Ada Weekly News enters red eat date
Ada area bulletin notes financial strain with a red ink status on the town’s weekly notice board. Officials forecast tighter budgets and potential service adjustments for the coming month.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1907
Page
9
Man of Mystery Performs at the Opera House Tonight
Advertising rates on application. Galvani headlines a show tonight with hypnotic sleep exhibit not to be aroused until 9. Happy Jack the acrobat roams in hayseed costume. At 4:00 Galvani prepares for a daring blindfold drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott-Hoard
Happy Jack
Galvani
Restrictions lifted for listed Choctaw and Chickasaw citizens
Public notice states restrictions are removed for a broad list of Choctaw and Chickasaw individuals across multiple towns including Owasso, Afton, Pryor Creek, Vinita, and Wagoner. Names span nearly all five tribes with associated residences in Oklahoma and nearby states.
Prouty Urges Cancelation of Indian Territory Coal Leases
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty told Governor Frantz and J. B. Harrel he would recommend to the Interstate Commerce Commission that President Roosevelt be urged to cancel coal land leases in Indian Territory. He urged a personal visit to request revocation of leases amid long standing high freight costs. He cited Oklahoma prices noting McAlester lump at 7.50, egg at 7.25, mine run at 4.50, and expressed outrage at the rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Indian Territory
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Frantz
J. B. Harrel
Threadgill Hotel
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
JURY STILL OUT IN LUNSFORD MURDER TRIAL AND HORSE THEFT CASE
Testimony in the Lunsford murder case ended Wednesday with attorneys preparing closing arguments. The jury remained out as of 4 p.m. amid predictions of a hung verdict. Separately, John Quincy Adams faces trial for horse theft alleged in August 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunsford
U. S
John Quincy Adams
Oklahoma Hearing Opens On Railroad Complaints
Oklahoma shippers prepare for an investigative hearing led by Judge C A Prouty to review railroad service shortages and unfair freight rates. The session in Oklahoma City will run from this morning through the end of the week with W O Cromwell and Charles J West representing the state and John Ledgerwood providing ICC data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
C. A. Prouty
Rutland
Oklahoma City
Ft Worth
District Court Room
W. O. Cromwell
Charles J. West
John Ledgerwood
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoman
Galvani The Hypnotist Delights Ada Opera House Crowd
Galvani the hypnotist performed at the opera house drawing a good audience despite short notice. A larger crowd is expected tonight for the second show with Ada ladies and businessmen among volunteers. Volunteers last night produced abnormal antics for about three hours as the performer dictated stunts and contortions. Happy Jack the contortionist aided with his own exhibition of powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galvani
Opera House
Jack
Relief of Destitute Lieutenant Dobbyn in Ada
Lieutenant Dobbyn in Ada solicits winter relief fund contributions for Salvation Army. From Oklahoma City headquarters, he presents credentials and authority to aid destitute residents of the new state. Citizens are expected to respond generously to his commendable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbyn
Salvation Army
Oklahoma City
Ada
Allen and Ada Consider Cooperation on M C G Malone Line
M C and G J Malone and A M Cummings of Allen are in town on court business. Malone chairs the citizens committee pushing the M C G ky line for Allen and believes the undertaking has merit. Ada may benefit if Allen secures the line, and a joint Ada Allen meeting may be held tonight to discuss action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Malone
A M. Cummings
Allen
Malone
Ada
Investment pitch from P C Duncan and Co
A brief note claims many people earn money while others profit from property. It promises several properties will double in value in the coming months and urges further pitches from P. C. Duncan & Co. Ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Duncan & Co
Creek delegation plots to thwart land sales by urging deeds to children
Chief Pleasant Porter and Creek leaders plan to block land sales by pushing a resolution for all adult members to deed surplus lands to their youngest child. They fear removal of restrictions would invite fraud by grafters and expect the Creek Legislature to endorse the approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pleasant Porter
Porter
Faint OCR Quotation Fragments on Labor and Industry
Fragmentary text references child labor critique and avarice, a 1908 battle prep, Dinkey becoming head of a steel trust, block system notes, Standard Oil indicted on 959 counts, car shortage remedy critique, and a real estate listing by P. C. Duncan & Co. ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Work on Reservoir Progress This Week
Eight to ten men were employed this week cutting timber and removing debris at the reservoir site. Weather limited progress, but a start was made with Henry Young as superintendent in charge of the clearing job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reg Gey
Neatine
Henry Young
Mouse Ate the Assets in Ada Cash Drawer
A Ada business man complains of a destructive mouse raid on the cash drawer. Due bills and a $5 bill were nibbled, leaving a litter of paper and an untouched uncollectable bundle. The tale ends with a moral urging advertising for a bookkeeper or mousetrap in The News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ada Resident Mr. Bailey Visits From Asher
Mr. G. B. Bailey, a leading Ada country figure who settled near Asher last year, was in Ada Thursday for business. He praised his new home but said he will not forget friends on this side of the river and will always remember them fondly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Court Town
Otcome
G. B. Bailey
Asher
Ada Man Makes First Horse Ride, Dismisses Bronco Fear
Cosmopolitan Ada welcomes a new resident with a big factory, multilingual engineering skill, and globe trotting experience. A brave attempt at a morning horse ride ends with a dismount and a joke about diving into the ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
States
Cosmopolite
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ribiBiiog
R. O. Wheeler
Mgr
Ada, Oklahoma
Congress
Mr. Dinkey
Steel Trust
Dinkey
Armstrong, Byrd & CO
Oklahoma City, Okla
Southwest
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