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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
8
Ada readers record daily moves of residents and visitors from Stonewall to Sulphur and beyond. Notables include J. W. Byrd from Kansas City and J. P. Crawford from Pauls Valley. the Methodist revival opens next Sunday with A. W. Wood directing services.
Our old time friends R. D. Talbott and wife of Mt. Vernon Texas came in this morning for a visit to relatives near Allen I T They were accompanied by Miss Lucy Swanner who has been at tending Franklin Institute at Mt. Vernon.
Impending doom from Bright's disease and diabetes gives way to gratitude after using Foley's Kidney Cure. It claims to cure incipient Bright's disease and diabetes and to ease symptoms quickly in minor cases. Marion Lee of Dunreath Indiana attests relief after eight doctors failed. Sold by Claris and Masoe Drug Co.
A fishing party comprising Mesdames Browall McKinley Bills Parnell Fulton and Misses Maggie Fulton Ruth Alderson Pearl Kee Vera Fulton plus Messrs Browall Bills Parnell Harriss Warren Holt and Maddox returned Wednesday from a Sandy River trip. Chaperoned by the Billses and Parnells the group reports luck, mishaps and lively stories with a sumptous supper and night sounds of whip-poor-wills and screech owls before a moonlit drive home.
W T Hutchins of Muskogee met with Secretary Hitchcock at the interior department to urge settlement of Cherokee nation adopted whites claims. A Supreme Court suit of three claims may be settled out of court if claimants pay for their allotments to be placed on citizen rolls. Hitchcock took the proposal under consideration.
A testimonial from Ballard Snow Liniment Co. states their Snow Liniment cured an old chin sore misdiagnosed as cancer. The writer asks for a 50 cent bottle for his sister Mrs. Sophia J. Carson of Allensville Pa. and notes Clark Drug Co. sells the product.
Atty J Fletcher Sharp and Chief Engineer MecWillie along with contractors Mary and Young arrived in Ada today en route west over the survey of the C V and W Ry. Mr Manning constructed the Katy branch through Ada. Mr Young represents a St Louis firm and a contract for the new road is expected to be let soon after this tour.
A group of Ada youths fished on Wednesday and reported plentiful catches. The fish were so abundant that one person stood behind a tree to bait the hook. A farmer cited reports of catfish coming up from flooded ground in low areas.
Three Ada residents have pooled $1000 to drill for oil beneath the town amid belief a lake of oil lies under Ada. Experts place Ada between Umont and northern fields, suggesting local soil floats on oil and could make Ada famous.
Pauls Valley I T June 17 The Driggers murder trial concluded after seventeen hours deliberation with a verdict of murder in the first degree but with a prohibition on capital punishment. B F Driggers killed Gold Brady at Jesse January 5 1903, case moved to Pauls Valley from Ada on venue change.
The article extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a swift remedy for coughs colds sore throat and bronchitis and claims it can prevent pneumonia. It cites a Dearfoss Maryland resident William Myers who says it cured his consumption after other doctors failed. Available at Clark's and Dr F Z Holley's drug stores with trial bottles free and full bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00.
Sulphur Oklahoma June 15 J M Bayless and C J Webster are boring an artesian well. They have reached 370 feet and plan to drill to 1500 feet. Hopeful of oil or gas as nearby wells show gas. Surface oil found in small quantities likely from asphalt beds.
A Cherokee Indiana man C F Collier reports severe kidney failure with backache and low mood. He credits Electric Bitters as a cure restoring health and urges others with weak kidneys liver or stomach to try the tonic. Sold by Clark and Dr F Z Holley druggists for a dollar.
Frank Kelly charged with killing his father in law John Reece appeared before Judge Talbott for a preliminary trial and was ordered held without bail for appearance before the grand jury at the next regular sitting in October.
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