Entombed Miners Tell Experience
Hemet California May 3 Associated Press reports foreman E H Sexton and miner Ed Cole endured fourteen hours trapped by earth tremors in a magnesite mine near Hemet. They described dwindling air and efforts to tap pipe ventilation while outside rescuers drilled a shaft and brought in air and tools. Cole feared dying with money still in his pocket.
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Associated Press
Hemet
Calif
E. H. Sexton
Ed Cole
Here
Sexton
Portland
Ore
Cole
Wales
Coles
San Jacinto
Oklahoma Hardware & Furniture dissolution petition filed
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma the Board of Directors of The Oklahoma Hardware and Furniture Company seeks to dissolve. A hearing is set for May 20 1918 with notice to be published five weeks in the Ada Weekly News Ada Oklahoma. Objections may be filed before publication ends. Judge J W Bolen presiding. E S Kerr attorney. 4-11-1918.
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Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Hardware & Furniture Company
Oklahoma
Ada Weekly News
Ada
Club Woman Urges Conservation Outreach At Federation Meet
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, chairwoman, outlines conservation plans from platinum to parks at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs session in Hot Springs. She calls for human conservation through juvenile outdoor education, home gardens, and a wartime agricultural unit system for women workers with pay and housing. She warns against buying platinum jewelry during war and proposes postwar land opportunities for returning soldiers to reclaim semi-arid western lands.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Conservation Department
John Dickinson Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Liver complaint remedy promoted as stimulant
Advertisement proclaims dizziness vertigo and torpid liver symptoms and promotes HERBINE as a powerful liver stimulant. A dose or two will remove bilious symptoms. Price 60c. Sold by Bart Smith.
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Bart Smith
We Pay Case for Land and Land for Sale in Ada Oklahoma
McKinley and Finley offer to buy land with quick action in Ada Oklahoma. They request descriptions of land for sale and invite contact via See or phone Arthur L. Bowles for loan. Associated with Over 1st National Bank Ada. November 15 and March 28 notices.
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McKinley & Finley
Ada
Oklahoma
Arthur L. Bowles
1St National Bank
Purify Liver Health Product Advertised for Rosy Complexion
A 19th century style health ad claims herbal cure for torpid liver improves complexion. It promotes Herbine to purify the liver and bowels and restore a healthy glow. Price 60c. Sold by Bart.
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Ates Cheek
Bart
Calomel Today Sicks Tomorrow Promoted Liver Tone
An old ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims calomel causes cramps nausea and salivation while Liver Tone purports to cleanse the liver, cure sluggishness, and restore energy with no harmful side effects. It endorses use for adults and children and promises quick relief.
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Dodson
Destruction in France by the German Invasion
A May 3 report from Columbia Missouri cites U S Food Administration figures on wartime devastation in France. Wheat and potato crops fell to about 47 percent of normal, sugar beet factories were reduced from 213 to 10 remnants, fruit trees and shade trees were felled, farm implements destroyed, and livestock severely depleted with milk yield halved compared with prewar levels.
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Associated Press
Columbia
France
Missouri Division
U. S. Food Administration
Flour Card Plan Approved for Oklahoma Flour Ration
Judge C B Ames Federal Food Administrator for Oklahoma recommends flour cards to equip counties as the distribution unit. Each household card will list holder name household size and allow recording sales. Oklahoma and other states enforce a six pound monthly flour ration per person to balance supplies until the next harvest.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
C. B. Ames
Oklahoma County
C. H. Russell
Juniors Meet Weekly for Red Cross Knitting
Mrs. Goetter, manager of the Red Cross, asks Juniors to meet in the work room every Wednesday to knit during the summer. To date, Junior members produced 65 knitted articles. The helpless case garments are turning out rapidly, reflecting well on the women aiding wounded boys in France.
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Francis Red Cross
Goetter
The
Red Cross
France
Francis Wigwam
Ada Chamber of Commerce seen as vital to town growth
A 1915 revitalized Ada chamber funded by monthly business donations has helped attract the glass factory and foundry, spurred the Canadian river bridge project, and supported a large power plant. The secretary oversees finances with a donor-committee audit while wartime duties expand roles.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Adamen
Chamber
Walker
County Council of Defense
Remedy for Rheumatism Named in Ad
The article promotes Chamberlain's Liniment as a remedy for rheumatism, claiming it relieves pain, reduces suffering, and helps sufferers rest and sleep.
Kansas club women raise camp fund for band instruments
The Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs expanded the camp contribution at Camp Funston to surpass 1000 dollars with a 300 dollar latest gift for band instruments for the 353rd Infantry Regiment. A St Louis orchestra sent three violins to the regiment and promised more. Previously the group contributed 718 dollars to furnish the All Kansas building reception room.
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Kansas Club
Funston
Kan
Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs
353Rd
St. Louis
Kansas Building
All-Kansas
Ada Couple Married At Bride’s Mother's Home
Mr Charlie Stone and Miss Emma Melton wed at the bride’s mother Mrs John Ward 431 W 16th street Tuesday at 2 30 Rev Clifford B James officiating Mrs Stone long time Ada resident employed by Pioneer Telephone Co two years Mr Stone recently moved to Ada employed by Kellogg Electric Co helped install the local telephone system After visiting Missouri relatives Mrs Stone returns to Ada and Mr Stone volunteers for military service with Uncle Sam
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Charlie Stone
Emma Melton
John Ward
16Th Street
Clifford B. James
Stone
Ada
Pioneer Telephone Co
Kellogg Electric Co
Missouri
Austrian Subjects Join Italian Forces in WWI Front
Paris reports that eighteen thousand Transylvanian origin Austrian soldiers captured by Italians have been allowed to join the Allied front. This new contingent, alongside Czech troops on the Italian front and a Polish army in France, bolsters three allied armies formed from former central power subjects.
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Paris
Transylvania
Austria
Growing Hogs with B. A. Thomas Hog Powder
An Ada Oklahoma notice promotes B. A. Thomas Hog Powder as a guaranteed remedy to keep hogs growing, prevent cholera and worms, and cure thumps. If the powder fails, the company will refund.
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B. A. Thomas
Agnew Milling Co
Ada
Oklahoma
Magician Play Sparks Laughs at Great Lakes Unit
At the Great Lakes Naval Training Station psychiatric unit Ensign John Sharpe watches an ex sleight of hand performer entertain detainees. The sleight of hand artist hides blocks and pictures then frustrates Chief Yeoman Dodds as items vanish from sight revealing the officer’s pockets chair and paper tricks. The prank ends with Dodds realizing his own chair held the final prop.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes, Ill
Looney
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Sharpe
Yeoman
Dodds
Army Will Be as Big as Necessary to Win War
Secretary Daniels told the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce that the nation will raise as many millions as needed to win the war. He rejected fixed targets and said selective draft and available ships will determine manpower. If 21 to 31 year olds are insufficient, older men may join, and the army should not be limited to 3,000,000.
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Philadelphia
Daniels
Philadelphia of Commerce
Third Liberty Loan
Congress
France
America
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Twrigley
Fom
J. W. Bolen
E. S. Kerr
Petitioner
R. W. Simpson
Chas
A. Zorn
Ruth Roach
I. B. McCutcheon
Mary McCoy
W. Sims
A. T. Watson
Western Tel
Ada Elec. & Gas Co
MacThwaite Oil & Gas Co
Ada Elecetric Co
MacThwaite Oil &Gas. Co
Chas. A. Rere
CLUB
Louis Keathley
T.L. Childs
Claremont
Okla
Gwin & Mays
J.G. Witherspoon
Ada, Oklahoma
Chamber OF Commerce Effective Organization
Stone-Melton
Swamplancine Co
Ada, Ola
R. P. Chrisman
Paducah
Texas
James E. Webb
Gwin & Mays Drug CO
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