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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
7
The article praises a Chalmers engine featuring two devices the Hot Spot and the Ram’s Horn Manifold. The Hot Spot heats raw gas to a cooked state, while the manifold delivers gas vapor evenly to cylinders with no sharp turns. This design minimizes exhaust losses and maximizes power, delivering smooth, strong acceleration.
City commissioners order paving of alleys in Ada business district after a majority signed the petition. Affected alleys run between Main street Twelfth street and Broadway Townsend avenue areas. No opposition anticipated.
A health advisory suggests a well conditioned man easily enjoys life while the dyspeptic suffer absence of appetite and misery. The remedy proposed is Chamberlains Tablets to tone the stomach regulate digestion and bowels with a few doses enough to improve condition.
In the Prussische Jahrbucher Hans Delbruck accuses Admiral Von Tirpitz of submarine policy failure. Delbruck says Tirpitz favored dreadnoughts and hindered submarine construction during the war believing existing subs would beat England in months. He urges Reichstag to probe naval policy.
Ada’s Mays Drug Co Rexall Store promotes Chill Breaker for chills fever and malaise with a 50 cent guarantee. The ad promises refund if not beneficial and markets Rexall Chill Breaker as a unique remedy.
Major General James W. McAndrew has been named chief of staff of the American expeditionary forces and assumes duties immediately. Brigadier General James Harbord, Pershing's chief of staff, takes command in the field this week. McAndrew previously commanded at Fort Worth and led the U S army service school until July 1917.
Col Sidney Suggs urges a statewide rural school driven plan to build short model roads from schoolhouses in Oklahoma. With support from Robert H. Wilson and state officials, clubs would survey lay out plant trees and manage drainage while students learn surveying and road upkeep for generations.
A Cincinnati authority warns against corns from high heels and notes women trim them, risking infection. The ad touts Freezone a quarter-ounce drug from drugstores that may lift hard or soft corns with a few drops. It claims painless relief as the corn dries and lifts out root and all.
William C. Fitts assistant attorney general denounces the Industrial Workers of the World in a Jackson Mississippi State Bar Association address. He describes sabotage methods and links to international revolutionists, urging legal action to curb the group.
Harold E. Rowland, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Rowland of 731 East 9th street, died in France of meningitis while serving with the Pittsburg medical unit after enlisting in October. He previously studied at Pittsburg University and was a messenger of mercy caring for the sick and wounded. His brother is an aviation corps lieutenant at Love Field, Dallas, awaiting front deployment.
The steamship City of Athens bound from New York to Savannah was rammed and sunk by a French cruiser off the Delaware coast at 1 a.m. Fifty-one crew and passengers perish, with ten men and two women among the dead and many trapped in berths as lifeboats could not be launched. Captain J Forward and Ocean Steamship Co. strive to avert panic and control survivors.
Local News Office advertises bundles of old papers for sale at five cents per bundle. Sale promotes affordable archival sheets for researchers and hobbyists.
The text argues that, economically, good roads are the central issue facing government and the public. It emphasizes road quality as essential to national prosperity and public welfare, urging decisive policy action.
A local rider group urges even stable floors to prevent blom fishes and unsound legs among Horses. Riders emphasize safety for Colts and stable hands, warning uneven surfaces can cause injuries and instability during training and events.
A traction engine can perform as much road work as several teams of farm work horses, offering equivalent efficiency and power for hauling and field tasks.
British Columbia reports four million dollars spent on roads in the last season as road construction and maintenance efforts expand across the province.
Washington reports that in the first three months of government regulation 114 American railroads earned a net operating income of 54,108,661 dollars, compared with 144,011,399 dollars for the same period under private control in 1917.
Ada residents rally for war relief sewing with 360 dozen garments in progress. Electric motors from Ada Electric and Gas Co. power the machines as volunteers thank Schrieber Bros for ice and Frick for treats. Treble Clef Club under Miss Emma Keller raised 88 dollars for the Amusement Fund aiding the boys over there.
District Court orders filing of the application to dissolve the Pon totoc Mining Company in Pontotoc County Oklahoma and sets a May 20 1918 hearing publication of notice for five weeks in Ada Weekly News. Anyone with objections may file before publication period ends. Judge J W Bolen signs. E S Kerr represents petitioner. 4 11 1918.
A Church of the Living God preacher in Ladonia area was arrested in Paris on a disloyalty charge from the Ladonia constable. He was bonded after a preliminary exam set for May 9 and returned to Paris to continue a meeting. See Arthur L. Bowles for farm loans. Over First National Bank, 1-10-tfw.
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