This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1910
Page
3
Ada residents report visits and travels nearby with notes on shipments, sales, and local business. A. B. Yeager and Geo Ellsworth toured Oklahoma City while others purchase spring stock, loan info, and farm goods. Dr Frank LeFevre opens Ada sight and hearing clinic. Local weather notes from a frosty blizzard period accompany progress on Ada cement and church fundraising efforts.
Ada visitors and residents make trips to Francis, Maud, Konawa, Sasakwa, and Happy Land. Notables include J. C. High John Morse Duff Hunt and C O Barton. Weather jokes and church notes mix with local commerce and a blizzard mention.
Yeager hosts a successful singing convention with delegates from Summers Chapel Center Oakman and Yeager. Highlights include a debate verdict for Summers Chapel and a welcome by L F Tully. Events span attendance, lectures by Milton Garner, and progress at Yeager School with local updates and a hospital mention.
Report from tucky noting third states organized and a vigorous Union push against the anti-future bill in Congress. Jones cited 75 to 100 delegates and about 200 visitors at the meeting. Also a wanted ad seeks agents to sell a Dream Separator to farmers with exclusive territory and commission.
J. W. Davis of Ada advertises a full blooded Jersey calf to start the season at his barn.
An advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as instantly relieving burns cuts scalds wounds and piles while curing ulcers boils felons eczema skin eruptions and chapped hands. The copy urges trying the salve from Gwin & Mays Co.
Pleasant Hill notes Supt. T. F. Pierce visited the school this week as a welcome guest. T. N. Herrin thrashed oats and seed for J. F. Price. Bille Gay and son John are buying fat hogs and cattle. Alice Correll returns from Collins Academy and will enter school Tuesday. Lena Smith remains very ill. Mr. Charlton of Ada visited on business. Miss Fay Huddleston and Owen were also mentioned.
J A Williams and family visited J N Butler in Hughes county. A cold week slowed plowing as a blustery storm hit with snow and thunder. Births include a son for Earlie Crawford and wife and another at P L Wolverton’s home. A new Steedman mare noted as belonging to D C Crabtree. Old Allen replaced by New Allen in town. J T Howard traveled to Ada.
Shawnee Oklahoma February 21 Before adjourning its recent session the Oklahoma Farmers Union elected officers President W F Crawford Comanche county Vice president M H Stallard Kiowa county State organizer J M Cave Canadian county Secretary E T White Jackson county Executive committee W A Goodspeed Kingfisher county E D Mooreway county R A O Mealy Grant county J B Hunt Wagoner county J C Whitehall Caddo county.
Classified notice offers two good building lots in Donaghey Addition for sale with inquiry directed to the Democrat office.
Cash in bank 1 607 871 176 20 18 718 38. liabilities include capital stock paid in 258 10 000 98 1 000 08. deposits subject to check 6 877 86. cashier checks outstanding 4 79. estate of Oklahoma County of Pontotos sworn by cashier E J Merritt 1910 with notary J A Hart and J W Hattor.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.