How Civil War Was Financed and Bank Reaction
A report on Civil War finance highlights Secretary Chase and Senator Fessenden guiding loans, treasury notes, and the National Banking System. It notes bond sales through Jay Cooke, then shifts to the Federal Reserve system under later reforms, with figures on tax income, deficits, and debt instruments used during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
William P. Fessenden
Maine
Senate Finance Committee
Fessenden
Jay Cooke
Alexander Hamilton
Federal Reserve Bank
A Wilson
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Associated Press
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
New York
Cooke
Philadelphia
Boston
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Committee On Ways and Means
Free French Lessons for Men of Draft Age
Prof. R. G. Sears offers to teach conversational French to draft age men at no cost as a patriotic service. Beginners classes at the normal with Sears and Miss McClure, and an advanced class by Prof. Perkins. Meeting for organization at the News office Monday at 7. Information via Prof. Sears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Sears
Normal
Sears
Ada to Vote on Gas Franchise for American Oil & Refining Co
Ada citizens face a special election October 1 1918 to decide whether to grant a 25 year gas franchise to the American Oil and Refining Co for city streets alleys and public places. Polls open 6 AM to 7 PM with voting locations at city hall police station Ada News Bob Ellis West Main Hennigan Gregg barn. The measure asks price terms not exceeding 25 cents per thousand cubic feet for natural and manufactured gas as approved by the corporation commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Justice and Safety
Ada
Okla
American Oil & Refining Co
Board of City Commissioners
I. W. E. Conger
City Hall
Ada News Office
Bob Ellis’ Furniture
West Main St
Hennigan & Gregg Sales
West 12Th St
County Election Board
Pontotoc County
W. E. Conger
W. B. Jones
City of
Board of Commissioners of
Said
Wilson Planned as Speaker for Oklahoma State Fair
Oklahoma City reports labor officials seek President Wilson or Vice President Marshall as lead speaker for Americanization Day at the Oklahoma State Fair on September 28. A westward tour is planned for Wilson in late September and may include attendance if war conditions allow. The day will feature a naturalization ceremony with aliens pledging allegiance to the United States on the fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
McAdoo
Oklahoma
United States Railway Administration
Training Corps
Army Training Corps
University of Oklahoma
A. and M. College
War Department
Ada
Pontotoc County
East Central
Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Gordon
Department of Labor
Wilson
Marshall
West
United States
Fight Over Estate of Hawaiian Queen Sparks Genealogy Challenge
The dispute over Queen Liliuokalani’s estate centers on Jonah Kalanianaole’s ancestry as a sixteen year Hawaii delegate to Congress. Mrs Nawahie, real name Kahakauilakiliiimoewaioraiaula, filed a circuit court document alleging certain ancestors claimed by Kalanianaole never existed. The case hinges on oral Hawaiian genealogies before 1820 and involves multiple claimants tracing remote kinship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Honolulu
H. T
Liliuokalani
Jonah Kalanianaole
Congress
Territory of Hawaii
Kahakauilakeliiimoewai Or
Waiaulia
Nawahie
First Circuit Court of
Hawaii
Kalanianaole
Red Cross Vanishing Cream and Beauty Powders Ad
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Vanishing Cream described as less creamy and snowy white with fragrance for oily skin. It promises softening and sunburn protection, plus a featured Amrico Beauty Face Powder and over a hundred other Red Cross Remedies sold and guaranteed by Bart Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Smith
Landslide at Norfolk Navy Yard Kills Eleven Workers
In Portsmouth Virginia on September 5 eleven laborers were killed and over twenty injured when a landslide trapped more than 220 men, mostly black, working on excavation for a new dry dock at the Norfolk navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Norfolk Navy Yard
Effective bombing by British airmen
British air raids on Thionville Germany are shown by new French aerial photographs. One image from July 16 captures a large fire among rolling stock near the freight station. A July 17 photo reveals charred train remains and burned freight buildings with a vast blaze that was stopped along the river bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Thionville
Germany
France
Change in Red Cross Co Organization Proposed
Mrs Witherspoon a Red Cross field worker met the county executive committee and urged changing the county organization to a distinct branch in each principal town rather than an auxiliary. The plan aims to distribute work more equitably with each branch under the county chapter.
For a Weak Stomach Chamberlain’s Tablets Prove Relief
The great relief afforded by Cham berlain s Tablets in a multitude of cases has fully proven the great value of this preparation for a weak stomach and impaired digestion. In many cases this relief has become permanent and the sufferers have been completely restored to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
LW W charged with dyramite explosion
Chicago Sept 5 four persons were killed and more than seventy five injured by a bomb explosion at the crowded entrance to the Federal building. The blast shattered windows on two buildings and was attributed to the I W W by Phillip J Barry of the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Building
Phillip J. Barry
Department of Justice
White's Cream Vermifuge Promises Health Restored
An old advertisement claims pale sickly children with nasal picking sleep grinding teeth suffer from worms. It touts White's Cream Vermifuge as a remedy that removes parasites and restores health and cheerfulness. Price 30c per bottle. Sold by Bart Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Bart Smith
Ada woman knits for soldiers despite fifteen years ill
Mrs. L. C. Lindsey of Ada has worked at knitting for soldiers since December 1. She completed 6 helmets 4 sweaters and 26 pairs of socks. She remains determined to do her bit and then some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Lindsey
Ada
Professional Cards Share Medical and Veterinary Services
A compact listing of local practitioners including Dr L Orr resident at 122 North Miss Avenue with bank-office access, Dr M Overton physician and surgeon in Fitzhugh, Dr C A Thomas veterinary surgeon, and Drs Faust and Lewis physicians with Faust Hospital above Sur prise Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Faust
M. L. Lewis Res
DRS
Faust & Lewis Physicians and Surgeons
Faust Hospital
Attorney Abram O. Chaney Wyer LA Adas Oklahoma
Abram O Chaney Wyer LA offers prompt careful handling of all business. Office at Rollow Building Ada Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram O. Chaney Wyer LA
Osteopathic Physician Treats Acute and Chronic Diseases
Dr M J Beets offers day or night calls and sulfur vapor baths for acute and chronic diseases. Consultation and examination are free. Phones 732 and 651. Office over First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Beets
First National Bank
Democratic nominees and legal notice in Ada Oklahoma
The notice lists Democratic nominees for state and county offices led by Luther Harrison and J W Bolen with several others. It also includes a separate legal notice from Ada Title & Trust Co. against George W Lampp in Pontotoc County with a claim of 134 dollars and interest due by October 1, 1918, filed August 27 1918 and judgment at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Oklahoma
County of Pontotoc
H. J. Brown
Ada Township
Ada Title & Trust Co
George W. Lampp
King & Crawford, Attys
I O O F Grand Lodge Buys $55 000 in War Bonds
Guthrie Oklahoma September 5 The Oklahoma Grand Lodge I O O F through secretary G W Bruce purchased 18000 in war savings stamps for the grand lodge This raises total investments in these securities to 55000 by the grand lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge
Associated Press
Guthrie
G. W. Bruce
Oklahoma Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
ARMY
Washington
RED Cross Vanishing Cream
David O. Clapp
Cantigny
Change IN Red Cross CO. Organization
General
U. S. Post Office
A. L. Scott Lumber Company
LW. W
N. Miss. Ave
First
Nat’l. Bank
DE. L. M. Overton
Fitzhugh, Oklahoma
DR. F. R. Laird
First National Vans
Ada, Okl
Rollow Bldg
Ada, Okla
Luther Harrison
J. W. Bolen
Wayne Wadlington
D.W. Swaffar
Nick Heard
A. R. Sugg
Milton Garner
John Ward
Orel Busby
Crawford W. H. Ebey
A. Floyd
W. H. Brumley
J. I. Laughlin
Henry F. Bibb
Swampland Medicine Co
Akia
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