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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
2
This ad warns against chronic laxative use and promotes Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as a solution. It claims the tablets improve bowel and liver function, reduce daily purging, and are sold with a 25 cent box offering twenty five doses.
The Senate voted 50 to 12 to adopt the sugar control compromise for 1920. It limits licensing power of the United States Sugar Equalization Board to June 30 and sends the measure back to the House for concurrence with changes.
Chicago December 19. Analysts speculate on how severing ties with the big five meat packers will affect food prices and the cost of living. Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer cites public control of meat pricing while others warn relief may not be immediate if packer power persisted in other sectors.
A Tishomingo Capital-Democrat column lists examples of Americans failing thrift after wartime. It contrasts low wages, high living costs, and careless spending with calls to save through Liberty Bonds War Savings Stamps and Treasury Certificates.
Ellis Island, described as the open door to the oppressed, is three small islands in New York harbor near Manhattan. The facility handled about 80,000 arrivals from July to December, with 557 “dangerous aliens” released and 697 radicals sent to New York, while the dining hall showed orderly service and kosher options.
An old advertisement extols Thedford's Black Draught as a safe vegetable remedy for liver and bowel troubles. The piece shifts to a wartime detention scene describing housing of enemy aliens and hunger strike leaders in a guarded detention wing with inmates reading, smoking, and exercising.
Abraham Lincoln warns that danger comes from within not abroad and urges universal adherence to law. He calls for imprinting reverence for laws in education and society and for all Americans to make legal fidelity a political religion binding rich and poor, old and young.
Oklahoma tops the nation in farm production in 1919 with an estimated value of 553.77 million dollars and a 138.7 percent yield index on all crops. Leading crops include corn 74.1 million bushels valued at 94.9 million, wheat 50.2 million bushels at 100.4 million, oats 52.6 million bushels at 33.8 million, and cotton 988 thousand bales at 220.93 million. Livestock value totals 214.18 million with horses and mules rising notably from 1907 levels.
From Friday's Daily the Normal School closes at noon to allow students to catch the noon train home. Extra cars provided by Mr I McNair of the Frisco Katy systems. Two weeks holiday approved to ease fuel concerns, with Saturdays taught to make up time. Classes resume Monday Jan 5. Many teachers remain in Ada or travel home. staff lists and travel plans noted.
A fragmented ad copy touts Rich Tone as strengthening for weakness and nervous conditions. It mentions a testimonial of improved health and urges readers to try the product with a smiling endorsement and a money back guarantee.
Mrs Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri extols Chamberlain Cough Remedy as a splendid medicine. She gives it to her children at first coughs and croupy symptoms and finds it relieves her own lung coughs or colds.
An advertisement claims sluggish workers owe their malaise to stomach liver and bowel impurities. It promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a cleansing remedy that revives energy with a few doses. Price $1.25 per bottle. Bart Smith, Special Agent.
Yesterday afternoon at 4 30 the fire department responded to Fred W Cox s Garage on North Broadway. The blaze resulted from a 3 gallon can of cup grease left on the stove which exploded. Bud Ellison a service man acted quickly removing the contents and saved a serious fire.
Kansas coal fields reported most mines in operation or being prepared for operation. Receivers for the state headquarters noted a full response to the work call with about 1000 car loads of coal loaded today.
Indianapolis December 15 mining officials said Indiana mines are operating on a normal basis. Telegrams to the miners headquarters indicated the few workers still out will return today.
Auction notice offers contact by phone 596 and mail to Esser Box 712 Ada. The fragment notes dates as 11 6 but lacks further details.
On Patmos island Greek residents rely largely on sponge fishing for livelihood. Local fishers navigate seas to harvest sponges, supporting families and the island’s economy amid traditional techniques.
A fragment from the Brooklyn Eagle laments many people believing free speech is endangered while criticizing perceived overreach and public reaction. The tone is editorial and cautions against eroding civil liberties.
A Columbia Record item notes that even when funds are tight, a dollar still buys enough fuel or movement to cover car distance, reflecting practical limits of purchasing power.
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