Ada News Postoffice entry May 1901
Ada News notes it was entered at the Ada post office in Indian Territory as second class mail matter on May 10, 1901.
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Ada
Indian Territory
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
6
Ada to Build Auditorium and Club House
Advertising rates are set at $1 per year for stock in Ada. R. E. Blanks promotes a public spirited project to construct an auditorium and club house with eight hundred seat capacity and a library, billiard room, gymnasium, parlors, reception rooms and natatorium for about $10,000. He claims it will attract investors and be money making, serving Ada's humanitarian and business needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Blanks
Adais
Ada
Mr. Blanks
Ada expected to gain railroad building and college prospects
Within thirty days Ada is poised to become the claimant for a third railroad building within her area. Active prospecting for natural gas aims to sink a deep well. A splendid college is positively assured.
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Ada
Canning factory idea sparks local debate and tax crackdown
The town weighs a proposed canning plant while Recorder Warren pursues unpaid occupation taxes. Citizens remind that taxes must be paid, and those who evade them will face warrants. The piece blends local speculation with enforcement comments and a note on dog days ahead.
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Recorder Warren
Fake constitutional convention doomed by statehood supporters
The text argues that a feared constitutional convention aimed at stalling statehood for Indian and Oklahoma territories will fail to alter the people's will. It claims opponents would accept delay only to prolong Hitencockixm, and asserts statehood remains the paramount goal despite their schemes.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Robbery of Ardmoreite correspondent’s watch and chain
Ardmore July 24 R L Sanders newspaper correspondent reports his fine watch and chain stolen from his coat in the Ardmoreite office Thursday The chain bore a Elks charm engraved with initials R L S Ardmore Lodge No 14 There is no clue to the theft.
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Ardmore
J. T
R. L. Sanders
Ellis
Ardmoreite
Elks
Meaders Receives Letter on Child’s Ill Health
I W Meaders reports a letter from his wife at Ladonia Texas stating their child is suffering a slow fever and in poor health. The message conveys concern and a need for care while the mother is away.
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I. W. Meaders
Ladonia
Texas
Wynnewood Teachers End Session With Four Weeks
Tory notes report the Wynnewood summer normal complete after four weeks with about 150 teachers attending. Other items mention Lawton's growth as a city of spires, church cornerstone completions, and the Comanche Truck Growers shipping melons northward.
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Wynnewood
Lawton
Comanche Truck Growers’ Association
Vinita
W. D. Lester
Durant
Lester
Afton
Notorious bootlegger Spears arrested in I T
Hiram Spears once among the region’s most notorious bootleggers was arrested in Foxy Okmulgee and jailed. Investigators traced his method of moving liquor by leaving the territory and returning with ten to twenty gallons, using plows and farming tools as blinds to mislead officials.
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Okmulgee
I. T
Hiram Spears
Spears
W C T U Convention Attracts Large Attendance In I T
The W C T U convention in Pauls Valley I T drew strong turnout on Monday and Tuesday with a 300 percent membership gain over last year. Mrs. Carr of Ardmore was reelected president and other officers include Mrs. Russell Davis as vice president Mrs. Allen Wynnewood recording secretary Mrs. Goff Ardmore corresponding secretary and Mrs. Wheeler Ada treasurer. Mrs. Grinstead Pittsburg Kan attended and delivered several addresses.
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Grinstead
Pittsburg
Kan
Dr Greer Office Conn Little Building
Contact details for Dr. Greer include office in the Conn Little building with phone 216 and residence phone 118.
Resignation Accepted of Agriculture Department Scientist
Washington reports George T. Moore physiologist and analogist within the agriculture department Friday tendered his resignation to Secretary Wilson and it was accepted. The move follows a department hearing where two agricultural publication representatives alleged Moore's wife held stock in a culture for soil inoculation company and Moore directed farmers to the firm for supplies.
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Washington
George T. Moore
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Department
Moore
New Governor for Moscow Appointed from Durnovo's Rise
July reports name Gen. Durnovo, already a council of the empire member, as governor general of Moscow replacing Gen. Kozloff. Durnovo, wealthy and former Moscow governor in 1872 and 1878, brings long admin experience. His son commanded the Bedovy destroyer at Sea of Japan and fled to Vladivostok.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Durnovo
Council of the Empire
Kozloff
Bedovy
Vladivostok
Naval squadron finds abandoned lighthouse at Kastri Bay
Admiral Kataoya reports a squadron reached Kastri Bay on July 24 and found the Krestakamp lighthouse abandoned. Four guns near Alexandrovsky post office opened fire and were quickly silenced. The city burned and a building like a magazine exploded near Basalt island. Kastri Bay lies opposite Saghalien island about 60 miles northeast of Alexandrovsky.
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Tokio
Kataoya
Kastri Bay
Krestakamp
Basalt Island
Alexandrovsky
Saghalien Island
Saghalien
Plot Against Turkish Sultan Foiled in Roumania
Romanian authorities at Kustenji uncover a conspiracy to kill the sultan of Turkey. A search of Turkish homes yields revolvers rifles cartridges and compromising documents. Cases of rifles are found in the hold of a Turkish steamer at Kustenji.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Turkey
Kustenji
Rescue of Crew From German Ship Cecele Off Saghalien
The Japanese navy reports rescuing the Cecele crew, a German steamer aground near Cape Patience Saghalien. Four Germans, two Britons, one Norwegian and three others were saved and taken to Otaru on July 20 at the German minister’s request.
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Tokio
Japanese Navy Department
Cecele
Cape Patience
Saghalien
Otaru
Japan
Burton Offered Milwaukee Bank Presidency At Salary 25 Dollars
La Crosse Wisconsin July 29 Geo W Burton president of the National Bank of La Crosse has been offered the presidency of the First National Bank of Milwaukee recently vacated by Frank G Bigelow after defalcations amounting to 1 500 000 dollars. The salary is 25 dollars a year.
Was Photographer's First President
Philadelphia July 26 John Carbutt a renowned photographer died at his home Friday aged 73 He was chosen as the first president of the Photographers Association of America In 1875 he perfected his Carbutt dry plates which revolutionized the trade
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Philadelphia
John Carbutt
Gied
Photographers Association of America
Carbutt
Secretary of Brooklyn Club Dead in New York
H R Vander horst, secretary of the Brooklyn baseball club, died Friday in New York from heart failure due to aneurysm of the aorta. He was born 54 years ago in Baltimore.
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Brooklin Club
New York
H. R. Vanderhorst
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Baltimore
Tragic Train Collision Kills Twenty-Three in Liverpool
Twenty-three people are dead and many injured after a collision between electric trains in Liverpool England. Rescue crews and investigators work at the scene as authorities assess causes and tally casualties.
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Liverpool
Eng
Train Schedules for West Bound Lines
No. 510 Meteor No. 512 Eastern Exp No. 542 Local Freight listed with times 5:35 p.m. 9:37 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. West bound trains show 8:51 a.m.
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Texas Pass
I, McNair
German Syrup Sold At Clark Drug Co
Advertises Dr Boscher's German Syrup as a remedy for consumptive tendencies and bronchial affections. Claims to stop colds and keep children healthy with trial bottles 25 cents and large bottles 75 cents available at Clark Drug Co.
Cure for Piles Claims Man Zan in Collapsible Tubes
An advertisement touts Man Zan as a miracle cure for piles. It describes instant pain relief and healing for blind, bleeding, itching, or protruding piles and notes sales by Clark Drug Co.
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Clark Drug Co
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