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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
7
A seventy one year old recalls owning a Bolivar Missouri drug store and selling Dr Lewis Medicine for Stomach Vet and Bowel Complaints. He explains he reformed laxatives to avoid violent action and designed a tonic that first tones the liver then the stomach and digestion for mild thorough elimination.
Copenhagen January 13 Associated Press reports British troops have taken Dusseldorf from the Spartacans. Dusseldorf lies twenty one miles east of Cologne and the occupancy signals a shift in control in the region.
Berlin advised dispatches report the arrest of Karl Rade a Bolshevist emissary in Berlin. The same source claims government forces captured Boetzow brewery amid the unrest.
Philadelphia January 14 The Associated Press reports a spy case described by Frank H. Gaskill assistant chief of the Protective League. An interned man used a trip hammer in a Delaware river industrial plant to spell dangerous messages signaling raids and ship movements, detected by a Palmyra telegraph operator. The operator’s source remains unresolved.
The national bureau of education reports a high illiteracy rate in Oklahoma. Officials urge heightened efforts to educate the next generation, arguing studying is freely available and parents should ensure access to schooling.
A British naval officer boarded a German battleship off the Firth of Forth and found sailors lounging in the captain's cabin wearing Soldiers and Workers Councils armlets. He ordered discipline in German, then directed a petty officer to remove the sailors and clear the lobby, before giving final orders.
George R. Sheldon financier and former treasurer of the national Republican Committee died in Carbondale Illinois from injuries suffered in a mine accident near the city. Word of his death came to his New York office today.
The troop ship Protesilius near Vladivostok sent wireless appeals after breaking her propeller. All on board are reported safe, and the British cruiser Kent has gone to assist.
Berlin reports Prof Hugo Preuss estimates about 40 million men and women will be registered for the January 19 national assembly election. He notes previous Reichstag voters numbered 14 million and cites new districts and the need to catalog women voters and returning soldiers as key challenges. The suffrage is direct, equal, secret for all over twenty.
Willard S. Small of the Federal Bureau of Education told the American Public Health Association in Chicago that 50 percent of the nations 25 million school age children have physical defects. He urged a federal aided physical education program for ages six to 18 and beyond to improve health and Americanization.
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson weighing a speaking tour after his return. He may visit many principal cities and possibly reach the Pacific coast. Details are not final but advisers are said to be consulted.
A British officer who escaped from Soviet Russia warned that without outside aid the country will revert to absolute barbarism within three years. He said elites are adopting peasant dress and villagers retreat to dull life, predicting Russia will become as primitive as the Congo under Bolshevik rule. He argued Bolshevik leaders are weak and Lenin and associates appear strong only by comparison.
The piece notes older generals led during wars while younger men fought, citing examples from Waterloo to WWI. It then recounts Italian officers Lt. Raffaele Paolucci and Maj. Raffaele Rossetti destroying the Austrian dreadnought Viribus Unitis at Pola harbor on November 1, 1918, after nine hours swimming and evading nets.
A plea by Robt. H. Oury urging Oklahoma to fund road bonds for pike roads and macadam. He argues strong roads boost farm values, tax returns, and commerce, noting graders and wheel scrapers reduce costs and that local materials exist. He warns against bond issues if not supported locally.
Enrollment for this term stands at 225 as George Overturf and Taylor Mitchell visit. Ill students Isez Neal and Miss Stone show varying conditions but Miss Stone remains gravely ill. The annual staff works rapidly, advertising progress is strong, and the boys basketball team begins practice with gym renovations nearly complete. team size this year will be light.
A calling to invest savings in War Savings Stamps. The notice urges citizens to pledge, buy, and help the country through war bond programs with emphasis on personal financial action.
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