Highway move could boost Ada to Bromide route
Ada and surrounding towns rally behind a proposed highway from Tulsa to Bromide via Sapulpa Beggs Okmulgee Henryetta Wetumka Holdenville Sakawa Ora Ada and Roff with Lincoln Highway backing. The plan aims to connect Bartlesville to Kansas and Denison Texas, likening the road to a vital trunk line for future travel and commerce.
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Thomas
Bromide
Tishomingo
Sapulpa
Tulsa
Beggs
Okmulgee
Henryetta
Wetumka
Holdenville
Yeager
Sasakwa
Francis
Ada
Roff
Fitzhugh
Hickory
Canadian River
Lincoln Highway Association
New York City
San Francisco
Oklahoma-Lincoln Highway Association
Bartlesville
Kansas
Denison
Texas
Chicago
Gulf
Lincoln
Gen. Huerta
Europe
Trade winds back in from South America via canal
An essay argues the European war may boost US trade, especially with South America. It cites the Panama Canal as a rapid route to western South America, predicts growing inter American shipping, and notes the shift of commerce from Europe to the United States. The piece ends with an Ada County political ticket summary from the Roff Eagle.
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United States
Germany
National City Bank of New York
Frank Vanderlip
H.R. Eldrige
National City Bank
United State
South America
Brazil
United Kingdom
Buenos Ayres
Santos
Rio
Montevideo
China
Japan
Panama Canal
Europe
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
South Pacific
North Atlantic
Gulf
South Atlantic
North Pacific
Stonewall
Nick T. Heard
Roff
Arden L. Bullock
Francis
Bob Duncan
Fitzhugh
Abe Miles
Allen
Oscar J. Lee
W. T. Melton
A. D. Tanner
I. M. King
Tom D. McKe
The Cotton Warhouses Debate and Farm Crop Outlook
The piece argues for a state and federal push to build cotton warehouses to aid farmers, while warning that stored cotton plus a large next year could depress prices. It urges farmers to diversify beyond cotton to avoid oversupply and keep demand aligned with mill capacity.
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Texas
Reunion of the Simpkins Family at Ada Oklahoma
From the 10th to 12th of this month a Simpkins family reunion gathered at G. W. Simpkins home in the Egypt community seven miles northeast of Ada. Four brothers and five sisters marked the core group, first all together in forty-five years, joined by many children and grandchildren for a total of thirty six. The nine siblings are listed by age as Mrs M J Oln Lone Wolf G W Simpkins Ada Mrs Martha Ross Hastings Mrs Sarah Williams Hastings J J Simpkins Quinton J M Simpkins Minco Mrs Durinda Byrd Rex Ark A B Simpkins Havana Ark.
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G. W. Simpkins
Egypt
Ada
M. J. €Oln
Lone Wolf
Martha Ross
Hastings
Sarah Williams
J. J. Simpkins
Quinton
J. M. Simpkins
Minco
Durinda Byrd
Rex
Ark
A. B. Simpkins
Ida Wiser
Havana
Hunt's Lightning Oil touted for fast relief
Classified notice and advertisement style item describing Hunt's Lightning Oil as a fast pain remedy for rheumatism neuralgia and headaches. Includes stray dog report a black one eyed male three years old last seen at Bebee and a seed rye sale at R C Jeter's with owner Sarah Crow listed.
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Hunt
Bebee
Sarah Crow
Dodson’s Liver Tone Promises Calomel Replacement
Ramsey Drug Company markets Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for a lazy liver. The orange flavored vegetable liquid relieves constipation sour stomach and related issues without diet changes. A large bottle costs 50 cents with a money back guarantee if not pleased.
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Dodson
Ramsey Drug Company
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Ada Weekly
THE
News Publishings and Printing Company
Weaver-Masonic Block
12Th and
Broadway Street
Byron Norrell
Otis B. Weaver
Miles C. Grigsby
WM. D. Little
Pontotoc County
ADA Weekly News
News Publishing and Printing Company
Oklahoma
Fat
England
Brussels
France
Rhine
Teddy Roosevelt
al Jennings
Fighting Villa
William R. Hearst
Washington Post
Shawnee
Belgium
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Carranza
Mexico City
Villa
Diaz
U. S
T. S
Earth
the Pontotoc Co. Fair
Pontotoc County Fair Management
Cotton
Simpkins
R. C. Jeter’s
Coon
Ramsey Drug Co. Home OF Courteous Treatment
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