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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
2
Dubinsky Bros Stock Co opens a seven day engagement under a waterproof tent. Monday features The Girl He Couldn't Buy a great white slave play. The company presents new plays and acts including Rea Nye the Mystery Girl palm reading act. Ladies orchestra plays current hits.
A business notice from Grant Irwin announces operating the garage strictly on cash basis. No helpers are used. Customers should bring money for payment of labor parts and materials. Dated April 19 with a 6t class designation.
Mrs. Inez Arnold of San Fernando street San Antonio says Tanlac cured her long stomach trouble and nervous distress after an eight month spell that left her weakened and in pain. She reports improved sleep appetite and energy and says she would not trade Tanlac for anything. Sold in Ada by Gwin Mays Drug Co and by leading druggists.
Washington reports that over ten thousand student officers who completed training at national army cantonments and national guard camps will not graduate as officers. They will be placed on an eligibility list and called to service as needed, wearing white brassards until commissioned. Most will be eliminated or delayed due to fitness checks, with about sixty percent expected to complete the course.
A brief quotation contrasts nature lovers with makers, stating the seed is the tree's principal thing, not the fruit. It notes an implicit shift from enjoyment to creation. The note ends with a prompt to obtain adding machine paper at the News office.
Ada enjoyed a remarkable concert by Arthur Middleton, a world renowned bass baritone. The program spanned English medieval songs, French and Italian selections, American pieces including negro spirituals, and Kipling settings, with three encores and a final chorus of The Star Spangled Banner.
Ada Title and Trust Co reports real estate transfers with amounts and parties, listing transfers in a brief business note. The notice indicates property changes and funding figures typical of a local real estate transaction brief.
A compiled list shows multiple warranty deeds transferring properties in Ada including M. W. Hardy to S. W. Escoe and G. W. Loar to Bert Grier with payments of 125 and 300 dollars. Oil and gas leases feature W. L. Butler and others to L. M. Worris and Ohio Cities Gas Co. amid several transactions in 25-5-6 to 31-58 ranges.
In Brasher Texas on January 2 1918 E Baker writes to Pep Pharmacal Co Fort Worth asking for one box of Pep Systemic Pills after mailing a one dollar money order He notes having taken one box and finds them fine The letter praises the pills as beneficial and recommends them carried by Hope Conn Drug Company and other druggists.
Zurich reports 1917 compensation for property lost in transit reached 57 million marks by Prussian state railways and three million by the German post office, up from 4 million and 0.1 million in 1914 and 1913. Looted goods were mainly foodstuffs and clothing. Austrian railways face higher losses as Vienna’s ministry urges shipping only in urgent cases.
A past patient recounts multiple surgeries for appendicitis and gall stones, claiming no relief until using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The advertisement urges stomach sufferers to try the product, claiming it removes mucus and inflammation in the digestive tract with a money back guarantee.
A brief notice invites applicants for telephone operator training under Miss Minnie Nelms. Office move and vacation season noted with an emphasis on favorable working conditions. Training pays six dollars weekly for four weeks, then raises follow. Miss Ethel Tarkenton, Chief Operator, available to discuss opportunities.
Wallace M. Crutchfield, pastor, invites the public to an 8:30 P.M. Sunday talk at the First Methodist Church on The Boy Problem. The sermon will echo the address from the State Sunday School Convention at Muskogee and the joint Muskogee and McAlester conference meeting at Checotah. The message targets future citizenship and includes guidance for parents.
Ada Chapter No 26 Royal Arch Masons holds meetings on the second Tuesday night monthly. E A McMillan serves as high priest and F C Sims as secretary.
Ada Lodge No 1275 B P O B holds regular meetings on the second and feast Mondays monthly with H P Reich R E S Haraway Sec The O E Chapter No 78 meets second and fourth Thursdays with Mrs Minnie Winn W M and G Bradford Secy I O O F Ada Lodge No 146 meets every Thursday night Frank Arnett N G H C Evans Sec’y
District Judge Arden L Bullock County Attorney Wayne Wadlington County Treasurer D W Swaffar Sheriff Bob Duncan reelection County Tax Assessor Nick Heard reelection County Clerk Milton Garner County Weigher O J Lee reelection John Ward County Judge Orel Busby reelection J O Cowart Co Commissioner 1st District W H Brumley reelection
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