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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
4
The Ada business community boasts complete Christmas stocks and low prices aided by local advertising. Ada’s economy grows with new telegraph plans and two fire department branches, plus cotton trade expanding due to the compress and oil mill. The piece critiques tariff beneficiaries and voters who support protectionist policy.
Fine iron ore found in Pontotoc county will lead to mills moving in to process it. Plans are already in place. The ore is high grade and abundant.
Denison Herald urges readers to shop early for a larger selection, better clerk service, and greater satisfaction. It advises shopping in stores that advertise, claiming it pays customers to choose advertised merchants.
State Charity Commissioner Miss Kate Bernard reveals terrible conditions and brutalities toward Oklahoma convicts in the Kansas penitentiary. She indicates measures will be taken to abrogate the contract with Kansas.
The Denison Herald notes Senator Jeff Davis’s diminished self view after the last session and praises Ada city council for curfew amendments. Taxpayers in Pontotoc County are paying taxes efficiently, and optimism about national finances and local industry remains high as Ada progresses.
Ada citizens urged to press for a rail depot and better service by the Oklahoma Central Railway after bond sales and a leadership change. Editors warn a public-spirited push could prompt the corporation commission to ensure the line serves the public as a carrier.
A review of Ada banks reports increased deposits and cash reserves at the First National Ada National and Oklahoma State banks. The piece notes the banks reflect the Ada area’s condition and counters gloom with evidence of available funds.
Pontotoc County reports total assessed valuation of 6 418 265 dollars with Ada contributing about 1 621 040 dollars excluding cement plant and railroads. Real estate totals 1 541 468 dollars and personal property 2 291 194 dollars, with remaining valuations from Ada and Roff. Ada's large share signals its importance in the county's material affairs and progress is anticipated over the next year.
Will Johnson, condemned for the February murder of Mrs. Mary Cuppy near Shawnee, Oklahoma, was executed at 11:07 this forenoon. He faced the scaffold without fear and requested that his body be sent to his mother in Texas.
The collection of odds and opinions wades through varied quotes from several papers. It cites satire on currency and sanitary scandal while praising moral growth and democratic editors. The tone is digressive, listing snippets from Ardmore to Houston with a shared newspaper voice.
Law requires hotels to have a coiled rope in each room above ground level with one end fixed inside. Cards near the rope must instruct guests to unwrap, throw out, and climb down in case of fire. Cards are offered for sale at the News office. 213dwt?
The Pittsburg millionaire Theodore Barnsdall reportedly gained a controlling stake in the Phoenix, a morning Republican newspaper in Oklahoma. Oil and gas men view the move as a step toward Barnsdall securing decisive influence over key oil and gas interests in the territory.
The text describes drawing germs causing skin diseases to the surface for destruction. It asserts a permanent cure and mentions a method by which this process will occur, though the exact procedure is unclear and partially garbled.
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