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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
3
Cornelia confronts Madame Van Heemskirk over a quarrel regarding Joris and a recent letter from Arenta. She tests kindness while pondering trust in her lover as family tensions rise and a plan to visit Hyde’s memory unfolds amid a shifting city scene.
The ongoing rivalry between former U S senator McComas and current Representative Mudd, both Republicans, is highlighted as a key chapter in Maryland politics. Once close allies, their quarrel began over a dining table remark about a son, revealing deeper tensions between the McComas and Mudd families.
The Academy of Arts import a live African lion to model two marble lions to stand before the Feldherrnhalle near the residence. The gift is from the late Mathias Pschorr, and the project will cost about 40 000 marks.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet quotes a boy defending himself against cheap demoralizing fiction. He claims he reads Emerson and Spencer and says he shares inappropriate stories with his younger brother. The exchange frames early 20th century concerns about juvenile literature.
In his book on laughter James Sully describes laughter as containing a biting sensation and melancholy pain from the start. He also notes the laughable spectacle often shows us in the background something regrettable.
In 1879 Siemens attempted steel production with an electric arc lamp furnace. He built a crucible furnace using graphite electrodes and an arc formed between coal and metal to generate heat for melting steel.
The Atchison Globe quips that if men refuse food the first time a second serving with parsley may win them over, and a handpainted platter with paisley decoration could seal it on a third try.
At a London sale of Blondin, the tight rope walker, orders and diplomas, a gold medal and chain with its diploma recognizing the 1868 Niagara crossing fetched $100.
The Lancaster literary society discusses an Atchison girl of 20 who declines to keep a looking glass in her room. The debate centers on whether she is handsome or homely, reflecting a local cultural curiosity.
Ten years ago eighty railroads published weekly earnings reports. Now only fifty-five publish such figures as twenty-five lines have disappeared through consolidation.
Turtle eggs remain a prized delicacy in many countries with abundant turtle populations and were once common in the United States though now rarely served.
Estimates show persons seeking divorce in South Dakota spend about $900000 annually for residence and related costs as they pursue dissolution of marriage.
The obituary notes the death of Samant a notable advocate in early anti-slavery days. It highlights his prominence and long activity in abolitionist circles.
A dramatic escape details Montgomery breaking from a federal jail. He overpowered a jailer in the corridor, shot the guard, contended with Mrs Emerson who tried to defend the scene, seized two pistols, ripped a lock with an iron bar, and fled toward the cottonwood with a crowd pursuing. Reports say he was last seen half a mile away carrying one gun in one hand, seeking safety in wooded country.
Montgomery was arrested weeks ago at El Reno on bigamy charges. A warrant was issued by his second wife in Oklahoma City and he remained jailed awaiting sentence.
Eight carloads of contractors supplies were sent from Katy along the Krebs branch of the Missouri Kansas & Texas toward Hot Springs. The extension north to connect with the Fort Smith & Western at McCurtain is expected. Rumors say MK&T purchased Fort Smith road. officials confirm the line to Hot Springs is assured.
W. H. Williams post master and his clerk R. E. Childs were arrested and arraigned before the United States commissioner on embezzling post office funds totaling 758. Warrants were issued for two others tied to the scheme. All are colored. Williams and Childs bound over to the grand jury under $1,000 each, Williams furnishing bond.
The Fort Smith and Western coal department plans 910 company houses at McCurtain and twenty coke ovens to be built immediately. Benny C. Frick of Pittsburg allied with the Frick Coke Company is linked to a large Pennsylvania coke plant. Arkansas and Indian Territory coal yields fine coke, signaling growing industry.
About twenty five lawyers and citizens went to the Cache creek bridge northeast of town and removed the lock and chains from it. The bridge on an Indian allotment had been ordered locked by Col Rand ler Indian agent at Anadarko several weeks earlier. The bridge was found to be 100 feet too short for the section line.
Requisition papers from the Tennessee governor to Governor Ferguson were honored and Pearson arrested for larceny and false pretense. The case involves the return of J. M. Pearson to Tennessee authorities.
A young boy with a grip was found at the Santa Fe depot. A note pinned to him stated he belongs to Della Price of Guthrie Oklahoma and to send him to Mrs M H Carne in South McAlester if not met. Police took charge as they locate his mother and conduct further inquiry.
Exporapo Kansas reports word from Topeka that no action will be taken for twenty days while a motion for a new hearing in the supreme court is considered. The Morrison family finds renewed hope as Jessie remains nervous and weak, fearing a possible new trial. Judge Morrison remains ill at home from the shock.
The Kansas Supreme Court held that the price of intoxicating liquors illegally sold in Kansas cannot be recovered. Dreyfus & Jones sued Goss & Powell for payment for a barrel of whiskey sold on time, but the court affirmed that recovery is barred when the sale violates state law.
A gas flow was reported at Blackwell at a depth of 500 feet. Investigators are assessing the source and potential impacts as crews secure the area. Further details on the site and response measures are not provided.
Richard Downing, bailiff in the western district court, was shot in the back by his wife as he confronted a man fleeing from their home in Muskogee. A. G. Rolley is jailed on suspicion of being the man in the house and Downing served ten years with the court system.
The Rock Island company completed tracklaying from Chickasha to Pauls Valley I T in the Kiowa Chickasha and Fort Smith corridor. Train service has been inaugurated on the jointly built line with the Santa Fe and is about to commence full operations.
Clay Taylor alias Prof. Platte was arrested by Detective Pickering on alleged designs on the president's life. He has reportedly served three prison terms and is accused of writing to the president advising him not to come out here and of recent anarchistic utterances.
A fragment hints at a canyon area near Salton where a daylong survey or event unfolds. Local observers note signs of activity but details remain unclear as residents await fuller information from officials.
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