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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
2
A town official from Sulphur and an Indian maiden plan a wedding in Windy City. The ceremony draws attention amid regional ties and cultural exchanges.
Sulphur Oklahoma April 3 reports swirl around H S Hinschman Coleridge Nebraska mayor and Onita House a pretty wealthy Chickasaw maid. He sought her at the mineral springs and their meetings grew into a close friendship as she oversees her allotment farms and orchards under her father Lataska House guardian duties.
Indianapolis Ind April 3 T L Lewis national president United Mine Workers said a Monday meeting will bring together Indiana Ohio and Western Pennsylvania miners and operators with Illinois representation possible to discuss resuming interstate joint conferences The Interstate Joint Convention will meet in Kansas City April 6 to negotiate a wage scale with favorable settlement prospects.
Jesse P. Morris of Skippers Virginia recounts a near deadly spring 1906 battle with pneumonia and a fierce cough. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery with rapid relief after two and a half bottles and notes the remedy as best for coughs and lung disease. Sold with guarantee at local drug stores 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free.
Nine years ago C Farthing of Mill Creek Ind Ter says his life hung by a thread due to poor health. He credits Electric Bitters bought from F Z Holley and G M Ramsey's drug stores for giving him strength and returning him to health after years of illness. The medicine was sold with a guarantee for 50 cents.
Guthrie April 2. Oklahoma public school officers adjourned their first annual meeting after electing R S Wilson as president and R C Cain as secretary and treasurer. W E Gill was named chairman of the executive committee. Next meeting set for January to push legislation for the public schools before the second Oklahoma legislature. State superintendent E D Cameron presided. W H Murray spoke on educational aims and agricultural instruction. lawmakers discussed expanding rural districts and school laws.
In McAlester Oklahoma on April 3 officials report the Rock Island system and its Rock Island Coal company storing 637000 tons of coal, enough to fill about a hundred miles of standard cars. The Katy line also has about a million dollars of coal along its tracks at Parsons and uses a steam shovel for loading. Both operators and workers anticipate a new contract soon despite signs of potential suspension in early summer.
An advertised pile remedy called ManZan Pile Remedy promises prompt relief, with a 50 cent guaranteed price. The product is described as ready to use and capable of scothes and healing, sold by Gwin Mays & Co.
Governor C N Haskell told a Kansas City newspaper that Oklahoma will keep a medicinal style state liquor system. He warned against sale without prescriptions and outlined strict penalties for doctors and violators while predicting Braun as the next president amid political shifts.
An advertisement touts Bal lard's Herbine as a remedy for a disordered liver causing distrustful views. It claims a liver purging treatment can cure constipation dyspepsia indigestion headache biliousness and digestive troubles and notes sale by G. M. Ramsey.
Chicago April 2 Headquarters of Gov John A Johnson of Minnesota candidate for the Presidency were formally opened in the Grand Pacific hotel Frederick D Blinch treasurer of the Minnesota state central committee and a close friend of Gov Johnson was placed in charge The Minnesota candidate has been assured support in every state and it is expected there will be breaks in many delegations before the Denver convention Headquarters will also be opened at Denver.
A Ada event promises many contestants with the healthiest baby winning the prize. The ad asserts worms threaten most babies and claims White's Cream Vermifuge keeps infants worm free. It acts quickly yet mildly as its own purgative and is priced at 26 cents, sold by G. M. Ramsey.
A reader from LeRaysville New York claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his bleeding piles twenty years ago and continues to heal boils sores burns and wounds quickly. The ad notes 25 cents at local drug stores F Z Holley and G M Ramsey.
Muskogee Okla April 2 Sheriff King of Creek County says twelve men were arrested in a boozing joint suspected in the Mounts bank robbery last night which saw $5400 taken. Three men hired a rig from a Mounds livery stable and returned at 4 AM. The men were poorly dressed.
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