Weaver Seeks Ada Eighty-Seventh District Delegate Seat
Carlton Weaver of the Ada Daily and Weekly News seeks the Democratic nomination for delegate to the constitutional convention from Oklahoma's Eighty-seventh district. The prose outlines his early life in Texas and Oklahoma, education across multiple universities, leadership roles, and strong Democratic principles.
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Carlton Weaver
Ada
Weekly News
Mt. Vernon
Texas
Pauls Valley
Reed & Fullerton
Center
A. E. Baker
Otis Weaver
Carlton
Indianapolis
Ind
University of the New
Norman
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oklahoma State University
Democratic Club
Ada Precinct
Weaver
Isianapolis
Campbell attacks newspapers over campaign announcements
The Ada News reports on W H L Campbell attacking the press for charging candidates for announcements in district papers. Campbell claims a district press trust. Carlton Weaver defends the press as false on Campbell’s charges. The piece argues campaigns need newspaper support and regrets not accepting Campbell’s five cent announcement request.
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Democratic Club
Midland
J. R. Lawrence
W. H. L. Campbell
Carlton Weaver
Midland Democrats
Campbell
Ada News
Judge Campbell
Paper Sets Higher Price for Constitutional Delegate News
Line notes that a paper declines to publish a constitutional convention delegate candidate announcement for only twenty five cents, arguing the price is too low for such news and suggesting a higher fee.
Bogus or Real Reformers in Roosevelt Administration
The piece questions if Roosevelt is a genuine reformer or merely playing reform. It criticizes actions on tariff revision and party dynamics, notes spelling reform in government, and mocks a draft message urging removal of tariff protections, portraying reform rhetoric as unsettled and partisan maneuvering.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Ada to Get Southern Republican Daily Paper
Orris J. Williams signs with Ada Republicans to launch Southern Republican Ada will publish a semi weekly morning edition beginning Friday the 14th and a daily issue by late September Improved machinery and telegraph service will be added The News notes the enterprise aids the party and local business and will support a local typographical union.
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Orris J. Williams
Ada
Weaver Proposes Corporate Tax and Campaign Reform
Carlton Weaver outlines platforms for a constitutional convention including a one percent tax on all corporate earnings, criminal penalties for corporate campaign contributions, and mandatory campaign finance publicity. He also advocates a state agricultural department with well equipped schools and experiment stations, citing examples from Iowa and neighboring states to boost farming profitability.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kansas
Texas
Carlton Weaver
Evangelist Trimble Expounds Ten Virgins Parable
Evangelist Trimble spoke at the Christian church Tuesday night on the parable of the Ten Virgins. He warned the audience the parable applies to church members and to those not yet prepared for judgment, urging vigilance against unimproved opportunities and eternal consequences.
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Evangelist Trimble
Kingdom of Heaven
Heaven
Ada City Bond Election for Waterworks in 1906
Special election called by Ada city government to vote on issuing forty thousand dollars in waterworks bonds. Electors owning taxable property in Ada may vote October 8, 1906, at four ward locations between 8 am and sunset. Bonds mature in 20 years at 5 percent interest. tax and sinking fund provisions to be enacted.
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Ada
Indian Territory
John Beard
Broadway
United States Commissioner’s
John Barringer
Townsend Avenue
Main and
Twelfth Street
United States
A. D
United States District Court
Unclear Moods and Meteors Darken Night in Mythic Rant
A humorous biblical image notes forty days of rain and questioning safety on the moon if Jupiter Pluvius had rained as often as Tuesday night. The line uses mythic figures to evoke heavy weather and folly.
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Noah
Jupiter Pluvius
Ada prophecy partly verified as residents kneel to calk doors
Mr. OLIVER predicted Ada people would be humbled. On Tuesday night the town’s lower sections spent hours kneeling to calk the cracks at the bottom of their doors, a partial verification of the prophecy.
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Mr. Oliver
City vows war on stray dogs and hyenas
Ada officials call for a vigorous crackdown on roaming canines, likening them to rats and urging the dog catcher to work until none remain. Citizens fear stepping outside after dark as the problem grows worse.
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Ada
Oklahoma Man Drowned In Florida Bayou
Inspector Frank Vorges of the post office department drowned while crabbing at Bayou Grande near Pensacola on Saturday. Unable to swim, he was swept under by a strong underflow before help arrived. A Shawnee Oklahoma native, he leaves a widow and a son. the body was recovered.
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Pensacola
Fla
Frank Vorges
Post Office Department
Bayou Grande
Voges
Shawnee
Ada Name Change Ballot Count Slow but Tight
The Ada change of name contest tallies twenty seven votes for and twenty six against with numerous invalid ballots from signatures by same person and votes by illiterate supporters. Governor Byrd and A. M. Croxton oversaw the count, verified by the News.
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Ada
Smi Og i
Ns Ba
Byrd
A. M. Croxton
Temperance Lecture by Annie Curtis at Sherman Methodist Church
Mrs. Annie Curtis of Sherman Texas, a Prohibition worker, lectured Monday evening to a fair sized audience at the Methodist church. Her talk highlighted many strong points in support of the temperance cause.
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Annie Curtis
Sherman
Texas
Methodist
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Fay McCoy
John Williamson, Sr
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