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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
6
Ada readers receive a roundup of daily notes. Erwin remains confined with fever but resting better. Rev E M Sweet visits town. Wheat cropping advances with 150 acres planted and expected 30 to 40 bushels per acre. Various visits, campaigns and upcoming events noted across Pontotoc and adjacent towns.
Sept Melton reports most county schools employed teachers for summer and winter terms with eight to ten vacancies. County certificates exam is June 25 67 and the county school officers meet July 3. Colbert district votes 2000 in bonds for a modern three room school about 2400 cost. It has 200 children and aims for 130 attendance for six months to gain state funds.
A special election will be held June 30 to decide granting a franchise to the Mac Thwaite Oil and Gas Co for supplying the city with gas for lighting and fuel. The present franchise differs from the first, reflecting a conference between the company and a commercial club committee with concessions for the city.
Thirteen nations attend the ninth congress of the International Federation of Textile Workers Associations at Blackpool Central Public Library. Debates focus on IWW affiliation, child labor age, and armaments spending. Delegates study the Co operative Wholesale Society methods as the first England congress in 20 years closes Saturday.
Vera Cruz June 9 Huerta Blanquet and cabinet remnants weigh coming here to complete mediation negotiations. Blanquet led the conference and Gen Funston is said to support the plan while Huerta fears treachery and possible assassination by enemies.
At Niagara Falls on June 10 the press notes Washington’s demand for men without faction ties to head a proposed Mexican provisional government. Huerta envoys oppose the idea arguing nominees must be free of alliances. President Briles departed for Oklahoma City to promote the East Central state Bermal initiative.
About 200 men camped near Enid demand at least 2.50 dollars per day while seeking relocation to harvest sites. Assistant State Labor Commissioner Ashton negotiates to move workers, with I W W organizers pressing for a minimum wage.
An essay laments a missing boy not kidnapped but abandoned by his father mother and church. The author argues parental absence and neglect of boyhood led to the loss and a collective longing for his return. The piece warns institutions to nurture nurture boys rather than overlook them.
Jack Reed and his wife arrived from Oklahoma City to spend several days with his parents W. L. Reed and family.
Anapolis June 5. ABC mediators dispatch a protest to President Wilson aboard the Mayflower over ammunition ships clearing the United States for Mexico. The Antilla shipment to rebels is viewed as violating the armistice.
Pittsburg June 9 Mediation may end the strike of 12500 workers in three Westinghouse plants. A committee of business men will meet officials today and ask them to consider the men's grievances. Not a wheel is turning.
A yellow mare named Ada with a black mane and tail, branded on the right shoulder, is missing near Winningham. A liberal reward is offered for her return. Contact S. W. Winningham, Ada, two doors east of the post office, available June 11.
The Philadelphia Fencers Club shows a strong female majority in its membership, while San Jose California reveals a gender ratio with bachelor girls outnumbering marriageable men by three to one.
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