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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
4
Reading about others’ success prompts attempts, but real progress requires staying with the work. Beginners face easy impressions yet few advance from start, due to discouragement and quitting when roadblocks appear. Success favors those who study the game and pay the price.
A Maine special election in the old Blaine district produced a surprisingly small Republican lead for the unexpired term winner. September will test public sentiment with state and regular congressional elections, as Maine's results are watched for national implications. The piece also notes moves in Johnston County toward relocating the county seat from Tishomingo to Milburn after mass meetings in Ravia and Mannsville. A local poultry boom is reported with a carload of chickens shipping from Ada to New York City, distributing $4,000 among producers. Prices favor poultry over cotton, and chicken towns in West Texas are described as prosperous.
The News endorses William Jennings Bryan for the United States Senate from Florida praising his upright character and sense of duty. It notes the nation already uses many of his advocated laws and believes no man is better suited to wear the senate toga, even if not supporting him for president.
A ponderous tale recalls how an elderly Texas man signed his death warrant without reading it. He was wrongly told the document petitioned county commissioners to fill a mudhole on a public road.
Interest in the county's oil fields continues to grow among affluent oil men. Negotiations hint at significant drilling plans slated for spring and summer, signaling expanding exploration and potential production.
An editorial urges restraint in brandishing charges against public officials and defends public integrity. It argues democracy rests on believing honest officials can be found, warns against mass cynicism, and calls voters to research candidates and vote for proven honesty and efficiency.
A Ponca City dispatch reports Kay County boasting as the nation’s champion in pure bred poultry with 320000 birds and 1000 entered at the last county fair. Prizes totaling 5000 were won across county fairs last year, credited largely to the influence of boys and girls clubs.
A Indianapolis defendant cites nervousness to justify multiple marriages to evade law. The piece lauds Luther Burbank for modifying nature, notes Arkansas claims on Red River and a slice of Texas, and critiques public ownership versus private efficiency. It contrasts optimism and pessimism in vaudeville and politics, with lively witticisms on public opinion and legislative folly.
County poultry groups urged to boost state federation membership as four prizes totaling 250 dollars lure new members. Pontotoc County seeks 1 dollar dues, plus Oklahoma Poultry Journal, with half dues returned locally for the annual show. In a separate note a shooting incident and a racially charged confrontation are briefly described.
Dear Editor the writer questions the death of Old Man Gloom and mocks the funeral as politics. He hints a rise in Democratic support and calls for a full Democratic ticket in November. The editor replies by lampooning the letter and predicting victory for Democrats.
Oklahoma City hog market showed a slightly firmer undertone though overall demand remained steady. Receipts were light with 1,600 head traded. top prices reached 9.70 per hundred, bulk at 9.50 to 9.65. Stockers gained about a quarter as best kinds sold around 7.50.
Ed Goldie Price, called Goldie, Negro, was bound over to district court by Justice H J Brown on an assault with attempt to kill charge for shooting Clara Howard in a brawl two weeks earlier. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Will Chance faced complicity charges dismissed. Darktown residents testified detailing the shooting and others near the scene.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a government loan of 3 500 000 dollars to resume operations of the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad. The funds will be disbursed if owners and receivers meet required conditions in the railroad's corporate reorganization.
A list of political announcements names Wayne Wadlington Huffar Ebey Hardin Gray Floyd Watson Parrie Britt Sloan Duncan Walker Chaney Heard Faber Ward Irwin Laughlin West Franklin Laseman Gilmore for various offices including district judge state senator insurance commissioner county superintendent sheriff county attorney tax assessor weigher clerk treasurer court clerk and county commissioner district 2 with incumbents noted where indicated. The notices present candidates for election across multiple county and state roles.
Ada High school debaters train for Southern Conference rounds with Ada and Norman debates set for April 7. Ardmore and Pauls Valley forfeited, leaving Ada and Norman to contest the district title on immigration policy, while Ada fields an affirmative trio of Fleet Faust Bowmer and a negative squad of Van Eaton Ryan Wilenzick. coaches Whipple and Zimmerman push for readiness.
Neighbor asks if Bill Furleigh will attend law school. Farmer replies yes but doubts he studies, joking that he may become one of the unwritten lawyers mentioned in American Login Weekly.
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