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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
9
A bustling mix of lively, dated sketches. Mrs O Flyyn discusses flying machines with Mrs Mc Carthy as talk turns to air travel from New York to Chicago. The piece pairs a oddball weather vane of tech hopes with a hospital humor anecdote and a peculiar recipe card.
A ruler asks a Cook in a skit if she can entertain guests while the mistress works. The applicant lists traits and limits on children and duties, admitting no theater skills, no gowns, and few talents beyond dress and routine tasks. The tester declines, saying she seeks someone who can entertain guests.
The Louisiana, the most advanced battleship yet built, has returned to Newport News after speed trials and is being fitted out for sea. Chicago Record-Herald notes her superior speed, armament, and coal capacity, predicting she would defeat any rival. Consul Brittain reports Japan subsidized a Buenos Aires run to import wool and wheat for its army. An English paper comments on the same scheme.
United States Consul Fleming in Edinburgh explains why many American commercial travelers fail in Scotland. He cites careless methods, improper introductions, and misreading Scottish business structure as key faults, urging travelers to study firm heads and avoid calling on department heads in hotels.
The document hints at a couple’s vow and a public debate over a controversial proposal. Red-haired individuals are mentioned, with unclear dates and motives. Further context from the Free Press is needed to confirm specifics and outcomes.
A London scientist argues metropolis life sharpens children yet erodes true cleverness by speeding unnatural brain development. He says city children become superficial and excitable, blasé and discontented, seeing many things but grasping few, due to limited time and capacity to probe the world.
A fragment from Chicago Daily News notes Eva-Catharine as a bold hunter with a striking line about her husband weighing 318 pounds. The quirky caption hints at humorous bravado and dated journalism.
Uncle Billy Smith describes a train wreck aftermath where a lawyer helped him claim damages. He lists losses of clothing plus a $200 “shock to your feelin's” fee, saying the lawyer converted sympathy into cash and changing his view of lawyers.
Mrs. Sarah J. Harper Starr of Belle Vue is buried in Zelienople after a 1849 Cincinnati marriage noted for ecclesiastical impact. She opposed the word obey in the church rite, aided by Rev. Maxwell Gladdis, and her wedding prompted a conference review that led to striking the phrase from Methodists ritual.
In Oklahoma the secretary of state says county seat fights will drive nonpartisan delegate picks for the constitutional convention. Democrats may gain in southern districts while Republicans lose ground in northern districts. In Chicago a federal grand jury indicted Standard Oil on 6428 counts for rebates tied to tank car shipments from Whiting Indiana.
Historical overview traces lotteries from ancient Rome to medieval Europe and England. It notes the first English state lottery in 1569, profits funding harbors, suppression of private lotteries under Queen Anne, and government lotteries up to 1824 with substantial annual profits.
The Dallas News reports on August 24 that the cotton crop has worsened due to heavy rains and pests, with Texas 8.1 percent better than 1905, Indian Territory 4.5 percent better, and Oklahoma 12 percent better. The piece includes ginned quantities and acreage changes from June and compares to 1905 figures.
A defendant faces a charge of beating his wife while drunk. He replies that if he had been sober, his wife would have beaten him, highlighting a comic defense stance observed by the New York Press.
Mayor J P Wood advocates renaming Ada to Winona City with Winona meaning first born daughter and motto nulli secundus. Supporters cite Choctaw-Chickasaw roots and historical resonance. rivals prefer Granville Princetonada or a Princeton Ada blend.
Poland China hogs offered for sale two miles north of Ada I T. Pedigree provided with each animal. Satisfaction guaranteed. Contact Joe Rushing.
Wynnewood Oklahoma Territory August 27 The Washita river flood ruined river bottom cotton destroying the stalks and bollworms now devastate the middle and top crop. Upland cotton suffers heavy worm damage with reports of twenty seven ruined bolls and squares on a single stalk and seven live worms found on another.
A medicine advertisement promotes Dr Mendenall’s chill and fever cure claiming it is pleasant and readily taken by any child. It asserts it will outsell competing remedies at a signed event hosted by G M Ramsey, a druggist.
United States Marshal G A Porter issues a district wide order banning malt beverages deemed intoxicating. Dealers have 48 hours to ship out stock. on August 30 1906 any malt drinks found will be destroyed and owners arrested. Several brands including Long Horn New State and Ft Worth were cited as over the alcohol limit with more analyses ongoing.
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