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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
10
Harris lists gift ideas for men including suits or overcoats priced around 7.50 and finer hosiery options. The items are framed as practical holiday selections from a department or mail order source.
Public notice of a land sale in Ada Oklahoma listing multiple tract subparts in Section One Township Four North Range Four East with Lois Ermine and Hiram Jenkins as allot holders. Sale set for December 23 at 2 PM at courthouse front door with half cash day of sale and half in one year at 10 percent interest secured by mortgage. minimum bid 1200. purchaser receives 10 percent discount on amounts over half. J A Patterson and Ray W Reed listed for information.
Washington reports about 2.5 million dollars in Christmas tree business expected to change hands over the next two weeks starting today. A federal quarantine on baby pines due to gypsy moth damage is designed to avoid hindering the trade while protecting forests. Officials note the United States consumes a substantial portion of the seasonal supply as the total cut remains to be determined.
Rev D A Shaw new First Methodist pastor preached two sermons to about 800 here last Sunday. He has served in Tishomingo Ardmore Carter Avenue Ardmore Canadian and Crowder before arriving in Wilburton. He is brother to State Senator C C Shaw and widower with seven motherless children.
The writer notes that an early wasteland of belief could make 1913 a record year as Easter Sunday falls on March 23, one of the earliest possible dates.
A brisk note invites readers to rely on the Want Column for reliable results and timely information. It promises clarity and practical tips for finding what they seek, framing the column as a dependable guide in a busy news landscape.
The piece retells Sam W. Foss’s fable of the calf path and how crowds follow established routes. It argues people stick to precedent in thought and action, shaping common paths long after the original cause waned. The poem emphasizes caution against blindly tracing others’ steps.
Guidance on feeding a young Jersey heifer and a young milk cow. Recommend alfalfa hay with tule silage if possible and a grain mix of bran and milk run with corn or kafir chop. Feeding amounts vary by age and milk production, with about one pound grain per day per three pounds of milk for cows, and one pound per day per pound of butter per week for high butter cows.
A brief reflection notes that people can be in prime life at 50 and challenges the idea that only younger ages hold value. It emphasizes that perception of age is personal and not fixed.
Idaho publishers of a Bull Moose paper face contempt charges for criticizing a court decision. Teddy Roosevelt could be arrested if he enters the state. The piece cites tyranny of the bench and warns of judges using contempt to shut press coverage. Chickasha High School claims state football title. T J Chambless visited Stratford on Tuesday afternoon.
Quote from R. D. Williams, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, urging genuine brotherly love. He argues charity should express common justice, fairness, sympathy, mutual understanding, and fellowship as the basis for solving social problems.
Mrs. S. T. Williams of 119 West Thirteenth Street Ada Oklahoma reports relief from kidney troubles and backache after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She says a complete cure followed and urges others to use the product sold by dealers nationwide. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents.
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