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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
5
Advertises two large seed packages for 5c claiming freshness and better value than single purchases. Promises hundreds of useful items at Scand 110c with note that customers often pay twice as much for the same quality.
A long list of items offered for sale or trade including cakes of soap odds and ends cocoa castile toilet soap boxes matches a bottle vaseline a kitchen knife mouse traps pearl buttons glass nest eggs glassware lace shelf paper a tin pan a covered bucket fire hose ink writing tablets envelopes pencils and other assorted goods.
The listing shows a variety of household goods led by an engraved lamp chimney and a No 2 lamp burner, plus a pad lock, milk pails, tin pots and pans, wire clothesline, holdfasts, starch and soaps. Also offered are novelties, glassware, china, vases, hosiery, clothing accessories, and aluminum combs in a large assortment.
Ada Oklahoma area notes show many visits and movements. People like Simeon Sugg from Mangum Oklahoma Joe Bubser from Oklahoma City and M Scott from Madill are mentioned alongside several local residents attending business visits and family trips. A marriage license was issued to S W Seay and Daisy Herron. The Brevard Training School received new furniture and several residents traveled to nearby towns for visits or medical care.
From Tuesdays Daily notes several people traveling or returning home: F. W. Buhanna from Shawnee, Deputy Bob Cummings on official business to Sulphur, W. L. Reed back from Claremore, L. C. Andrews home from a Vinita trip, M. B. Ryan of Tupelo spending the night in Ada, N. F. Schiff returning from Oklahoma City, and J. W. Sample a Chickasha capitalist visiting.
Loften Bennett died Monday night at 12:45 after a month of pneumonia with relapses. He was a son-in-law of John Diggs and lived on West 15th Street. The body was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon at four in the new cemetery.
W H Ebey and Judge C A Galbraith have bought the residence once occupied by Shed Chapman at the corner of 14th and Rennie and will move in at once. Judge Galbraith and his wife have moved from Oklahoma City and he will set up a law office in Ada.
The elderly father of John Kennedy died suddenly at his son’s house near Fitzhugh. Neighbors and bystanders rushed to help after the alarm was raised. W. H. Ebey and T. D. McKeown were driving by when the death occurred. The family was away at the time. Senile decay was listed as the cause.
Messrs Constant and Parks moved opera house fixtures from the courthouse to the adjacent Zinn building. The larger venue will be fitted up immediately as a more commodious auditorium. The management plans excellent attractions, including the Honolulu Minstrels of Hawaii.
Wm L Byrd Camp Confeder ate Veterans held a regular session on Sunday. Delegates chosen for the April 25 26 27 reunion in New Orleans were J M Doss Sam H Hargis and J P Wood with Mrs W B Breckenridge named sponsor. A patriotic experience meeting followed with many war time incidents recounted and closed with prayer by Chaplain Morgan.
The Ada Democrats announce W B Adair as candidate for city marshal in the March 16 1906 primary. Adair brings years of peace officer experience having served as night watchman and assistant city marshal. Friends praise his quiet fearless conduct and representatives expect a strong vote. The News endorses him for the democratic base.
President Carter of the Oklahoma Central visited Ada and reported encouragement over the local situation. A railroad committee inspected a new spur route with another line planned for tomorrow, after last week’s line proved impractical. He expects trains into Ada by June 1 and plans grading to double. The eastern objective is Shreveport and directors will meet in Chicago to decide whether to go via Paris or Clarksville.
On Tuesday evening at the Methodist parsonage Rev T L Rippey joined Guy McElreath and Ethel Anderon in matrimony. The groom is a admired carpenter from Ada and the bride is the stepdaughter of Mr Hodge. They will live on West 15th Street.
About 30 to 40 members of the 1st ward caucused before the Commercial Club meeting to select good men for the council. They endorsed by ballot and chose B. A. Mason and Maupin Timberlake as the ward's aldermen selections.
A Master in Chancery hearing continues this week in the partnership accounting suit Jack Kahoe versus D. W. Strain. The case involves a complex tangle of accounts from their contractor business, with no clear prediction on when the trial will conclude. The litigants previously built numerous Ada structures during earlier days.
The article notes A D Gibbons is in dur ance vile charged with grand larceny for stealing a man’s overcoat near Roff. It remarks on the irony of a springtime overcoat theft and the contrast with ordinary times.
Ada licenses issued to Guy McElreath and Ethel Anderson and to Sam Foster and Sylva Blue. Maxwell records show Jim Moses and Lizzie May Nerle as a marriage license pair.
A notice outlines daily public announcements until election day, offering three for 500 dollars. The campaign will include names such as Ge Rove and Ceenting on the ticket with a $5.00 advance charge.
Town records announce messages from Mayor J P Wood and J W Davis. The notices provide ceremonial or civic updates and indicate official positions or forthcoming actions.
City Attorney B. C. King Recorder T. P. Holt and Assessor Collector J. I. Warren listed among local government officers in the official roster.
The record lists city marshal and several officials including Lem Mitchell R C Couch W B Adair and F J Etter, indicating local civic appointments or duties.
James E. Webb and W. H. Nettles named to the Third Ward committee. Local residents await Clark’s endorsement and formal council confirmation.
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