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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
9
The piece describes regional customs around All Saints Day in Brittany Alsace and northern departments. It notes fears of the dead and protective acts such as locking horses and avoiding loud doors. In Alsace gravesite lamps light all night to comfort departed souls and a noon wind is believed to be the dead thanking the living.
A German professor with access to a museum collection stole many valuable butterflies. Investigators noted mental derangement from the conduct. He sent his wife to collect while he hunted alone and endured dangerous mishaps, including nearly being struck by a train and falling into a river and pond.
The Philadelphia Record reports a peculiar epidemic among youths, a dry hacking cough blamed on indoor roller skating. Doctors note outdoor asphalt skating is healthier, as rink dust inhalation may cause the illness, suggesting indoor skating rises and falls in popularity.
In the Pawtuxet valley lived Stephen Colvin known as Uncle Stephen for strength endurance and quirks. A Providence friend asked him to drive a horse home but he offered to lead it instead and carried a bushel of meat on his shoulder over 12 miles.
Greece faces severe malaria with about 250 000 cases and 1 760 deaths yearly for a population near 2 500 000. In 1905 cases rose to 60 000 with 5 916 deaths. Professor Savas of Athens University and royal physician to King George is to lead measures against the plague.
The Rev E E Haile enjoys gardening and recalls a moment where a boy asks what a parson says when he hammers his thumb. The humorous exchange sits beside a creeping ivy scene near a gate, illustrating a light anecdote from a newspaper page.
John Thrasher of Cornish New Hampshire recounted a vivid dream to hotel guests and lawyers gathered by a comforting fire. He described dying and entering hell where lawyers crowded the fiery chamber, provoking laughter and surprised reactions from the crowd.
In Barnstead New Hampshire during the early sixties a local character known as Capt Bill battles his daily grog habit. He tries to pass a saloon without entering and, after walking past, turns back proudly declaring that he has done well and deserves a treat. The anecdote preserves the village flavor and humor of the era.
A rising novelist recalls reading his tale to Mark Twain and receiving blunt feedback that pared grandeur to realism. Twain questioned a romantically phrased ending, joking about nibbling a girl's back hair, prompting a humorous reflection on taste and decorum.
A prominent Haverhill resident was arrested for unlawful liquor sales. A half flask of brandy was found during search. The jury sought access to the flask and later returned not guilty, declaring there was not enough evidence to go around.
A Boston Herald writer recalls Charley Linnehan the contractor using a sidetrack on the old Boston and Lowell line in East Cambridge to store sand. A very tall man sought work, but Linnehan refused, saying the applicant was too far from the job.
A German bacteriologist's experiment showed typhoid spread from infected to healthy mice, with ants moving between cages. Analysis found ants' bodies carrying typhoid germs, revealing a potential vector for transmission.
Nell recalls Mr. Hunter praising a young woman as pretty and expresses his regret that she has no money. Belle confirms his kindness and financial concern as a motive in their courtship.
Elder Hitchcock once led Grace church in Haverhill and Manchester district. During a morning service a lively boy named John who wriggled through the sermon earned a sudden halt when the preacher pointed and commanded Stop John. The quiet that followed showed the power of his dramatic preaching.
A physiologist explains daily weight changes from meals and sleep, noting gains at breakfast and dinner offset by losses overnight and between meals. He concludes average dinners add about two pounds, with total daily gain near five pounds, suggesting digestion and brain work could adjust accordingly.
Rear Admiral Coghlan, commandant at the Brooklyn navy yard, shared a tale on avoiding the last word. A minister seeks the dead man’s last words and learns the father died with his wife at his side, a quip about the family’s presence at the end.
A girl carries a bureau and explains to turn the looking glass to balance light on both sides of the body. She cites Sherlock Holmes noting that the side most lit will groom better, while the neglected side fades, creating obvious lop sidedness over months.
A social settlement worker tells a Moses tale to mission school children. When asked who found the baby in the river a child says a beautiful lady. The class names Moses mother and answers a question about his upbringing with a clever girl’s misheard ending.
A terse exchange hints at betting culture and racing circles. Wise notes the ace horses keep him busy while Spoart probes about a baker and pawnbroker in a fragmentary dialogue.
A Harvard physics lecturer Professor Lovering, long deceased, once spoke to a restless class of 1890. He demonstrated an electrical machine and quipped that it is “turned by a strong crank.” The line followed a stern lecture on behavior, sparking a notable classroom sensation.
The largest extinct egg belongs to the aepyornis, the bird linked to Sinbad’s roc. Madagascan fossils show the creature stood over 20 feet tall with a long neck and legs like a giant ostrich. Only six eggs survive, valued at 200 to 300 dollars each, each about a foot long and able to hold 135 ordinary hen eggs.
A writer argues that a man’s hat exposes his character and governs public perception. Conventions and fashion act as iron laws, punishing even great figures for trivial hat placements, while a woman’s hat angle remains acceptable.
A Berlin tell of Prince Bismarck as Prussia’s early delegate to the Frankfort diet. Treated with indifference, he received a room without a bell. He later had his valet shoot a pistol to summon aid, prompting a dramatic hotel alarm and finally a bell for the Prussian representative.
The Boston Museum engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams recalls Mrs Williams breaking midscene to quip Wanted a nurse after a crying baby. The child’s mother retorts No Irish need apply, a moment that highlights 19th century theater clash with immigrant audiences.
A Chicago gambler named George frequented a Chinaman’s den to smoke opium and gamble daily. He borrowed ten dollars with promises to repay by noon next day if alive, then vanished. By afternoon a friend searched for him and was told George had died.
Bowden a blind fish peddler from Marblehead Massachusetts wends his way up Harris street into the old burying ground crying for mackerel He finds a gravestone and jokes about the dead not wanting his fish as he seeks to exit the yard with his wheelbarrow.
Mr Storri ngton Barnes explains he tried executive plays but faces low attendance. Even the few attendees seem to wish they had stayed home, reflecting ongoing discouragement for elevating the stage.
A Scottish merchant once overpaid a crossing sweeper who vanished. The sweeper returned later dressed as a businessman with two clerks, claiming higher receipts that day and returned the merchant’s half sovereign. He then quipped the merchant had forgotten his usual sixpence.
Dr Hinde reports cannibalism among Botetela allies used against Arabs in a two year Congo war. He claims corpses were cooked and smoked to feed the force and camp followers, reducing disease risk by removing dead bodies after battles. The account cites a novel wartime gain from the practice.
Rescue work by Brighton engine 34 amid a Allston fire was interrupted when an old man pushed through the crowd and urged a firefighter to return inside to save his glass eye worth 20 dollars. He also asked for a box of curls said to have been cut from a child years ago.
A Smithsonian Institution scientist in Washington plans to publish a report arguing play is a true instinct in lower creatures. He notes that like humans, young animals show stronger play urges and classifies animal play into play hunting make believe play fighting building play nursing play and imitation among others.
A fragment recalls Miss Anteek's sensitive attitude as disputes wrap around her age. Col Bragg's reminiscences trigger her agony though she knows he is wrong, noting an event from about thirty years ago.
Reports from El Paso describe a hard fought clash in Sonora east of Guaymas near Lenzo station where Yaqui forces clashed with Mexican troops. The Lencho raid last December sparked a continued pursuit leading to a sizeable engagement on Wednesday.
Chief Porter and delegation from the Creek Nation filed a protest with the Indian Affairs Committee against removing restrictions. They claim many Indians are not competent to manage affairs and would be defrauded of property if allowed to alienate.
After a Democratic Senators conference, Senator Overman will draft a letter to an Oklahoma convention member outlining why they advise against racial distinctions in the proposed state constitution. The letter represents the views of all Democratic Senators.
Attorney General Cromwell announced a new rate sheet from the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad reducing coal freight to Oklahoma points. The average drop is 14.50 per car and 0.364 dollars per ton, with Guthrie and Oklahoma City at 15 cents and Mangum at 80 cents. Enforcement sought immediately under the Hepburn bill. Similar changes are being prepared by another railroad.
The first semi annual meeting of the Oklahoma Retailers Association will be in Oklahoma City January 29 and 30. A. L. Kirby of Owl serves as president. The program features timely topics for merchants and promises pleasure and profit for New State retailers.
United States Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan died at his residence in the city at 8:45 p.m. Thursday following an acute edema of the lungs attack after 8 o'clock. He had been stricken shortly after 8. Reconstruction of the event indicates a sudden fatal illness ending a long political career.
The canning factory building is under erection and machinery ordered. Stockholders and interested parties are urged to meet at the News office Saturday night at 7 30 to discuss important matters.
Mrs G M Isham of Francis died Wednesday night after a prostration of 24 hours from paralysis. She was a noble wife and mother. Brother Isham and her daughters receive universal sympathy in their bereavement.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions DeWitt & Co and a puzzling line about Sade Mowts and Nickie. No clear event or actions are described, leaving the exact business notice or obituary to reader interpretation. The readable part highlights the company name and uncanny wording.
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