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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
8
Our business since the announcement has been satisfactory. Daily influx of economical buyers shows cash basis profits and quick turnover. We aim to please customers by offering highly desirable merchandise at prices never before seen in Ada.
A fragmented advertisement lists coffee sugar laundry soap bulk coffee oats seeds calico bleached domestic fabric socks hats and heavy work shoes. It promotes men’s suits and overalls at low prices with various quantities and prices across household and workwear items.
Local advert promotes a wide shoe selection for men and boys inviting readers to visit and view the available goods. The copy emphasizes variety and urges customers to come in.
Cultivators turning plows harrows Georgia stock stalk cutters and other on hand implements will be sold at actual factory cost. The dealer emphasizes all items in the line are discounted to cost as available.
The Claremore town council enacts a stringent vagrancy ordinance. No arrests reported and details on enforcement are sparse. The measure targets derelict behavior in the town limits amid growing concerns over public order.
Vinita J T notes a sequence of upcoming gatherings across the region. Meetings include a Labor congress in Muskogee March 28 29 30 a U S court in Tahlequah April 10 Royal Arch Masons in Oklahoma City April 18 and more in Tulsa Muskogee Sulphur Tahlequah Guthrie and Okmulgee May through August linked to various organizations.
J. W. Fields of Sherman Texas, a friend of E. H. Lucas, visits Ada with a special machine and intuitive skill to locate oil gas or water. John Beard brings him to the country this morning for exploration. The device is a wood witch that signals oil gas or water by hand positions. Reported discoveries are described as highly promising.
Organized labor of Indian Territory and Oklahoma stage a two day convention in Muskogee starting Tuesday. About 200 delegates attend as Walter Thomas Mills of Chicago addresses the crowd. Eugene V. Debs is due to arrive and deliver a public address today.
Bonham Texas jury returns a not guilty verdict Saturday afternoon in the murder case of state of Joe Robardy charged with killing John Levins at Ladonia last fall. Robardy claimed self defense with Ada attorney John Crawford assisting. Shawnee Oklahoma notes report a separate local coroner verdict of suicide by carbolic acid by Mrs Frank A Sutherland near Shawnee. Bee’s Laxative Honey and Tar and Foley’s Honey and Tar advertised as remedies.
To the truck growers of Ada vicinity you are notified to meet at union hall Ada April 8 1905 at 1 o clock p m to consider business of interest to all truck growers. All come and anyone wishing to become a member will also attend and enroll. A D Looper President Truck Growers.
A meeting of the Republican Club will be held Wednesday evening at 7 30 in the United States commissioner s court room. Full attendance of all Republicans desired. A G Winn pres A H Constant sec.
In Syracuse New York Chas F Lemberger recounts using Bucklen's Arnica Salve on his son's deep eye gash. He says the salve quickly healed the wound and saved the eye and notes its usefulness for burns and ulcers. Sold at local druggists for 25 cents.
The body of a Black man was found in the Canadian River below Shawnee on Sunday. The corpse shows signs of weeks in water and no identification or clue to the man's identity has been found.
Muskogee Oklahoma Territory March 2s J F Bills lives twelve miles west of the city accidentally discharged a shotgun while trying to secure it to shoot a flock of wild geese mortally wounding his two year old son Oscar Foster Simpson improves after letters arrive Pineules advertised as remedy for backache kidney and bladder troubles Little Annie Norton recovering from pneumonia health notes included
The text discusses insuring important items with reliable fire insurers and emphasizes prompt loss payments. It includes scattered financial figures such as 14,543,153 and 2,689,222,00, offering unclear totals and percentages, and ends with numbers like 1,145,025.00.
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