17 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
Oklahoma Ada News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
1
Ada News announces obituary and personal notices priced at five cents per line with cash accompanying, and a reduced annual rate of one dollar to encourage local business and advertising. The notice urges Ada merchants to publish bargains to attract trade and stay aligned with commerce.
Tit Creek passes a nine week bill authorizing payments per capita and authorizes the sale of district court houses. The buildings will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder.
A local note highlights Pree and his Pawnee Bull touring the Territory with a Wild West show. The piece argues the exhibit under the tent no longer reflects true wild west life and contrasts the old image with present reality.
The News condemns spiteful reporting from Roff and Francis papers toward Ada, urging rival towns to unite for regional growth. Ada asserts dominance as the leading town, inviting neighbors to visit and witness its rapid development and electric lights.
A forthcoming ten dollar U S note, soon to circulate, is nicknamed Buffalo Bill after its prominent feature the buffalo bull engraving with a bent head and outstretched tail. The name is expected to stick due to the striking artistic design.
E. M. McCarty travels through Dallas this week visiting notable landmarks and attractions, sharing impressions and schedule with local readers.
The Ava News argues reducing subscription to fifty cents expands circulation and benefits advertisers. It claims paid subscriptions at fifty cents in advance are more valuable than a dollar on credit, estimates advertiser support, and pledges to reach every reading family even in poverty.
Indication across the territory signals large attendance at the Holdenville convention. The drive for a strong territorial exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition grows as leaders urge everyone to aid, viewing it as a business necessity to elevate the territory alongside other states and territories.
James Bellew reports from Zack Mulhall ranch that nine cow horses with equipment head to Des Moines Iowa for the great international roping contest next week. Tomorrow Misses Agnes Bes sie Lucile Mildred and Charlie Mulhall will follow with saddles bridles leather logs and ropes. Edmond cowboy hand accompanies them and aims to win prizes.
Next to potatoes, broom corn nears the value of diamonds, selling around $165 a ton. The Shawnee Daily Democrat notes farmers growing broom corn this year have earned substantial profits and urges wider cultivation.
A solemn tribute laments the passing of a man as a bereaved woman named Ella Wheeler Wilcox offers a prayer for solace. The piece frames progress and reconciliation, urging enemies to remain silent while rest is laid to the departed.
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