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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
4
The Carranza government rounds up editors who published sensational Villa revolu tion tales to send them to the front to verify events and report facts firsthand. The move is seen as a test of honesty and could spoil sensational reporting by forcing writers to see conditions as they are.
Summary of Bolshevik reports from interior Russian towns via C D Wood and publications from Berne. Claims include closed schools, factory destruction or closure, forced labor, serfdom in camps, non Bolshevists denied food, polygamy, reprisals against families, and prostitution ordered by government, all attributed to the Bolshevik regime.
In Ada and Red River division areas the new Frisco timetable limits south of Ada to about one daily train. Little towns lose mail and trade as the through southbound afternoon run to Sherman is dropped after eighteen years.
The piece notes Oklahoma lies in a pivotal grain belt producing most of the nation’s corn cotton oats and hay. It voices anti terrorist and immigration stance and praises Allied naval efforts in the war. It mentions Villa Carranza Pershing Diaz Huerta Madero and a welcome for Oklahoma students. It cites German submarine losses totaling 198 ships and 3 000 men.
The piece cites political chaos in Mexico with Villa and General Angeles, alongside a church event at Rocky Chapel. It then lists local visits and social notes from Ada and nearby areas, mentioning residents like Tom Holt, Mrs. Post, Mrs. Roy Wyche, and many others. The cotton crop faces worm damage alongside improving corn and oats.
Sulphur Oklahoma announces an All-Southern Patriotic Pageant and Picnic at Platt National park on July 4 and 5 to honor returned soldiers. Plans include aeroplanes and a military band from Ft Sill with parades by local contingents and Company K National Guards. Major J D Ramsey Captain Jesse M Salters and Lt H C Baley plus Sulphur Chamber of Commerce committee coordinate with Lawton authorities.
T. S. Barnes appointed pew manager at the Ada flour mill expresses strong interest in Ada, staying with L. F. Baines while seeking housing. He arrives from Glasgow Missouri with 31 years in milling and promises major machinery improvements. Ford of Shawnee to visit Ada for concrete plan announcements. Ables, Ada miller, attends Kansas City millers convention to keep abreast of milling advances.
President J M Gordon visits Waxahachie Texas as Trinity University awards him an honorary Doctor of Laws in recognition of his decades of work. The ceremony marks Trinitys semi centennial and honors a leader whose efforts helped shape the colleges progress.
A 30 year old Oklahoma Texas river crossing tale recounts Hennessy buying oxen, tying them to a tree, and a forty pound fish swallowing the rope knot. The fish halted the team in midstream, was saved by the owner, and kept as a pet with many insisting both are still living. The story is presented as true.
In a Washington dispatch a protest letter from an Ada druggist criticizes the new luxury tax on medicines and tonics. The writer mocks the tax's reach on common remedies and urges repeal or exemptions to prevent business ruin and personal hardship.
A stranger visits farmers in Grant county offering to install lightning rods for advertising and donates 90 feet of rod, then demands payments from $250 to $500 before never returning. A second man later pushes the scheme, leaving local officials to address the impropriety.
All claimants against Pontotoc County or any Municipal Township must file with the County Clerk by June 25 1919. The County Commissioners will meet in July to adjust all matters on that date. Deficiency or emergency claims filed after the deadline will not be considered.
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