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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1908

Page

6

Oklahoma Governor Haskell Praises Limited Lobbying in State Visit

Guthrie Oklahoma January 10 The governor sent three messages to the senate praising restrained lobbying and urging mailed copies of bills to company representatives. He urged protections for animal values on school lands and emergency laws to protect leases for gas oil and minerals. He called for consent for federal sites tax-exempt under federal rules. The senate passed a transfer of cases to state courts and a commission plan for evaluating state institutions. The House had no session. Local drug ads promote Bees Laxative Cough Syrup and ManZan for piles.

Guthrie Senate Uspa Messrs Taylor Davis

Battle for Indian Territory schools grows tense

Cameron accuses John D. Benedict of obstructing public officers while Benedict opposes state plans to organize districts for a new school term. Cameron asks Governor Johnston and Chickasaw legislature to arrest Benedict. The dispute involves Indian Territory schooling and interior department control. Cheesie McIntosh, Creek, supports school regulations.

Cameron Guthrie Okla Indian Territory John D. Benedict H. D. Johnston Benedict Secretary of the Interior Cheesie McIntosh

Court Enforces Dignity as Bell Boy Interrupts Supreme Court

Guthrie Oklahoma January 10. A hotel bell boy interrupted a State Supreme Court session by shouting a guest's name. Chief Justice Williams ordered arrest and warned the boy the court is not a political convention. The chase ended in the basement and the judge reminded him to speak in whispers in the court.

Guthrie, Ok State Supreme Court Ione Hotel Supreme Court Bell Boy Aise Mistah Pat Nagle Kingfisher Williams Guthrie Supreme Cour

Mrs Barrey to Give Four Readings in Ada

Ada residents will welcome Maggie Barrey a leading Southern reader as she plans four entertainments at the XX Century Club with proceeds benefiting the public library fund The first two dates are the 17th and 18th with two more to be announced later Mrs Barrey a Kid Key college literature teacher is renowned for Shakespeare renditions and the program promises instruction and entertainment

Ada Maggie Barrey South XX Century Club Public Library Fund

Henrike resigns from school land board post

Guthrie Ok Jan 10 W W F Henrike a member of the segregated company and asphalt commission and recently named assistant secretary of the school land board in charge of the farm loan department resigns from the former commission. Speaker Murray who led the constitutional convention is mentioned in the brief item.

Guthrie, Ok F. Henrike Segregated Co. and Asphalt Commission T! School Land Board T! Farm Loan Department Tod Murray Constitutional Convent

Tank Explosion Tramples Women and Children in Pa. Theater

Boyertown Pennsylvania January 13 a catastrophic moving picture tank explosion at Rhoads Opera House during a Scottish Reformation performance caused a deadly rush to exits. The blaze and flaming oil from lanterns and stage lights wounded and killed nearly a hundred people many from prominent families. The collapse sent crowds to the basement as screams filled the building.

Boyertown Rhoads’ Opera House Monroe Washington Pera

Oklahoma county clerks meet in Guthrie for uniform assessment plan

County clerks from across Oklahoma gathered in Guthrie on January 9 to establish a uniform plan of assessment under state law. They discussed cash base assessments, possible pay for extra duties, and the need for legislative action. County Clerk Taylor of Blaine County chaired. Clerk Sneed of Texas County served as secretary.

Guthrie Oklahoma Taylor Blaine County Sneed Texas County

Roosevelt Orders Withdrawal of Federal Troops in Nevada

Washington announces President Roosevelt will withdraw federal troops from Goldfield Nevada shortly after Nevada legislature begins special session. The White House releases a report and a letter to Gov Sparks dated January 4, stating troops may be removed once the legislature assembles, unless the report’s facts are contradicted. The commission urges that Nevada assume primary responsibility for maintaining order.

Washington Roosevelt Goldfield New White House Special Investigating Commission Sparks Cport Overnor Neada Nevada

Oklahoma Delegation Garlands Garfield on Five Tribes Land

Members of the Oklahoma delegation conferred with Secretary Garfield in Washington on January 11 to consider legislation removing restrictions on land belonging to the Five Civilized Tribes. The talks focused on easing restrictions and potential impacts on tribal land ownership and allotments.

Washington Oklahoma Seretary Garfield

State to Deposit Only Insured Funds in Banks

Guthrie Oklahoma January 9 The State school land department will place no state money in banks without insurance under the state guarantee bill. A resolution adopted by the state board requires that after February 14 only banks with certificates from the state Banking Board showing deposits secured by the state guarantee fund may hold state deposits.

Guthrie State School Land Department State Board State Banking Board Oklahoma

Star athlete Urban Angney dies in university plunge

Urban Angney 22-year-old captain and versatile Kansas University star athlete leapt from Frazer Hall at the university in Lawrence Kansas. He left a note saying his life was passed and he owed a debt. Classes were suspended as the shock of his suicide gripped campus.

Urban Angney Frazer Hall Lawrence Kan Kansas University Rome University Angney Jesus Wellington Kansas

Senate Passes Tillman Resolution on Railroad Stock Purchases

The Senate today adopted Mr Tillmans resolution seeking information from the Interstate Commerce Commission about railroad companies buying stock in competing lines. The unfinished business was a bill to code penal laws of the United States, and its reading began. Senate adjourned at 3 22 p m until tomorrow.

Senate Washington Tillman Interstate Commerce Commission United States

Dr Shoop's Restorative Promoted For Nerve Health

An old health ad touts Dr Shoop's Restorative as strengthening stomach heart and kidney nerves. It claims quick help from Restorative tablets or liquid, offered by a Wisconsin doctor and sold by local grocers.

G. B Tare

Sledge Lumber Co Advertises Low Lumber Prices in Ada

Lumber down and sold by car load with payment before unloading or by wagon load from our yard at good prices. Also available shingles doors windows and mouldings at the right price. Ada is our home and we are for Ada.

Ada Sledge Lumber Coo

Dissolution of Partnership in Mignty Oklahoma Firm

Notice of dissolution of partnership between M. Wong and J. B. Carleton in Mignty Oklahoma with mutual consent and liabilities to be assumed by successor. Also includes extraneous ad copy for a skin preparation by E. W. Rose Medical Co. and a separate listing for Gwin Mays & Co.

Ong & Carleton NL Long Carleton Merhe Mignty Oklahoma Pontotoe Heen Zemo E. W. Rose Med. Co St. Louis Gwin, Mays & CO

Kodol Digestive Remedy Promises Relief for Stomach Ailments

An ad touts Kodol as a scientific natural digestant blend of vegetable acids and stomach juices, guaranteed to aid digestion and relief after meals. Crescent Drug Store and F Z Holley carry the product. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is recommended for piles and sold by Crescent Drug Store and Z Holley.

Crescent Drug Store F. Holley F. Z. Holley DeWitt Z. Holley

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