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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
5
An announcement from the News Publishing and Printing Company invites corrections to any erroneous reflections and offers free obituaries or resolutions under 100 words. Longer submissions cost one cent per word, with word counts to be remitted with the manuscript.
A special Oklahoma boosters train to Washington promotes the state with the Oklahoma Booster magazine edited by J. Burr Gibbons and Preston McGoodwin. Ada growth figures highlight Ada city expansion from 36 people in 1900 to 5169 in 1912 and rising post office receipts and bank deposits. Also notes a district court foreclosure suit in Pontotoc County involving J J McFarland and others, with Birdie Partain named as a defendant.
President Wilson delivers a brief inaugural address centering on restoring justice and reform. He calls for aligning national life with early standards, tackling tariffs banking and resource use, and placing government at the service of humanity with focus on health education and labor laws. He urges bipartisan effort and moral governance to meet the era’s challenges.
A new sale of unallotted Indian lands will be held in Ada on May 5 to dispose of 4 727 acres in Pontotoc county. The land has no fixed appraisal and will go to the highest bidder. The sale will last only one day.
Advert says Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent for constipation easy to take mild in effect and worth a trial. Adv J T Tigner of Conway visited the News and prepaid a two year subscription as a show of appreciation for a good paper.
George Thomason of Knox neighborhood says the inspector has approved a rural route from Ada pending small changes. The route would aid Ada and the surrounding community. Ada post office adopts an eight hour schedule, possibly needing an extra clerk.
Judge McKeown ordered no report of the evidence in the habeas corpus hearing of Lancaster Dages and Rogers to prevent juror disqualification from prior reading. Lancaster had not posted a $10,000 bond. The day focused on a civil suit W. & McKelvey v. Choctaw Cotton Oil Co. A letter from Bob Nester to an Ada friend says his health has improved since going to Mississippi.
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