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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
3
In Palos Alabama May 5 a mine explosion trapped about 150 workers at Mine No 3 of the Palos Coal and Coke Company. Rescue efforts were hampered by black damp, with three bodies recovered and a dead mule found. improvised teams faced smoke and fire damp as they attempted further exploration.
A letter to Pontotog County voters denounces claims about House Bill 125 and Senate Bill 126. It argues 125 does not restrict voting and warns that 126 creates machinery to exclude Black voters, urging readers to choose a White Man’s Country and oppose Democratic efforts.
Taft receives a large reception in St Louis as he delivers a longer than usual address. He responds to Bryan and discusses the Supreme Court in detail. He stays on point amid cheers from the crowd.
President Taft wrapped up his five day Middle West trip in St Louis with a rousing address to business leaders. He defended Supreme Court appointments as sacred duties and thanked William Jennings Bryan while urging justice and restraints on demagoguery.
A vintage ad claims Dr King’s New Life Pills expel poisons from the body and cure liver stomach and kidney troubles. It promises health and vigor for the weak and ailing with a 25 cent price at Ramsey Drug Co.
The E. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company announced the purchase of fifteen farms totaling 900 acres four miles east of Voplin Missouri for a giant powder plant. The project costs $500,000 and will employ 1,000 workers producing several million dollars in dynamite annually.
C V Ellis a farmer near Caddo withdrew his appeal and went to McAlester to serve a six month state prison term for assault after an altercation with neighbor Harry Dunlap in Bryan County. Ellis left with sheriff papers and chose not to fight the sentence, deciding it cheaper to serve it. Dunlap sustained a head wound from an ax handle and may not recover.
The census office reports an unofficial rise in U S population since 1900 of 15,121,035. Total unofficial U S population stands at 91,424,423. Greater New York reaches 4,563,603 residents, Chicago 2,282,926, and Philadelphia 1,540,429.
Advertises Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy as safe for children noting it contains no opium or narcotics and can be given with implicit confidence. Claims it is a quick cure for coughs and colds common to children and that it is sold by all dealers.
John D. Rockefeller would go broke if he spent all income attempting a better medicine than Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is said to be universally effective for diarrhoea dysentery and bowel complaints and is sold by all dealers.
Frank Williams J H Green and John Anderson were found guilty in Columbus Kansas of highway robbery and assault with intent to kill tied to the St Louis and San Francisco station robbery and the March 19 shooting of Agent Cortland High at Baxter Springs Judge McNeill received a black hand note threatening his death if the defendants were convicted.
Candidate Grigsby appeals to Pontotoc County voters in a Democratic Primary with a platform emphasizing lower taxes road improvements and bridge construction. He supports using convict labor on roads fair treatment for minor offenses parole for young offenders and prudent handling of estates deeds to inherited lands and Indian lands sold in small tracts at reasonable prices.
Marie Buehler 30 of 309 High Road Brooklyn faced disorderly conduct arraignment after husband Maurice accused her of chronic tobacco chewing. She denied the habit as he urged she quit or face separation, with a probation officer to help wean her off the plug.
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company in Ada stands as a flagship Oklahoma industry with 200 workers and a 2,000 barrel per day capacity. The plant uses 3,609 tons of local coal and 9,000 barrels of oil monthly, features Fuller Mills for final grinding, and produces cement meeting high standards, shipped via extensive rail links.
Buffalo May 4 Charles Cary Rumsey of Buffalo confirms engagement to Miss Harriman Rumsey is Harvard 1902 graduate studied art in Paris and a promising sculptor with a New York studio He is a keen horseman in Genesee valley hunt His father Laurence Danna Rumsey is a wealthy land holder
A boyish girl named Susie enjoys climbing trees and fences and navigating obstacles, often sustaining scratches and bruises. Her mother applies Bucklen's Arnica Salve which quickly heals injuries and boasts about its broad healing claims. Ramsey Drug Co. advertises it for 25 cents.
A lion in a Pittsburg zoo clutched a child’s hand through the cage as danger to youngsters grows from common colds and croup. Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery as best remedy for croup colds la grippe and asthma with trial bottle offered and Ramsey Drug Co guarantee included.
President Taft, in St Louis on May 4, extolled baseball as a clean, straight game that draws wide crowds. He said he enjoys it personally and seeks to encourage the sport by his presence as the temporary chief executive.
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