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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
19
The Boko she Enterprise voices skepticism about a politician's unbacked charges and questions whether the state's good roads push will lead to real progress. It warns that leaders must recall specifics under scrutiny and suggests that practical urban infrastructure like streets and sidewalks deserve attention alongside rural road improvements.
A collage of editorial quips and observations from the era touches on marriage norms, campaign rhetoric, bond votes, political satire, and public issues. It includes remarks on Oklahoma figures like Huerta, Dunlop, Haskell, Robertson, and Ada, with reflections on labor, wages, and the coming Pontotoc county fair as a local booster effort.
Judge J B A Robertson in a morning address claimed an Ada newspaper published unjust material against him and called editors unfit to associate with horse thieves. Editors denied the charge and pointed to his misidentification, noting no such libel appeared in their papers.
Promotes relief from constipation and sluggish liver with a vegetable liquid formula. Ramsey Drug Co guarantees a full refund of 50 cents if not satisfied, claiming it replaces calomel without dangerous after effects and works without pain or habit disruption.
A yellow mare with a black mane and tail is missing from Ada. Branded on the right shoulder. A liberal reward is offered for her return. Contact S. W. Winningham in Ada. Located two doors east of the post office. 6-112tw.
Advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills keep stomach liver and kidneys healthy rid the body of poisons and waste improve complexion. A Chicago man named C E Hatfield says he got more relief from one box than any medicine tried. Price 25 cents at druggists.
Webster North Carolina May 20 1914 John W Davis a former Jackson County boy is a candidate for State Senator in Oklahoma His family lineage includes the Davises of loyalty and integrity and his mother Mary A Hooper a Hooper from the Old North State His father Benjamin Davis died in the Civil War leaving three children and the young John W Davis showed early leadership and strong character through hardship and deprivation.
N. T. Heard, tax assessor of Pontotoc County, reports the county's total assessed value rising to 11 330 121 from 7 980 874 last year. Personal property is 2 935 879, land 2 910 950, town lots 2 669 012, with 184 458 taxable acres, average per acre 15.78. Town lots render 13 559 this year versus 13 667 in 1913, average value 196.84 up from 192.99.
The News names candidates for various offices including R M Roddie for Congress fourth district Robert M Rainey for Supreme Court J W Davis for State Senator Tom D McKeown for District Judge John P Crawford and Sam H Hargis for Representatives and sheriff race entrants Mall Walsh Joe Sloan Bob Duncan J C Farmer W C Bolin for county posts with re election notes. The piece also mentions Henry Kroth J D Garr I R Gilmore and J L Joe Foster as commissioners and notes Sheriff Duncan taking a centered role in Norman with D L Walker under care of an unsound mind.
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