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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
12
The passage cites Elie Metchnikoff in Harpers noting Brillat Savarin's tale of a 93 year old aunt facing death. The aunt retains faculties, asks for wine, and declares death a need like sleep, illustrating an instinct of natural death observed in a clearly elderly, lucid subject.
A Boston Herald writer recalls teaching Goshen schoolchildren about the monks of St Bernard. When asked in class, a student finally offered, They’re those little things that runs along stone walls, prompting reflection on adults underestimating child insight.
In Marblehead Massachusetts a seaman group admires a new schooner at Tucker's wharf. Ben Longsby asks why ships are called she. Silas Ormsby answers that the phrase stems from the high cost to rig such vessels.
Musicians voted against Richard Strauss while sculptors painters and other artists supported him in the Berlin Academy of Arts senate election. The composer of Salome was blackballed by the musicians, continuing a pattern seen with Wagner Humpendinck and Joachim.
Young John D. Rockefeller told his bible class he favored total abstinence for two reasons. First, both his parents were strictly temperate. Second, his mature judgment held that one glass could lead to another, so one glass was too many.
A sailor from the battleship Ohio recounts how Buckeye the goat, docked from the Chicago of the Pacific fleet, was made healthy by ammonia mixed into red paint. The trick caused the goat to sneeze for hours, leading to enduring refusal of paint and improved health.
An American woman in Shanghai hosts a dinner for her husband’s important guests. With no belongings arrived from the States, she calls her “Number one boy” to arrange the meal. The servant reveals he borrowed fine tableware and a chandelier from the Russian ambassador’s household, delivered with pride.
Sheriff John Steel sought a clever response after the judge dismissed a fat man panel for sleep during a hot afternoon. He rode the county at night and returned with a jury of one eyed men, aiming to satisfy the judge’s demand for alert jurors.
A necklace valued at about ten thousand dollars dropped from a box during a Martha performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. An usher recovered the string of gems after a brief, quiet incident, with no one else disturbed.
A New York man refused an overcoat for health reasons after sending his old coat to his brother in law in Connecticut. A sister-in-law's corrective note implied public judgment, prompting the man to reconsider and buy two new overcoats.
A West Australian magistrate learns a native servant must kill to honor his dead wife. The man wanders ill for a year, haunted by spirits, then returns in good health after spearing a woman elsewhere. No legal case follows, but the act satisfies his belief in duty to the dead.
Bishop Olmsted of Colorado urged Denver children to enjoy Christmas foods in moderation. He warned against gluttony and shared a humorous tale of a Bala boy who wished for a cold so he could justify feeding it, illustrating prudent eating.
Hawker jokes about rationing for two weeks while Walker notes the employer replaced him during the busy season. Hawker confirms he was told not to return to work as another man has been hired in his place.
Cartoon gag shows a suitor boasting ten sleds fifty dogs and one hundred tons of blubber. Pa Eskimo warns Aurora to curb his hot air lest the house melt, delivering a playful quip about overheated romance.
A school superintendent tests teachers for orderliness by asking them to open their desks. He catches a subordinate in confusion and quips that she would not make a good housekeeper. She retorts, “Oh Are you looking for a house keeper?”
The earl of Mansfield once dismissed a servant and wrote a character praising him as an able driver and sober, noting the deceit with the line I discharged him because he cheated me. The man later thanked the master, saying the new employer valued driving skill and sobriety, and used his honesty to judge him.
A New York Weekly piece describes a man adopting a mock professional role by claiming a regular job while engaging in petty theft by night, boasting big fees for turning neighbors’ lawn mowers off and disturbing sleep. The dialogue satirizes urban scams and suburban intrusion.
A proud millionaire berates his chauffeur Francois for taking the new 60 horsepower limousine without permission. Francois replies that four large cars require more than one driver, implying a request for stricter supervision or action.
A humorous antiquated gag lines Pluto and his three headed dog boastfulness as a suitor jokes about limited resources and the old map stopping bragging in a brief humorous note from N. Y. Sua.
Mrs Bloobumper and Mrs Cawker share a humorous tale of a supposed remedy for insomnia. The wife pretends it is time to rise when the husband wakes, which somehow lulls him back to sleep. The anecdote underscores peculiar domestic wisdom.
The Indian Affairs Committee signals support for holding mineral rights to Indians while selling surface areas in Indian Territory, removing restrictions on surplus lands and homesteads, and liberalizing treatment of oil producers. It notes the report may shape the Indian appropriation bill and addresses land alienation crucial to the prospective state, with likely minimal opposition to coal land recommendations.
The article reports widespread ruin in Kingston with many dead and injured. Sir James Ferguson of the Royal Steamship Company is among the dead as warehouses collapse and shops burn. The Governor and his party are safe while volcanic activity is rumored but unverified. Communications with Jamaica are limited.
An American, R. G. Graham, lived in Paris and notes only about twenty percent of voters cast ballots. He explains apathy, though politics interest many, as voters often reward candidates with broad promises rather than substance. He cites deputies kept in office by pledges such as a shed on the market or extra sardines for soldiers.
Two Norfolk County residents Jerome Jones and Chief Justice Mason, long neighbors on Corey Hill, each subscribed for a two volume calf bound history. After resisting portrait steel engravings the pair compromised. Jones carried the volumes to Mason as a gift but Mason revealed he planned to gift his own volumes to Jones.
The article describes scarless surgery as a new medical achievement. It explains a slanted initial incision and rigid wool and glass dressing to prevent contraction and apply safe pressure. It notes a London surgeon who conceived the method cannot meet service demands.
In a charged exchange, Towne-Lashley boasts of winning bets tied to an election, while Browne counters that the victories were small and costly. The dialogue hints at personal losses including pay and employment due to gambling during the political season.
Delegates clash over McIntosh county seat designation with Guthrie ally substituting Eufaula for Chec otah and a 42 to 41 vote. The session also flags Medford Pond Creek swap and mass absentee counts in Kingston disaster summaries from Jamaica.
The Village Vagabond at the opera house Thursday drew a good audience and left patrons well pleased. The comedy drama is performed by a highly capable company and praised as excellent.
How to cure chilblains with Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised by John Kemp of Maine. Also contains a wanted ad for a lady to advertise goods locally and a brief notice of upcoming seed and groceries sales by John D Rinard at his old stand.
The notice promotes a specialty in Fire and Tornado Insurance and directs readers to ring No. 4 and ask for R. O. Wheeler for policy information and quotes.
Guthrie Oklahoma January seventeen. The constitutional convention located thirty nine county seats and made one amendment to the county boundary report. Medford was chosen as the county seat of Grant in place of Pond Creek after a long disputed contest.
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