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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
6
A recent carload arrival at the Nickel Store features assorted crockery and fruit jars at low prices. Milk pars and crocks, 12c tall jars up to 6 gallon sizes at low per gallon costs. Ball Mason patent fruit jars with tops and rubbers gallon size 8c a dozen. Extra rubbers 5c a dozen. Extra tops 25c a dozen. Jelly glasses with tin covers 25c a dozen.
A list of tin ware items with prices includes lipped reserve kettles at 10c to 20c, pot covers 5c, stamped dish pans 10c and 15c, a nutmeg grater 9c, extra heavy dairy pails 20c for 10 qt and 25c for 12 qt, plus galvanized pails 10 qt 15c and 12 qt 23c.
A local advertisement lists wooden ware items with prices including Bolling pins 1c, potato mashers 5c, butter ladles 1c, butter moulds 1c, vegetable slicers 1c, clothes pins 3 dozen for 5c, tooth picks 10c per 3 pigs, cup and saucers 5c, dinner plates 50c for 35c, 7 inch platters 10c, 7 inch oval meat dishes 10c, fine American china cups and saucers 73c per set, dinner sets 75c, white granite milk pitchers 29c 35c 44c.
A clerical notice markets a ladies and gentlemen umbrella assortment at 39 50 60 cents and 1.00 1.20. A special sale features Japanese folding fans at 10 cents.
Arm and Hammer soda 4 small tins for 25c K C baking powder two 15 oz cans for 25c Rag Blueing 2 boxes 5c Giant or Eagle Lye 4 cans 95c Silk Laundry soap 8 cakes 25c Wire fly traps metal 15c Tanglefoot fly paper two double sheets 5c covers 24c per dozen
James Taylor is among the sick today and Ada merchants will close on July 4. Numerous residents and visitors arrive from Sapulpa Francis Spokane and Rogersville. A U C W meeting is promised Thursday. Recitals and weddings are noted along with several travels and minor accidents.
Miss Grace Holley visited Shawnee this afternoon while Dr Redwine returned home in Guertie. Mrs W H Braley and children left for Ardmore for a brief visit. Mrs C B McKain of Fort Worth arrived Monday as guest of Mrs S S McDonald. Mrs Dr Runyan and children with Miss Alice Bateman visited Stonewall yesterday. C E Rogers leaves Frisco operation for Mounds today. Revs M A Cassidy and T L Rippey plan a fishing night on Sandy with families. Morgan's big tent arrives on the Rollow lot for a Bible campaign opening Thursday. Madge Fisher leaves for Terral after weeks with the Fisher family. Mr and Mrs W H Fisher and Mr and Mrs L J Crowder also depart for Terral. Mrs Crowder will visit Comanche before returning. News omits the Adam Max well game result. Maxwell Reds won 10 to 4.
J T Conn Ada leader and property owner will wed Miss Carrie Chaplin of Wichita Falls Texas at the bride’s sisters home in Lawton on Sunday. They will spend a month in Denver and then travel to the Great Lakes before returning to Ada September first to reside in the Henley residence on 14th street. Mrs J T Higgins and daughter Susie accompany Mr Conn to Lawton as Ada’s only guests. Conn is renowned in both Texas and Ada for his civic work and honesty.
President Dorset Carter of the Oklahoma Central Railway says the survey to Paris Texas is nearly finished and construction will start south from Lehigh Oklahoma within 30 to 60 days. The line is graded to Byars and track laid to Stonewall, with completion to Chickasha expected around October 1.
A letter to John Rinard from F W Devoe & Co. recounts Mr. N Avery paying 18 dollars for lead-and-zinc paint and 36 dollars for barytes-and-zinc. It notes two similar houses and that barytes paint cost 54 dollars, while Avery believed substitutes were as good as Devoe. The firm urges buying by the Devoe name.
The fragment recalls a child’s death as the verse laments fate and blames a physician remedy. It claims the child would have lived if given Dr. Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure, sold by G. M. Ramsey Drug Co.
The News editor recounts attending a Allen Sunday school picnic near town. He notes Allen as the state’s largest inland town with a thriving bank, two cotton gins and many prosperous businessmen. Speeches by Anglin Furman and Terrell receive warm reception amid music and a generous on site dinner.
A druggist W H Skinner reports a testimonial from Pocahontas Arkansas dated February 17 1905 praising Dr Mendenhall Chill and Fever Cure. He claims 24 of 25 users continue with no other remedy and notes sale by G M Ramsey.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 3 T J Leahy of Pawhuska a democratic candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention says Osage Indians will vote democratic noting they have long held elections but many whites have never voted He adds more whites may be democrats than republicans
Doctors at Stonewall in the Sixteenth District Medical Society organized permanently on July 2. M D s from county towns attended. Vice President Dr Sullivan presided in Dr Gilbert s absence. Ada sent Drs Akers King Brewall Faust and Runyan. Next meeting at Francis September 3rd. All district physicians urged to attend and join.
A notice seeking a lot of nice plums for Mrs. M. D. Steiner, posted at the News office as a casual prompt or advertisement.
The William L. Byrd Camp of Confederate Veterans met July 1 in regular session. Delegates elected for Ardmore reunion were Wm. L. Byrd Sam Hargis and W H Wood. Members urged full attendance at the Ross reunion later this month. Sam Hargis was urged for Brigadier General. Comrade Morgan reported a dying comrade and burial plans were formed. W H Fisher presided.
Long Bros druggists in Paducah Ky report selling over 700 bottles in one season. Physicians prescribe it and former users refuse other remedies. Sold by G M Ramsey Drug Co.
The paying commission reached Hugo on Thursday and paid the Choctaws $35 for the fiscal year ending June 30. Payments will resume next Thursday. Choctaws report careful spending, paying bills and taking the remaining balance home.
A. M. Bruce of Farmville Virginia claims a twenty year battle with chronic piles and malignant sores ended after using Bucklen’s fornia Salve. The advertisement urges the product as best for ulcers cuts burns and wounds and lists G. M. Ramsey and Dr. F Z Holley druggists as sellers.
Shawnee Oklahoma July 3 John Moore 11 suffered a severe hand injury when a cannon cracker exploded while he held it. Doctors fear possible amputation to prevent blood poisoning.
The Payton Sisters and a touring company present Mark E. Swan's The Unwritten Law, a rural comedy drama with dramatic scenes and hearty comedy. The troupe offers three nights of performances with fresh vaudeville acts each evening and electric fans for comfort.
G. P. Carney sold City Livery to E. S. Thompson, a well known Ada citizen with long experience in the business. Thompson asks former patrons to support the new management and continue patronage.
Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Maine credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life after three doctors gave up on a fatal lung inflammation caused by a neglected cold. The ad promotes the cough and cold remedy available at G M Ramsey and Dr F Z Holley druggists with 50 cent and one dollar prices and a free trial bottle.
June 29 Muskogee Indian Territory reports Secretary of the Interior approval and disapproval of applications to remove land sale restrictions. Approved Chickasaws listed include Simeon Jefferson Carbon Louisa Harris Savannah Wesley Parker Sterrett Lena Swink James Martin Stigler Sidney Spring Le Flore Dillard Belzoni Sophia Durant Bennington Sarah Combs Hugo Levi Harkins Ada Taylor Indiahoma. Disapproved Creeks Williams Perryman Clarkesville Jecrick Nero Edna Chickasaw Ellis Bean Oakman Elias Wesley Cadness Simpson Bohanon Tuskocoma Turner McIntosh Enterprise Jessie Terripin Tahlequah Katie Putman Fort Gibson Wiliam Paris Tulsa John Sanders Locust Grove John Wiscory Collinsville Sarah Smith Clearr Samuel Bright Westville Rengir Hicks Marvin Annie Prradee Bartlesville Hannah E Jackson Porum.
Mrs. E. H. Brunson of Dublin Georgia declares at 82 she feels young again and credits Electric Bitters as a grand tonic. The remedy is said to cure dyspepsia liver trouble inflamed kidneys and chronic constipation after reasonable use. Guaranteed by G M Ramsey and Dr F Z Holley druggists priced 50 cents.
The Graham Pyeatt Abstract Company of Pauls Valley opens a permanent Ada office with Dortch Young named manager. He will operate from Crawford and Bolen's law office as the temporary base before full operations begin.
There is nothing just as good for malaria chills and fever as Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever cure. Take it as a general tonic and in place of quinine. If it fails to give satisfaction G M Ramsey drug Co will refund your money.
Quanah Parker journeys to Anadarko to handle tribal matters with Agent Blackman. The Indians finalize land selections in lieu of prior reserve land. Parker notes over 300 infants will receive allotments. Five Apache delegates including Geronimo will go to Washington per War Department request. Parker declines Independence Day invitations to avoid being displayed like cattle.
Advertises Dr King s New Life Pills as a pleasant and effective cure for constipation. Claims to prevent appendicitis and tone up the system. Sold for 25 cents at G M Ramsey and Dr F Z Holley druggists.
In the United States court in the Indian Territory Southern District, William T Lewis is the plaintiff and Lillie Leggetant is the defendant. The defendant Lillie Lewis is warned to appear in this court per the complaint of the plaintiff. Witness the Hon. J Paar etc of said Court, dated 1906.
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