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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1912
Page
10
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Rumors note Champ Clark’s warm Oklahoma reception and strong support as he visits the state. Local notes include R L McGuyre starting a new ice cream business with plans for a creamery and later a cheese factory. County attorney Greer reports bootlegger prosecutions yield profit and road work by prisoners. Oklahoma appears set to send a Clark delegation to the national convention.
Advertisers must submit display ad copy to the Evening News by 11 o'clock daily. The Weekly News requires ad copy by 12 o'clock on Wednesday each week for Thursday press runs.
The piece mocks talk without action on mice bell myths and cotton acreage cuts. It cites E. H. Sothern doubting Baconians, notes 1621 bribery claims against Bacon, and argues there is no trace of Bacon writing Shakespeare's works.
The passage argues that men judge others harshly while excusing their own faults. It notes that people view others as more prone to failings, imagining neighbors’ sins harsher than their own. The metaphor compares neighbors’ houses of glass to one’s own armor.
The Oklahoma delegation member votes against a pension measure feared to add 75 million dollars yearly to national taxes. Although in the minority, Carter is praised by the author as standing for the right.
G A Smith editor of the Chandler Tribune emerges as a top local figure as an appointee of Governor Cruce to the Lincoln County tax assessor post. The scene notes Smith aligning with established powers amid broad local chatter and shifting loyalties.
The report claims Helen Taft fell for a young army captain stationed at the White House. When the president objected, he arranged a posting to the Philippines, forcing the captain's departure and ending the matching hopes.
The report notes that tenant farmers face acreage reductions imposed by neighbors and landowners. Many cannot reduce acreage when desired, and if the landlord requires cotton, the tenants must comply despite their preferences.
Young Malcolm Patterson son of a former Tennessee governor is declared insane after a recent shooting near fatal to a man in Washington. The report links his condition to five years of hard drinking and criticizes the elder Patterson for siding with liquor interests, suggesting the son reflects his father's alleged corruption.
Guthrie Okla Jan 2 Attorney Moran Pruitt Hugh Lamaster H A Otto Isaac Ashburn and Joseph Vesey precinct election officials of Oklahoma City were arraigned in Federal court on indictments charging them with preventing negroes from voting for members of congress through enforcing the grand father clause provisions. All pleaded not guilty and their cases were continued for trial until the March term in Oklahoma City.
A nostalgic poem recalls the speaker's childhood by a spring and the gourd hung on the wall. Vivid local images appear including the daisies, falls, wild woods, orchard, rill, willows, birch, maple and water oak. The narrator contrasts lay life with officials discussing the Vatican hall, valuing the mother's spring and gourd above all.
National Committeeman W Tate Brady of Tulsa was left with a badly burned right arm after a flashlight photo caused bunting to ignite at a Democratic banquet. He put out the blaze and prevented a panic.
160 acres with 3 houses in good condition joins the town of Francis on the north. Rent is $2.00 per acre with fall payment on part of the rent and 10 percent interest on deferred payments. Apply to R. J. Lewis or Wigwam office Francis Okla.
A funeral notice mourns Mrs. W C Corbin who died Sunday after a long illness. She leaves a husband Walter Corbin Center and three children Mrs Tom Grisham Ada and a 17 year old son. Burial was in Center cemetery and a friend offers consolation.
Good roads have a money value far beyond our conception. Bad roads hinder development, depopulate farms, congest cities, and raise prices. Better roads mean prosperous farmers, cheaper food, and greater national wealth benefiting all citizens.
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