoka

Miss Ruby West is spending the week end with Miss Beatrice Bovee at Atoka, sharing time together in the Arkansas town and enjoying the weekend visit.

Ruby West Beatrice Bovee Atoka

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