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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
8
The Ada Daily collects daily comings and goings with names from Ada and nearby towns. Travellers include Dr Maud, John Andrews, J T Bowers, Leo Wilson, Mrs Bert Thomas, Judge Doss, Reese Fryerson, A D Alderson, A W Scribner, and many others visiting Ardmore Shawnee Konawa Wynnewood and Stonewall. Local firms Cox Greer and partners prepare for new stock while town leaders discuss a gee franchise and future drilling plans.
Two pairs of men visit ministers in town seeking marriages to divorced women. Preachers refuse for lack of scriptural grounds. Courts grant license. Judge Tolbert marries one couple, despite religious objections, leading to a controversial union.
The Indianola Business College of Tecumseh Nebraska adds telegraphy express and railroad accounting to its course in bookkeeping thinking shorthand and typewriting, claiming to be one of the best equipped schools for commercial work in the southwest. Read their advertisement and write for catalogue.
Fay L. Crossett of the Davis News marries Miss Ivy Fonville of Davis Ind Ter. The notice highlights Crossett’s status in the territory press and Fonville’s long service as a Davis teacher. Court proceedings follow, detailing murder, larceny, false pretense, guardianship, and estate actions with multiple cases listed and court adjournment.
Dr Helge Browall and Mrs Mabel Latta were quietly married at the bride’s sister’s Ardmore home Tuesday evening. The couple, prominent socially in Ada, are praised for mutual affection and community value. The Swedish born doctor is a leading medical graduate now fully Americanized and viewed as a valuable addition to the town.
Illegible store notice touts affordable pricing and stock reduction. Prop IK Z Holley urges customers to inventory supplies before sale ends.
In the United States Court for the Indian Territory Southern Judicial District at Ada Missouri Kansas Texas Railway Company seeks appointment of a referee to assess damages for land and improvements condemned for stock yards at Ada Chickasaw Nation Indian Territory. Proceedings set for March 21 1905 at First National Bank Ada with referees Reed Doss and Beard to hear claims from interested parties including Chickasaw and Choctaw nations and individuals Eliza Floyd C W Floyd and others.
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