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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1905
Page
4
The Ada News item notes Otis B Weaver and Company advertisers, with pricing at 4.00 per year cash. It urges residents to stay sidewalk-safe and set a good example, and hints May will bring a bill for an Easter hat.
A garbled line suggests concerns about spades and a canal project connected to Admiral Walker, with unresolved passage or approval pending.
A visit by Noose ELT to Texas aims to generate broad goodwill with supporters. Party ideas are sidelined as the figure receives welcome on all sides.
Milton Pennsylvania city council will begin its session with a prayer as a step toward broader practice, ahead of similar openings in Indian Territory councils.
A Washington suggestion to increase poultry by Black farmers meets mixed reactions as critics claim some farmers already raise too many chickens. The debate centers on agricultural practices and racial considerations in farming communities.
Vowie asserts assets total 21 million while noting his nerve could be valued separately, a remark suggesting unlimited value beyond tangible holdings. The statement frames the wealth in terms of intangible personal qualities, implying broader leverage beyond material assets.
Rumor claims 71,000 fourth class postmasters will be discharged this summer while over 71,000 good Republicans await to fill their posts, signaling a major staffing shift.
The revised law makes hunting seasons year round for big game and removes a protected breeding season for octopuses in Kansas. The change expands hunting authority and alters wildlife protection rules.
A woman files for divorce citing her husband mocked her pancakes and caused ongoing family distress. The suit notes repeated insults and domestic strife affecting multiple family members.
President Roosevelt plans a six week wilderness retreat living simply in the woods eating beans and bacon and growing a beard. He will abandon formal duties to pursue vigorous health as part of his creed, showing a private side not seen in earlier presidencies.
Handsome showing of hats and embellishments at Mrs W A Alexander’s millinery opening. Elaborate deco with white, blue, daisies, and violets frames a white gown figure. highlight hats include tip-tilted styles, cordays in horsehair braid, and a red pleated chiffon creation. Phonograph concert entertains guests and each visitor receives face lotion samples.
John Watts, a 16 year old rural mail carrier between Muldrow and Pawpaw, was halted by two African American robbers who forced open mail bays, seized registered and valuable letters and packages, and fled. Watts reported the April incident to the Muldrow postmaster after the hold up midway between the towns.
In northern Indian Territory twenty five Creek and Cherokee towns vote Democrat with about ten percent supporting Democrats. southern areas show large Democratic majorities with citizen tickets as the main opposition. Major towns listed include Muskogee South McAlester Miami Tahlequah Afton Wayover Ada Ardmore Chickas h i Pau s Valley Duncan Muldrow Eufaula Okmulgee Tulsa. Muskogee race centered on a white ticket winning by a large margin.
A grand opening of the Red Cross store millinery department featured an orchstral ambiance amid carnations and roses. Miss Blanche Heidle supervised designs from Parisian copy hats to child pokes, with many guests receiving a rose or carnation souvenir. The display included green shaded hats, corn colored straw, and brown shirred chitfon turban pieces, attracting many shoppers.
A Kentucky distillery turns 1200 barrels weekly, 62400 yearly, with costs around 574400 and a wholesaler profit per barrel between 1 and 1.5 dollars. Government takes a share while the producer pays transport, licenses, salaries, and rent totaling 24671678, leaving the man blamed at the bar after a long day.
George Grosvenor was killed when blasting powder in his pocket exploded near Henryetta. Saunders and his sister were badly injured after they lit powder in the fire, a flash igniting the can. Mrs Chadwick may be free to live a simple life from now on.
In Chickasha on April 6 a two month old baby was deserted by a couple aboard Rock Island train No. 11 at 1:50. The man and woman, later identified as Spillman and wife, left the child on a seat and fled toward the west by buggy. Conductor White notified Chickasha authorities and the infant likely taken to a Dallas foundlings home. Police seek the pair who gave poor dress and ignorance as clues.
Territory Notes from Marietta reports a unanimous 15000 dollar school bond for a new building. Chickasha notes a broom factory producing twenty dozen brooms daily. Hartshorne telephone exchange damaged by a wire cross with a trolley wire. Tulsa surveys future penitentiary site if statehood occurs. Muskogee trolley crash injures one cab in slippery track incident. Sulphur townsite plat delayed by Washington department over two survey discrepancies. Secretary Hitchcock appoints Charles Shepherd inspector for allotment restriction removals in Cherokee Nation. Muskogee shows a fourteen inch alfalfa sample from a field planted three years earlier.
An ordinance from Ada Oklahoma relieves land parcels within town limits from taxation until February 1 1909 and classifies improvements as personal property subject to tax. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect after passage and publication, approved April 1905 by Mayor I M Wing. In Ardmore an altercation left a white man and a full blood Indian with the Indian seriously injured after a blow with a loaded quirt.
Foley & Co Chicago markets Foley's Honey and Tar as a trusted throat and lung remedy. It warns against imitations and urges requesting the genuine product sold by Clark Drug Co and Mason Drug Co. The remedy is mildly laxative and contains no opiates, making it safe for children and delicate individuals.
J. T. Gilliland of Tiago Texas is transacting business in Ada Oklahoma highlighting cross state commercial activity and local business engagement.
Chicago voters elected Mayor Edward F. Dunne with a large plurality amid Republican losses in the mayoral race. The city will curb private franchises for public utilities and pursue municipal ownership of streetcar lines worth millions. Dunne plans to start April 16 and enlists Glasgow experts to study municipal ownership for 60 to 90 days.
San Francisco April 6 Mrs Jane Lathrop Stanford leaves an estate valued at 7 900 009. A formal inventory is not yet complete but parties estimate the value at not less than this figure. The will directs 2 125 000 for legacies and bequests, leaving a residue of not less than 3 875 000 to swell Stanford University funds.
A telegram from Monte Carlo reports that Frank Stevens one of the Americans injured in an automobile accident near Monte Carlo in April is dead. His companion Louis Hay who was hurt at the same time is making progress toward recovery.
J A Sampson secretary of the Missouri Historical Society returned from Pettis county where he investigated a supposed mastodon fossil. After a short inquiry he concluded the creature was actually a cow, ending the dinosaur rumor in Columbia Missouri.
The torpedo boat destroyer Araral was successfully launched at Kure amid ceremony. The shipyard reported completion milestones and planned sea trials to follow the launch, marking a notable advancement for the fleet.
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