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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
7
Roff mourns as R. B. Nichols his wife and baby perish in a two room wooden home fire. A suspected oil and stove explosion ignited the blaze attracting witnesses as the father entered to save them. The couple had moved to Roff six months ago from Ahloso and the three bodies were to be buried at Roff cemetery.
Friday notes list Miss Lillian McCracken and Miss Juanita Casey visiting relatives in the city. Several families including the Bentons and Grants plan holidays with locals, while others arrive from Dallas Tulsa Oklahoma City Denver and Norman to spend Christmas and New Year with kin.
Ida Huse reports a Saturday night robbery in the Katy yards with $43 missing from her purse after a gunpoint incident. Police released Clyde Boyd and Strandridge after initial investigation. she then alleged a policeman involvement, but no charges were filed.
The energetic worker is described as lazy from impurities in the stomach liver and bowels. A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters cleanse the system and renew vitality throughout the body. Price 1.50 per bottle. Guinn and Mays Drug Co Special Agents Ady.
Listing of oil field sites with locations and statuses across multiple companies. Notes include drilling resumption after Christmas, shutdowns for funds or January 1, and various production figures such as Smith & Lee pumping three wells at about 15 barrels daily. Several entries mention derricks and ground material, with lines for Carter Nance LaSelle and others.
A promotional note recommends taking Chamberlain’s Tablets after supper to produce a yen next morning and improve digestion and bowel movement, claiming you will feel better in every way.
Mrs Florence Coventon visits Knox with Mrs Walker and Mrs Hampton. Farmers county union meets to conduct important work. Latta high school pie supper raises funds for a school piano. Santa Claus brings cheer as cold weather returns. Webb Riddle earns a Naval Academy appointment through Congressman Tom McKeown.
The East Central State Normal enters 1920 21 with a new spirit of concord and work. Strong support from eleven counties backs improved labs, athletics, and a revived education building. Plans aim to boost summer term effectiveness and beautify the campus in Oklahoma.
To relieve rheumatism sprains lame back lumbago or pleurisy Ballard's Snow Liniment is a remedy of proven merit. It is very powerful and penetrating. Three sizes 30c 60c and 1.2 per bottle. Sold by Hensler Story Adv.
A dwelling owned by R L Zumbro and occupied by the Moore and Hildon families burned at 8 30 PM Tuesday December 28. This follows a previous Zumbro loss a month earlier when his blacksmith shop and the post office were destroyed. The home was partly insured. A drug ad for Prickly Ash Bitters follows.
A modern discovery for fast healing of flesh wounds burns and sores is Liquid Borozone. It is a clear colorless liquid with remarkable healing power. Prices are 30c 60c and 1.20 sold by Hensler Story.
R F Holloway of Tulsa is in the city today visiting local merchants and inspecting shops. He tours several downtown businesses and chats with owners about trade and commerce.
Washington December 28. A proposed constitutional amendment would forbid the federal government state or any county or municipal authority from issuing tax exemption securities. Chairman McFadden of the banking committee announced the measure. R S Bonsy of Pauls Valley spent several days in the city this week.
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