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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
3
President Wilson said the accepted amendments to the Sherman act grant labor nothing new beyond what capital already has. He noted the changes clarify the law and keep unions liable if they break it. He denied that boycotts are legalized and said injunctions will be regulated to prevent strikes from being crushed, not to hinder business.
Mrs. J. H. Seitz of Detroit Michigan reports Chamberlain's Tablets improved her appetite and digestion. She states they relieved bloated feeling and produced a pleasant satisfactory bowel movement. Sold by All Dealers.
At the Thursday evening session the Odd Fellows elected A. B. Aulds as Noble Grand and W. C. Williams as Vice Grand. An open meeting followed with guests enjoying hospitality and refreshments. Jim Caudle traveled to Stonewall to repair a gin.
New Castle Indiana June 1 Private Detective Abel says affidavits charging murder against Dr W A Winters and his wife are unconvincing. Eight feet dug under the Winters basement yielded nothing while a girl matching Catherine’s description is being sought in Findlay Ohio. Winters rearrested on conspiracy to murder and burn Catherine’s body with W R Cooper also charged.
Huerta proclaims motto tear up tracks and hold Villa back as he and his forces wreck railroad from Fresnillo toward Mexico City. Villa says last battle until the capital. he will seek more ammunition in Juarez. Federals concede defeat and may seek foreign intervention near the capital.
Ada residents testify to Doan's Kidney Pills relieving backache and disordered kidneys. Mrs. S. T. Williams of 119 West 13th St. reports a complete cure after using the remedy in her family. The ad urges readers to ask for Doan's Kidney Pills at 50 cent stores, FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo New York.
Col. T. B. Terry let the contract on Tuesday for a new two story brick hotel on the lots where January’s fire destroyed his building. Jake Fauble of Shawnee won the bid and will start next month, aiming for rapid completion. The hotel will measure 25 by 100 feet and resume business for Col. Terry’s former customers.
The reward is offered for information leading to the finding of J P Carpenter last heard of with mineral prospectors near Ada Roff and Coalgate about 5 6 years ago. He was a lawyer who practiced at Honey Grove Texas and later served as county attorney of El Paso County. He had lost a leg in a railroad accident.
P. H. Deal and his son Cecil traveled to Allen this morning. Afterward Cecil will proceed to Lonoke, Arkansas for a short visit.
A compiled list displays professional cards for doctors surgeons veterinarians chiropractors dentists and lawyers in Ada Oklahoma and nearby towns. Names include L M Overton C A Thomas J Wimbish Granger Granger Mortimer A Woodward Isham L Cummings Sanders Winn and others with office locations at the Surprise Store the Bank Building and First National Bank Building detailing offices and phone numbers.
An advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as a guaranteed remedy for all skin diseases with a refund of purchase price. It claims wonderful results and that it cures cases unresponsive to other treatments, urging readers to ask their druggist.
At St Louis on May 28 no Progressive showed up to accept the olive branch offered by GOP speakers at the Republican state convention.
Congressman Murray states in a May 25 1914 Washington letter published in an Ada dated Oklahoma paper that he has no involvement in the governor race. He asserts he will not engage publicly or privately in the campaign and will only run for Congress. The letter implies a local Ada politician may have sparked the misleading dispatch.
If you have the itch, don’t scratch. It does not cure the trouble and makes the skin bleed. Apply BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. Rub it in gently on the affected parts. It relieves itching instantly and a few applications removes the cause thus performing a permanent cure. Price 25¢, 50¢ and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Ramsey Drug Co.
Mrs Florence Green Hughes County Superintendent led county teachers to Ada for the summer normal. A county survey showed most preferred Ada, with only four favoring a home normal. Prof W H Durham will be among Ada instructors. Holdenville Democrat reports the decision.
An advertising notice claims Meritol Hair Tonic easily prevents scalp diseases by regular use, keeping the scalp germ free to stop dandruff and later baldness. Ramsey Drug Co is named as exclusive agency and guarantees the product.
At the National Foreign Trade Convention in Washington on May 28, Allen Johnson president Baldwin Locomotive Works argued that business needs relief from regulation to compete globally and that large firms best meet modern commerce. Ouden of General Electric warned that proposed anti-trust legislation could harm export trade.
Washington May 28 reports say negotiations progress in Mexican pacification. President Wilson Secretary Bryan and officials note Niagara Falls agreement on core plan while details await a drafting protocol. Confidence grows that a Provisional President and four Cabinet ministers would govern Huerta’s powers pending election.
The ad touts Hunt's Lightning Oil as painless relief for headache neuralgia and rheumatism claiming the pain will vanish and suffering cease. It urges readers to ask their druggist about the product in a period newspaper tone.
Dr J M Keller aged 846 died at his Hot Springs Arkansas home tonight after serving as a surgeon in the Confederate army throughout the Civil War. He was former surgeon general of the Trans Mississippi department of the United Confederate Veterans and befriended General William L Cabel who he served under in the war.
An Ada Oklahoma page item advertises Herbine for bowel regulation and a Singer Sewing Machine offered with installments due 1914 1915 and 1916. It lists W C Williams as the sewing machine man. A fishing party of Judge I M King W K Chaney S M Torbett John Chapman Bud Gregg T E Graham and Ed Harrison fishes on Little River in the Kiamchi district this week.
Vera Cruz May 28 United States misled by Huerta as German vessels Ypiranga Bavaria landed munitions at Puerto Mexico and rushed to Cordova. Bavaria still held Vera Cruz by Funston awaiting orders from Washington. Also an ad for McGee's Baby Elixir claiming to cure sour stomach wind colic and diarrhoea with no opium.
In Woodland California on May 23 a wife files for divorce charging cruelty and mental suffering by Maury Diggs who was convicted previously of violating the Mann white slave law. Diggs seeks reconciliation after notice but she remains firm in pursuing the suit.
Local ad promotes binder twine and hay ties available from W. C. Rollow with a 5-21 date noted.
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