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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
8
The piece outlines early rules of baseball as adopted by the Knickerbocker Club in 1845. It covers base positions, a 21 count game, pitched balls, foul rules, outs for caught or tipped balls, base running out rules, disputes decided by the umpire, and restrictions on foul strikes and runners.
The Harris Day code of laws, edited by Samuel H. Harris and Jean P. Day, will take full effect on May 16 1913. Only enough volumes for state and county officials have arrived. a second shipment arrives within three weeks. This marks Oklahoma’s first authentic official Statutes since statehood. The two volumes, priced at five dollars, exclude sessions 1919-11 and the fourth legislature, with officials receiving gratis.
A base may be awarded when a balk occurs by the pitcher and when a ball bounds out of the field after being struck. The exchange clarifies base allowances under these scenarios.
New scientific preparation for treating piles in any form both internally and externally. It promises unparalleled effectiveness and broad advantages. Rantsey Drug Co Ada Oklahoma lists Advig AR as exclusive agents.
An Ada Oklahoma Ramsey Drug Company advertisement promotes Merital Hair Tonic as a simple method to prevent baldness and dandruff by keeping the scalp free of germs. It guarantees Merital Hair Tonic and urges regular use.
May 9 patrons at a Leavenworth Kansas theater panicked when a Black man in the gallery drew a revolver and fired toward the film’s hero during a scene on a precipice. He escaped down the stairs as chaos followed the realistic climax.
Herb ine purifies and strengthens the liver and bowels to restore rosy health to the cheek. Price 50c. Sold by Ramsey Drug Company. Adv ert, Caney.
Secretary Bryan held two formal talks with Viscount Chinda at the State Department as Japan lodges a protest against California legislation seen as discriminating against Japanese subjects. A second meeting is set for tomorrow morning to hear Bryan's reply, with the issue to be published in both countries.
A 66 year old groom David A Parker married 60 year old widow Mary J Howard in Ada Saturday evening. Justice H J Brown performed the ceremony. The News wishes the couple happiness in their later years.
J. T. Sossaman of Cornelians North Carolina reports one box of Bucklens Arnica Salve helped a serious skin ailment after other remedies failed. Advertises as the best remedy for skin diseases burns bruises and boils. Price 25 cents and recommended by Ramsey Drug Co.
The Night and Day drug store was confiscated and moved to the county jail after a raid. Owner Sherman Billingsley and clerk W T Barker were arrested, then released. later rearrested on a grand jury warrant and jailed. Fixtures were removed to the jail for storage. Also included is a Confederate Veterans reunion rail rate notice with a May 1913 schedule.
An advertisement offers a one year subscription to the Ada Weekly News and the Dallas Semi Weekly News for $1.75. Subscriptions are sent to J. W. Simpkins, Circulation Manager.
Guthrie Oklahoma May 9 The Oklahoma Methodist University received title to the Guthrie convention hall and a ten acre campus for a permanent home by a vote of 184 to 1 300. Trustees contracted to maintain a standard university here perpetually. The proposition was referred to the people in a special election.
A Progressive Century notes the twentieth century brings a satisfactory rheumatism treatment Merital Rheumatism Powders from a formula adopted after medical expert review The Ramsey Drug Company is the exclusive agents and guarantees the product for trial acceptance.
Pontotoc county plans broad representation for the International Soil Products Exposition in Tulsa from October 22 to November 1. J E Sidwell led talks with the commercial club and county committeemen J L Barringer Clint Palmer and R W Sampson, aiming to display a strong Pontotoc exhibit alongside the Dry Farming congress. The event will attract top farmers worldwide and may coincide with the state fair display.
Several hundred traveling salesmen from across Alabama attend the annual convention of the Alabama division of the Travelers Protection Association in Birmingham. Two business sessions are held with reports showing gains in membership and state finances.
The Oklahoma House approved the first workman's compensation act, subject to a referendum at a special election on August 5. The measure mirrors Washington state law, makes employer participation in a state insurance fund compulsory, and places the fund and law under a state liability board of awards including labor and insurance commissioners and the state auditor.
Harold F. Henwood, Denver agent for an Eastern glass firm, faces a second trial in the west Side criminal court for the Copeland killing after a 1911 barroom shootout at the Brown Palace Hotel that also wounded J W Atkinson and killed George E Copeland. The earlier Von Phual killing charge was dismissed and later a new trial granted on the Copeland case. The morning also reported the jail guard delivering alcohol seized from Francis with Mitchell.
Directors of the Ada commercial club aim to broaden the organization's reach by taking in all counts if other sections cooperate. At the next meeting a plan will be outlined and presented to county citizens to showcase Pontotoc county advantages through united effort.
S. J. Armstrong advertises potato plants ready for setting out at 25 cents per hundred. Notice appears in the small classified section with date presumably December 6th and column markings 12-6th-1-4tw.
May 10 dedication marks the Henry Phipps Institute at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The institute funded by Henry Phipps focuses on the study treatment and prevention of tuberculosis.
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