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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
19
The Associated Press dispatch reports American forces repelling a German offensive on the Marne. U.S. troops formed a small flank tack on the salient and driven the enemy out in short order amid hot fighting as Germans broke and retired under pressure.
The Normal School held a July 14 celebration with an address by Prof. Sears and Marseillaise singing. Resolutions were prepared for local churches and forwarded to France. Plans for a commandant and military drill for summer termwere discussed with Camp Fort Sheridan training planned for students. The district educators explored three year graduation with summer study and a state first grade certificate. A reading circle group was adopted by the State Board of Education. Australia pilots an oil driven harvester touching sixty acres daily.
A plan to use the Mississippi as a transport channel advances with an $8 million federal appropriation, a fleet of government barges leased by E F Goltra, and a river survey. Cities from St Paul to Davenport prepare docks and distributing points to move freight, led by Rep. John J. Esch.
London report from July 16 states Andrew Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that American troops counterattacked south of the Marne, taking 1,000 or more prisoners. He quoted a front of ninety kilometers with gains east and west of Rheims, and praised American and French efforts.
AP reports from Amsterdam that Jugend, the German comic, shows a New York roof garden scene with bombs, shrapnel, and fighters blazing in the sky. The caricature features an American multimillionaire guiding his wife through rockets and danger, reflecting wartime propaganda.
Reports from Paris show a renewed German push between Rheims and Argonne with attacks from Chateau Thierry to Main de Massiges. American forces countered near Vaux and Conte as battles raged along a 50 mile front with bridges used by Germans under heavy artillery fire.
A list names eighty five registrants notified to Bamont at Ada for July 2 service sent to Camp Greenleaf Georgia. The contingent leaves only about fifteen to twenty Class 1 men for caller duty.
Oscar J. Lee runs for the Democratic nomination to succeed himself as County Weigher. He says he has filled the office with ability and earned public satisfaction through diligent, fair service, and asks voters to consider another term.
A Moscow dispatch says American and British forces occupy the Murman coast after taking Khem and advancing toward Toroski as Bolshevik authorities withdraw to Nirok. An Exchange telegraph dispatch reports Czecho-Slovaks have captured Kazan, 430 miles east of Moscow, after stout Bolshevik resistance.
The Pontotoc County Fair and Breeders Association announces a larger fair set for September 11 to 14. O N Walker is general manager and J B Hill assistant manager, with a bigger premium list and more cash prizes paid in War Savings Stamps. The grounds will be upgraded, a grandstand renovated, a band hired, and entertainments added as breeders and farmers prepare to showcase crops and livestock amid drought.
The marriage of G O Kinchen of Ada and Emma Blackstock of Holdenville took place in Holdenville on Saturday at 3 PM. The bride, formerly from Ada, is well known there and will become a permanent resident. The couple traveled back to Ada on the next train.
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