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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1925
Page
5
The column argues that courtesy and reconciliation aid business in public life and details Ada’s recovery from the 1920 deflation and boll weevil downturn. It notes vacancies shrinking, tenants returning, rising housing, and a springtime boost from labor demand and the cotton season.
A writer notes great rulers conquer nature but not themselves, citing Alexander and Napoleon and arguing self conquest is possible only for the above average. The piece discusses the prohibition report, teaching of temperance, and proposed legal reforms. It highlights Oklahoma politics, poultry thieves in Alfalfa county, and Garver Brothers fortune in a small town with a vast country store network.
The county fair closes with lessons learned and optimism for future success. Pontotoc county has never won first honors at a state fair but plans to send a strong line of exhibits to upcoming state fairs and work toward earning first honors someday.
The East Central district inspector will emphasize primary reading in all schools and add spelling if possible. The writer notes how spelling varies and that English lacks fixed rules, requiring effort to remember. Emphasizing these two basics is deemed essential.
The column argues merchants should tolerate mail order rivals yet supports local producers, cites Egypt's Nile flood agriculture as a model for using water to boost crops, and notes youths must choose a vocation and persevere to achieve success, warning against job hopping.
Ada Independents beat Weleetka 7 to 5 in a clash marked by verbal exchanges with the umpire and threats of fights. A ninth inning rally and late controversy over strikes ended the contest amid a heated atmosphere with Formby delivering relief for Ada.
In Honey Grove Texas the Honey Grove Signal editor Lowry Jim Lowry is featured in a column captioned In the City of the Dead. The piece recalls his past notoriety as a proponent of buttermilk as a beverage and notes his writing for various periodicals. It reflects on political figures like William Jennings Bryan and others, framing a meditation on fame, memory, and the passage of public life.
Douglas Starr 16 nephew of outlaw Henry Starr pleaded guilty to robbery in Newkirk district court and drew 15 years in the state penitentiary. He was found wounded after a gunfight during a series of holdups between Tonkawa and Ponca City. One companion fled to Mexico and another is in the state reformatory. a third received nine years.
In North Brookfield Massachusetts on Sept 19 a clash between Ku Klux Klan members and anti Klan demonstrators disrupted an outdoor Klan gathering. Hundreds fought in the town square with rocks eggs and a staged police response. Patrolman Downey was injured and two Klansmen were assaulted while authorities later detained two rioters Daniel Harrington and Wallace Foote.
Joseph Oklahombi of Idabel Choctaw hero of World War I and Medal of Honor recipient is hospitalized at the U S Veterans hospital in Muskogee Oklahoma. He earned the Croix de Guerre for leading assaults and capturing 171 prisoners and 50 machine guns during the Meuse Argonne offensive while aiding front line trenches. He suffers from a tumor.
Lieut. Alford J. Williams, US Navy aviator, set an unofficial world speed record of 302.2 miles per hour at Mitchell Field New York during a Pullover race test. The run covered a kilometer in 7.4 seconds with Curtiss Aircraft Company officials verifying the timing. Williams dove from 3000 feet before leveling for the kilometer and then continued flat out for an average 268.2 mph on a straight leg.
Abd El Krim the Riffian chief in QUEZZAN French Morocco is said to have offered a reward totaling 5000 dollars for every member of the Sherifian squad of American volunteer aviators brought to him dead or alive.
Dr. J. H. Canton of Oklahoma City was struck on a street by an unknown motorist. He lies in a hospital with a fractured skull and doctors say his condition is serious. Police seek the hit and run driver.
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