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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
4
The ad touts an updated refrigerator as a different proposition from older models. It promises the greatest ice saving, easy cleaning, and precise construction. The store asserts it sells only these quality units and invites customers to compare prices.
The Ada News announces that Otis B. Weaver & Co., editors and proprietors, publish rates by inquiry. Entered at Ada post office as second class mail matter May 19. Advertising rates furnished on all ligation.
The Waples Platter Grocery Co will assume ownership of Ada Wholesale Grocery Co on June 1. Mr Pegues, current operator, leaves Ada for Texas points and plans to stay out of business for a time. Mrs. W F Etter has been visiting Ada and then went to Holdenville to visit her parents. Governor Green McCurtain Defies Interior Policy in Nine Page Letter. The Choctaw leader challenges Secretary Hitchcock and plans to issue thousands of deeds from allotment patents without approval. Electric Car Line Planned Between Oklahoma City and Lexington. The Oklahoma Traction Co of Oklahoma City seeks route cooperation to build a new electric line, with stock sales and property trades anticipated along the route. J Ho Wilson from Ada Tee Cream & Candy Factory visits Mill Creek.
The dead body of a woman named Mabel King was found in a second street house of ill fame. She had a 352 caliber revolver nearby and was shot through the heart. She reportedly came from Kansas City three weeks ago and had a husband there.
James Roach 16 son of W T Roach was seriously injured when a work train struck his wagon at a Rock Island crossing Tuesday afternoon. He was thrown clear, his skull crushed near the temple, and both wagon and team were badly damaged.
Chickasha city council grants a franchise to Chickasha Transit Company to build and operate an electric street railway system. The firm must post bond and begin work within six months and have lines in operation within fifteen months from passage of the ordinance, with construction expected soon.
Ardmore report states the Wynnewood Grain building belonging to A. E. Parnell was destroyed Monday night with contents owned by Mat Parnell. Building valued at 88,500 and insured for 32,000. Contents valued at 82,750 with 2,250 insurance. Origin of the fire is unknown.
J B Shoenfelt resigns after seven years as Indian Agent at Muskogee I T with his resignation effective on Interior Secretary's pleasure. He is from Wyoming and will locate in Muskogee to practice law after a months long internal scrutiny that reportedly cleared him of charges.
Matthew I. Allen of Guthrie editor of Gathered Sheaves Harvest Home religious journal received a $1000 check from Carrie Nation the saloon smasher. Funds will buy a new printing plant and support a temperance religious paper for the prohibition campaign recently launched.
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory May 16 John Walker aged 40 years confined in the federal jail since March 24 on a charge of introducing and selling liquor died here Monday night Relatives reside at Allen
W House and family relocated from Rott to Ada on Tuesday, adjusting residence and daily routine.
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