Ada Public Schools Close Term With Eighth Grade Program
The Ada public schools closed for the term with the eighth grade program at the Baptist church. Forty nine in the class received certificates. The program featured recitations, a class poem, piano duet, prophesy, and a class song, followed by the delivery of diplomas by J. T. Walters, with a class roll listing names of graduates.
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Ada
Baptist Church
J. T. Walters
Board of Education
Death Sentence for Becker
New York May 22 twelve men again found Charles Becker the arch conspirator behind the Rosenthal murder. Becker was found guilty of murder in the first degree and faces the electric chair unless pardoned or Court of Appeals interference occurs. The jury held Becker’s agents shot Herman Rosenthal on July 16, 1912. new witnesses supported the tale. Becker plans an appeal and a brief stay was granted.
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New York
Charles Becker
Rosenthal
Becker
Court of Appeals
Herman Rosenthal
Supreme Court
Samuel Seabury
Oreman
Rose
Wallon
Webber
Ada Public Schools Review Shows Record High Promotions
The Ada public schools report the 1913 14 term closing with the highest promotions in history due to steady attendance and a stronger teaching staff. Ninety seven high school students enrolled in three year work, no transfers to the Normal, and plans for a full accredited course next year. The high school earned athletic and debating honors, with the team champion of the seventh district and a silver cup for top debaters. The library program expanded and plays supported fundraising. Space shortages threaten next year’s expanded fourth year, with about 150 students needing room beyond the current four regular recitation rooms and labs on the fourth floor.
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Normal
Ada High School
Ada
Atoka
Ada News
Board of Education
T. W. Robison
Notable Names List From Historical Database
A roster of individuals including Barnett, George McClelland, Molly Slagle, Festus Snow, Walter Oliver, Robert Wimbish, Willie Gay, Hubert Curtis, Mamie High, Marguerite Bowman, Audrey Adare, Ina Salee, Lillian Long, Lilly Polly, James Patterson, Fannie Patteson, Mildred Kerr, Nathan Levin, Irene Howard, Audria French, Bernice Rayburn, Conn Roach appears in the record.
Meritol Tonic Digestive Recommended for Indigestion
Questioning heart pain symptoms, the copy warns most pains stem from stomach trouble and promotes Meritol Tonic Digestive to restore stomach function, framing suspected heart disease as gastric derangement. Ramsey Drug Co. is listed as exclusive agents.
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Meritol
Ramsey Drug Co
Meritol Hair Tonic Promoted by Ramsey Drug Co
An advertisement urges regular use of Meritol Hair Tonic to prevent scalp diseases and dandruff, claiming germs cause baldness. Ramsey Drug Co exclusive agency guarantees the product. Also notes W. C. Rollow offers binder twine and hay ties. 5-21 4tw-pd
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Ramsey Drug Co
W. C. Rollow
Young Mules For Sale By Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
The Oklahoma Portland Cement Co. offers 52 yearling and two year old mules at Lawrence for farmers seeking a matching pair or a team. Apply at the quarry. May 21. tfw
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Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
Lawrence
Negroes Sail for Africa Colony from Portland
Chief Alfred Sam leads a group of African Americans planned to sail to the Gold Coast of Africa next week via Galveston. He claimed about 2,500 dollars would fund transport and boat construction, but critics fear the funds and voyage may not materialize.
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Portland
Alfred Sam
Gold
Africa
Sam
Galveston
Oklahoma
New York
Weleetka
Electric Bitters touted as stomach and digestion tonic
An old advertisement claims Electric Bitters increase appetite and cure indigestion. It touts benefits for liver, kidney and stomach troubles and cites Mr. T. D. Peeble’s stomach improvement as proof. Available in bottles of 50c and 1.00.
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T. D. Peeble
Constitutionalists Seize Saltillo and Destroy Key Structures
Saltillo reports constitutionalists occupy every part of the city. Federals, before leaving on Wednesday, dynamited the cathedral, casino and many business blocks. Public buildings burned, cotton bales abandoned, munitions destroyed. Carranza intends Saltillo as provisional capital within days.
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Saltillo
Carranza
Justice weighs Mellen immunity amid New Haven inquiry
Washington May 23 The Department of Justice debates Mellen immunity in frenzied finance disclosures. Courts may decide on whether to annul the indictment. New Haven inquiry resumes Tuesday with Lewis Cass Led yard and other major financiers as witnesses.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Mellen
New Haven
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Hunt's Cure Skin Disease Guarantee Ad
Sold under a positive guarantee to refund the purchase price if it does not cure itch ringworm tetter and all other skin diseases. Hunt's Cure proven the standard medicine for skin diseases. Ask any druggist and read the positive guarantee that goes with each package. Price 50c. A. B. Richards Medicine Co Sherman Texas.
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Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
Bumper Wheat Crop Forecast By Agriculture Department
Washington May 23 Estimates by the Department of Agriculture indicate a bumper wheat crop. The 1914 total production may reach 880000000 bushels due to record acreage and expected high yield per acre. Not a single state shows unfavorable winter wheat prospects.
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Department OF Agriculture
Washington
Judge Lindsey ends bid to see Rockefeller over Colorado strike
New York May 23 Judge Ben B Lindsey said there would be no further attempt to see Rockefeller about the Colorado strike. Roosevelt did not extend the anticipated invitation to Lindsey. The Singer Sewing Machine office moves to 121 South Broadway.
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New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Rockefeller
Colorado
Roosevelt
Lindsey
Singer Sewing Machine
South Broadway
W. C. Williams
Supreme Court voids Oklahoma demurrage law on railroads
The Oklahoma demurrage statute fining railroads one dollar per car for late delivery was declared void by the state supreme court in a test case brought by the Rock Island railroad. The decision removes the five day delivery requirement and affects shippers relying on those penalties.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Rock Island Railroad
Reward Offered for J. P. Carpenter Missing Miner Associate
Five dollar reward for information leading to the finding of J. P. Carpenter who was last seen with mineral prospectors near Ada Roff and Coalgate about five or six years ago. He was a former lawyer in Honey Grove Texas and county attorney of El Paso County. he had lost a leg in a railroad accident. Contact T J Baten attorney 29 Gilbert Bldg Beaumont Texas.
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J. P. Carpenter
Ada
Roff
Coalgate
Honey Grove
Tex
el Paso County
T. J. Baten
Atty
Gilbert Bldg
Beaumont
Socialist backer expelled. party action in Shawnee
At the May 10 meeting the local Shawnee Socialist group expelled Robert H. Oury for publishing the National Iconoclast and backing Democratic candidates. Members were urged to notify locals in the Fourth district to publish notices of the action. G. Cousins, secretary, Appeal to Reason. Judge T. D. McKeown spoke at Murray school graduation in Tishomingo. Dr King's New Discovery praised for cough relief. Bucklen's Amica Salve advertised. G W Black reports good crops with late cotton. Pearl to attend summer normal.
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Shawnee
Okla
Robert H. Oury
Socialist Party
Oury
Congress
H. H. Smith
Dr. King
Jennie Flemming
New Dover
Ohio
Bucklen
Amica
G. W. Black
Centraloma
Miss Pearl
Mellen Testimony Details Reckless Wrecking of the New Haven
Washington on May 22 Mellen concludes his testimony by admitting J P Morgan was pressured into blame for the New Haven wreck while taking the fall himself. He cites Richmond Whipple pressuring stock dealings to pass a railway bill, a graft totaling sixty thousand dollars, and gifts to influence hiring and press bias. He recalls times of free passes and rebates, and claims reform followed legal restrictions.
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Washington
Mellen
J. Pp. Morgan
New Haven
New York
Melien
Morgan
The
Rutland
Sherman M. Whipple
Massachusetts
Worcester Consolidated Traction
Bruce Lyman
Harvard
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Pontotoc County Abstract Co
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Ralph)brooks
Mgr
ADA Public Schools
C. Stubblefield Mayo McKeown
Chisholm Barnett
George McClelland
Cather van Meter
Green Mountain
Marguerite Bowman Ee Fe
Hazel West
Fannie Patteson
Irene Howard
Pearl Turley
Eee
Mildred Kerr
Wallace Hensley
Harrold Jones
Hazel Smith
Claude Sturdevant
Jesse McDaniels
Florence Cragin
Hazel Allen
Lester King
Butler Gray
John Keltner
Odren Finley
Luther Cleveland
Pearl Peay
Scott Morrison
Pat Roach
Lucian Moore
Maya McKeown
Horace Moss
Jack Banks
Larkin Winn
Cleveland Hall
Lenna Hardin
Bessie McBroom
Frank French
Chisholm
Review OF
Supt
Robison
Gwin & Mays Drug Co
Brown’s Business College
Tulsa
Charles Tanner
Wabash, Ind
Red
Pour
Smith
T. D. McKeown
Tishomingo
Murray School of Agriculture
New Haven Road
Oklahoma Centra Ry
Asa T. Ramsey
Lehigh Nixon
Tupelo
Stonewa
Frisco
Awma
der, Chickasha, Okla
P. M
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Center
Vaness
Stratford
Byars
Rosedale
Vincennes
Purcell
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