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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
8
Washington announces an upcoming two cent per piece rise for registered mail with potential November effect. Ada office has not received a firm date yet. The indemnity will increase from 25 to 50 dollars, with adjustments if fault lies with specific offices.
Col Sidney Suggs of Ardmoreite receives an invitation to join the El Paso reception for Presidents Taft and Diaz on October 16 1909. The event features elaborate committees and vellum invitations showing US and Mexican seats. Judges Crawford Bolen failed to secure acquittal in Andy Scribner case. Crawford delivered a polished defense before the jury.
The Choctaw Nation memorial asks Congress to authorize the United States to buy all undivided tribal property including unallotted lands coal and asphalt lands undisposed town lots and public buildings to end long standing dispossession and settle tribal affairs at an appraised price of 60 million dollars with final division to each citizen. The measure, adopted by the Choctaw council, urges action and approval through the principal chief.
Secretary of State Bill Cross fell ill again in Guthrie Oklahoma on October 11 suffering a relapse and is in critical condition. He had been ill for nearly two months and was recovering before sudden heart and kidney trouble worsened his condition.
The clipping mentions Dr. Ernest Fos Nichols at Dartmouth College in Concord New Hampshire, and notes the National Daily Show opening in Milwaukee. It also references President Taft touring the Grand Canyon and A H Stephens of Pauls Valley, a popular drummer, being present.
Advertisement touts Solid Leather School Shoes with oak tanned soles and leather counters, priced $1.25 to $2.75 for men and women. Gloves range from 10 cents to $1.00, with golf gloves 25 to 48 cents. A composition contest awards prizes to Lucile Lee, Martha Porter, and Arvin B. Thomas. The ad promises substantial values and urges a visit.
Dr J D Brazil and C H Wilson bought hold over steers number 2095 thirty five saddle horses 959 tons of hay and ranch equipment plus leases on 15000 acres of pasture lands in Okmulgee and Okemah counties for 78000 dollars. Their eight year gain largely came in the last two years with 3500 steers and 2800 acres of pasture, making them among the region's largest cattle growers.
Snow fell in Sioux City and Omaha while St Joseph sleeted as Missouri and Kansas cooled to 45 degrees. Eighteen year old Bullock robbed the Eudora state bank, fatally wounded Policeman Pringle at his mother's home in Kansas City and fled after a vault theft of about 1,000 dollars. Deputy Woods aided by cashier Wilson tracked Bullock to the bank and then to the vault before detaining him.
An ad explains salves clog pores and cannot reach the inner skin where eczema germs lodge. It praises oil of wintergreen in D. D. D. Prescription as a penetrating cure and offers a $1.00 bottle or a 25 cent trial bottle from Chicago labs to prove it.
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