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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
6
Drouth conditions will not curtail the annual Oklahoma State Fair exhibition in Oklahoma City. County exhibit entries are rising daily with many farms along streams and bottom lands producing strong crops. Even drought counties may win the historic agriculture loving cup and first prize as exhibits are formed from drouth area crops.
The Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition will feature top west of the Mississippi racing for a total purse of 5450. Racing runs Monday September 23 to Friday September 27 with 16 harness events and 16 running races. Key pace and trot events offer 300 purses including 2:20 trot 2:11 pace 2:14 trot and 2:17 pace. The Alahoma derby carries 500 and is set for September 26.
Oklahoma City reports strong prospects for the state fair livestock exhibition with breeders sending in entries from Oklahoma Texas Missouri Mississippi Arkansas Illinois and other states. One large Chicago Percheron breeder seeks stalls for his top horses as cattle entries surge nationwide.
Oklahoma City reports thousands of dollars spent by the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition to beautify the grounds this year. Gigantic flower beds dot the site, cement walks are lined with flowers, grass is watered and cared for, and hundreds of trees provide cool shade.
This medicine is praised as one of the best and most effective for coughs colds croup and whooping cough and is pleasant for children to take. Wm Scruby of Chillicothe Missouri notes he raised three children using it and finds it safe and effective for all ages. It contains no opium or narcotics.
Vladivostok reports a dramatic shift on the Siberian front with Bolshevik troops scattered after Entente allied entries. Czecho Slovaks break through Lake Baikal toward Chita while Semenoff’s Cossacks advance from the Onon river. Some Bolsheviks head toward Kiakhta or north via the Amur railway seeking amnesty.
A Holiness meeting will begin Friday September 20 three miles southeast of Ada near the Katy trestle. Organizers TOBE ANGELLY J ANGELLY SIMON NEWTON JOHN MAHAN promise proper care and oversight.
The Pontotoc County Local Board reports complete registration of 3656 military age residents on the 12th inst with minimal cost. Chief Registrar A H Constant and many Ada volunteers are thanked for four days of service. The board notes telegraphic compliance and saves the government at least $1000 through local sacrifice.
Saturday afternoon G. P. Cooper was run over by a fire engine turning a corner at Broadway and West Main. His right leg was broken about six inches above the knee and he received prompt surgical care before being taken to his Homer neighborhood home. Latest condition reports were favorable.
The Associated Press reports a draft call for 29,016 Black men for general military service to entrain September 25 to 27. Oklahoma will send 815 to Camp Funston, Kansas.
A terse want ad notes a simple promise to help buyers find items they want. It suggests a quick, reliable path to locating needed goods through classified listings. Local readers are invited to place short notices seeking specific items or services.
War Department information explains vocational units operate by contract and are assigned by local exemption boards. No high school diploma needed. applicants file qualifications with the Local Exemption Board to fill quotas. The sole Oklahoma unit is at the University of Oklahoma and covers radio operating and surveying.
Camp Travis Texas urges men aiming for officer training to review grammar and high school subjects. Examinations cover history geography arithmetic with advanced topics for artillery. Candidates should study maps locate rivers cities and understand US and world history to boost their chances.
R. E. Chambers of Tuson Arizona and Mrs. W. H. Godsey of Van Buren Ark brother and sister of Mrs. R. E. Haynes and F. W. Chambers who visited here left for their homes Thursday.
Practical tips advise using fresh fruits without sugar and cooking dried fruits without added sugar. Can more fruit with less jam, brew tea and coffee with less sugar, avoid candy and desserts, and substitute honey or syrups when possible.
A wartime notice explains the two pound monthly sugar limit citing a reduced sugar fleet, large overseas army needs, local crop shortfalls, and Cuba’s role. It notes 50 000 tons diverted to feed Belgium and German destruction of beet fields and factories in southern Europe. It also reports over 60 million pounds of sugar sunk by German submarines.
Mrs. Shuler of New York argues that Canada England and allied nations granted suffrage during the war and cites Wilson's letter to Senator Shields on the morale impact. Ada to register women over 21 at two-day petition drives Thursday and Friday at local stations ahead of the November 5 vote on woman suffrage.
An Ada Oklahoma ad promotes Farris Colic Remedy from Agnew Milling Co. It claims easy use by dropping on the horse tongue with relief in thirty minutes. The copy urges readers to obtain the product now for future need.
President Wilson signed a joint resolution empowering him to set prohibition around shipyards munition factories and other war industries. The measure grants authority to establish dry zones during wartime industrial activity.
New York reports Captain Otto Lehman of the Berlin Tageblatt says German airplane losses rose in 1918 due to more fighters on the western front and the shift of eastern front planes. He notes infantry duties and low altitude attacks expose planes to more anti aircraft fire, increasing losses.
The Oklahoma Democratic State Committee calls a state convention in Oklahoma City on September 23, 1918 at 10:00 A.M. to ratify the August 5 primary nominees and adopt a state platform. Precinct meetings on September 17 elect delegates for county conventions September 21 at 1:00 P.M. County meetings vary by location.
The Ada Battery Hospital in Ada Oklahoma offers free battery testing and diagnosis by Mr Ed Haynes who can identify issues such as sulphate on plates incorrect electrolyte density and poor insulation. If your storage battery won t hold charge or lights or self starters fail visit the ADA BATTERY HOSPITAL behind the Dodge Agency for a free test.
A historical note recommends Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for children aged one year and older, followed by castor oil. It urges keeping the remedy at hand and administering at the first sign of abnormal bowel looseness.
Frank Daniels aged 54 died Wednesday night at his home 505 West 5th street after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at 5 PM at the residence conducted by Rev. Curry of the Nazarene church. Interment followed at Rosedale. He was a highly respected member of the community.
Swellings of the flesh due to inflammation cold fractures toothache neuralgia or rheumatism can be relieved by applying Ballard's Snow Liniment. It should be well rubbed in over the part affected. Its healing penetrating power eases pain reduces swelling and restores natural conditions. Price 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by Bart Smith.
Mr W P Buchanan and Miss Alice Brazie married at Trenton Texas on Friday and returned to Ada They reside with Mrs Kee in Ada Buchanan oversees concrete work at the cement plant and has earned a fine reputation during his time in Ada
A. H. Constant and his wife received a curiosity from their son Harold now in France a pair of wooden shoes worn by French peasants as a memento of his travels.
The Confederate reunion at Tulsa begins with a Sons and Memorial Association meeting on the evening of the 24th. Veterans meet the morning of the 25th. Veterans are guests of the city. other visitors pay their own expenses. Ticketing under the certificate plan requires time. The Frisco reunions agent urges arrivals by 9:30 AM for the 12:30 train to ensure all are accommodated.
The war department announces plans to add infantry replacement camps and central officers training schools at Camps Lee Virginia Gordon Georgia Pike Arkansas MacArthur Texas and Grant Illinois to train an extra 46 000 men at a cost of 18 231 000 The Gettysburg tank training school will move to Raleigh North Carolina and Fort Sill Oklahoma infantry school to Columbus Georgia.
Secretary Tumulty questioned by Will Hays about a Chicago Labor Day remark attributed to Democratic leaders seeking to insure re election of a Democratic Congress. The president requested Tumulty to seek clarification from the Republican National Committee chairman.
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