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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
5
Preparations are under way for the four days picnic and roping contest at Byrd's Mill starting June 18. The event is being thoroughly advertised to draw a large attendance from all quarters.
Noon Saturday June 7 the infant Ruby daughter of Deputy Sheriff R E Duncan and wife died. Funeral and interment were held Sunday with Rev W W Johnson officiating. The child, five months old, had suffered days before death. parents mourn the loss of their sunshine home brief months.
An ad lists alpaca coats priced from 1.25 to 3.00 mohair coats from 2.50 to 5.00 and Sicilian coats from 5.00 to 7.00 by I. Harris. Eod-3t-Itw.
Word was received that the young child of Deputy Sheriff Tom Harrell of Allen died from a complication of erysipelas and measles.
Product note directs customers to W. C. Rollow for hay ties and binder twine with a brief mention of the proprietor and items available.
Marriage licenses issued to R. E. Yancy and Ida Palmer both of Ada ages 24 and 20, E. C. Clapp of Franks with Eula Green Franks 19. Ada treasurer urges timely tax payments as the period nears expiry on the 15th with expected collections in the thousands. Various Ada residents and visitors are noted including attorneys, doctors, and travelers to Purcell Owensboro and St Louis, plus a report on spring flood repairs and cropping on overflowed lands.
Measles and whooping cough are common in the neighborhood as Children Day activities proceed at the Center. The column lists visitors from Arkansas and Texas, local ministers filling in, rain boosting crops, and farmers like W N Walpole reporting a bountiful Irish potato yield from a small seed crop.
Week of showers brings plenty of social activity. Reverend Mullinax employs enslaved laborers for cotton work while lingering gossip travels about relationships and visits. Ada crowd attends a show, Olivers and Sanders host, and a Byrds Mill picnic is planned for the 18th to 21st inst.
A fragment from Spring Brook mentions Pumpkin Ridge girls visiting for the first time and pride in a light early week rain. Rev Mullinax links rain to rest and grass hoeing. The writer looks forward to Ada News.
Francis Arch Perkins begins a cement block shop and plans quick completion he will move his old wood shop and install blacksmith tools. Jack Noel builds a public fountain at Main and Seventh. John Greer will install a modern soda fountain. Local chatter hints at a new bank and cotton gin this summer amid oil and gas talk. The scene closes with rural humor about cotton, parlor chatter, and crops.
Vanoss E N Jones comes back from Lebanon Tennessee where he studied law and shows elation over his achievements. Ernest aims to succeed in any endeavor and O C White of Roff visits.
Oklahoma received beneficial rain over the past three days with Chickasha reporting about three inches and Ada showing only about a quarter inch. The weather forecast calls for more rain on Wednesday.
Monday night a large group of students and friends visited the home of Prof. J. Frank Lilly and left a substantial supply of household goods to ease his loss. The donors remained anonymous but the aid was gratefully received.
The Athletic Union Suits offer a closed crotch design to eliminate gaping seats and discomfort common in other styles. They cost 30 cents to 1 dollar 50 cents, per I Harris.
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