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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1906
Page
5
Mrs Mary C Hahler of Sullivan Missouri testifies that Difficult Breathing and fluttering heart symptoms improved after using Dr Miles Heart Cure. The advertisement claims the medicine strengthens heart nerves and muscles, increases action, and offers a money back guarantee if no benefit is seen.
City council met in Feguar with all members present to fill a fourth ward alderman vacancy, elect R. T. Keer, address delinquent occupation taxes, hear gas franchise bids, consider selling land around reservoir, and strengthen tax dogs provisions. Bills paid from General Water Works and Street funds were listed.
Tickets go on sale December 20 to 22 with a final limit of thirty days. Frisco runs chair cars to Memphis on December 20 from Vernon Texas Quanah Texas and Sherman Texas via Enid Sapulpa and Oklahoma City Springfield. See Frisco agent D C Farrington for full information in Oklahoma City Okla.
Senator Amos Hays and Representative Wal King left Monday for Tishomingo to attend the Chickasaw Legislature. They failed to secure a quorum in either house last week and hope for better luck this week. Each scion was urged to bring a truant colleague this week.
Frisco lines revise timetable adding another train each way. The improvement is noted by Ada, in another column.
A Democratic-leaning prospect urges upbuilding by offering subscribers the option to send copies abroad for seventy-five cents a year. Farm and Ranch's feature on Miss Katie Elliott sparks 362 letters defending men wary of leaving the wedded state, suggesting old-time girls remain popular in the Southwest.
A surveying party for the Katy railroad lined a route from Denison to Parsons and planned a straightened, lower grade double track. They headquarter at the McFarland for days, working north of the city. Construction now proceeds from Caney to Red River with no reuse of the old road bed, creating a new railroad over more than fifty miles.
Friday evening Mrs Robert Wimbish entertained the Sorosis club. Inclement weather did not dampen attendance as members enjoyed an excellent and entertaining program followed by a dainty luncheon.
Saturday’s school board election drew little interest. Joel Terrell and W. G. Lowden were nominated by supporters, with W. G. Lowden and J. E. Grigsby elected.
A cautionary piece argues haste ruins health fortune and morals. It links hurried actions in business marriage and religion to adverse outcomes and warns against quick decisions across life.
A lazy man rests on grass at a crossroads while a motorist seeks directions. The man points, offers a quarter for a lazier act, then sleeps again. The piece also critiques job seekers who avoid work and boast about having none to prove diligence, ending with a plug for candidate cards.
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