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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
3
News notes delegate selections from various districts as Kansas and nearby regions cope with flooding. Describes threats during seating, clashes, and the tally of districts affected, plus updates on flood casualties and river levels near Kansas City.
David Conway and his son Lao were attacked after four men from Muskogee allegedly planned a bank robbery at Fort Gideon. Conway was shot and robbed of $2.05 as a hat bearing Patterson Mercantile marks was found. The posse traced the crime via a switch-engine ride from Muskogee and found a second hat. Conway had long served as a guard at Fort Smith jail.
The narrator describes Rip Van Winkle waking after a long slumber and engaging the barber with questions about historic events. He mentions Panama Canal, Bryan, and Carnegie before deciding to sleep again.
Advertisement notes Kodol for indigestion is pleasant to take and reliable for relief. It is sold at Crescent Drug Store by F Z Holly, proprietor.
Kansas City reports the Kaw and Missouri rivers receding quickly after cresting higher than at any time since settlement. Officials note flood levels have dropped sharply, easing conditions for residents and cleanup efforts.
David Conway watchman at the Frisco bridge three miles north of Muskogee Oklahoma was shot and killed by four masked men who fled on a bandcar. A posse with bloodhounds pursued them after the toll bridge incident and a hat was recovered. The raiders allegedly planned to rob a Fort Gibson bank and killed Conway when denied crossing the toll bridge.
In Guthrie Oklahoma on June 10 a rumor circulates in social circles that Hon Leslie G Niblack editor of the Guthrie Leader is engaged to Miss Frances Haskell daughter of Gov and Mrs C N Haskell. The engagement has not been announced yet. An advertisement offers Man Zan Pile Remedy with price 50 cents and requests ready to use.
A fragmentary note promotes a cure for stomach and liver troubles with a breezy, dated tone. The garbled line hints at a patent remedy or patent medicine claim in a 19th or early 20th century advertisement.
Guthrie Oklahoma June 11 State board of agriculture today relays a 25 percent levy due to continued rains and bad crops The new order is received with general satisfaction by 40 000 leases in the state
Judge Ralph Campbell orders a temporary injunction blocking A H Dreyfus of Kansas City from soliciting interstate liquor orders for shipment into Oklahoma. The injunction cites Fitts v McGhee and notes the court's ruling while details of the case are debated.
A Grand Family Medicine from Gouston Street in New York is touted as a grand remedy for dyspepsia and liver issues, with limited praise for back and kidney ailments. Electric Bitters is advertised to regulate digestion, purify blood, and revitalize both sexes, sold under guarantee at F. Z. Holly and G. M. Ramsey drug stores for 50 cents.
A fragment discusses trial marriages and triad orations as debated living arrangements. It notes triad homes with boarders and lodgers and suggests that without occasional change fewer people would choose this method of living.
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