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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
6
The Chilean government plans exhaustive experiments to evaluate oil burning locomotives across its rail network. The note contrasts the US military rifle as the smallest weapon of a great nation yet highly powerful.
Ada and area residents are noted moving, visiting, and reporting on local business, farms, and schools. Notables include C J Moore and W H Woods in Ada, shipments from Konawa, and farmers like L E Hutchinson growing peanuts while hogs grazed. Cattlemen, teachers, and ministers are also cited in daily activity.
Antique remedy claims to turn gray hair dark, glossy and thicker using Sage Tea and Sulphur. It promotes a 50 cent Wyeth product and describes daily use turning gray strands to natural dark color by morning. Local notes report community events, visits, illness, revival plans, and farming chatter in Egypt Walnut Grove area.
From Tuesday's Daily Born to Miles C Grigsby and wife this morning a daughter Mrs Dr Breco of Stonewall was visiting Ada friends today Miss Joe Fowler who has been in the normal left this morning for Cairo Coal county where she will teach Cyclone Davis will be the principal speaker at Ada on the evening before the election All Texans know that he is a mover too The Western Railway Weighing
Judge McKeown will begin the non jury docket on Monday and will not call any jury cases until January to allow farmers to gather in their crops.
United Press reports in Galesburg Illinois that Oct 28 a confectioner named Will Stromberg shot his wife injuring her arm then killed his three children before taking his own life after family troubles.
Prof E A MacMillan at the normal has mounted two rare birds for the school collection. A wood duck was killed and given by Larkin Winn and a cur morant was killed and donated by I E Riddle. The effort boosts the normal’s bird and animal display to one of the best in the state.
Sarajevo reports twenty four people accused of conspiracy in the Archduke and Archduchess murder were found guilty of high treason. Sentencing is set for Wednesday with expected immediate execution for all.
The frost Tuesday night was heavier than the previous night though not a general killing frost. Tender vegetation was fairly well nipped and frost this year ran somewhat later than usual.
Better before long and they at least will get a reasonable price for their cotton a price that will enable them to make a small profit anyway. Mrs Eliza Floyd and children and Mrs May Floyd of Ada visited relatives here Sunday. The Holiness people held prayer meeting at Egypt Sunday night.
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