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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
6
Local items report Miss Mary Bliss DeLong returning home to Tuscumbia. Visitors include Mr Devis and wife from Roff and Ada residents Dr Lafever and wife. Several residents travel for business, family visits, or illness, including Mrs M W Ligon with pneumonia and Dr Nolen losing a buggy horse.
An advertising column touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a remedy for early kidney trouble and Bright's Disease with claims of quick cure when used at first symptoms. It urges authentic bottles marked with a red three and lists local merchants and various brief notices from Muskogee Oklahoma and nearby towns.
The Waters-Pierce Oil Co. plans a new sizable tank beside the existing structure to increase capacity to handle one car of oil at a time. Nearby, numerous residents and visitors travel between towns, with various locals listed in daily movements and visits across Stonewall Ada Bebee and surrounding areas.
J Urquhart of Zephyr Ontario says a severe lingering cold with a harsh dry cough was cured after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The local dealer G M Ramsey sells the product and guarantees its effectiveness.
Ardmore Oklahoma November 22 Judge Ho sea Townsend grants federal court jurisdiction to approve lease contracts made by guardians of Indian minors. The Cherokee and Creek nations previously saw authority reside with Interior Department.
Great happiness comes to S. C. Blair of St. Albans West Virginia as his daughter recovers from St Vitus Dance after Electric Bitters. He credits three bottles with a complete cure and recommends the remedy for nervous complaints general debility female weaknesses impoverished blood and malaria. Sold by local druggists F Z Holley and G M Ramey at fifty cents.
Ardmore Indian Territory November 22 Willis Abran was shot and killed at Hickory. The incident is claimed to be an accident. Authorities investigate the shooting and determine causality pending further details.
A. C. Stickel from Miletus West Virginia says a malignant ulcer as large as a hand on his daughter's hip was stopped by Bucklen's Arnica Salve and healed with continued use. The salve is advertised as curing cuts burns and injuries and is sold by F. Z. Holley and G. M. Rameey druggists for 25 cents.
Bishop John James Tigert of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died yesterday morning in Tulsa at the Brady Hotel. Native of Louisville and educated at Vanderbilt and the Southern Baptist Seminary, he was nearly fifty, served as professor, pastor, book editor, and was elected bishop last May at Birmingham.
Mrs. S Rosinthal of Turner Michigan reports using Chamberlain's Cough Medicine for family for several years and highly recommends it as the only remedy for croup. For sale by G M Ram.
Orville Frantz resigns as private secretary to the governor effective Monday. Dr. Hugh Scott, current Assistant Territorial Secretary, will succeed him. Frantz leaves to pursue business while Gov. Frantz remains in San Antonio with property interests.
A Missouri druggist C H Martin praises Dr Mendenhall's Chill Cure and its successor ChillTonic in July 1904. He notes that more customers stay with the tonic than any other and mentions G M Ramsey as the seller. The letter requests further demonstration of the tonic's efficacy.
E C Patton of Tishomingo named enrolling and engrossing clerk. C W Meek, former West Main Street restauranteur, to an usher post. S O Daws, Farmers Union figure, chosen convention postmaster. Dignitaries noted for prior public service and party work in Oklahoma's Chickasaw Nation framework.
Famous strike breakers Dr. King's New Life Pills promise to steady liver and bowels during trouble. They cure constipation headache and dizziness and cost 25 cents at F. Z. Holley and G. M. Ramsey druggists.
The Osler theory finds small favor in Washington's department when it comes to women. Mrs. Eliza Gridley, mother of the Olympia commander at Manila, is near 80 and holds a key role in the general land office, knowing land records better than six clerks. Miss Mason, close to 80, aids researchers in war records library and is the daughter of a former minister to France. In justice, women nearing 70 are highly valued, contrasted with younger workers accused of frivolity.
A persuasive sale note for Dr Menenhall's Chill and Fever Cure. It promises a pleasant remedy for children with chills and fever, claiming it will be better than competing products and offering a signed guarantee. Sold by G. M. Ramsey.
A Richville dispatch reports a McAlester Mining Company blast at Buck mine near South McAlester Oklahoma killing two workers and badly damaging the mine. The operation is owned by Pres Allen of St Louis.
Advertised liniment claims no superior for sprains and swellings. A dampened flannel with Pain Balm relieves lame backs pains in side or chest and rheumatic pains aiding sleep. Sold by G. M. Ram.
Jefferson City reports No 22 Zack Mulhall the Oklahoma cattleman faces a new trial after the state supreme court reversed a St Louis verdict that sent him to three years. The 1904 Pike shooting left Frank Reed and Murray wounded and Earnest Morgan fatally hurt. Miss Lucile Mulhall witnessed the event.
A young man was found dead on the streets of Baty Rogue. The death is attributed to a congestive chill that could have been prevented by Dr. Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure, advertised for sale by C. M. Ramsey.
Rev T L Rippey returns to his congregation who welcome him with an old fashioned pounding. Members gather at W B Barry home load gifts then race to the parsonage. Rippey emerges smiling as bacon syrup fruit and canned goods waft from behind the door.
A resident of Alliance Kentucky, F N Tackett, recalls a near death from severe lung bleeding and cough in 1903, claiming recovery after four bottles of Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. The ad promises relief for sore lungs coughs and colds with bottles priced at 50c and 1 and trial bottles free at local drugstores.
The Sans Parcel Literary Society of Ada High School awarded the affirmative a victory in Friday's debate on whether the U S Government should own railroads. President Tolbert inaugurated the session, praising study and inviting all to future debates at 2 15 PM in the high school building.
The capsules act on both kidneys and liver to relieve excess uric acid rapidly. Sold by Crescent drug store, F Z Holley, proprietor.
Guthrie Oklahoma November 22 Democratic central committees of Indian Territory and Oklahoma met and approved amalgamation. Jesse L Dunn who led the constitutional delegate campaign retired and was replaced by J Bee of Pauls Valley as chairman with W L Chapman of Shawnee as secretary.
A brief note lists symptoms indicating kidney trouble. Details are limited and no further information on diagnosis or treatment is provided.
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