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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
11
In a vivid wartime memoir excerpt, PAT OBRIEN recalls near fatal escapes from Belgium to Holland and safety in the Netherlands after a daring escape from German capture. He thanks Dutch friends and reflects on the role of Providence in turning peril into deliverance amid the Great War.
This memoir recounts an American pilot’s journey from Chicago beginnings to Royal Flying Corps service in 1917. It covers training in Canada, deployment to England and France, early victories in aerial combat, and the constant threat of enemy fire. The narrative reflects on courage, despair, and the drive to endure through war.
A Oklahoma survey by J. W. Bridges reports gardens mainly plant potatoes with yields of about five bushels per peck seed, potentially 1,692,750 bushels and over two million dollars in value. Proper harvest timing, shade after digging, cooling storage, and avoiding sun exposure prevent rot. use cool dry places like cellars or barns, with slatted crates to avoid deep piles. D. C. Mooring of the Garden Bureau notes practices to protect the spring crop through winter.
A reflective line quotes the speaker’s belief that personal salvation was crafted to guide others, suggesting a purposeful, outward-reaching spiritual message.
The advertisement touts Hal's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that treats via the blood to attack catarrh on mucous surfaces. It promises a $100 reward if it fails to cure and offers a pamphlet list of testimonials, claiming efficacy and nationwide availability.
The government outlines monthly dependents payments for soldiers. With a wife and child, 25 dollars. wife and two children 32.50. each additional child 5. No wife but one to four children ranges 5 to 30 with 5 per extra child up to 50. Independent parents receive 10 or 20 dollars. other relatives get 2 each. Qualification requires the soldier to have contributed at least 15 dollars per month to the dependent.
Surgeons urge prompt first treatment for cuts burns bruises and wounds with an efficient antiseptic. Borozone is promoted as the ideal antiseptic and healing agent for man or beast. Sold by Bart Smith with prices 25c 50c and 1 50 for emergencies.
News briefs report twenty eight men arrested in the attempted anti draft uprising of last August will be tried in federal court this week. Most others arrested at the time pleaded guilty. Edwardsville C1 notes a trial for lynching Otto Prager ended in acquittal by the Oklahoma City court. Washington reports airplane output nearing three thousand per month.
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