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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
6
Local ad lists affordable goods with low prices including Japanese folding fans at 10¢ umbrellas priced modestly handkerchiefs and paper napkins for picnics. Shelf paper perforated and scalloped in assorted patterns offered at 12 inches by 10 yards per piece.
Ada residents exchange notes on visitors and travelers from Stonewall Paris Konawa Sulphur and Muskogee. Messages include business trips to Kansas City St Louis and Louisville plus church and social events around Ada and nearby towns.
At the Sunrise residence of Mr and Mrs John McKinley on Tuesday evening June 20 1905 a large social gathering marked their fifth wedding anniversary. Guests included many young society members and several married couples. The event featured violin solos pleasant refreshments and entertaining games with Mrs McKinley s sister Miss Ruth Alderson aiding as hostess. The couple received numerous fine presents.
The Ada Fair announces under class A numbers 42 43 44 and 45 a change to admit fowls of 1904 or 1905 age rather than restricting entries to 1905 only. Organizers say many have older chickens and want broad participation. Ada residents vote August 11 and 12.
A. Gulley of Konawa and former Ada resident died Monday night in Konawa from heart trouble. He was about 47. He boarded a train to Ada, returning as a corpse, and the remains will be interred at Allen, Indian Territory.
The Ada Cemetery Association asks all who have friends or relatives buried in Ada Cemetery to meet at the graveyard Saturday morning for weed cutting and beautification of the city’s dead.
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