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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
5
The sale moved to Tuesday Thursday and Saturday nights at 8 o’clock due to heat and customer suggestion. Stock is all new staple goods and offered at your own price with private daily sales below raw material cost in Ada and surrounding country.
Letter from C N Haskell treasurer requests printing and fundraising for the Democratic ticket. Local items note Jim Martin of Roff and Otis Weaver departing for Dallas on business. Various residents in town for visits and trips and church evangelist set to visit.
A long list of Ada friends and relatives return from Sulphur reunions and travel to nearby towns. Mentions include W. W. Patterson G. Duncan Ed Crow G. Hardeman A. J. Webber W. G. Broadfoot J. W. Reed Robi Roland Matt Walsh P. P. Dunford Phyllis Mildred Steiner and others visiting Sherman Konawa Shawnee and McAlester. The piece also notes a Frisco freight detour after a Kansas City wreck and a home relocation project by August Fishback plus visits by Sledge Rippey and families after vacations.
S R Torbett returns from Ardmore and several residents travel for business or visit friends in Holdenville Stonewall Vinita and other towns. The Ada Military Band returns from Sulphur after a three day event. A few people plan trips to Madill Holdenville and Arkansas Louisiana lumber districts and a Sacramento visitor departs.
Arrangements are complete for a charity baseball game at Sunrise Park on Monday between the Merry Widows and Old Maids to aid Ada city baseball youths. Parade plans include the Ada Military Band and city officials, with police protection arranged by Chief Geo Culver.
A grocery of bargains lists sewing needles pins hair pins and pins for sale at low prices. Wrist bags Japanese fans and handkerchiefs are advertised at pocket friendly rates. Tinware churning jars and milk cracks priced by the gallon or size bands emphasize frugal shopping in a bustling bargain section.
A visiting preacher mocks another preacher who lectured on boys claiming he has no boys of his own. The Exchange argues that success with boys comes from love, study, and engagement, not from being a father of boys, comparing it to managing mules.
A devotional catalog urges readers to seek guidance in specific biblical chapters for various life states. It pairs feelings like blues, poverty, distrust, or discouragement with Psalm or epistle references such as Psalm 27, Psalm 37, 1 Corinthians 13, John 15, Psalm 126, Psalm 19, James 3, and Hebrews 12.
Chandler Oklahoma August 12 Sheriff L. E. Martin and Deputy Charles F. Parker were badly wounded during an attempted arrest at the Hinton farm near Avery following a shooting affray the day before. One Black man was killed and about 20 others escaped.
McAlester August 12 Henry L Mukdrow of Tishomingo was elected grand master. Other officers elected include Alex Eddleman of Muskogee grand senior warden J Chas Wieener of Muskogee grand junior warden grand treasurer J B Murrow of Atoka grand secretary L P D Swink of Poteau grand lecturer W H Talmage of McAlester grand orator.
Judge West of the district court may hear an injunction appeal from the taxpayers of Roff on August 12. The action targets municipal or local governance issues and requests remedial judicial review.
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