Ardmore Hosts State Press Association Visitors
Ardmore citizens and local groups gave a cordial welcome to the State Press Association. The gathering featured a city tour, a gold key presentation, lectures, concerts, a fish fry at Chickasaw club lake, and a field trip to Ringling oil fields. The event highlighted Ardmore’s hospitality amid oil boom crowds.
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State Press Association
Ardmore
Commercial Club
C. W. Richards
Walter Ferguson
Cherokee Republican
Roberts
Chickasaw Club Lake
Col
Sidney Sugg
DeWitt
Ringling
Jake Hannon
Ringling Road
Elbert Hubbard
Statesman
Ardmoreite
Indian Territory
Guthrie
Trade At Home Ada Merchants Urge Local Spending
Community leaders led by E. F. Messenger urge Ada residents to buy locally to sustain the town’s economy, schools, water system, and growth. They credit merchants for funding the Normal and city services, warn against out-of-town shopping, and call for unity to keep trade in Ada. Also promotes MeeGEE'S Baby Elixir as a remedy for infant digestive issues sold by Ramsey Drug Co.
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Ramsey Drug Co
Governor Cruce and Smith settle Healdton oil land suit
Ardmore Ok May 7 Gov Cruce and C R Smith of this city settled a lawsuit over ninety acres in the Healdton oil field The compromise awards the governor sixty acres and Smith thirty acres plus the bonus of 26000 dollars halved between them The land lies in the best producing part of the field and is very valuable.
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Healdton
Mr. Smith
Lehman and Lamar Appointed to Mediators in Canada
Washington May 11 Secretary Bryan announced that former Solicitor General Frederick W Lehman and Supreme Court Justice Lamar have been chosen to represent the United States before mediators meeting in Canada on the 18th.
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Washington
Bryan
Frederick W. Lehman
Supreme Court
Lamar
U. S
Canada
Husband Rescues Despairing Wife in Cardui Ad
A Catron Kentucky reader reports severe womanly troubles and prolonged bedridden pain. After taking Cardui, she recovers enough to walk two miles and work. The ad urges others to try Cardui, claims success for over a million women, and directs readers to contact Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance and a 64 page Home Treatment for Women book.
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Catron, Ky
Bettie Bullock
Cai
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga
Torturing Prisoners Brings Promotion in Russia
United Press from St. Petersburg reports the government promotes M. Gregus to assistant director in the Criminal Investigation Department, despite recent prison torture scandals. Riga ex-chief of detective service dismissed after revelations of horrors used to extort confessions. Testimony from 17 workers claims torture coerced false confessions. Notes mention Riga’s pre revolutionary “museum of horrors” and continued use of torture devices by night.
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Rors
Gregus
Riga
Miners Ordered to Disarm Under Union Threat
Trinidad May 9. Strike leader William Diamond says any Miners Union member who refuses disarmament will be stricken from relief and barred from membership, as operators accuse union leaders of not intending to disarm strikers.
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Trinidad
William Diamond
Barred from calm On talk of White Sulphur Springs
John Barrett, director of the Pan American Union, usually suave, grows ruffled when White Sulphur Springs or churches are mentioned, signaling a shift in temperament amid ongoing references to those topics.
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Washington
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Barrett
West Virginia
Wilson
Satve
Gompers Wins Fight Over Contempt Case
Washington May 11. The Supreme Court set aside the contempt convictions of Gompers Morrison and Mitchell in the Buck Stove and Range Co dispute amid a long battle spanning seven years. The ruling cites statute limitations and upholds free speech and press as central to the labor leaders’ defense against injunction offenses.
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Washington
Gompers
Morrison and
Mitchell
Buck Stores
Supreme Court
Supreme Courts
American Federation of Labor Chiefs
Buck Stove & Range Co
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Morrison
United States Supreme Court
Hunt's Cure Skin Remedy Promises Guaranteed Results
An advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as a medicine that cures all forms of skin disease with a full refund if not effective. It claims wonderful results and states it heals cases unresponsive to other treatments, advising readers to ask their druggist.
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Hunt
Moose Minstrels Delight Ada Audiences At Majestic
The Moose Minstrels presented last night at the Majestic theatre in Ada, praised as one of the best home talent blackface plays seen locally. The cast appeared well coached on crack jokes and late songs, drawing a large audience that stayed with the show from start to finish. The second feature, Simmons' Liver Purifier, described as delightfully pleasant, promises relief from constipation and biliousness, with a trial convincing users.
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Moose Minstrels
Majestic Theatre
Ada
Occupation of Lobos Island Justified by U S in Luz Contention
Washington May 11 The state department argues that seizing Lobos Island between Tampico and Tuxpam is lawful under international law in response to Huerta’s protest. Alleged Mexican plans to destroy the lighthouse prompted Admiral Badger to act. Fears grow over Zapata’s forces near Mexico City and the risk to foreigners if Huerta’s threats escalate.
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Washington
Lobos Island
Tampico
Tuxpam
State Department
Huerta
Admiral Badger
U. S
Zapata
Mexico City
United States
Vera Cruz
Eczema Cure Guarantee and Local Bakery News
Eczema ringworm and tetter are advertised with a positive guarantee to refund the purchase price if not curing the skin diseases. Hunt's Cure is promoted as a standard medicine for skin illnesses, 50 cents per package, from A B Richards Medicine Co Sherman Texas. Bob Christian, once employed at the City bakery under J M Hoover, plans to open his own bakery soon in town.
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Hunt
Bob Christian
J. M. Hoover
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