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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
4
Durant Democrat warns readers about mail order grocery freight costs. It explains four freight classes from Chicago to Durant, with mixed shipments taxed at the highest rate, making mail order groceries often more expensive than purchasing from local merchants plus freight.
The notice proclaims electricity transforms housework as the up to date wife uses electric heating cooking sewing washing and ironing to save health and strength. ADA Electric and Gas Co invites readers to visit its office for more information and provides phone number 78.
An ad urges readers to subscribe to the Ada News now to keep up with home events and to add the Dallas Semi Weekly Farm News for a year. The offer promises three papers a week for $1.75, positioning it as a value for the whole family.
Geologists admit limited knowledge of local geology yet express strong faith in Ada area as an oil field. Reports note shallow wells and oil found west of town fueling hopes of rapid growth, with parallels to southwest Kansas and Red River Texas developments. Expect natural gas and pipeline work before winter.
Count Vay de Vaya, lord abbot of St. Martin's in Hungary, known as the Shepherd of the Seas, devotes wealth and energy to aiding poor emigrants seeking opportunities in new lands. He opened Chicago's first Hungarian church in 1905, has crossed the ocean 19 times, preached to 2306 aboard the Altona, and speaks nine languages to guide newcomers away from temptation toward a better life.
A New York Players Club attendee lauds David Belasco for transforming a timid amateur into a fiery artist. He recalls Belasco pushing a leading lady to deepen contempt and venom in her delivery, urging hissed lines for dramatic effect.
In 1872 California Governor Leland Stanford debated with a friend over whether a horse ever has all four feet off the ground while running. Eadweard Muybridge set up twenty four cameras on a track to capture timing, and the sequence showed that four feet never leave the ground except in jumping.
The article notes Mrs Taft received sacred tea plants from Buddhist priests in Ceylon. The Secretary of Agriculture will arrange care for the plants in tea farms in the Carolinas under department supervision.
Washington reports a shift toward direct-vote primaries for the next National Democratic convention. Five states will choose delegates by direct vote: North Dakota Wisconsin Nebraska Oregon and New Jersey. The trend is raising expectations of wider adoption, with party committees and Southern states showing strong support for the reform.
Spokane reports on evidence that the Houn' Dawg song of the Ozarks was heard by Hernan Cortes during his Oregon journey. Chinook Indians sang in their tongue with mixed French words reflecting early contact with French traders and Hudson's Bay Company factors. Local leaders argue the tune originates with the Northwest natives, credit to Indians rather than later outsiders.
Muskogee March 22 Henry Coody an old time black man prays to God to be changed to a white man Two years later no apparent result and the peculiar case attracts curious local attention.
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