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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
1
Delegates prepare to travel home after the Democratic National Convention adjourned in San Francisco. Roosevelt and Cox were chosen as nominees with plans to campaign, while sources note harmony and a swift nomination following Palmer’s delegate release.
In Washington the American Constitutional League seeks to enjoin Bainbridge Colby and Attorney General Palmer from proceeding with any proclamation declaring the suffrage amendment ratified. Chas. S. Fairchilds filed the suit in DC Supreme Court alleging West Virginia ratification by fraud and Tennessee ratification as unauthorized under its state constitution.
James Middleton Cox born March 31 1870 on an Ohio farm rose from print shop to schoolteacher reporter and newspaper proprietor. He served three terms as Ohio governor and three terms in Congress guiding progressive reforms and wartime leadership.
Citizens organized the Pontotoc County Council of the Boy Scouts of America with a $6,000 budget, pledges totaling $5,000, and plans to hire a full time Scout Executive. Officers include President Orel Busby and National Representative P A Norris. the council aims to recruit fifty members across Ada and surrounding towns and begin troop organizing by August 1.
T Audrey pleaded guilty in Justice Brown's court to drinking in a public place. He paid $19.50, the stated price of a fair-sized drink, as a breach of etiquette and a statute violation in Oklahoma.
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls cheap summer watermelons sold by a street peddler. The narrator recalls family scenes with ma in a sunbonnet, tasting slices, and feasts, contrasting childhood prices with modern higher costs and restaurant prices. The piece laments disappearing simple pleasures.
Fort Gibson bottoms harvested 275 cars about 130000 bushels with prices from 6 to 7 dollars per hundred. The crop yields total revenue over 500000 dollars, aided by a 285 bushel per acre record by Andrew Rogers along the Arkansas bank. About 500 pickers worked the fields. the crop was 35 cars short of last year but yielded 60 percent more revenue.
Dayton Ohio July 7 Governor James M Cox the Democrat candidate for president says Franklin D Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy will make a good running mate He calls the pairing catchy and describes Roosevelt as vigorous upstanding courageous and progressive though not intimately known to him.
Sometime last night one or more persons forced a transom over the door at Mr A Waits' Drug Store to gain entry. Morphine atropine and other narcotics were taken. The cash register was looted with some dollars missing.
Advices from American officials in Mexico report revolts in Tampico Monterey and near Gomez Palacio with 300 troops under General Guajad advancing toward the U S border. The movements are considered minor and unrelated but are being studied by the State Department.
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The story traces the fight for the nomination among the so called Big Three through graphic ballot figures. It presents the rise and fall of each figure with emphasis on their paths and setbacks.
Governor Bickett of North Carolina issues a call for a special session of the legislature to consider ratification of a suffrage amendment. The announcement notes the session will address ratification, with no further details provided. The article also briefly notes ancient use of henna by Egyptians.
A humorous reminiscence follows a newspaper man who, amidst Fourth of July bustle, accompanies a doctor on a wild ambulance ride in a Ford coupe. The piece parodies surgical bravado and chaotic hospital antics with exaggerated, unsafe humor.
Cobb describes Oklahoma delegates sending a day letter to Senator Owen and imagines him returning exhausted after a relentless campaign. He jokes Owen would excel at taking orders for enlarged crayon portraits, calling him a born canvasser with or without a product to sell.
Chicago July 7 William Armstrong Chicago lawyer presented documentary evidence to the investigation committee on pre convention campaign expenditures. He asserted Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer used office powers to influence delegates and advocated pardons for criminals amid suspected government fraud cases. Senator Kenyon will decide later if Armstrong testifies.
On July 6, along a 20 mile front, Bolshevik forces launched a massive assault against Polish lines. Polish troops retired in many sectors as they shortened and began a general withdrawal to shorten their frontage under heavy pressure.
The Liberty theatre presented a fine program led by Anita Stewart in the Fighting Shepherdess with a beautiful chorus harmony quartet and clever actors. The audience filled the house for one of the management’s best recent offerings.
Muskogee Phoenix notes Lowden faces no immediate insecurity as he maintains a solid berth, alleviating concerns about his position and future in the arrangement.
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