Ada Yard Age Reflected in 1904 Ada Directory
Ada's 1904-05 directory offers a snapshot of a young town then in Indian Territory. It notes banking, hotels, merchants, and occupations now vanished or renamed including barbers, wagon yards, and buggy trades, with two colleges then, and many notable early residents and firms long gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erica
Southwest
Duncan and Prewett
W. W. Guest
I. Harris
Henley
J. A
Harris
Ada
Commercial
Dorland
Byrd
O. K. Hotel
St. George
Sprague Brothers
C. J. Warren
P. B. Wilson Lumber Company
John Crawford
J. W. Bolen
W. C. Edwards
J. W. Beas
T. F. Bet
J. F. McKeel
Tom PD. McKeown
Robert Wimbish
B. Curtis King
Adam Streets
Chickasaw Wagon Yard
K. C. Wagon Yard
Texas Wagon Yard
Blind Man’s Wagon Yard
J. J. Wheeler Wagon Yard
Busby & Richardson
G. A. Harrison
City
Greatest returns for amount in vested Ada News
Classified ad notes best value for investment in savings or bonds, urging readers to compare returns and terms. Mentions Ada News as the source for this advertising item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Willie Webb Seeks County Commissioner District 2
Willie Webb announces his candidacy for County Commissioner District 2 subject to the Democratic primary on July 7. A longtime district resident with road building experience, he pledges impartiality and cost efficiency, aiming for better roads and value in county government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Webb
Dist
Webb
Lightning Ridge
Ada
Mr. Webb
Man Known as Tarzan Imposter Identified as Frank Jackson
Frank Jackson, once suspected as the strange man who terrorized Pontotoc County for four days, was identified by Lewis Lance. Jackson admitted the claim, said to have lived in Shawnee recently, and had previously posed as Tarzan or Geronimo while evading sightseers. He reportedly has a wife and ten children in Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Frank Jackson
Shawnee
Ada
Lewis Lance
Fittstown
Jackson
Lance
Union Valley
Tarzan the Apeman
Geronimo
Stonewall
Magnolia Petroleum Announces Ten New Wells in Fitts Pool
Magnolia Petroleum Co reports ten new locations in the Fitts pool with drilling to start May 12 and six wells already producing from the Upper Simpson formations. Notable wells include No. 2 Marjorie Norris and No. 1 Marjorie Norris with twins planned to reach Hunton lime, alongside several Burris Heirs twins and other Simpson targets in townships 27 and 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Fitts Pool
Simpson
Marjorie Norris
Hunton
Burris Heirs-A
Burris Heirs
Burris Heirs-B
Burris
Oil production at highest point in March report
The Bureau of Mines said daily crude production averaged 2,921,500 barrels in March, a peak and up 89,800 from a year earlier. Stocks rose 5,561,000 barrels. California lagged as other states increased output led by Louisiana at 204,600 barrels daily and Oklahoma at 548,100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Mines
California
Louisiana
Rodesso
Oklahoma
Marble machines confiscated here in sweep
Sheriff and city police seized seven marble machines Sunday from Kit-Kat cafe Harris Drug store Harris cafe City Buffet John s Place Log Cabin and McSwain News Stand. No charges filed by Monday afternoon against two men alleged to own them. The machines were turned into court funds. A slot machine was taken from Bob s Cafe on East Main Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kit-Kat
Harris Drug Store
Harris Cafe
City Buffet
John’s Place
Log Cabin
McSwain
Clyde Kaiser
Bob
East Main
Butler seeks county sheriff in Oklahoma race
C H Butler formerly of Allen now Ada resident for two years announces his candidacy for county sheriff. He says he has served as constable deputy sheriff city marshal and meat inspector and pledges equal treatment and a trustworthy sheriff for Allen Pontotoc county voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Young
Otis B. Weaver
John W. Beard
Carlton Weaver
Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly News
Jesse Warren
Ross Tipton
Dan W. Swaffar
W. W. Sledge
Smith Lumber Company
Samuel M. Shaw
Shaw
James C. Hynds
Sherwood W. Hill
Richard A. Herndon
van Hennigan
Bunyan Hennigan
A. M. Gregg
Lee Gaar
James B. Emory
W. C. Duncan
Furniture and Undertaking
Gaston Dismukes
Ollie Davidson
Otie Davidson
James R. Couch
C. H. Butler
Allen
Ada
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
State Department of Health
Wildcat Drilling in Oklahoma Stumbles on Mixed Results
Two major wildcat tests in Oklahoma show mixed progress. Shell No. 1 Hill in north Coal county, testing the Chiles Dome, has not yet produced a strike and remains disappointing. Magnolia No. 1 Green near Bromide, drilling below 2000 feet, probes the Wapanucka graben with similarities to the Franks graben where the Fitts pool lies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
North Coal County
Chiles Dome
Centrahoma
Bromide
Johnson County
Wapanucka
Franks Graben
Developments in Fitts pool show potential toward 2000000 barrels
Wilcox Simpson and Hunton wells push Fitts field prospects with May tests and big Hunton flow. Carter No 5 Julia Smith tests Wilcox sand. Magnolia No 1 Marjorie Norris and Lily Woolley show strong Upper Simpson and Hunton results. Fleetborn No 3 Morin advances Bromide prep while reclassification talks for Hunton near dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Carter
J. Smith
Fitts
Magnolia
Marjorie Norris
Hunton
Magnolia No
Lily Woolley
Blackstock No. 2
Moody
Woodford
Fleetborn No
Morin
North Line
Fleetborn Oil Company
State Corporation Commission
Poppy Day Observance In Ada To Honor World War Dead
Ada will mark Poppy Day on Saturday May 23 as the American Legion Auxiliary and Ada unit members distribute poppies on the streets. Volunteers invite the public to donate to aid war dead survivors and ongoing welfare programs funded by poppy proceeds. The annual effort supports rehabilitation work by The American Legion and Auxiliary through coin boxes and public tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
America
American Legion and Auxiliary
Poppy Day Supports Disabled Veterans Families In Need
Poppy Day contributions fund local and state efforts aiding disabled veterans and families left in need after death or disability. The funds provide aid throughout the year for those paying in installments on the war's lasting debt of suffering and hardship.
Traxler Captured After Battle With Panhandle Officers
Oklahoma outlaw Pete Traxler was wounded and captured near Canadian Texas after a gun battle with a large posse. He faces questions in Oklahoma for the slaying of George Lopez and other crimes across the Texas and Oklahoma border. Over 100 officers participated in the manhunt with Traxler held for transfer to the Oklahoma penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Crime Bureau
Canadian
Tex
Pete Traxler
Oklahoma
George Lopez
Pauls Valley
Traxler
Texas
Charles W. Daley
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Walter Jones
Daley
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Clint Miers
State Bureau
C. C. Crabbe
Clyde Elliott
Clarendon
Federal District
Panhandle
Desperado
Harry Rathjen
Hemphill County
Everett Tarbox
Higgins
Jerry Ramsey
Roberts County
Everett Shahan
Lipscomb County
Here
Mrs. Mary Emma Martin Dies at 62 in Stonewall
Mrs. Mary Emma Martin wife of Rev. C. H. Martin died at their Stonewall home. Funeral services were held at Nazarene church in Stonewall with pastors from Lubbock Ada and Stonewall. Burial followed in Rosedale Cemetery Ada. She leaves her husband a sister and four brothers. She and her husband were prominent county workers in gospel work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Emma Martin
C. H. Martin
Stonewall
Nazarene Church
Charles Reed
Lubbock
Texas
D. E. Pendergraft
Ada
Rev
Higgins
Rosedale Cemetery
Keith
Mattie Burns
Tom
Bob Crow
Jim
Will Curry
Men students exceed in Western State Teachers College enrollment
Kalamazoo Michigan Western State Teachers College registrar announced that 51 percent of the student body are men. Officials say this marks the first time male enrollment has exceeded female enrollment at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Western State Teachers’ College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wagan Yards
Dascomb-Daniels Lumber Company
Ada Steam Laundry
Ada Light and Power Company
Ada Ice and Fuel Co
I. Z. Holley Drugs
City Livery Barn
Crystal Ice Company
Indian Territory
L. J. Crowder
T. J. Chambless
George A. Harrison
W. H. Nettles
R. O. Wheeler
W. C
Ada National Bank
Tom Hope
Orville Snead
Citizens National
First National
Ada East Central State Teachers College
Ada Business College
The
University of Central Am
Drayman
Adam
Huber
Dnolia Stakes
East Area Wells
B. H. Butler
Coal County
Wilcox, Simpson, Hunton
Upper Simpson
Charles Martin
C. H. Massey
State Bank
Oklahoma State Bank
H. P. Reich
D. F. Fleet
H. J. Huddleston
John Fleet
R. W. Allen
J. C. Hynds
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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