Local and Personal News From Monday’s Daily
E. H. Steed traveled to Tupelo today. S. M. Shaw is set to depart tomorrow for Chicago.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
7
E. H. Steed traveled to Tupelo today. S. M. Shaw is set to depart tomorrow for Chicago.
Ada files a busy local update with visitors from Stonewall Sasakwa Reebe and Tulsa. Residents discuss court fines weather and ongoing civic matters while many travelers pass through and return home.
Wednesday notes Ada Oklahoma and nearby towns report visitors and travel. Individuals include J R Young in Tupelo Ma Duke Stone W G Broadfoot illness J O Smith Oakman and E L Steed opening Tupelo branch. Dr. F Z Holley Konawa. J B Tolbert Eldorado. E Hamilton Chickasha cites Stanton murder case. Street hats sold at cost. racuous millinery tale ends with S S McDonald atop a hat rack watching a rat browsing styles.
Dr Hodges delivered a box containing eleven strawberries the largest 5 inches in circumference. The berries stayed on the desk during writing and drew attention from many readers with comments about their size and abundance.
An old Wharton Texas ad notes L B Cutler & Co druggists request shipment of 8 gross Dr. Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure per quotations. They claim six years of sales and describe the product as the best chill tonic on the market sold by G M Ramsey, a local druggist.
The St Josephs Female Orphan asylum sisters claim a sixty year record of no smallpox at their institution with a remedy said to prevent contagious diseases. The prep combines digitalis zinc and sugar in water and is given hourly for twelve hours, monthly during epidemics, with claims of relief on eruptions and blood purification.
J. H. A. Hodges displayed mammoth strawberries from his suburban garden to the News. One berry measured 43 inches in circumference and the fruit was photographed for the News Souvenir Album, illustrating impressive fruit growing potential.
Dr. Greer, a member of the Ada medical fraternity for the past year, departs tomorrow for Alabama where he accepted a corporate offer. The salary enticed him to give up his practice and leave the territory. The News regrets losing a desirable citizen but offers congratulations on his good fortune.
A 1904 testimonial from Doniphan Missouri praising Dr Mendenhall's Chill Cure also called Chill Tonic. C H Martin a local druggist reports customers prefer the tonic over others and notes sales by G M Ramsey. The message asserts proven efficacy and loyalty.
Mrs W S Thomson entertained last night in honor of her sister in law Miss Josephine Thomson. Forty two was the principal amusement with guests including Amanda Haynes Nena Thompson Gertrude Case Daisy Reed and men B E Timberlake Joe Garner Ben erate Mr and Mrs Orville Read.
A young man was found dead on the streets of Baton Rouge. The report attributes the death to a congestive chill, noting it could have been prevented by timely use of Dr. Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure sold by G. M. Ramsey, Druggist.
W. C. Castle Berry brought in strawberries over five inches long praised for size and flavor, as the News force reports on berry harvests.
An old Missouri testimonial claims three customers were permanently cured of consumption by Dr Kings New Discovery. It praises the medicine as a throat and lung healer and notes it is guaranteed by local druggists with 50 cent and one dollar prices and a free trial bottle offer.
The piece credits Mrs B with preserving youth by taking Prickly Ash Bitters to keep the system in perfect order.
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