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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
5
A local sale lists cups and saucers sets at 39 to 75 cents per set. dinner plates and meat dishes priced around 10 to 50 cents. milk pitchers 29 to 44 cents. locks irons and hat hooks offered. miscellaneous hardware and razor bone items included with several cent prices. Local notes mention births and travels, shop moves, and community events.
In Mayor Wood's court last week, G W Houser faced fighting charges with a fine and cost totaling 800 dollars, Gaston and G B Dismukes with various offenses, and Sidney Dismukes cleared of assault. Other defendants included Fred Hautsie for drunkenness, W T Enlow for associating with a disreputable woman, Lillie Barnes for vagrancy, and a mixed verdict for Will Thompson and Chas Sypert. Civil suits included cases between J Robinson and Citizens National Bank, Fabian Mfg Co. and Reed & Harrison, Oklahoma City Packing Co. and others, with garnishments and accounts involved.
A massive blast at Tim Hurley’s DC area railroad camp Sunday afternoon used nearly one thousand pounds of dynamite with several hundred pounds failing to detonate. The ground rose ten feet before the explosion, rocks flew high and flung into the ground, and many spectators and photographers watched from a safe distance.
Ada defeated Maud 4 to 1 in a local baseball game. Ada built a early lead and held on as Maud Oklahoma fought back but fell short.
The groundbreaking for a new M. E. Church is under way with construction estimated at about $10,000. The corner stone laying date has not yet been announced.
John Ingram and Laura Luther wed in the railroad camps near Ada on Sunday afternoon, performed by Rev. Y. Coleman.
News editor hails the nomination of James W. Ownby of Paris Texas for U S Attorney of the Eastern District of Texas. The confirmation request was among federal appointments sent to the Senate Monday.
The Campbell and Harriss Lumber Co has sold out to Sledge and Tolbert. Mr Sledge has led the firm as manager and held an ownership stake. J B Tolbert is a noted Ada business figure.
The Second Baptist Church in North Ada has tendered a call to Rev Chandler who has resigned from First Baptist Church to enter missionary work. They offer $50 per month for a half time role and he will decide in a few days.
A fragmentary verse note recalls a century ago when a hunter went out to get the deer using powder in his gun. It shifts to a contrasting line about a woman preparing and going out to get the man.
The St Joseph commercial club will tour Ada during the week of June 3 to 10 with a half hour stay in Ada on Tuesday June 5 at 11 45 am. Local businesses urged to greet them with welcome address and carriages to showcase Ada’s growth and enterprise.
In the United States Commissioners Court Sixth District, Spaulding Manufacturing Company sues R. H. Bowers. The defendant is warned to appear within days to answer the complaint. Witness Winn, U.S. Commissioner, Ata I. T. dated May 8, 1941, with Epperson & Dean as attorneys for the plaintiffs.
Ladies report concern over aging and learn that Mrs B uses Prickly Ash Bitters to keep her system in order, claiming a youthful appearance through this tonic.
Shawnee Oklahoma May 30 Col A P Watson a leading potato grower says first car lots of the new crop will be ready for shipment by June 6 with contracts for cars on that date and a lively shipping season expected within a week. He notes the current crop is Oklahoma’s largest but pest damage is higher than usual while not hindering large scale shipments.
The Womens Relief Corps at the territorial convention in Oklahoma City May 16 to 18 1906 passed resolutions urging in the new state constitution that women be guaranteed full rights and privileges equal to men. The convention voted about four to one in favor.
Williams is on trial for the six year old murder of Lively at Francis. The case, moved from Ada and Pauls Valley three times, has drawn strong public interest. Witnesses J. R. Chandler of Francis and George Harrison of this city travel to testify. W. J. Reed is expected to be summoned.
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