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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
15
Ada news chronicles illness reports and visitors including G W Cox and Mrs G F Johnson as well as out-of-town movers and travelers from Oklahoma City Texas Arkansas and Tennessee. Numerous engagements cover rallies schools churches and new publications with mention of the Southern Republican debut and local business travel.
A humorous line on dairy, stating if cows produced butter humans would must invent milk. It notes milk as nature’s emulsion, butter shaped for digestion and observes cod liver oil is nourishing but must be emulsified to aid digestion.
Local Ada audience receives a rapid stream of deeds and departures. Ed Lancaster heads to Oklahoma City. several residents travel to Ardmor e Dallas and Tex as for business and family visits. Typhoid fever affects Mrs. G F Johnson. infant of A L Thomas near Ada is not expected to live. Community meetings and social calls fill the day as editors and merchants plan ventures.
Conductor Sidell of the Frisco reported high water as he led a local freight through Ada Oklahoma territory during a storm. He observed objects floating away including chickens and light items while a bolt of lightning struck the engine cab shattering glass. Neither engineer nor fireman were hurt but were shaken by the ordeal.
J R Hafford druggist of Rector Arkansas endorses Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure as the best of about 20 brands. Children like it and the product is sold with a signed guaranty by G M Ramsey, druggist.
The rain keeps many shoppers from buying new fall clothing. Bring your old suit or overcoat to Nash to be remade. New suits to measure start at $15. Ladies work a specialty.
The text notes tomorrow at ten o clock with the First Baptist church and continuing through Monday after. An introductory sermon is set for eleven o'clock tomorrow. All are invited to attend the association sessions.
W. H. Brown of Pittsfield Vermont, a pension attorney, endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills as next to a pension the best thing to get. He says they keep his family in splendid health. 25c quick care for headache constipation and biliousness. Guarantied by F Z Holley and G M Ramsey druggists.
The central committee representing each township in the Eighty seventh delegate district will meet in Ada tomorrow to determine the time and method of holding the delegate Democratic primary.
Deputy Constant issued licenses this week to John F. Castleberry 21 and Vernie King 18 of Colberg, Edgar Smith 20 and Mary E. Nash 17 of Zenobia, and I. T. Lem Walford 19 and Willie Ray 18 of Chigley.
Advertisement touts Dr Mendenhall Chill and Fever Cure as a superior treatment that restores vigor and mental sharpness. It promises relief from malaria, claims no head effect, and offers a money back guarantee via G M Ramsey, a local druggist.
President Broadfoot of the school board reports current enrollment 280 at the north school and 390 at the south school. A notable attendance increase is expected within a few days.
Cuero Texas May 23 1905 Cuero Drug Co reports Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure outperforms all chill tonics. G M Ramsey druggist sells the remedy, noting four years of steady sales and superior general results.
A reader letter proposes renaming the city Ada to Mount Olive Mt Olive as a more fitting and up to date name. W H Naylor signs the suggestion and asks for serious consideration by readers of the News.
City of Mexico reports a large blaze at the Almacen General cotton warehouse in the Santiago warehouse district. Flames spread to adjacent warehouses, with total losses estimated at 300,000 dollars.
Mrs. Ora A. Stephens of Port Williams Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery with stopping a two year cough and curing consumption fears. The ad touts strong lungs as key to power, with a trial bottle free and prices 50 cents and 1.00, guaranteed by local druggists.
Crockett Daggs was struck in the neck and back by a large driftwood limb while driving along Sandy on a Friday morning. He lost consciousness briefly, was treated in Ada, and later rallied as high water carried more driftwood through the bottoms, lodging in trees with movement threatening further danger.
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