Reverence for Democracy Highlighted by Harvard President
Cambridge Massachusetts January 25 President Eliot of Harvard spoke to the Prospect Union on reverence consistent with genuine democracy predicting a hundred years hence a fully democratic United States The address framed democracy as the era’s great civilizational force noting reverence for women and symbols while emphasizing sound character and civic virtue.
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Cambridge
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Eliot
Harvard
Great Republic
Ada Sees Big Cotton Trade And Curious Snake Tale
Last Saturday Ada boomed with more than 250 bales of cotton sold and over 100 bales hauled through the streets as merchants stayed busy. A widow’s hen setting eggs produced a snake with a door knob inside its belly, an odd tale recounted by Gus Angelly of Stonewall. An auction of town lots at Tupe lo I T is planned for February 8 with terms one-half cash and 3 to 6 month balances.
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Ada
Gus Angelly
Stonewall
Gus
Angelly
Tupelo
I. T
Republicans Converge as Statehood Battle Looms in Congress
On January 24 at Washington the anti Hamilton bill coalition grew with 34 insurgent Republicans meeting in Babcock’s committee room. Leaders Babcock Mondell say strength rising as voting nears. They expect sixty Republican votes against the rule to amend the Hamilton bill while Democrats rally to oppose the anti amendment move. Missing Democrats are urged to return to oppose the rule.
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Washington
Representative Babcock
Babcock
Mondell
New Mexico
Arizona
Representative Williams
Williams
Territories Committee
Oklahoma Central surveyors in Ada for spur line cost study
John A. Sacra and H.M. Me. Willie, officials of the Oklahoma Central railroad, spent the night in Ada. Willie, chief engineer, is surveying the area for a prospective spur into Ada. The surveying must precede local railroad committee estimates of right-of-way costs to be donated by the city.
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John A. Sacra
H.M. Me. Willie
Oklahoma Central Railroad
Ada
Death of Ada Hotel worker H T Everetts
At Oolite on Wednesday January 4 H T Everetts aged 39 died of consumption. Funeral from the Baptist Church Thursday January 25 at 1 30 p m. He was known to Ada residents for his months with the Commercial hotel.
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