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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
2
W J Bryan tours Missouri and South Carolina with 21 speeches in one day amid cheering crowds and frantic handshakes. Taft badge mishap alarms Bryan volunteers as mobs clash with authorities in Spartanburg injuring several people.
A list of speakers and travel times across Pontotoc County for A G Cruce E B Cutler W F Gilmer J R McCalla and others. Readable entries show towns such as Ada Roff Fitzhugh Conway and Centra homa with dates from the 15th to the 31st and times mostly 8 00 or 2 00.
In Cincinnati Judge Taft declares he will tour Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina Virginia and Maryland to remind voters they are part of the Union and should back the party that will grant them national influence. He spoke to the Taft Sherman club of Highlands Kentucky at the Linton Hotel to secure its pledge of support.
Ada L Croom of Vaughn Mississippi praises Dr King’s New Discovery for curing a severe cough and suspected consumption after months of illness. She credits three bottles with a complete recovery. Trial bottle offered free by local druggists F Z Holley and G M Ramsey.
Lexington report says United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas might retire and move to New York. Bailey denies the claim emphatically stating there is not a word of truth in the report and he will not leave the Senate or Gainesville.
Ada readies for a $600000 reed furniture factory bid by Grand Rapids promoters A C Johnson and H L Christenson. They seek incorporation and invite the public to a Monday night meeting at the club rooms to discuss the enterprise and its impact on the town.
L A Bartlet of Guilford Maine praises Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming three years of good health. The advertisement notes gentle cleansing and toning benefits and lists F Z Holley and G M Ramsey drug stores as sellers with a 25 cent price.
Morning report from Ada Oklahoma details the death of J W Byrd at age and long illness of tuberculosis at the home of R W Simpson Ada. Funeral at Methodist church with interment at Rosedale. Also reports Frank and Jim Davis both Negroes lynched at Lula for killing railroad conductor Kendall. Public trains moved to Memphis and Clarkdale for safety. White's Cream Vermifuge advertised by G M Ramsey.
Ada mourners filled the church as T L Rippey led the funeral for J W Byrd with a sermon on Blessed are the pure in heart. Family and friends recalled Byrd as a man of honor and virtue. The procession then carried his remains to Rosedale for interment.
W A Floyd of Rural Route 2 Em pire Ga praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve for curing two severe sores on his hand and leg. He says it is worth more than its weight in gold and would mortgage the farm to obtain it. Available for 25 cents at F Z Holley and G M Ramsey.
Ada will gain a wood iron opera house on East Main Street despite capital limits. The building will have an iron roof light papering and flooring with an enlarged stage and new scenery. Comfortable chairs will be installed making Ada a decent playhouse even if not a palace.
Abstract of title to 320 acres timber land and 60 acres cultivated land with two houses and wells, five miles north of Roff. Known as the Arthur Gaddih place. Byrd Townsend Colbert advertise sale and title abstract by Franks, Oklahoma. Train wreck details appear in local report of Sunday incidents near Ada and Denison.
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