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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
6
Wages for section bands were cut from 1.50 to 1.25, sparking a large strike across the south western division. Extra gang workers, earning 1.50, refused to step in, warning future reductions. With rain and rough tracks shaping a crucial season, the strike's outcome remains unknown.
H M Adams and wife Henrietta of Pa say their child, who suffered eczema for five years, saw improvement after taking the second bottle and was completely cured after seven bottles. The claim emphasizes an up to date remedy.
Guthrie Ok Dec 20 The constitutional convention debated county boundary proposals with a divided coalition showing opposition strength. The report appears to lean to a scant majority with resistance likely to grow and a potential revision of the committee's draft before holidays.
A humorous exhortation lists reasons to go home for comfort and improvement. The note ends with a sales mention for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, offered by G. M. Ramsey.
A legislative committee advanced a plan to create future counties across Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Several territories including Poteau Laflore Stigler Haskell Latimer and South McAlester moved through with adjustments. A proposed Choctaw County mixing Durant Atoka Hugo faced debate before tabling.
How many children fall from a simple cold to diptheria due to susceptibility. The passage notes that a cold may leave a child vulnerable to the wandering diphtheria germ and suggests Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for the cold and a way to lessen the risk.
A brief note asks if you have tried John Rinard for groceries. The text presents a casual inquiry with no further details or context.
A mother recalls her baby’s severe bronchitis after measles and the failure of eight doctors. After trying Chamberlains Cough Remedy on a storekeeper’s advice, the child recovered and is alive and well. Sold locally by G. M. Ramsey.
Albany December 20 Albert T Patrick was spared the electric chair by Gov Higgins who commuted his death sentence for the 1902 murder of Marsh Rice in New York City. The decision cites the Court of Appeals 4 to 3 vote and mixed judicial opinions while noting key testimony from Rice's valet Charles F Jones and urging concern for substantial trial errors.
For twenty years W. L. Rawls of Bells Tennessee suffered nasal catarrh with swelling and soreness in the nose. After applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to the sore surface the swelling and soreness disappeared and did not return. Salve sold for 25 cents at F Z Holley and G M Ramsey's drug store.
The steamer W. T. Scovil, operating between Vicksburg and Davis Bend, exploded and burned yesterday near Gold Dust landing, 17 miles south of Vicksburg. Crew and passenger list of about 50 with 10 to 16 dead and as many injured, many Black. several injured were brought to Vicksburg aboard the Senator Cordill.
Mrs S of Columbia Tennessee writes of Herbine relief for constipation and liver complaints. The advertisement touts Herbine as a positive cure and urges taking it before retiring for health and wisdom.
The Commercial Club holds its annual officer election on Tuesday night January 1 1997. Full attendance is requested. W H Espey presides and J W Dezan is secretary.
The document outlines county and district boundaries in Oklahoma with detailed six mile splits and town placements around Purcell Garvin Love Marshall Bryan Johnson Pontotoc Coal Atoka and several counties. It notes actions by a congressional committee and mentions reactions of Secretary Hitchcock Senator Teller and others regarding authority over timber lands and allotment.
Several negroes from the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Reno applied for Navy enlistment in Ardmore Oklahoma. One man gave his real name but claimed a different regiment and produced a discharge without honor when confronted. Communication with Washington confirmed the suspicion.
J. W. Breedlove mayor of Dougherty spoke in Ada last night on his way home from Tupelo. He criticized the county arrangement saying his people fear heavy taxes to sustain a small county and warned they may petition the first legislature to dismember the county and split it with neighboring counties.
A grass fire broke out Thursday at 3 30 PM along Main Street near vacant lots by the M E T tracks. Firemen responded quickly as a crowd gathered, and the blaze caused no serious damage.
Ada country resident Lorenz Rodke, now in the Washita valley near Pauls Valley, discusses his valuable 1300 acre farm. He notes 20 acres of alfalfa netting 70 dollars per acre and land yielding over a bale of cotton per acre with rental value above 15 dollars per acre. He remains a prominent state citizen.
The clerk’s office lists Tuesday marriages including H H Dennis 20 and Martha Templeton 16 of Roff C N Simpson 25 also of Roff Maggie Crawford 8 of Midland J H Herrin 20 and Maude Sherral 16 of Franks G R Shreve 22 and Lela Carr 18 of Sulphur. Bee’s Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar marketed for children complies with the National Pure Food and Drug Law.
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