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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
9
A jumble of observations on law religion and social fate notes that a lawyer may mistake a will for a deed and a minister dispenses religion by the pound. It warns that effort misdirection and chance shape fortunes along with a few health product pitches and local notices.
The text lists three ex speakers: Qelushea A. Grow who held the gavel forty years ago and sits on the current board, J Warren Keifer who presided in 1843, and John G. Carlisle who served 1883 to 1889. It notes the coming congress may have no former speaker among its members. In the fifty first congress Reed presided with Banks and Carlisle as earlier speakers.
Over 1000 houses in London are said to be haunted as tenants fear danger. Seventy-one of the properties are linked to murders, while many other inhabitants reportedly vanish without trace.
In Philadelphia last week Booker T. Washington spoke to a group of sorters and shared a childhood tale from his plantation days. He recalled his old master’s sharp scolding and his witty retort, illustrating resilience in adversity.
A French language professor accompanying the Crown Prince of Saxony in a Dresden flight is described as a striking personality with large bright eyes. The text hints at hypnotic influence behind the princess’s escapade, noting those eyes as persuasive. Clyde Fitch’s New Home near Greenwise is described as a roomy Queen Anne style residence on an eminence with views of Long Island Sound and a notable curios collection purchased in Italy, valued around several thousand dollars.
The piece cites C C Kobisaat urging defense of the middle class amid growing resistance to law and rising upheaval, warning trusts as the era’s great threat. It contrasts wealth and labor while praising the educated middle who defend rights without endangering national continuity. Boston Glebe notes also discuss Burma man in prehistory and Garvian dinosaur-era findings.
A translated parasrap in the Staats-Zeitung traces a boy growing from age ten to sixty, noting changing views of his father’s knowledge and advice as life unfolds, concluding with the father’s death and the speaker's reverence for his parent.
An advertisement profiles Mr. A. P. Burbage from Greenville SC who suffered years of coughing and credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with a dramatic improvement after two bottles. The spot also notes local sellers like Clark Drug Co. and promotes a bevy of local services and trades.
Pleasant tasting Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets promoted as easy to take and effective. For sale by Clark Drug Co.
Mr Joseph Pominville of Stillwater Minnesota after spending over two thousand dollars with doctors for stomach trouble found relief after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets on the recommendation of druggist Alex Richard. The tablets, priced 25 cents per box, are offered by Clark Drug Co.
An American who met Von Bulow quotes German export troubles, noting Germany ships 9000 tons of toys to the United States annually. Bulow retorts that children credit Santa Claus and do not care who takes the credit.
An ad touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as restoring digestion and tissue building by helping the stomach digest all wholesome food. It claims to cure indigestion dyspepsia and stomach troubles and promotes it as a spring tonic sold by F. Z. Holley Clark Drug Co.
Ordinance No. 56 provides that fines and trial costs imposed by the Mayor's court may be discharged by working on town streets and improvements at one dollar per day under the Street Commissioner or marshal. Prisoners may be taken from jail to work off dues, with the Street Commissioner keeping a day by day tally. The measure takes effect after passage and publication.
For detailed information regarding train service rates and timetables apply to I McNair agent Ada ITcor RB Donn Wichita. Local DOB and other station notes appear in the fragmentary text.
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