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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
3
Kansas City and across the river face flood aftermath with 27800 temporarily homeless: Argentine 2000 Armourdale 16000 Kansas City Kan 4000 Kansas City Mo 5000 Harlem 600. Rain ended June 2 blue sky returns. Waterworks and gas back in service. Rivers Missouri and Kaw may alter courses.
Topeka faces 10000 homeless, ruined crops, and weeks of inundation as officials call for national relief. The disaster has caused 48 deaths, widespread disease risk, and massive livestock losses. Des Moines and Davenport report rising flood impacts and rail disruptions along the Mississippi.
The Mississippi floods threaten St Louis as stage nears 34 feet with two feet of water in streets on the levee. Upstream readings suggest the rise will continue for a day or two, causing widespread crop and property damage across Missouri and Illinois towns like Alton and Missouri Point.
A severe rainstorm wrecked several mills in Spartanburg and nearby towns. The Pacolet and Glendale mills suffered extensive damage with dozens feared drowned and about 1,200 workers left jobless. Damaged sites include Pacolet mills No 1 2 and 3 Glendale Clifton Converse Whitney and Tuckapaw with mills swept away and bridges destroyed.
Special Inspector Frank Churchell will replace Col. Wm. Beverly, who resigns to practice law in Oklahoma City. The office, one of the Territory’s best, represents the secretary of the interior personally in Indian Territory.
A seventeen month old child was stabbed twice in the abdomen at the home of James Patterson. The attacker, likely known to the family, left a note on the doorstep and fled. Dr. Bradley reports possible recovery, and the sheriff pursues the suspect as officials discuss slot machine confiscations.
A dispatch to the post office department reports Fenner B. Baker of Oxford Mississippi was fined $50 and costs and given six months in jail after offering Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow $600 to secure a postmaster appointment.
Secretary Hay receives a cable from Consul Mo Waule, Canton, stating Governor Wong reports over a million natives in Kwang Si starving and appealing for aid from American charity.
The Indian land office at Tishomingo will not allot land to Chickasaws until funding is available. The Interior Department ordered the office closed until Congress funds arrive, expected July 1, delaying townsite work in Indiana Territory as well.
In Jackson Kentucky Sheriff Ed Callahan was removed after a motion by Commonwealth Attorney Bird. Judge Redwine appointed John Jones as elitor to summon a jury for the Jett and White murder case from Magoffin County. Jones, eight year deputy, faced past violence from the French Eversole feud but is non objected by the prosecution.
A linotype machine, the first in Kingfisher county, has been installed at a Kingfisher newspaper office. The move marks a modernization for the local press and is expected to speed typesetting.
United States marshal Ben H. Colbert reports crowds have filled Tishomingo since the land office opened. He estimates two years to complete Chickasaw allotments with 5 000 entitlements and some Choctaws. He notes plans for an iron bridge over the Yeshita River and new brick stone business buildings and a compression plant boosting cotton receipts.
Committee will meet at the public hall to review applicants listed by the legislature as Dale Guthrie M J Weells Ok ty H B Simmons Creek T J Womack Alva and E E Grinestead with the aim of selecting bar candidates.
A New York Press report notes two powerful figures in racing and finance planning heated battles in journalism. One owner vows fair turf coverage while spending heavily, challenging existing critics and echoing past millionaire newspaper owners Villard Gould Huntington Morgan.
Routledge to publish fifty two James Grant novels and fifty Capt. Mayne Reid volumes in complete reprints. The editions target libraries where these authors still command steady demand. Grant and Reid were prolific. Grant often produced a new book yearly for decades.
Governor Bates proclaims April 25 as Arbor Day urging practical action. He calls for tree planting and strong efforts to destroy gypsy moths threatening vegetation. The Boston Post suggests naming Gypsy Moth Day to rally youth and communities in defense of forests.
A historical note describes a brutal traditional method to force sobriety by confining a drinker and feeding him alcohol flavored foods. The account claims most subjects would develop a hatred of alcohol after a few weeks of this coercive treatment.
An old Hem woman aged seventy in France sought schooling to master reading and writing. After a few weeks she learned enough to read newspapers and compose a simple letter, overcoming her long ignorance at the village school.
A brief comic exchange about a newspaper article believed to be written by a married woman. The husband questions the article implying few achievements, and the wife retorts that only a married woman would write it while thinking of her husband.
A humorous exchange recalls a husband and wife where the wife repeats the husband’s words to her mother. Duffy claims what he says to his wife goes, Meeker questions it, and the anecdote highlights domestic chatter and memory.
Dialogue fragment shows Miss Goodwin asking Mr. Wederly if he expects to keep Leat. Mr. Wederly replies that, yes, his wife will keep it, implying domestic arrangements or property tied to a marriage.
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