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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
2
A visiting suitor gifts a loaded phonograph to charm a girl during Christmas. His rival sabotages the machine causing a household dispute that ends with the rival villainized while the girl remains unmoved. The tale ends with a mordant comment on women.
Indian service official John B. O Neill describes a perilous eastern journey marked by pistol fire and suicides, including a Utah ex senator's fatal wounding, a bride killing her husband, a man shooting himself, and a sheriff’s arrest after 32 gunshots. He seeks quiet back in Muskogee, vowing armor and vigilance.
A Midwestern congressman praises the power of the country press in shaping national debates. He recalls editors sending rational ideas from county printing to Congress, warning that lobbyists fear a press read by politicians and communities. The piece, quoted from Atlantic Monthly, highlights grass roots influence.
The city federation of Clubs and Aids will hold a Saturday afternoon meeting at 360 oclock with Mrs. Orville Snead. Mrs. Will Neathery serves as President.
A U S Commissioner heard that three men A D Gibbons H L Hudson and J H Patridge pranked a neighbor on Christmas Eve by stealing three hogs from a farm. They confessed to plotting the trick and two hogs were butchered while Hudson slept through the process. Each man was bound for 750 to answer grand larceny charges. Hudson posted his bond.
Washington report details Texas Senator Culberson's defense of President Roosevelt's order to dismiss the Twenty-Fifth Infantry for participation in the Brownsville riots. He argues for fairness to Black education and rights while warning of threats to white supremacy and social order.
Advertiser seeks two well improved farms of about 65 acres each for rent in advance. Demand driven by a year or longer term, located four miles from Waver. Provide full cultivation readiness and reliable land quality.
At a masked party the Queen of Hearts and the Jack of Hearts play a game of fate and love. The Milkmaid of Paris, the king, and a revealing kiss set questions of loyalty and marriage, ending with a new king and queen finding happiness.
A lively account details how various animals prepare for winter. Chipmunks store oats chestnuts pignuts and acorns from August onward, filling dens and food caches while squirrels, red squirrels, rabbits, foxes, and possums rely on fat and opportunistic feeding. Woodchucks fatten then sleep through winter, and skunks also bulk up before hibernation. The piece contrasts hoarding behavior with energy conservation across species.
Figures show U S Commissioner Winn held monthly terms at Ada Roff Sulphur and Stonewall. In 1906 he tried and disposed of 503 civil cases with 97 pending. Felony cases docketed 156 involving 185 defendants. 65 misdemeanors involved 106 defendants. 124 defendants were held over and over 1000 witnesses examined.
Washington notes that the Clark committee will submit its findings to the Senate on Monday regarding Indian territory conditions. Discussion centers on mineral lands sale and removal of restrictions, with expectations that restrictions be lifted from all lands except homesteads and miners.
Four Americans and about thirty Mexican laborers died when two passenger trains collided head on near Volland Kansas on January 7. Fifty five were injured as crews and relief trains rushed to the scene and authorities blamed telegraph operator John Lynes for allowing No. 29 to pass.
Registered four month old English Berkshire pigs for sale at 1000 dollars. Sired by Headlight 2nd, 26506 winner of first prize Dallas state fair. Dam Lill King 79990. Address R Walsh, Sherman Texas.
About 35 delegates gather Thursday at 2 pm in Ada Farmerej Hall for the Pontotoc county Farmers Union quarterly convention. Officers include O. W. Taylor president and G. W. Black vice president. Banking talks may lead to a Pontotoc union bank. J. A. West of Indiahoma union may speak Saturday.
A historical note urges printing voter cards to announce candidacy and solicit support. It argues that face to face contact helps familiarity and can win votes by making candidates known to friends and strangers.
A Sigourney Iowa reader shares a humorous ad request from a German farmer who lost his horse. He insists the ad should say the animal was found near the yard and tied loose, with a five dollar reward for return, though the tale is told in a comic regional voice.
A newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any cured case that fails. Includes testimonial solicitation and Toledo company address. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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