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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
4
The Ada district shows rising rail activity with higher payments for outbound freight than inbound. Local commerce benefits as farmers find abundant stocks and lower prices, while cotton fetches the highest market price. Compressors gins and cotton seed mills ready for the season, boosting industrial activity and the town’s bustle.
With crop prospects brighter than for many years a general spirit of improvement in country and town the buying of unoccupied land and converting it into homes all go to make Oklahoma the most prosperous section of this country.
Ada merchants buy in large quantities enabling low prices and bargains for customers. The passage notes Democratic and Republican period factions jockeying positions, with Democrats favored to gain advantage as skirmishes shape the main contest.
The piece highlights Oklahoma’s favorable climate and fertile soil, abundant mineral wealth, and strong, industrious population as reasons for rapid development and leading regional progress.
The notice notes street paving as a tangible step in improving the area. Work on the first street will ease navigation and the contrast with unimproved sections should make objectors align with the plan.
Chaunec I Filley a longtime Missouri Republican leader has qualified as a US Senate candidate nearing eighty. He is a noted letter writer who often attacked the party and its members, and he would relish defeating rival R Kerens for the nomination and the seat.
The Republican National Committee pursues party unity amid factional rifts. J. W. Rushton takes charge as editor of the Stonewall News, with the paper praising his appointment and predicting he will restore needed progress and credibility.
The speaker attacks the Republican party and its candidate with strong rhetoric. He asserts the public will repudiate the party's inconsistencies and mobilize against its platform.
John J. Jenkins, who represented a Wisconsin district for seven terms, was defeated this week for nomination as a Republican. He is accused of acting as a henchman of Speaker Cannon. Critics say the House lacks deliberation and serves one man's power, likening the speaker to a czar.
The Tulsa state convention refused to dictate voting on public questions, endorsing individual voter judgment as essential to democracy. The Purcell Register cites this stance as harmonious for Democrats in Oklahoma and challenging to Republicans.
Salina Kansas reports Cambria seven miles northwest of Salina as a small farming village built on cooperation. The article portrays residents as content and socially active, with a literary club church and neighborly gatherings, contrasting with isolated farmers. It notes diverse backgrounds including Irish Welsh and German families and highlights social benefits of communal farming. It mentions local commerce and a cautious tone on some flood and drought challenges. Preventic and Dr Shoop Restorative ads appear among the narrative.
Statewide fraud detected in Negro teacher exams in Oklahoma. Certificates for those who passed were held up after proof lists of questions were stolen from a Guthrie printing shop and sold for ten dollars. Suspicion first surfaced in Muskogee and Wagoner counties where high passing rates were seen among Black teachers and lower among whites. Prosecutions planned as officials form a committee on civic improvements for Main Street paving.
Pardon for C. C. McAdoo, jailed in Ada for violating prohibition law, was recommended by the state board of pardons. He faced two counts with 30 days on each and a joint $450 fine. Ada senator R. M. Roddie appeared on his behalf.
In San Francisco on September 9 Nelson defeated Joe Gans, the former holder, by knockout in the twenty first round to win the world lightweight championship. The late exhibition was hailed as one of the cleverest in years.
For sale eight residence lots three blocks from the courthouse at a bargain. Apply to I. M. Newton, Owner. 137.
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