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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
6
In a storm lit room nurse Mrs. Allen shares with Dolores the tale of Dora a consumptive heiress in New York and a brotherly uncle waiting unseen. The hospital drama centers on Dolore s father and a looming trial while a distant providence lingers over love and memory.
A narrator argues against harsh judgments of a father’s life and urges a child to be just. The spoken lines echo the idea that blame should not fall on the uncle for the father’s path, while Dora’s plans for the girl loom, and a chance at rest for the father is hinted.
Italian edict dating to papal power offers rewards for capturing brigands alive or dead. Capturing a brigand dead yields 500 dollars, capturing a brigand chief 1200 dollars, and betraying an accomplice earns 100 dollars, though such rewards are rarely paid as brigands seldom betray each other.
The text alludes to a political figure in Washington facing four years in office, amid symbols of reunification such as a silver inkwell and mirrored surroundings. It conveys weariness and ambition while criticizing stagnation in a gaudy setting.
A wave of canine hydrophobia rumors sweeps New York as circular mania appears in dogs confined by lack of drinking fountains. Experts say the heat drives dogs to seek water, and proper hydration is urged to prevent widespread fear of mad dogs.
The Missouri iPost quotes a rascal paying for a year’s subscription as capital while a thief who takes a paper without paying earns archy and faces hell after death. The editor notes the absurdity and charges into a moral digression about justice.
A boat equipped with a laboratory and pumps sprayed a ninety foot swath with a chemical, killing water lilies to the roots. The approach follows a successful method used against the water hyacinth that has blocked southern rivers and led to abandoned wharves on the St Johns.
An elderly blind Black man begging for alms is abandoned as a diminutive boy watches baseball bulletins. The man calls out angrily, accusing the boy of exploiting him to profit from the game. Local observers note the tension between distraction and entitlement amid the crowd.
The island of Formosa lies 300 miles north of Luzon and has yielded revenue to Japan every year since its acquisition. A government salt monopoly brings in 350 dollars annually, while camphor and opium exports generate about 2,000,000 dollars each year.
A historical note argues that adult captured lions may be treacherous while carnivores born in captivity can be tamed to be as gentle and affectionate as poodle dogs.
Thieves in Paris wear workmen blouses and caps like those of post office workers and call on subscribers to steal their instruments under the pretense they are out of order.
A coquette is described as fond of fancy for a moment faithless for a year fickle forever a painted doll a glittering trifle a feather a toy a bubble a transient pleasure an eternal pain an embodiment of absurdities and a collection of contradictions.
Boston Herald notes Pocahontas would feel proud if she could read Boston’s new city directory pages showing how Smiths are now prominent in the city. The quip highlights generations of Smiths rising in Boston society.
A playful note describes how heat waves blend with worry and avoidant behavior into a reciprocity tangle where heat feeds worry and worry feeds the avoidance in a linguistic puzzle.
A brief aphoristic reflection contrasts youth with hindsight as the young man discovers that elders possess wisdom, yet he arrives at that understanding after losing his youth. The piece emphasizes the cost of late learning and the value of listening early.
An estimated twelve million pounds of leather are needed annually to produce boots and shoes for Britain's population. The figure highlights the scale of domestic leather consumption and the material’s central role in the footwear industry.
State lotteries in Holland are to be gradually diminished over the next eighteen years until they are abolished entirely.
For the first time in twenty five years Cuba resumes cane sugar shipments to England marking a historic trade reopening. The move signals renewed commerce between Havana and British markets and could impact sugar prices worldwide.
British India imports abroad amount to 360.706 million dollars annually. The United States supplies 3.772 million dollars of this total, a figure roughly near one million dollars in a recent context. Offers are off.
The article cites New York Tribune praise for banning docking in the U S military as an official condemnation of the practice. It argues fashion and mistaken tastes fostered docking, urging owners to abandon the mutilation as valueless and degrading.
The chijol or stone tree in Mexico grows to vast size with a spreading crown and leaves of yellow red and green. Its wood is fine easily worked resists warping and bending and after cutting hardens over years until it becomes petrified. Houses built from it would become fireproof and endure as long as stone.
The new King of Servia holds the throne by position not blood and his sons may also gain crown prince status. They can claim royal cousins through Montenegrin aunts who married into old reigning families as George, the heir apparent, grows to marry a princess who will be at least serene by birth.
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