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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1925
Page
4
As Hindenburg takes the German presidency the world weighs his next moves. He asserts a peace stance and faces a historic chance to steer Germany and Europe toward peaceful aims and better relations, potentially shaping a legacy of peace over war.
An evolutionist writer proposes humans could develop wings in centuries as society might need aerial travel. He avoids choosing feathered or leathery wings, humorously noting beauty parlors would gain from wing feather grooming during joy flights before descent back to land.
The News salutes Stonewall boosters for forming an organization to showcase the town. Though small, Stonewall lies in rich farming country and the group can attract outside attention to its potential. Local issues require organized effort and this step signals bigger prospects. the town may benefit from the commercial body's work.
The piece argues France failed to confront postwar realities, postponing clear policy and hoping for fixes. It warns the longer reckoning is delayed, the greater the difficulties, and suggests Britain and the United States faced the issue sooner. It claims solving France’s problems will demand world-class intellect.
The piece weighs happiness against wealth as Bill Ford, Henry Ford's brother, finds contentment in modest comforts despite his poverty compared to his famed relative. It contrasts indoor living’s impact on health with the need for air and exercise, warning that destruction can outpace construction and noting politicians struggle to build.
No educator has yet appeared with an explanation for what accompanies precocious babies or child prodigies who were predicted to wake Mother Harth from ages. In nine of ten cases the plodding student who works hardest wins, leaving the favored few behind in life’s race.
Pontotoc County weighs extending permanent roads as gas oil tax receipts rise. Officials note annual road work and a bond plan could fund large projects, create jobs, and reduce the county’s road maintenance backlog.
A New Jersey judge attacked crime news in newspapers and said he could be an editor for one day to show how a paper should run. A local paper accepted the challenge, and the judge will try his hand briefly. He warns a long tenure could produce a different tale.
A Tennessee justice of the peace weighs a case charging a teacher with teaching evolution. The ruling could rival landmark decisions and ends a long dispute that has puzzled scientists for decades. An aside notes smugglers seeking honest captains to carry Atlantic liquor, implying the captain may keep profits with little recourse to employers.
Uncle Joe Cannon reached 89, Chauncey M Depew 91, marking the near end of a generation of pre Civil War politicians. The two symbolize two generations active in politics for about seven decades of American history.
After any disaster nature begins restoration at once and, with time, erases the effects of destruction. This ongoing recovery enables the world to advance despite initial ruin and ruinous events.
Paris notes some Beau Brummels there wear trousers styled like divided skirts. The piece muses the look suits their character and jokes about certain individuals trading their rousery for a dress, suggesting it would have suited one of them better.
The county fairs in Pontotoc spark interest as exhibitors must ready their exhibits. Countywide complaints report chicken thefts, with thieves targeting flocks at night. Residents warn that a wakeful homeowner may deter crime if disturbed.
An exchange notes that dummies are used in a school course teaching the care of future husbands and babies. It suggests many girls will marry dummies, calling the method an apt form of instruction in domestic training.
The piece suggests Elmer Thomas is favored for the Democratic nomination for U S senator for another year. It notes the 15 month horizon brings uncertainty as it mentions few rivals and mocks self important contenders who defect to praise their own talent while ignoring others.
The writer laments the fading prominence of itinerant phrenologists who lectured on head bumps revealing character. He notes such days have faded as others with different names fill the stage. He observes mankind’s appetite to glimpse beyond the physical into psychical and spiritual realms and to be humbugged.
A March incident in Beijing describes Marshal Tuan Chi-jui bathing his feet before Sun Yat-sen memorial services. His swollen feet and mismatched footwear delayed his public appearance, stirring criticism from Sun Yat-sen followers and prompting talk of a possible political crisis in China.
Mrs. Orville Snead, Red Cross secretary, warns of rising gasoline hobos who tour towns in dilapidated cars seeking gas funds. She notes policy excludes aid to such transients and cites Kansas City Provident association seeking case records to study the trend. Snead plans to present data at the national conference in Denver in June.
In Galisaw Oklahoma May 11 the jury in the Henry Vox Jr murder case at Moffet was discharged after a six hour deadlock nine to three in favor of acquittal. Vox Jr assistant town marshal shot Neal Fentress after Fentress knocked him and was about to strike Vox Sr. The case sparked a border region sensation as Fentress, known for a volatile record, faced prior arrests.
The appellate court will hear the state's appeal on whether J C Walton former governor should stand trial for diverting state funds tied to a 15 000 allocation for the health department Also at issue is whether the district judge or the attorney was correct in the legal argument The dispute centers on informations prepared by Okla homa county attorney J K Wright and a quashed indictment from a prior judge and a later transcript irregularity is noted in the record
Advertising men continued the second day of departmental sessions at the Associated Advertising Club of the World convention in Houston Texas on May 23. The group then moved to Galveston for an afternoon outing.
Topeka Kansas May 12 The jury for former Governor Jonathan M Davis charged with seeking a bribe was sworn in after delays in a four case set known as pardon gate The case centers on allegations that Davis his son Russell and Banking Commissioner Carl J Peterson conspired to sell pardons with bribes and that Davis was arrested before the inauguration of his successor on January 12. Prosecutors recount a money exchange in a National Hotel room to seal a pardon deal with Russell Davis present and later returned by Russell after the governor left the room.
Wireless reports from the Rum Row blockade zone indicate signs of the disintegration of the whiskey armada off the Mid- Atlantic coast. Captain W V E Jacobs in New York said vessels, including the Mojave dry navy blockade, have begun to depart after the prohibition law took effect Tuesday.
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