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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1909
Page
3
A fragmentary poem speaks to the hungry heart craving noble gains and sunlit toil. It contrasts worldly coldness with modest fulfillment found in open air and personal effort, noting some desires remain out of reach as night falls.
County Commissioner John Rinard and Assistant County Clerk Rit Erwin rally with Dr Hodges and others to the forefront advocating reform measures across the county government.
The Ada church revival spotlights backsliders learning to pray, Rinard and Erwin testifying to renewed faith, and Brother Morris urging home prayer. Rev. Williams laments neglect of family altar, extols ladies aid work and fiscal thrift, then preaches on the Great White Throne judgment with conscience, records, and deeds weighed.
A conscience stricken thief left 1300 dollars wrapped in a newspaper with a note confessing fear of his priest and placed the package on a box at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was addressed to Aiken Lambert Co. Maiden Lane, aiding a theft mystery from three weeks earlier involving 1200 dollars.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal ingestion improves blood and mucous surfaces, offering 100 reward for any failure to cure and urging readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Belgian papers laud Dr. Cook for joining the Belgica expedition to the South Pole. He accompanied the voyage by cabled from New York and joined at Rio de Janeiro. Cook served as physician photographer and scientist and kept spirits high during hard times.
An old-fashioned advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood and skin ailments including ulcers scrofula eczema and rheumatism. It claims toxical sores and pains will heal and urges readers to buy at G M Ramsey Ada Oklahoma or write for a free sample from Atlanta Georgia.
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