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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1904
Page
1
A sales pitch claims transferring rent to a home is wise with fixed 10 percent interest offset by bank dividends. It promises no net cost, with monthly compounding for borrowers. Agents J R Christian and B H Vaughn, at J M Doss real estate office in Ada, Oklahoma, will be there only a few days more.
The article cites Democratic rules in the Indian Territory requiring May 12 delegate selection and proper authentication of club rolls. It claims Mr King ignored sections limiting removal of delegates, notably Stonewall Roff and Francis, denying eightyeight elected delegates their suffrage.
City council met Tuesday night in regular session with members present. The street committee reported on a rock culvert project on Main Street and Raney Avenue contracted for at 17 percent, paid in warrants. The mayor was released from the committee. Bids on city printing favored the News for one year and the Evening News as official paper. An effort to allow cows to run at large was discussed and a tied vote resulted in the mayor’s deciding vote to table.
May 19 report from Rot IoT states a dynamite blast in a well was jarred, leaving Sam Sarton a 35-year-old married man facing probable death.
A notice asks subscribers with lapsed status to renew immediately to continue service without interruption. It emphasizes prompt action and provides renewal steps. The message urges timely response to avoid service gaps.
New York dispatches and European reports indicate Gen Kuropatkin's forces in Manchuria are nearing a retreat to Mukden and then Hardin. Mukden rumors persist of a flying column, while Nichwang notes Japanese landings near Kai Chow and railway destruction. Niuchwang remains a Russian holdout ready to evacuate if needed. Port Arthur garrison endures under siege with no assault since May 13.
The Woman's Home Mission Society of the Methodist church plans a Friday evening entertainment on May 20 at the church. Each member will contribute a dollar and recount how earned. The program includes songs recitations solos and quartets featuring Rev. McDonald Homer T. Carney Leonie Chauncey Willie Woodward Marine Truitt Alpha Sledge Annie Smith and others with no admission charge.
Special inspectors from the Dawes commission report Mississippi Choctaws brought from Mississippi now live on allotments in the Choctaw nation. They must wait three years for patent to land and ration support ends in three weeks. About 67 individuals were allotted near Bennington and Soper and are reportedly working on their lands.
Judge Marion Lafayette Garrett wed Miss Eva Pender in Tishomingo. Garrett, former Palo Pinto county judge and eighty first district representative, marries daughter of Rev Joseph William Pender. Bride linked to Gen Walter Darlington Pender of Gettysburg. Atoka ties, Big family, and a $50 steel range prize from J T Little Bros. advertised.
The Frisco offers excursion tickets on Saturdays and Sundays to any point on the line if the one way fare is not more than $1.50 plus 5 cents for a round trip. For details contact Lt. McNair, Agent, Ada, I. T.
The fifteenth recording district democratic convention held at South McAlester on Monday endorsed Dr. Hailey for national committeeman.
The court decided on May 17 that levying and collecting the merchant tax in the Chickasaw Nation is constitutional and within the interior secretary's enforcement power in Washington DC.
A Wednesday evening blaze in Ada destroyed Dr. Runyan's residence at 16th and Raney. Firefighters and volunteers saved nearby property as the home burned to ashes. John Andrews on the roof fainted but was saved. origin of the fire remains a mystery with $1,500 building and $400 contents insured.
Springfield May 17 with the deadlock unbroken the Illinois Republican convention recessed at 5 28 p m after the 20th ballot. Yates leads by about 38 votes but gains depend on withdrawals none of the candidates are ready to withdraw.
Oklahoma National Guard Troop A refused to ride the governor’s special train with a Black Guthrie council member who allegedly forced himself aboard a ticketed car. The man sues Frisco Railroad for damages after being denied travel on the special.
The letter thanks volunteers who risked their lives fighting a rooftop blaze to save the Price home last night. E. G. Price expresses sincere gratitude to all who assisted.
May 17 editorial association meeting in South McAlester with Elkshal secured for visiting members and wives. After a brief business session at the hall, the group will travel by a special M E T Ry car to St Louis at 3 p.m. They will spend a week on the trip and en route program.
A crowded advertisement lists multiple businesses offering voting tickets with purchases at sites like Little Bros Groceries Dascomb Daniels Lumber Co Mason Drug Co Irwin Bradburn and more It promises ballots with 25c purchases and daily vote tallies in the Evening News contest guiding donations to churches schools lodges and societies.
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