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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
5
Chicago defeats Detroit to even the series as Wild Bill Donovan falters in the eighth inning allowing a home run, triple and two more hits. Detroit’s late rally yields one run in the ninth while Donovan previously dominated hitters.
William J. Bryan drew the largest crowd in Hannibal, Missouri, as the Democratic presidential candidate arrived by a late train and was escorted to the city park amid torches. He touted prosperity and attacked Taft while promising a Missouri tour from Paris to Kansas City with speeches in St Joseph and Moberly.
Orville Wright injured airman centin s fate unclear as reports describe condition after incident in Washington. Officials confirm medical attention and ongoing inquiries into the accident.
Guthrie Oklahoma October 11 J M Brooks of the Royal Hotel where the governor resides issued a signed statement declaring reports that Gov Haskell had not paid his board bill to be unfounded in every way He refuted the claim as completely false.
Ardmore Ok Oct 11 After testimony in Ward and Colbert cases the judge instructed the jury to verdict for the defendants on a conspiracy claim over false Chickasaw school warrants. Gov Johnston attended and praised the result. Pineules kidneys remedy advertised with claims of relief and blood purification offered by Gwinn Mays Co.
Mrs. Barry of Konawa sues the Frisco for damages connected to her husband's death seeking 15 000 dollars. Croxton and Barney with J Q Hyde of Konawa depart to Ardmore to represent her in the case.
In Greenville Texas on October 11 a warning posted at the Corbett brothers gin urged stopping cotton ginning until prices rise to 12 cents per pound or until a new notice. A bombshell sketch appeared with the warning, but the Corbett and Fairlie gins reportedly kept running despite the admonitions. Pineules for the kidneys advertised in the item claim relief for kidney and bladder trouble with a 30 day trial offer through Gwinn Mays & Co.
Amid a near three week countdown to election day, reports from Omaha to New York show minimal public discussion of the presidential race. Governors, congressmen, and local contests in Indiana Illinois New York New Jersey and Minnesota stir more interest than the national contest. Analysts note Roosevelt's campaign flare faded while Democrats plan a final blitz and Republicans mobilize oratorical efforts in the final stretch. Oklahoma economy expands with oil gas and irrigation plans, while cantaloupe production and panhandle farming promise growth and tax benefits for schools.
Taylor protests removal of an unsightly gibbet at the city entrance of Platt National Park. The park superintendent A R Greene had erected it earlier this summer. United States Senator Robert Taylor urged Roosevelt to “hoist with his own petard” the man who set the gibbet.
Sam McClure, leaving Lehigh on the O. C., reported praying more this morning than in his life before the three mile stretch from Ada, where he and several others were shaken but not seriously hurt as he walked in.
Guthrie Oklahoma October 11 A comparison shows once almost no cotton grown in the South stayed there but now mills across the region absorb a growing share. Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange reports that during the just closed season 2 193 000 units were processed domestically.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan & Marvin, Toledo wholesalers, asserting F J Cheney is trustworthy and able to fulfill obligations. The cure is described as an internal remedy affecting blood and mucous surfaces, with a 75 cent price per bottle.
The quotation asserts that noise births inward silence while action creates inward knowledge of true love and faith. It links external noise to inner quiet and ties deeds to inner conviction and belief.
A fragment notes payment of four cents to cover a work by Son 8 Donaldn Mendy Atis and mentions SCOTT & BOWNE at 409 Pearl Street New York. The item is a postal or publishing notice with names and an address.
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