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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
2
Ada Indian Territory listing notes publisher business manager Otis B Weaver M D Steiner on second class mail for May 10 1901 with advertising rates furnished on application.
The document lists Mayor J. P. Wood City Attorney B. C. King Recorder Assessor Collector J. I. Warren S W Hill Lem Mitchell Street Commissioner Jim D Gaar and Aldermen for four wards M D Timberlake Ben A Mason J E Bills A J McFarland W H Nettles C O Barton W C Lee and A R Sugg.
In Washington on March 23 Hon J Adam Bede taunted a dissenting member as the House debated the Oklahoma and Indian Territory statehood bill. The conference route was pursued after the Speaker’s gavel and a largely partisan appeal by Mr Dalzell. The Senate stance remains firm against admitting Arizona and New Mexico, with compromise hinges on the Foraker amendment.
Travel deals list special round trip rates from Ada to Los Angeles St. Paul San Francisco and other cities with dates in April May June and July and prices ranging from $24.85 to $ Kup. C F Orchard, Agent.
A roundup of recent local weddings features the names of couples, venues, and dates, with brief notes on attire and parties. Details focus on the joining of two families and celebratory events held in community venues.
Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Me credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life after three doctors gave him up to die from throat inflammation and lung congestion. The remedy cures severe coughs colds bronchitis tonsillitis weak lungs hoarseness and la grippe. Available at Clark Drug Co and Dr F Z Holley’s Drug Store priced 50c and 1.00 with a free trial bottle.
In New York on March 23 Representative Foster of Vermont brought John A. Mead and John S. Manning to the White House. Manning, a former delegate, said he backed Roosevelt and hoped to aid another bid, but the president declared a second nomination impossible. In Indian Territory Judge Dickerson orders daily raids on gambling dens with arrests for operators and patrons, confiscation of gambling instruments, and a 90 day jail sentence for vagrants, triggering a mass exodus from the gambling fraternity.
In Sulphur I T on March 24 a monster artesian well flow was tapped at 6 pm by the Chickasaw Land and Trust Co behind the post office. The force lifted a 3600 pound drill and delivers about 500 gallons per minute, enough to supply the town. A waterworks system is being considered amid great excitement and talk of more wells.
W M Sherman of Cushing Maine recalls three months of kidney inflammation and says three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. The ad claims benefits for liver complaints dyspepsia blood disorders and malaria and notes the product is guaranteed by Clark Drug Co and Dr F Z Holley Druggist with a 50 cent price.
Word reaches Naks that three Wickliff Indian outlaws eluded pursuit after the fight and crossed the Illinois river heading for Less Creek west of Stillwell. Marshal Darrow moved his camp from Spavinaw Hills to Illinois River to renew the chase. Reed and Harrison advertise Peter Schuttler wagon services.
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