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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
7
Crowds fill streets as Xmas shopping surges after rain chaos. Local merchants report strong holiday sales and expect a brisk day ahead. Also notes Evangelist Burke plans a lecture in Ada and a Portland Cement quarry job offering thirty workers near Ada with housing.
A fragment from Pontotoc and Garvin counties records notary acknowledgments by William Mitchell Freeman and Andrew Kelly Thornton dated December 1907. The text blends legal attestations with a family vignette about big sisters returning from boarding school and a casual note on local business and a student item.
Lovelady reports the seasonal box supper at the schoolhouse drew a small crowd due to bad weather. Twenty six boxes sold for 11.35 dollars and a cake fetched 10 dollars after a tie between Miss Taylor and Miss Johnson, each with 100 votes. Judge Furman spoke on orphans homework and funds were raised for the Oklahoma City home. E L Steed advertises a quit business sale with goods moving fast.
The Maxwell cotton thief was tried before Justice Brown on Monday and a jury sentenced him to 30 days in jail and a $50 fine for petty larceny.
William Mitchell Freeman and Andrew Kelly Thornton form a partnership. Freeman resides in Oklahoma and Thornton resides in Ada.
Calvin C. Perry Jr guardian notifies district court in Ada Oklahoma to confer upon him the rights of majority on January 6, 1908. He seeks authority to transact business and manage his affairs and estate as if of full age. Dated December 23, 1907 at Roff Oklahoma.
Simple remedy claimed to purge catarrhal poison from the blood and system. The mixture combines Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce, Compound Karyon one ounce, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Shake well and take a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime.
One hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo links endorsements from WALDON KINNAN MARVIN wholesale druggists. Cure taken internally acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price seventy five cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Sehoo reports delays and a Monday reopening for a business, while a district move gains momentum. Lee Cavn stock Fowler Johnson and Dr Palmer leave for a year, J H Lovelady builds a cottage, Lovelady and Bud Taylor elected trustees, and Will Ross and his sons endure a serious illness.
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