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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
11
The governor writes to Ada editor Marvin Brown praising The Ada News and expressing hope for increased circulation and satisfaction with the paper. He signs as J B A Robertson.
Washington July 18 Congress moves to investigate the Mexican situation with a joint senate house select committee. Witness Henry P Fletcher ambassador to Mexico and Mrs John W Correll travel to Washington to press for accountability and compensation from Mexico.
Delirium tremens cases in St Louis have fallen after wartime prohibition became effective. City hospital records show fewer than a dozen sufferers treated since July 1, a sharp drop from the prior rate of about one every 36 hours. Private institutions report similarly few cases.
In Austin on July 21 the legislature adopted a resolution asking Congress to cede to Texas the Rio Grande cut-offs ceded to the U.S. in 1907. Residents on banks outside official Texas jurisdiction refuse to pay state taxes, citing unresolved transfer of land. Sinn Fein and Irish Volunteer groups have been outlawed in Tipperary after five constables were murdered and a related proclamation was found.
The first load of watermelons in Pontotoc County reached the city Saturday from T. A. Vinyard’s farm east of town. Thirty melons sold for good prices to Stanfield Grocery as more melons and cantaloupes from Texas and California arrived last week at about five cents per pound. An epidemic of strikes sweeps the nation with workers demanding higher pay and shorter hours, involving shopmen on southeastern roads, machinists in Chicago, builders, and other trades across multiple cities.
The Moline Universal Tractor enables one operator to perform discing and plowing tasks with speed and economy. A single rider controls the implement from the seat, with the light 3,500 pound unit delivering strong traction and adaptable for all farm work. With a tandem disc harrow it covers up to 97 acres in ten hours, and different harrow widths yield 38 to 76 acres.
The Moline Universal Tractor Model D offers 2914 inches, ideal for cultivating planting and harvesting with ample power for a 24 inch grain separator or 15 inch ensilage cutter. It replaces horses by boosting one man’s work, featuring a 4 cylinder overhead valve engine electric starting and lighting and fully enclosed working parts.
American army and navy officers push to settle US Britain war accounts by September 1. Army bought 2,000,000 tons of equipment for France. navy ships kept purchasing from British warehouses. Bills are often slow but corrected. a British entertainment bill was charged to the American side by error. Civilian clerks are being released and Red Cross activities wind down. London operations may shrink to a few accountants and stenographers by August 1.
The speaker urges discharged service members to maintain or reinstate government life insurance. Policies cover up to 10000 with options including ordinary and endowment plans. Benefits include total disability protection and no loss of coverage for civil work or travel if premiums stay current.
More than 100000 workers are idle as a lockout by the Building Construction Employers' Association halts all construction in Chicago. The executive committee had ordered carpenters lathers and iron workers to return or face prolonged suspension. strikers ignored the ultimatum.
The article advises that temporary loss of appetite is not serious and suggests skipping meals briefly to restore relish. It recommends at least five hours between meals for digestion and rest, moderate outdoor exercise, and using Chamberlain's Tablets if constipation causes the loss of appetite.
The 1900 two story frame livery barn at Main and Stockton Ada is moved to Tenth street to become a brick business front. A new two story brick building will replace it, expanding Ada’s business district westward. The barn years included bootlegging use and a loft filled with hay and illicit liquor.
An agricultural exchange notes farmers have much work to do and implies any person tending to their own business stays busy year round. The remark highlights constant diligence across occupations and seasons.
Oklahoma City July 18 Special. Corporation Commissioner R E Echols returns from a state tour to check threshing rates and guard farmers from overcharges. He finds no conspiracy in one county and plans further quiet investigations across the state to protect farmers on threshing and elevator rates and other matters.
Marquis Okuma denounces the Paris peace conference for rejecting Japan's racial equality proposal. He argues whites dominate the world and calls for moral, economic, and social development to matched equality. He warns Western powers must be challenged to end racial hierarchies.
President Wilson asked Congress today to grant permanent army ranks for General Pershing and General March and permanent naval ranks for Rear Admiral Sims and Admiral Benson. The move formalizes senior statuses for the key World War I leadership.
Public Service Commissioner Nix allows New York streetcar lines to charge two cents for transfers at 99 of 113 transfer points. The move is expected to raise about 748000 dollars in revenue.
Washington July 18. The president's program for today included resuming conferences with senators from four Republican leaders. McNary of Oregon Capper of Kansas Kellogg of Minnesota and Kenyon of Iowa had appointments. No prepared speeches were on the senate calendar.
Paris July 19. The general federation of labor executive committee announced early today that it rescinded the call for Monday’s general strike. The decision was sent to the committee meeting that lasted until midnight.
Lieut. Colonel Samuel T. Ansell resigns as acting judge advocate general of the army in Washington. He submitted the resignation to Secretary of War Baker amid the ongoing war department controversy over military justice administration.
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