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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
5
Ada residents and visitors are listed with brief notes of travel visits, family arrivals, court attendance, and social events. People from Beebe Fitzhugh Shawnee Paris Texas Oklahoma City Holdenville are mentioned along with movements to Ada and surrounding areas. A social column itemizes who visited whom and when, including Prof. Perkins returning from Chicago and Miss Jennie May Smith accompanying her aunt.
The partnership of W. G. Broadfoot and W. H. McKendree doing business as Ada Hardware Company is dissolved with Broadfoot retiring. The firm continues as Ada Hardware Company under E. H. McKendree and L. H. Woodward, who assume all liabilities and manage notes and accounts. Signed by W. G. Broadfoot, E. H. McKendree, and L. H. Woodward.
A friend is pleased with military life and plans a March furlough. Uncle Dick Couch visits from Claremore seeking a permanent stay after mineral baths. Frank Jones and his sons return from western Texas after a summer near Valentine. Rev. Earnhardt reports many conversions from a Fitzhugh revival. Lattimore and Drummond prepare to open a Main Street clothing business in a brick building. Judge Lindsey notes fertilizer curiosity from an Arkansas relative.
Last week his former townsmen of Rofs presented Sheriff Tom Smith with what is described as the finest gun in the area. The weapon is a 45 caliber with a carved pearl handle inlaid with Mason ic and Odd Fellow emblems.
The advertisement promotes Mi o Na a tablet remedy by G M Ramsey claiming it cures all stomach ailments from gas to nervousness. It promises rapid relief and restoration of stomach strength with a money back guarantee and a 50 cent price in leading drugstores.
Fragmentary notice from a county commission meeting appears with repeated headings and an ad style pitch offering mercantile and industrial promotion services. It mentions national reference and investment company and seeks Ada representation with a date 4-16.
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