Jones Will Not Vacate Incity Officials Refuse Transition
City commissioners sworn in for the new term as J H Jones of the Accounting and Finance dept resists yielding to his successor W E Conger who won by 25 votes. Conger awaits Judge McKeown's return to begin proceedings. Jones urged recounts in wards two and four claiming illegal votes, but no order was issued and the 1911 primary law limits recounted votes to district judges.
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Department of Accounting and Finance
W. E. Conger
McKeown
Conger
Jones
County Election Board
Mexico City
Colonia Roma
Doan's Kidney Pills Ad for Ada Oklahoma
Ada Oklahoma reader Mrs Catherine A Carter reports relief from rheumatic pains and kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad notes kidneys filter blood, urges avoiding irritation from colds and fever, and promotes 50 cent price through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Catherine A. Carter
S. Stockton Ave
Ada
Okla
Doan
Floods worsen across Oklahoma and Texas rail delay
Heavy rains in Dallas May 4 worsen floods across Oklahoma and Texas. Rail schedules are delayed as dozens of bridges, including a few railroad bridges, are washed out. An unconfirmed report claims three deaths at Geary, Oklahoma, with rescues from tree tops ongoing.
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Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
Geary
Foreign volunteers form self defense in Mexico City
United Press reports a diverse foreign defense plan in Mexico City as British German French and American communities mobilize with rifles and mounted units, potentially totaling around three thousand in hours. Embassies district Colonia Roma becomes focal point for recruitment and possible relief via Vera Cruz warships.
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Mexico City
Madero
Colonia Roma
Vera Cruz
Mercan
Baking Powder Biscuits From Boston Cooking School Magazine
Oreo style instructions for KC Baking Powder Biscuits by Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill praise the recipe. It details shortening amounts, milk or water, salt, and handling tips to ensure light, non kneaded biscuits baked high in a hot oven, plus an offer for the KC Cook's Book with a certificate from 25 cent KC Baking Powder can.
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Janet McKenzie Hill
Boston Cooking School Magazine
Jacques, Mfg. Co
Chicago
Cotton Seed for Sale Jackson's Improved Round Boll
Cotton seed for sale Jackson's Improved or Round Boll priced at 1 dollar per bushel. Clint Palmer located 3 12 miles north west of Ada. Note line shows price and location in a brief county market notice.
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Jackson
Clint Palmer
N. W
Ada
Wood Owen Wedding Tie Ada Roots to Greenville Move
At 10 30 Sunday morning the marriage of Homer Wood and Bessie Owen was solemnized at the home of R T Couch and wife brother in law and sister of the bride Rev C B James officiating. The couple left on the south Frisco for Greenville where they will reside. The bride is a daughter of Mrs J S Warren and grew to young womanhood in Ada where her modest and lovable disposition made friends of all who know her. The groom is well known here and is a worthy young man in every sense holding a position with the Waples Platter Grocer Co at Greenville Texas.
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Homer Wood
Bessie Owen
R. T. Couch
Rev. C. B. James
South Frisco
Greenville
J. S. Warren
Ada
Waples-Platter Grocer Co
Texas
Hunt's Cure Promises Cure For Skin Diseases
An advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as a guaranteed remedy for all forms of skin disease with a full refund if it fails. It claims wonderful results, noting it cures cases unresponsive to other treatments and urges readers to ask their druggist.
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Hunt
Rainfall totals surge in May so far
May opens with heavy rain across days. Sunday night drenched the area with about 11.00 inches, Saturday added 5.41 inches, and by afternoon the total reached 29.10 inches for the month. April rainfall stood at 29.51 inches, marking a remarkably wet period overall.
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May
Suffragette Hurls Hammer at Henry James Portrait
London on May 4 a suffragette threw a hammer at a Henry James portrait in the Royal Academy breaking glass and tearing the canvas before being overpowered and arrested.
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Royal Academy
London
Sargent
Henry James
Royal Academy Today
Simmons Liver Purifier Advertisement Claim
An old style ad touts Simmons Liver Purifier as pleasant with quick relief from constipation and biliousness. It promises lasting use after a single trial and notes availability in yellow tin boxes at all druggists.
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Simmons
Cole Younger Improves Slightly After Illness in Lees Summit
Cole Younger is dangerously ill at home in Lees Summit Missouri with malignant heart trouble and Bright's disease. Physicians note slight improvement today after his return from a lecture tour that covered Texas Arkansas Tennessee and Kentucky. He was slated to travel to Clarendon Texas next Monday for the Shelby Quantrell reunion.
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Lees Summit
Cole Younger
Bright
Younger
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Clarendon
Tex
Jacksonville reunion sponsors and maids named
Sunday Oklahoma listed sponsors and maids of honor for the reunion. Cuts of Mrs J W Bolen and Miss Leona Chauncey were shown, along with Miss Mary Price, Elizabeth Banks of Ada, and Miss Bessie Brown of Francis.
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Jacksonville
J. W. Bolen
Leona Chauncey
Mary Price
Elizabeth Banks
Ada
Bessie Brown
Francis
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International Harvester
IHC
Weber
Columbus
International Harvesters Company of America
Oklahoma City
Deering McCormick
J. H. Jones
Keller
MEX
Ico City
United Press
London Express
Mexico
Pacific Coast
van Loons
Lung E -Watts &1
Isa
Bempains
Amos i
Nas
Dee
Wood-Owen
Cole
Peter Schuttler
Wagons
Deering
Sylvania Woods
Clifton Mills
Ath
Springfield Wagons
W. C. Rollow
Ada, Okla
Weber Wagons
Studebaker Wagons
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