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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
5
The ad touts quality and low prices with a focus on customer satisfaction. It claims to meet competition in quality and price without harming others, and notes growth through Ada and shared prosperity with customers and local merchants.
Readable ad fragment lists low prices on Japanese folding fans at 10 cents and umbrellas around a dollar. Items include handkerchiefs, paper napkins, shelf paper, and heavy tea goblets with steep discounts. Notable prices include 1.00 and 1.95 for umbrellas and 5 cents for tumblers.
Citizens urged to attend a local railroad meeting to discuss a proposed line and its impact on Ada. The notice emphasizes the town’s duty to support the project with a pledged sum to secure manufacturing growth and avoid rail-leasing costs.
A short odd remark links eating a green apple to two toons undergoing appendicitis. The quirky line blends food temptation with a medical scenario in a playful, unspecified source.
An unspecified Sunday incident at Buss Oklahoma involved twenty three large special trams on a single track with no accident reported. No injuries or further details provided.
A brief item notes that the essay on Roses TV did not include the usual regret message because there was nothing left to revert. The entry emphasizes the absence of the standard phrasing rather than any substantive content change.
Special committees appointed to secure the bonus for the Canadian Valley and Western road say the route is as good as built. They report steady progress and expect funds to finalize construction.
A Russian officer refuses parole and surrenders, arguing staying in Japan is safer than returning home. The remark highlights the officer's belief that life abroad offers better prospects than facing home conditions.
Mince Bros at 101 ranch entertained Tu.000 people Sunday in a rural venue a mile and a half from settlement. The event drew a large local crowd and showcased the brothers’ entertainment act.
The Indian Territory reports a 5.60 percent drop in the cotton average based on information from five points in the territory.
Ada and surrounding area residents are noted visiting friends and handling business travel. Activities include J E Clark visiting Stonewall, Duke Stone traveling to Louisville, and Otix Weaver departing for the Louisville reunion. Local court actions involve Will Benight and a mortgage dispute, and fishing trips are reported near Amos Hay and Sandy. Ramsey Bruner, a Seminole employed in business, was killed near Tyrola.
Mrs J E Rogers and others noted in Tulsa Holdenville trips and visits. GON McKnight layover between trains. R Bradley and Claude Price went fishing. Albert M Russell starts as stenographer in Duke Stone office. Prof Cabeen and wife visit after night in city. A L Nettles and J W Hays remove tinny denizens from Sandy. Mrs J P Wood travels to Kentucky to visit relatives. Earnest Bennett faces court hearing on peace bond. Mrs J R Krone and her mother move to Commerce Texas. Fr D Finck of Studebaker visits council on water sprinkler project. H A Kotsch reports quiet travel conditions along the line.
The railroad committee acts for the town’s interests, not personal gain, and asks residents to treat them courteously and support their efforts toward local growth and development.
A dated dispatch reports Czar Nicholas placing blame on Providence for Russia's defeat by the Japanese, while Admiral Rozhdestvensky faces the unfavorable outcome of the conflict.
City council met at 4 p m to weigh a street sprinkler project. Officials aim to keep streets moistened during the dry USamer season and provide updates tomorrow.
Secretary Thoburn received Kiowa county’s 1804 agricultural report but records for Mountain Park township were blown away by the Snyder cyclone. The incomplete file must be corrected despite the available data.
Epperson and Gardner visit Holdenville with others in town. Woodmen Circle calls a Thursday meeting. Laneham Center resident and community figures seen about town. Train to carry Josiah Allen family east with upcoming Presbyterian railway service. Local residents plan moves and farewells as several families relocate to Texas and Kansas.
The city council met in adjourned session with Mayor Duncan presiding. Present were Walsh Harrison Fowler Mason and Collins. Jesse pro tem due to Recorder Warren’s illness. A motion to buy a street sprinkler passed unanimously. A three member committee Walsh Mason and Harrison was appointed to plan temporary sprinklering. The marshal was ordered to enforce the dog law. The council adjourned until the next regular meeting.
A large body of business men gathered in the court room last night to back a third railroad. W. C. Duncan chaired the meeting. speakers Keard Holt Hardin Ennis Holley and Duncan urged support. The central committee led by Rinard Beard Thorn ton Hays and Hope will canvass the town, dividing it into eight districts and appointing district committees for a systematic subscription drive.
Miss Estelle Torbett wins a dollar prize offered by the Ada Fair Association for correcting misspelled words from a large page circular in the News. She corrected twenty two of twenty five words, and though no full list was submitted, the award goes to the closest corrected list. The association praises her effort.
A group of youths enjoyed a moonlight picnic about two miles south of town on Monday night. Attendees included Miss Kee with Mr. Williams, Miss Gallagher with Dr. Bisant, Miss Currie with O. Ek. Cannon, Miss Howell with M D Timberlake, Miss Alderson with F Harris, Miss Carroll with Foster Simpson, and John McKinley with his wife. They shared fried chicken, ice cream, and other dainties before returning to the city.
At his home near Torola on Sunday June 11 John Medley aged 48 is mourned by his wife and two children. The remains were interred this afternoon.
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