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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
6
Late Monday Roy Buster was arrested for being a party to the Hurst assault and jailed. Three others remain confined awaiting bail or habeas corpus outcome. Constable Adair credited for progress as Hurst’s condition stays largely unchanged. an herbal advertisement for Herb ine follows.
Felix M. Adams and Edward M. Williams, officials at Vinita asylum, spent three days in Norman. Three hundred of Dr. Griffin's best patients will be moved to Vinita next month.
Christmas gifts delivered to Fitzhugh children show community spirit as residents report travel visits and family gatherings. oil news reaches Wess Hattox. Dr. Hill buys Luther Franklin farm. several residents relocate or travel to Ada, Wanette, Roff, and Rocky Chapel. weather brings snow but no rain, with a light note on snow gear shortages.
An advertisement for Dr. King's Life Pills from Gwin & Mays Drug Co. claims to strengthen women, improve complexion and breath, and raise spirits to attract husbands. The copy emphasizes easy, safe, and sure benefits for "weakness" and "bad blood."
October rainfall reached 14.01 inches as excavation at the Panama Canal reached 2,584,823 cubic yards over 27 working days. Dam fill totaled 232,531 cubic yards and 66,754 cubic yards of concrete were poured.
For sale or exchange 321 acres of farm and grass land seven miles south of Dalbart Texas ideal for cattle. Seeks sixty to eighty acres near Ada as part payment. Write to J C Mitchell Box B Dalbart Texas. J F Williams of Francis was the first to pay his subscription after the new year hailed as starting off right.
In Justice Brown's court Thursday afternoon judgment was rendered against Coyne Bros. of Chicago in favor of George Frierson and W. S. Kerr for 199 dollars each. An attachment was issued against 6000 baskets of defendants' property. The case arose from peach shipments last summer after a contract allowed selling to Ada buyers when market conditions justified. The Chicago house allegedly wire instructed rejection of 55 cents on track while market rose, sending shipments to them and earning less than 30 cents per bushel on part. The firm also charged 2 cents per basket for drayage though some cars were diverted and never passed through the Ada warehouse.
Christmas has passed while time moves on in Center Lanham. Notes include weddings, relocations from Center to Stratford, a Chattanooga visit, school openings with 44 pupils in east and 20 in west, 152 pupils enrolled, and property sale of Mrs Melissa Davis farm to Bob Garrett with Cantwell living on the 150 acre tract.
A compact list of criminal docket entries from January 6 to January 10 1913 in Ada Oklahoma and surrounding areas. Cases include liquor violations gambling disturbing religious worship malicious mischief and animal welfare offenses with several appeals and city pleas noted.
In Muskogee on December 31 J Geo Wright commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes released figures from the Choctaw and Chickasaw land sales. Of 11078 tracts offered 9210 sold covering 709718 acres from 816786 offered with 107068 unsold and total receipts of 3720 dollars. average price 4.54 per acre, Chickasaw land averaged over 6.00. Unsold lands are largely wild and distant from rail lines. An ad for Dr Simmons Squaw Wine follows.
A Boston man lost his leg from an insect bite two years prior. The ad urges prompt use of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to kill poison and pain and cure burns, boils, ulcers, piles, eczema, cuts, and bruises. Available for 25¢ at Gwin & Mays Drug Co.
The current Galveston sea wall finished in 1906 will be extended for about five million dollars. The upgrade will create an elevated protected area capable of housing nearly twice the present population of 41 006, expanding the shoreline defense and city capacity.
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