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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
4
Chicago hosts the eleventh annual American Automobile Association convention with focus on state and national road programs. Founders and leaders from the fledgling group attend as affiliates reach 44 state bodies and 450 local clubs. Highways and funding plans dominate two days of discussion.
The Ada Elks Lodge held its annual memorial service for Mitchell Katz with members and visitors in attendance. Rev. C Stubblefield offered a prayer, Judge A G Winn gave the life address, and a eulogy from the minutes was read. Solos by Gertrude Thompson and Ruth Sowers with Helen Baker at the piano accompanied. Rev M B Molloy gave the benediction.
An old style medical advertisement urges readers to take Dr Kings New Life Pills to cleanse the liver and bowels and restore health. It promotes a gentle prompt action and references a drug company and a Ram term.
Alva B. L. McDonald state chairman of the Progressive party was released on $5,000 bond after a habeas corpus filing. The charge will be reduced from murder to manslaughter as testimony showed no malice in the encounter that killed F. T. Marsh in Reno.
Topeka reports George H. Hodges officially certified as governor with a 29 vote plurality over Arthur Capper. Supreme Court denied rehearing. Hodges 167 437 votes to Capper 167 408 after 32 counties’ supplemental returns. Capper weighs contest as officials assess disputed ballots.
Promoters claim famous stage beauties fear eruptions and blemishes. Bucklen's Arnica Solvent is advertised to vanish eczema rheum and heal chapped hands, lips, burns, cuts, and bruises. Only 25 cents at Ramsey Drug Co.
A reader asks for a good grain feed to fatten an older dairy cow and boost milk. The answer recommends linseed meal as a supplement for high-producing cows, suggests easy-to-eat rough feeds like alfalfa hay or silage for a cow not doing well, and notes wheat bran as nutritious and cooling. It advises limited feeding, regular schedules, and caution with corn and kafir around calving.
The Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs operates an Educational Loan Fund begun in 1911 to help young women attend state institutions. Eight loans of 100 each have aided seven students and another in progress, with terms of repayment and renewal. Additional free scholarships are provided by local clubs and district federations to support female students.
H Trippett of Enid and his brother John Trippett of Mangum visited Ada this morning. They were early day friends of A B Yeager of Waxahachie Texas.
The Madox Drug Company bought stock in Ponayo Drug Om, Kansas City Mo and East Orange NJ, forming a New Jersey cooperative of local druggists with exclusive city sale rights. Ponayo offers fixed remedies for many diseases and guarantees customer satisfaction with money back policy.
Milton M. Garner and Miss Hettie Dial were married Sunday at 12:30 in Maxwell with Rev. A Deaton officiating. Guests enjoyed a fine dinner after the ceremony. The bride, esteemed in Maxwell, and the groom, long at Oakman and a First National Bank Stratford employee, receive best wishes.
The News reports D. Brandon, a normal student, left for Riverside California due to ill health and has shown great improvement since his departure.
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