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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
4
Ohio witnesses tied to Governor Charles N. Haskell are central to the Muskogee townsite indictments. Prosecutors plan to use their testimony to map a Roosevelt Hearst aligned strategy, while others accused face scrutiny as major probes continue.
Washington reports the boll weevil spreads across about a quarter of Oklahoma cotton areas, causing more than half a million dollars in damage in two years. Federal and state authorities urge crop diversification and outline practical control steps including early planting, wide rows, field sanitation, and using natural enemies.
Oklahoma City January 31 Governor Haskell will apologize to W D Cardwell who accused him during his campaign of being a convict Cardwell sued for criminal libel but the case has been postponed and a public apology is expected to be issued via an arbitration decision. Senator Stafford says the committee will take no action and Haskell will issue a public retraction. Interstate shipments of liquor bill advances in Congress
NOAA records indicate a mysterious single funnel steamer went down near Diamond Shoals fourteen miles off Cape Hatteras with likely all hands lost. Reports from the Diamond Shoals lightship offered no crew corroboration and no wreckage was found by nightfall. The City of Savannah carried no new details from New York as wireless operators confirmed the vessel’s single funnel description.
Durant Oklahoma January 29. This morning at 227 feet the Bryan County Oil and Gas company drill struck a vein of gold bearing quartz that seems exceptionally rich. Last Friday at 145 feet the drill brought up a distinct spine of zinc. The discovery has set the city wild with excitement and promises significant mineral wealth for the county.
An exhortation argues every person should own land, calling real estate a reliable investment that won’t run away, except in an earthquake when you own both sides of the gap. The message encourages buying Ada property at a modest price.
Ada National Bank Building advertisement highlights available offices. Local brokerage urges visitors to tour rooms and discuss rental terms with the leasing agent.
Guthrie Oklahoma January 27 the democratic plan proposed by Senator Billups Cordell would group candidates for state offices by a mixed ticket and remove party emblems voters would read demo or rep to choose and a half mile ban on liquor near polls with betting on results made a felony.
Mark QO Anthony, a New York electrical engineer, demonstrated control of a 22 foot hydrogen gas dirigible by wireless electricity from a keyboard. A second vertical propeller, a clutch release, and a dynamite charge were part of the advanced mechanism tested during a two hour session at Leo Stevens's balloon house in Hoboken, New Jersey.
A Boston bachelor girl laments paying $3 for brown curls only to find gray hairs in the bunch. She questions the fairness of the expense as she bemoans the “sore and yellow leaf” signs of aging.
The Oklahoma City Times notes how reform leaders and activists may not believe wholly in their causes. It observes temperance writings by drinkers, poems by intoxicated authors, and domestic science taught by those without home mastery. It cautions that ministers can become social menaces despite charitable acts.
In Devol Oklahoma January 30 smallpox ravages the village with over 20 cases and nurse shortages. Health officials led by Dr D A Meyers from Lawton impose strict quarantine and isolate the town as neighboring Lawton responds to the outbreak.
A balloon model used compressed air and Hertzian wave tech to show safe operation away from heat and sparks. In Guthrie officials confront Scott McReynolds tied to Hearst advisers as Muskogee citizens present a photo claim linking him to an ex convict.
Washington January 27 The select committee to consider Representative Willetts New York speech criticizing the president reported and the house adopted the report after a brief debate A letter from Willett urging retention accompanied the report Some salesmen may gain fame proposing a law stopping affections from being muzzled.
In a Muskogee bond hearing a Hearst agent identified as No. 63 a picture claimed to come from Detroit’s rogue’s gallery. The subject, under questioning with C. W. Briles and State Senator Beeler, acknowledged the photo was of him and said it was staged to discredit him and offered no comment on the Mark Van Houghton linkage.
A vintage advertisement claims eczema is curable with Zemo a scientific non fernal use product. The copy touts instant relief and lists E. W. Rose Medicine Co St. Louis and Gwin Mays & Co as sellers with sale encouraged.
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