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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
7
Ada area notes report J M King and J W Bolin in Stonewall with others visiting Ardmore Holdenville Denison and Mill Creek. Many residents travel for business and family visits while local weather and rail repairs affect daily life.
Bebee Oklahoma January 4 1906 reports a New Year dance at Low Ropers with a large crowd enjoyable proceedings. Jim Goodson owns 500 bushels of corn to gather. C C Lane to marry Maggie Armstrong of Pauls Valley next Sunday. Jim Bray now in the shoe business with J J Stanger in Wetumka. Mr Copeland moving from Center toward Ada. Dick Perdue happy with new property bought from Blind Frank Jones formerly of Ada. SLocum reads as a closing line.
Ada Oklahoma merchants Reed & Harrison offer to refund two round trip rail fares for shoppers within 25 miles who spend ten dollars on non grocery merchandise. Present the receipt stub within the next 30 days to receive the refund.
Yesterday afternoon at the bride’s parents home three miles north of Ada, Mr R F Shanks of Springfield Missouri and Miss Rhoda D Trout were married by Rev John A Whllams. They depart at once for their new life in Missouri. Rhoda was the youngest of nineteen children. Her father appears 60 or 65 but is hale in his 76th year.
The Original Foley and Co of Chicago introduced Foley’s Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy. Due to its merit there are many imitations. consumers urged to ask for Foley’s Honey and Tar only. The product contains no opiates and is safest for children and delicate persons, with Clark Drug Co. and Mason Drug Co. advertised.
ht C Shanks of Springfield Missouri to Rhoda D Trout of Ada. Oliver Mahan to Pearley Gillaspay of Conway. Richard Turner age 28 of Ada to Cary Thomas age 34 of Shawnee. James W Tackett of Johnson to Lizzie Ballard of Francis.
Washington reports the Department of Justice rejected James Humphrey for the post of attorney for the southern district, failing to succeed W. B. Johnson in the role.
Local ad promotes Peter Schuttler wagons by Reed and Harrison offering reliability and satisfaction for buyers. The short notice notes a 19 weight caption, suggesting wagon weight or model emphasis.
Mrs. Mosygie Smith of Oklahoma traveling with four daughters stopped in Ada en route to Beggs. At Frisco station she was directed to take the east bound but boarded the west bound. A messenger boy escorting her to the correct train was also taken down the line.
Pleasant and unsolicited letter from Dee, 25, in El Vindicator praises Ballard’s Horehound Syrup as the most effective remedy for coughs and colds. Clark Drug Store carries the product in Liberty Texas.
Deputy Clerk Constant notes letters from parents challenging marriage licenses for underage daughters. A nearby town sends a formal document warning the clerk not to issue licenses for their daughter during 1406, citing risk of forged signatures. Parents issue annual blanket injunctions beginning each year.
Reverend Carlisle P. Martin of Waverly Texas testifies that each morning he coughs from phlegm but Ballard's Horehound Syrup quickly dislodges it and ends the trouble. He says no medicine equals it and recommends it for throat or lung issues. Sold by Clark Drug Co.
Report says about 150 men with teams are grading the new railroad ten miles out between here and Stonewall. The window to secure Ada's bonus tightens as grading approaches the oil turning point on the southern route.
The Cumberland church revival is drawing growing crowds as sermons and singing captivate attendees. With milder weather, more people are urged to attend for entertainment and edification.
Deputy U S Marshal E Brents returned from Muskogee and reports a foul political atmosphere. He says petitions exhaust his grip and many affidavits are ready to be sent to Washington. He notes the people of Muskogee view charges against Soper and Parker as baseless.
Geo Love postmaster at Wilson was examined in Ardmore Oklahoma Territory on January 4 after shooting and fatally wounding gunman Tom Williams on Christmas Eve. He was bound over to the grand jury without bail. Defense claims self defense.
Representatives from the Murrow Indian Orphans' Home will lobby in Washington to push ratification of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal legislature acts. The delegation was chosen at a six area meeting in South McAlester.
Karl Stanger of Bebee reports his cousin Robert Loher was fatally shot near Pauls Valley last Friday by Clay Bullard and remains at death's door as Ada news channel News 8 receives the update.
A tornado struck the Jose Bell school house in Troy Alabama on January 5 killing two boys as timber fell. The event wrecked the building and caused fatalities among the students.
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