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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
5
Democratic notices list candidates with no charges for political announcements printed in this column. Names include President William J Bryan United States Senator Tom Gore Justice Robert L Williams Supreme Court 2nd Dist Congress 4th Dist Charles D Carter State Corporation Commissioner A P Watson and State Representative Frank Huddleston.
Probate clerk Tom Holt takes a new post at the court house while remaining city attorney. The move keeps Holt in a dual role as he assumes the office and continues duties for the city legal department.
Ada News questions the legality and practicality of Thomas P. Holt holding both city attorney and probate clerk positions. The editorial argues dual office work may overextend duties, notes Holt’s high city pay, and urges a more capable, fully responsive city attorney amid municipal reforms.
A Sunday sermon argues Christ is the universal magnetic force drawing people to salvation and repelling sin. It compares spiritual magnetism to a compass and notes the Bible as the life’s navigational record guiding believers toward heavenly peace and joy. Community ad: PINULES for the kidneys promotion ends with a 30 day trial.
In a public appeal W H Parks of Crystal Ice and Coal Co defends his six weeks in Ada supplying ice through hot dry weather and challenges Kansas City rivals. He asserts long statewide ties, urges community support, touts superior Southwest ice and the Charles Y. Sanderson coupon system with price options from 200 to 1000 pounds.
The Ada dam break prompts scrutiny of city officials engineers and contractors. The News pledges careful inquiry into construction employment plans engineering oversight and administration leadership to expose who bears responsibility for substantial bonded debt and losses.
The article discusses a new law creating an under officer position in probate jurisdiction and notes Tom Holt, current Ada city attorney, has accepted the office and begun duties. Editorial commentary questions dual office holding and public duty, citing concern over public perception and officials balancing multiple offices.
Reports from 600 correspondents show Texas cotton acreage at 2. to 2.06 percent different from 1907 and Oklahoma acreage 2.06 percent lower than 1907. Texas crop condition is 7.96 percent better than on the same date in 1907 while Oklahoma condition is worse than 1907.
Crescent Drug Store owned by F Z Holly advertises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills for sale. The notice identifies Crescent Drug Store as the seller and F Z Holly as proprietor.
Twenty four wrapping paper firms fined 1900 dollars each in U S circuit court for illegal combination in restraint of trade. Judge Hough noted Sherman Act violation but due to extenuating circumstances imposed fines only payable through counsel.
An 19th century advertisement urges parents to treat infants for worms using White's Cream Vermifuge. It claims nine tenths of babies have worms, describes worms consuming nourishment, and promotes the tonic as a cure, priced 25 cents and sold by G. M. Ramsey.
Oklahoma announces Lansing inmates will be moved to a temporary penitentiary near Mekee te pws. The board of control says a 100 acre site will be offered free and a large stockade will be built. Four fifths of convicts will be worked on the road. Muskogee agrees to bridge streams. state to bear maintenance cost.
Secretary of State Bill Cross, reported candidate for the congressional race, says he will not enter the Democratic nomination contest.
An advertisement touts Man Zan Pile Remedy as a ready to use treatment for piles. It claims no operation is necessary and urges readers to try the product at the price shown.
A local advertisement promotes Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion as a reliable stomach remedy. The ad urges prompt use and notes Crescent Store and F. Z. Holly as suppliers, asserting guaranteed relief.
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