Ada Weekly News and Planter and Ranchman Feature
A historical notice details Ada Oklahoma publications and their consolidation history with the Planter and Ranchman. It recounts a narrative about the 18th century mystery figure Saint Germain with claims of longevity, his elixir, a traveling companion, and his sudden disappearance from Paris court life. The tale ends with Saint Germain dying in 1784 in Germany.
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Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly News
Planter
St. Germain
Paris
Germany
License Tag Delays Spur Oklahoma Road Rant
A humorous diatribe critiques the Oklahoma highway department’s slow license tag process for a toy wagon. The writer predicts repeated arrests for no tag, alternating as months pass from June to December, and likens paying state fees to wind with little relief for taxpayers.
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Powers That Be
Ana
Oklahoma
Detroit
State Department
Holland
General Bogaevsky Escapes as Bridge Collapses in Pursuit
In a wartime chase near Tak nak region General Bogaevsky fled Wrangel's troops toward the river. His car plunged from a collapsing bridge, he escaped into swamp reeds, and Reds pursued before retreating at dawn. Reporters Rivet and Beringer witnessed a large Bolshevik contingent surrendering for food near a village north of Alexandrosk.
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Bogaevsky
Wrangel
Taknak
Alexandrosk
Charles Rivet
Paris_Temps
Guy Beringer
Reuters, Ltd
British Press Association
Elixir of Life of the Ages and Lyric of Youth
Physicians near discovery of rejuvenation via thyroid injections in animals and humans. The piece traces historic quests for eternal life from Ramstead to beruffled Comte De St Germain, noting royal fascination with miracles and diamonds.
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William Ramsay
Gerber
Christian Rosencreutz
Ponce de Leon
Comte de St. Germain
Paris
Louis XV
St. Germain
Miscellaneous 1919–21 news items commentaries and quips
A collage of brief notes and quips from various papers. Topics include a Chicago hotel theft, dental humor, profiteer ethics, Ardmore sleuth Sam Blair, hijackers at Okmulgee, new paper money, newsprint prices, a Virginia editor’s blackmail threat, Capper’s Weekly debt and fiscal woes.
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Capper
Sam
Houston
Samantha
Settling the Adriatic Dispute at Rapallo
A State Department notice outlines Italy and Yugoslavia territorial settlements. Italy gains Zara Cherso Idria Adelsburg San Pietro and Mount Nevoso area. Yugoslavia acquires Dalmatia Sebenico and Longatico with higher elevations south of Monte Nevoso assigned to Yugoslavia, Fiume gets lower valleys. The Fiume railway remains Italian. The Istrian frontier aligns with Fiume.
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Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Rapallo
State Department
Zara
Cherso
Jugo- Slavia
Dalmatia
Sebenico
Idria
Adelsburg
San Pietro
Monte Nevoso
Adriatic
Volosca
Castua
Fiume
Longatico
Rapid Frisco Freight Depot Progress With February Entry Date
The Frisco freight depot is advancing rapidly under the Kelly Atkinson Construction Co with 30 workers. Brick masons have raised fire walls seven feet above the foundation and most materials are on hand. The 30 by 138 foot building with 259 feet of platform should allow office area inside by March 1 if weather holds. Local tradesmen fill the workforce and subcontracts are awarded for plumbing painting and timers.
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Frisco
Bric
Ada
Kelly Atkinson Company
Chiecago
Townsend Avenue
Broadway
E. A. Wall
Kelly-Atkinson Construction Company
Chicago
C. A. Farrell
Nels Kjeldsen
Co. A. Zorn
B. B. Howard
Harris Paint Company
Farmers Make Headway for Spring Crops
Oklahoma City January 5 Farmers report fair weather and moderate temperatures aided spring crop preparations across the state for the week ending yesterday The weekly Weather Bureau summary notes winter grains above average and some cotton picked with much remaining in fields of low grade.
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Oklahoma City
John W Slaughter
United States Weather Bureau
How to Be Healthy With Chamberlain Tablets
Advice on maintaining health by keeping bowels regular and liver and stomach in good order. Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild, gentle aid that strengthens the stomach and regulates the liver and bowels. Sale price noted as a quarter.
We Believe the Doctor Chronology About Manhattan
The text cites a doctor’s assertion that in 1619 Indians sold Manhattan Island for a keg of whisky and notes a 1921 wish by Manhattan citizens to trace back this claim. The report presents a reporter’s account of a claimed tradition without verification.
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J. L. Curbinings
Manhattan Island
Manhattan
Nobody’s Allure: Claimed Cure for Morning After Comfort
An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Tablets promising relief after supper with a morning yen. It claims improved digestion and smoother bowels, presenting a general health benefit for the user.
Prickly Ash Bitters touted as bowel tonic
An advertisement promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a bowel tonic that improves regularity and supports the stomach liver and kidneys. Priced at 1.25 per bottle with Gwin & Mays Drug Co. as special agents.
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Gwin & Mays Drug Co
Silk Shirts and Silk Trade Tussle Highlight Oklahoma Quote
The Bartlesville Enterprise notes a wartime jab linking Oklahoma boys abandoning silk shirts to Japan suspending its silk industry. The remark frames wartime shortages and economic strain in a sharp cultural line.
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Oklahoma
Japan
The
Bartlesville Enterprise
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News Publishing & Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
Marvin Brown
Ranchman
Ade
Associated Press
Focal News
O General
Miami News
Pawhuska State Capitol
Shawnee
Ardmore
Clara Smith
Sam Blair
McAlester
Capital
Okmulgee
Oklahoman
Vinita Journal
Wilburton News-Democrat
Virginia
Taly Istria
Adelsbulg
Sam Fiero
Nevoso
Free State OF
Hensker & Story
Adv
Ballard
Hensler & Story
Doctor
Our Service
First National Bank
P. A. Norris
N. B. Haney
Vicce
M. D. Timberlake
C. L. Griffeth
J. A. Smith
L. J. Fleming
West Main ST
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