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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
8
The order's grand counsellor W. D. Cardwell says the group defeated the state question on prohibition with 15 000 lodge members assisting. He denies misuse of funds or literature and outlines plans for resubmission of the prohibition issue and a push for local option votes, starting with municipal measures.
NY November stock activity shows broad speculation with Western and Eastern demand. Industrial issues and rail stocks rise as investors react to Taft speech supporting regulation. Metal markets rally with cotton strike settlement expected to aid demand. vast share advances noted across sectors.
The World reports a nationwide surge as one million workers return to reopened factories and new orders pour in. Construction firms rush railroad projects while manufacturers ramp up to meet demand after the election. The piece notes revived industrial activity across regions and sectors amid a confident business mood.
An early 20th century ad copy promises relief for back pain from stiff muscles and strains. It touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as a cure for rheumatism lumbago sore muscles and other aches, claiming quick action and wide use.
Eleven prisoners tied to night rider depredations in the Reel Foot Lake region were brought to Judge Jones in Waion City Tenn for trials. They faced separate writs issued by the state as the case centers on the murder of Capt. Quentin Rankin.
The article explains kidneys filter all blood every three minutes and work continuously. Healthy kidneys remove about 500 grains of impure matter daily, while illness leaves impurities in food and can cause back pain and other diseases.
Mrs. Mary Dowling of San Francisco recommends Electric Bitters for stomach trouble. She testifies the remedy cured her acute indigestion and strengthens the system. The tonic purifies the blood and helps female weakness. 50c at F Z Holley and G M Ramsey drug stores. 291mo
Tulsa recalls Prairie Oil and Gas Company tax payout of 54,489.39 to Tulsa County. Jenks Township gets 13,000 for schools, tied to the company’s tank farm. The Jinks School District is noted as richest in the United States with 35,000 barrel steel tanks per school child.
In Warner twenty miles southwest of Muskogee Oklahoma Tex Scott a gambler was shot twice at a card table inside Jackson's pool hall by Jesse Harman a Cherokee farmer boy Harman drew a pistol killed Scott then rode away a posse is pursuing him
Representative Serena F. Payne of New York, chair of the ways and means committee, said tariff revision would not be taken up in the coming session. An extra session for the tariff was expected, likely around March 15, depending on Taft’s wishes.
An old pharmacy advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for billiousness malaria and jaundice. It promises relief by cleansing the liver and bowels and lists F Z Holley and G M Ramesey drug stores as sellers.
Charles E. N. Coles superintendent of the state penitentiary died at 9 am in his Hotel Royal rooms in Guthrie Oklahoma from apoplexy induced by shock after an accidental stumble on a sidewalk. Mrs. Coles travelled from McAlester to be with him as physicians treated him overnight.
Guthrie reports the legislature may have erred in submitting the dispensary measure as an emergency referendum with three questions. Courts may strike the measure, limiting the agency to towns under 2000 residents, while legal experts debate if disapproval abrogates the agency or allows its continuation.
The Bryan Leavitt marriage faces a bitter split in Denver district court. Mrs Leavitt seeks non support while Leavitt reportedly fled Paris, with the couple's two children at Fairview. Social circles had long whispered of trouble, and the case may expose sensitive family tensions.
Government lawyers credit the Tobacco Trust with restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman Act. Judge Ward dissented as the United States Circuit Court considers an injunction to dissolve the combination and appoint a receiver to wind up allied corporations.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a dispute over ballots with a claim of doubt about election results. Governor Deneen is referenced in connection with contesting votes and ballots being counted or swounted. The readable items suggest political maneuvering around electoral process and legitimacy.
Federal Judge Jacob Trieber sustains constitutionality of Arkansas 1903 mental anguish act. Case by C. M. Ivey of Hot Springs against Western Union for damages over non delivery of a telegram about his son’s death and funeral in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Oklahoma City hosts a grand banquet on November 16 to celebrate the first Oklahoma legislature tied to its one year anniversary. Clarence Davis of Bristow, president of the First Legislature social organization, will meet the Chamber of Commerce to finalize plans at the Lee hotel. The event may include the newly elected lawmakers as guests.
A concise aphorism notes that appetite, when suppressed, can be restored, and a heavy meal can ease a heavy burden. The saying frames eating as a remedy for both desire and burden, highlighting nourishment as relief and renewal.
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