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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
13
A landlord describes tenant traits and the pain of moving during apartment hunting season. He notes couples reveal habits by the rooms and décor choices and observes Sunday rushes complicate showings. He argues most would endure poor conditions rather than move, with some admitting the urge to drink.
The New York World notes two annual Paris shows highlight American painters like Sargent Abbey and Whistler gaining foreign recognition before New York. Paris and London welcome contemporary Americans more openly, prompting calls to build a representative U.S. collection at the Metropolitan and secure funding for purchases.
Harper's Magazine artist Clifford W. Ashrey recalls the chaotic effort to assemble a shipboard crew for a whaler. Sailors burst into town, roamed the streets, and were corralled back to the river as the mate stalled for his Sunday meal and others sought excuses to delay departure.
The article recalls royal visits and courtier language, noting Italy's king recently toured Vesuvius. It cites past newspaper phrasing that hyped royal presence at eruptions and a German paper praising a prince's birth. The piece contrasts courtly optics across monarchies including Spain.
A Forest and Stream inspired reminiscence describes old time shore sportsmen and their habits. Capt Pete a sailor and avid hunter recounts adventures with dogs and Sweet Lips gun and a 40 pound wild turkey with one wooden leg shared among 18 men at a Rappahannock hunt.
A Korean gardener formed a natural arm chair by twisting a growing vine into shape. Seeds of gingko embedded in the vine fiber. after shaping the chair was cut, dried, and polished to resemble mahogany. It stands 8 feet 4 inches high, 25 inches wide, and weighs over 100 pounds.
Lord Northcote governor general of Australia attended a banquet 300 feet below the surface in a coal mine at Newcastle New South Wales. The banqueting hall was deep underground in a mining site.
A girl quotes Shakespeare and a long haired youth jokes about liking to see a man steal second as much as any stage moment, as reported by the Washington Star.
The passage envisions a century ahead with oxygenated water cleaning and drying systems, a drying cupboard with brushes, electrified skin care, and a breakfast news summary read by a talking machine. Dishwashing becomes automatic, plates recycled via a destructor, and trains accelerate with new platforms.
Consul Pike reports Saxony wage hardship in the Trzebirge district with typical pay as low as a fraction of a cent per hour and hours up to ninety weekly. Families work in dwelling workshops amid high living costs with prices for beefsteak 26 cents per pound and coffee 24.48 cents per pound.
In April 1906 the Soo canal saw 1,079 vessels totaling 2,006,640 tons not registered, carrying 2,513,267 tons of freight. Iron ore led with about half the traffic, followed by coal around 650,000 tons and then grain and flour.
A Buffalo church sexton Pat, formerly a street car conductor, becomes the butt of witty sallies by the congregation. He once offered the collection box as a pillar of the church and, while retrieving loose change, two cigars were found. He warned, in a solemn voice, that smoking was allowed only in the three rear seats.
An English critic argues that singing is dying and condemns the public urge to sing. He suggests forming a society for the prevention of singing except in private, a notion the Atlanta Constitution notes with irony as summer tunes return.
Rivers carry dissolved minerals including common salt and carbonates into the sea. The constant flow dissolves salts and sulphates, making the sea saline as salts are readily transported by streams and delivered to marine waters.
Vice Consul Fuller writes from Han that the German perfume industry is now one of the world’s most important. Berlin Carlarahe and Hamburg are major centers with 40 plant varieties used alongside nutmeg cinnamon camphor balsams pepper musk and other imports. Distillation uses about 3 300 pounds of flowers per batch with strict heat control to produce an expensive essential oil.
In the Catskills a village post office scene unfolds as Al berta Arndt notes the noon arrival of the rural mail carrier on a white horse. The contrast between the farmer in blue jeans and the city mailman in gray uniform highlights the faithful service across weather and terrain. The rural carrier admits he does not relish storm travel.
A Great Sunday in July will feature speaker J. W. Dean discussing Protestantism in the American Government. Special music will accompany lectures, with singing pews requested at the P. church on Thursday at 8 o clock. Several gentlemen are already slated for the program and lectures are expected to be engaging and beneficial.
A collection of responses from married men to a circular asking why they wed reveals motives like loneliness, avoiding breach of promise costs, and attempting companionship. The remarks include light irony and conflict, with a ranch ad at Ardmore, showing a signed note from L. D. Stone seeking contact about horses and a farm life.
Willis T. Morgan a retired U S Army sergeant from Rural Route 1 Concord N H credits Dr King’s New Discovery with keeping him in perfect health during service in the Philippines and says it is the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial troubles and lung diseases available through G M Ramsey and Dr F Z aona Druggists at 50 cents.
In Sandown New Hampshire blacksmith Tim Canney falls ill and faces a fatal fever. A distraught wife asks if he will go to heaven and he asks her to fetch a large leather apron from the forge in case of a mistake. He remains active in Maine after the episode.
A short quotation from the Atlanta Journal notes that a good man shows his character by the friends he avoids.
Frank Abial Flower notes in Records of the Past that the Pillager Indians claim Brunside lake near Lake Superior as their hereditary home. Flower Island is said to house the Pillager kings with a dynasty possibly spanning twenty centuries and rulers averaging thirty years.
E W Hardin lost his temper and an umbrella Monday evening after entering a screen door he knocked the fire from his cigar with the umbrella. He left it in a corner and returned to find a cheerful blaze using the umbrella as fuel only its ribs survived.
An advertisement claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve treats injuries and blood poisoning and cites a testimonial from Wald of Rensselaersville New York about Seth Burch’s neck sore. The product is sold for 95 cents at G M Ramsey and Dr F Z Holley’s drug stores.
Members of the order of Redmen and Daughters of Pocahontas held a Monday banquet described as a great social and material success. Speeches were given by W. H. Harrison and J. P. Crawford.
Cuero Texas May 23 1905 advertisement praising Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure. Cuero Drug Co. endorses the product and notes four years of sales. G M Ramsey, druggist, distributes the remedy in Cuero.
W H Chapman died at his residence this Tuesday morning from pneumonia after a brief illness. He leaves four orphan children. their mother died about two months ago. Chapman had been federal jailer since January 1 and was brother to John Chapman, deputy U S marshal. The family were pioneers of the Indian Territory. Remains to be taken to Stonewall for interment tomorrow afternoon.
Schuh Drug Co of Cairo Illinois reports rapid uptake of Dr Mendenhall’s Chill and Fever Cure. The tonic sold nearly 50 gross in four months under a signed guaranty by G M Ramsey Druggist.
Mrs. W. J. announces a clearance sale of all millinery at cost at Scott Hoards with items offered at reduced prices.
Mr and Mrs C F Orchard assisted by their daughter entertained about twenty guests last night in honor of Mr Orchard s brother George Orchard and daughter Claude of Poplar Bluffs Mo. The lawn was lit with electric lights and games and music by a colored string band followed by refreshments.
O. P. Sturm of Tulsa visited the city Tuesday and praised Sturm's Statehood Magazine a ten months old publication devoted to the New Southwest. It covers general literary fields and has reached a circulation of 11,000 and is gaining popularity.
Summer tourist rates to points in the Southwest. Rate one fifth fare for round trip. Tickets on sale June set to September 30th. Final limit October 31st, 1906. Applies to many points in Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia. Call and get particulars. I McNair Agent Ada I T.
L. J. Cowder, proprietor of a Main street barber shop and bathroom, is tried in Mayors court this evening for maintaining a nuisance. Water from bathtubs allegedly drains into the street as the contentious issue, with a jury presiding over the case.
Surprising friends Miss Maud Dodd daughter of J. J. Dodd and Walter Owens timer at A. L. Nettles hardware store were married Sunday afternoon. The News extends best wishes for a happy life to the couple.
J J Dodds sold his feed store to J D Huddleson who will take charge at once, ending Dodds tenure and ushering in new management for the business.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters can cure stomach and liver troubles, dyspepsia, and chronic illness. S. A. Brown of Bennettsville, S C, says the product restored his wife to health after years of dyspepsia and torpid liver. Sold by M Ram sey and Dr F Z Holley with a 50 cent price.
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