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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
7
A colloquial exchange shows a person asking for a dime while mentioning banking hours and a check. The dialogue hints at financial constraints and the need to access funds or verify a check. The tone is informal and dated.
The Louisville Courier-Journal recalls a long told Blue Grass story as Majah and a colonel spar over language. The colonel boasts about sweating arlons while the Major insists gentlemen perspire and chevaux sweat, prompting a humorous exchange.
A Future era exchange shows a First Ward politician and a reform candidate clash over women’s votes. The dialogue claims dealers arranged big sales on election day to influence turnout and votes.
Advertisers claim smooth fron and Defiance Starch let households launder shirts at home as well as the Stoam laundry. The finish is proper and durable with less wear, and ironing is a positive pleasure when using a Starch that does not stick to the iron.
A man is teased for making faces to entertain a baby while the baby screams. The joke centers on perception and the gap between appearances and reality.
Mrs Chas Barclay of Graniteville Vermont reports relief from nervousness and other symptoms during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises its health restoration and urges others to try the remedy, noting its long standing record for female complaints and low cost.
Reported violence at the Pressed Steel Car plant in Schoenville ends with eight dead and many injured. State police and mounted troopers guard strikers and families while arrests and searches escalate amid angry confrontations and funeral bells tolling for casualties.
The thirteenth annual convention of the Association of State and Normal Food and Dairy Departments opened with a slogan urging a uniform pure food law. It proposed national regulation only for interstate commerce, leaving states to accept or reject based on their needs.
United States marshal John H Abernathy confronted John Ramey at the federal courthouse in Guthrie Oklahoma after Ramey threatened reprisal for a $35 note. A struggle ensued as Ramey allegedly reached for a hip pocket weapon but Abernathy seized the revolver and handed Ramey over to police.
Washington officials warn of concern over the missing report from Agent W L Lemkey who was to deliver data on seals taken on the Pribyloft Islands by the North American commercial company under government lease. The report due August 10 has not arrived and Lemkey may have been harmed by Japanese or departed.
Miss Patty Shepard travels to the country with friends on Memorial day. At a farmhouse a goat nibbles grass and fascinates them by approaching a peach basket hat trimmed with artificial roses. They expect deception but the goat sniffs the flowers and ignores the scent, prompting a humorous lesson that goats may not distinguish real from artificial blooms.
David Price of Corydon Iowa reports severe kidney trouble left him lame and weak. After a week on Dean's Kidney Pills he walked without a cane and gradually recovered. seven years later he remains perfectly well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Methodist bishop visiting a friend with two daughters joins a fishing trip hoping for trout. An old fisherman teases him with a line about catching fish. The bishop replies he is a fisher of men, prompting the fisherman to remark on the bait. Success Magazine notes the quip as a moral joke.
Alison Coupled recounts a Napoleonic episode where Mamelukes appeared and the order to form square, artillery to the angles, asses and savants to the center caused amusement among troops who dubbed the donkeys demi savans.
The notice explains that fine white fabrics look best when laundered carefully, with home laundering possible if starching is done properly. It recommends Defiance Starch for strong, non thickening stiffness to improve the finished look.
Farmer Corntessel complains about summer guests and a young woman with glasses who spoils the garden color scheme. The scene references household disputes and social tensions in a rural setting. Also advertised are Rough on Rats and other insect powders from E. S. Wells in Jersey City, NJ.
A dialogue hints at a captain and a mate aboard a vessel. The speaker jokes that the boat is named "she" because one person cannot manage it alone, reflecting nautical folklore and gendered ship metaphors.
Incomplete OCR text mentions relief for a waiting killer and a Perry reference. No clear event, date, or entities to identify a full news item.
National Lead Company offers a free complete painting guide titled Houseowners' Painting Outfit No. 49. It includes books of color schemes and specifications and a paint adulteration detector instrument, sent on request to 1902 Trinity Building New York City.
In a tense break in, a burglar brandished a weapon while a wife pleaded to spare fragile globes as her husband struggled to restrain the intruder. The scene unfolded with startled exchange and a cautious conclusion.
A New Jersey J P advertised to wed couples at any time for five dollars with one dollar down and the rest in weekly installments. Shortly after the ad appeared a couple in a car woke him at midnight and requested the installment plan, which he honored.
The ad claims laundry starch from Defiance gives better stiffness with less paste, allowing thinner application while preserving fabric beauty and wear. It argues Defiance is stronger than other brands, improving results at home ironing and finishing.
The text argues laughter benefits bodily well being and mental health and urges fighting anxiety fear and worry as deadly mental foes. It links laughter to resilience against depression and temptation to dishonesty, urging proactive avoidance of negative influences.
The piece emphasizes the popularity of fine white goods this summer and promotes Defiance Starch as free from injurious chemicals. It claims Defiance Starch is the only safe option for use on delicate fabrics and highlights its strong stiffening quality.
The New York Post notes that the cephalic index, roughly brain size, was slightly higher in ancient Athenians than in modern people. It explains the method by filling a skull with peas and measuring, and contrasts Greek longevity in bloodshed with that of Romans and moderns.
The Prospect counsels readers about aeroplane craze and romance, noting lovers may chase skyward flights. It also warns against self medicating for minor pains, recommends hamling tubbing for quick relief, and cautions about insincere back patters who seek to undermine others.
An assortment of old ad copy and stray text references including ball blue laundry product, a 5 cent price, a noted 1908 pepper spending claim, a cigar brand nudge, and a coy courtship line. The readable items mix product pitches with fragmented sentences and phrases.
A fragment from Stray Stories presents a character returning home and lamenting how friends have forgotten him. The dialogue toys with guilt and social distance as he asks why he did not borrow money before leaving, prompting reflection on reputation and reliance.
A fragmentary humorous exchange mentions a feminine chronometer and a joke about a wife’s absence, labeled by line as Knicker Two trunks. The brief appears as a clipped quotation from a page segment with playful wordplay.
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