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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
8
A satirical sketch titled A Second Hand President explores political hypocrisy and reformist rhetoric in a humorous voice. The piece critiques leadership, elections, and public opinion through a fictional political caricature.
Copy by James Morgan lists key moments in Franklin Pierce's life from his Hillsboro birth in 1804 to his death in 1869. It notes his U S Senate term, Mexican War service, Democratic nomination in 1852, presidential inauguration in 1853, the Missouri Compromise repeal, and his 1860s death at sixty four.
A retrospective on Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce portrays Fillmore as a ceremonial leader amid a stagnant era with a mock carriage joke, Mary Abigail Fillmore’s education drive, and Perry’s Japan visit. Pierce is shown as a southern partisan president whose tenure intensified the slavery conflict and Bleeding Kansas crisis, with the Ostend manifesto episode, Missouri Compromise repeal, and the push for expansion into new territories.
County Superintendent A. Floyd urges school boards and patrons to support eight month terms, higher salaries, and reduced levies with state aid. He notes five accredited schools, one union graded, two consolidated and a push for rural high schools reachable to every child, plus community meetings and club work.
Yesterday around 3 pm Roy Phillips fired a 22 rifle at sparrows. A misdirected shot struck Indian boy William Gibson, visiting Amos Hays in Stonewall, lodging in his arm bone. Dr Cummings removed the bullet and warned youth to handle firearms carefully. The injury is not serious unless complications arise. Ads note Prickly Ash Bitters for common ailments. Gwin and Mays Drug Co. agents.
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