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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
6
A long list of everyday items including soap cocoa castile toilet soap, matches, a bottle of va line, a kitchen knife, mouse traps, pest card, glassware, fabric, paper, a tin pan, a bucket, a tire, a scrub brush, a writing tablet, ink, a wallet envelope, rubber tipped pencils, and many other miscellaneous household necessities.
Ada Daily reports a steady stream of visitors and locals from nearby towns such as Gainsville Konawa Franks Rockwall Sulphur and Stonewall. Attendees include attorneys H A Kroeger J C Little and Stillwell Russell with court business noted alongside visits by Rev T L Rippey and Dr P F Anderson.
On Sunday evening at the Presbyterian manse Rev John A Williams officiated as Jewel Keirsey daughter of Ben and Mrs Keirsey of east Main street and cousin of Mrs John Rinard married Paul K Smith popular photographer of Main street and Ada business man The couple has many friends who wish them happiness.
Midland pair L. C. Bohanna and Annie B. Tims. J. E. Kinsey and Essie Claudus. Ada residents L. M. Malicoat and Lula Sixkil ler. C. A. Jennings and Pearl Davis. Andrew Leeper and Pearl Anderson. Paul K. Smith and Jewel Keirsey. E. C. Keith and Florence Mooney. H. C. Mahoney and Lizzie Neal of Konawa.
In line with the commercial club action Tuesday night Attorney W H L Campbell left Wednesday afternoon for Washington to pursue Ada's interests in bills pending before Congress.
Two dusky damsels and a white man were arrested on adulterous relations charges and arraigned Tuesday morning in Mayor's court. They were assessed an aggregate sum of 25 dollars for their obliquity.
The piece notes Governor Byrd appeared in a straw hat Monday then had to replace it Tuesday, suggesting he lacked reliable data on the weather and seasons. It uses a light, tongue in cheek tone about political figures and forecast quirks.
A historical reflection notes the removal of delicate telephone wire networks in favor of heavy lead cables. The streets look bare and altered after the change, yet the writer hopes the artistic sense may heal the wound as progress replaces older aesthetics.
Reverend E. A. Hardee of Hickory travelled to Stonewall to lead the funeral of Mrs. S. H. Strickland, who died after two months of illness. An Ada native, Hardee has long ties here and plans to publish a new Hickory newspaper this week.
At about 2 40 p m Monday the Saddle Rock restaurant on the corner of 10th and Townsend streets caught fire near the flue. It was quickly checked with water and chemicals as the fire department responded rapidly, caused by a rotten defective flue with no major damage beyond shingles.
Prof. Robert Kennedy Duncan explains in Harper's April issue how new fertilizers could burn the air to supply daily bread as world hunger nears. He notes Germany already uses these methods on a large scale, with wheat and crops showing dramatic growth under the science.
Attorney J. P. Lockwood appeared for about 200 Sulphur residents seeking to bar the current city council by asking the court to create wards and order a new municipal government. City lawyers E. L. Campbell and E. E. White resisted. the court took the case under advisement.
The New York Press notes how U S presidents used swearing in private moments yet public figures generally kept their language controlled. It cites Washington Garfield Cleveland Arthur and others, contrasting private tongue with formal restraint across eras.
Cato Sells a prominent Indiana capitalist and politician visited Ada on Sunday. He predicts passage of the Curtis bill is certain and that the country will see vast development as a result. Sells plans extensive investments during his tour and keeps Ada county in view.
A 14 year old girl, Mrs Read, gave birth to Martin a healthy baby boy living east of the city. The infant seemed well at midnight Tuesday but was found dead Wednesday morning, after having been alive for several hours.
Hugo leaders Hugo I T bankers W F Miller cashier First National Bank Ada confer with Oklahoma Central officials to urge building a line through Hugo. They see Hugo in the projected extension from Lehigh southeast into Texas and report encouragement after the conference. Ada would welcome the link with the progressive Choctaw town.
Forty two thousand land patents in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations lie in the Muskogee vaults ready for delivery. The Secretary of the Interior may take delivery from governors and give it to the entitled party. The dispute over who should deliver has lasted over a year and hinges on the Curtis bill now pending in Congress.
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