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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1906
Page
6
A promotional Nickel Store notice urges customers to compare prices with any competitor and offers a money back guarantee on purchases. It touts 5c and 10c counters plus tinware graniteware glassware hardware and new stock in home furnishings.
A local ad lists hosiery varieties from men’s heavy socks at 5 cents to women’s lisle finishes at 25 cents. It highlights strong lines at common price points 10 13 and 18 cents, emphasizing value and range.
The retailer announces a range of men’s gloves from a 10 cent cloth glove to a $1.45 military gauntlet. In October the 35 cent muleskin glove will be discounted to 23 cents.
Honest value lamp assortment with burners chimneys and wicks. First size 25c second size 35c larger size 50c No 1 flint lamp chimney 3 for 10c No 2 flint lamp chimney 5c No 1 engraved lamp chimney 9c No 2 engraved lamp chimney 10c No 1 brass burners with wick 5c No 2 brass burners with wick 10c Kitchen bracket lamp tin effect complete with No 2 burner and chimney 25c.
An ad lists kitchen cutlery with prices from 50 cents to 1 dollar 63, highlighting butcher knives at 10 15 20 and 25 cents. The reader is urged to compare value and choose affordable steel tools.
A garbled notice hints at a sale of school books at low prices, urging boys and girls to buy cheaply from women as a retail cash option.
Ada daily notes a string of visits court appearances and travel. Mrs W T Cox ill Mrs W A Alexander ill Westbrook of Marietta in Ada Foster Simpson to Oklahoma City several residents attend court or visit relatives in Ada.
Ardmore will host the annual meeting of the United Commercial Clubs on January 3. Comanche reports a fire destroyed the residence of Geo. W. Johnson with a $1 500 loss and no insurance. Lawton notes a man named Sam Hill was shot and killed near Chickasha. Republican nominees for the constitutional convention Hugh McCredie and D. C. Lewis are anti prohibitionists. Delegates from Oklahoma and Indian Territory will gather in Lawton for the Federation of Womans Clubs meeting. Quanah Parker, Comanche chief, selected as a convention delegate but refuses to participate in politics.
Edwin Barrie Stock Company presented the sensational comedy drama At Sunrise Hollow last night to laughter and applause. The troupe billed stronger specialties and promised further performances including A Broken Heart tonight and a ladies and children's matinee Saturday with free candy for every child and a phonograph giveaway Saturday night.
At The Opera House the Barrie Stock Co opened a week engagement with A Prince of His Race a play praised for tense interest and clever staging Tonight they stage a second piece At Sunrise Hollow a mountain drama about feuding NC families a moonshiner hero with a reward and a scheming villain A matinee for ladies and children Saturday at 2:00. Gold Medal Tailored Ba at Westcott's.
General Leonard Wood defends staying at full troop strength in the Philippines and proposes adding artillery and sending one squadron from each U.S. cavalry regiment. He notes garrison of 20,043 as of June 30 and criticizes quartermaster delays, poor emergency rations, and outdated officers while praising Visayas order except Samar and Mindanao improvements.
Tuber measures 31 inches long with 21 12 inches as potato and the rest root. Elongated yams appear in Cantwell patch. he says many such specimens are found in his garden south west Ada.
Local notice indicates Walsh handles the White Swan can ned goods with a phone contact 17. 95-tf for inquiries or orders.
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