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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
5
Ada News reports a busy scene with many visitors and locals in town. Courting, surveying, and business trips populate the week as residents from Francis, St. Louis, Chandler, Sapulpa and Tulsa mingle in Ada. A flood relief donation and upcoming band concert highlight community activity and civic engagement.
The firm adds L. T. Walters as a modern furniture man and expert embalmer and undertaker with licenses from Oklahoma Territory. Walters brings Myers College and Philadelphia Training School credentials and local service experience. Also notes personnel changes, local ads, prices, and community notices including lost cow and various business promotions.
Brick for sale including five types of bricks. Also one small red Durham cow five years old dehorned producing two and a half gallons of milk daily no calf price 30 dollars a bargain. Also one sorrel buggy pony six years old guaranteed without blemishes worth 50 dollars price 35 dollars. See Dr Runyan.
I offer two service bulls on my farm east of town. One Jersey and one Durham are available for breeding at any time.
A Goon Thing. The Katy Flyer offers comfort on a fast modern train between St. Louis and principal Texas cities and Mexico City. George Horton, G P T A St. Louis.
In the United States Court in the Indian Territory Southern District Dell Ussery files against M. J. Ussery. Defendant must appear within thirty days to answer the complaint. Hon. Hosea Towns presides. Clerk C. M. Campbell. Attorneys B. P. Gibbe, D. Wood & Winn. L. C. Andrews represents the nonresident defendant.
Ada police report Earnest and Lewis Benton were arrested on a charge of assault to bill. Authorities did not release additional details about the incident or the defendants' statuses.
Short items report Jim Shirley’s two tin strikes, Ada Cornet Band plans a Fourth of July show, and a balloon committee dispute. Ads News proclaims full coverage and a $1 yearly price. Picnic guidance urges everyone to bring baskets and share food, with reminders about attendees within and beyond town. A hardware seller advertises items at Keller’s old stand on Main.
Readable fragments note a location on 12th Street Mackeb with unclear event timing. Names and specifics are obscured leaving only a street reference and approximate context. Further detail is needed to identify persons, organizations, and exact incident.
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