Cotton Bagging by Cotton and Convicts Debate
The Farmers Journal argues for wrapping cotton in cotton and suggests penitentiary labor to manufacture bagging. It notes the potential impact on cotton prices and emphasizes farmer thrift, youth involvement, and responsible land care. The piece also cites Dallas News with a provocative call to use cotton bagging to raise prices.
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Dallas News
Taylor County News
State Penitentiary
South
Texas
The
Farmers Journal
Letter to Congress on Seeds Bill and Graft
A citizen urges Rep to defeat the free seeds bill except the seed securing and distribution provisions. He condemns buying large shipments of worthless seeds with government funds and sending them nationwide, calling the entire scheme rotten and permeated with graft.
Timber conservation urged as vital national duty
The article stresses the primacy of conserving timber and expanding supply. It warns lumber is increasingly scarce and urges immediate action to plant trees, claiming forestry will eventually yield profits comparable to or greater than crops like potatoes, with slow but steady returns.
Farmers Loans and Market Manipulation Debate
The author questions local practices where farmers loan cotton to merchants to fill contracts and merchants immediately market the borrowed cotton. The piece argues the movement to hold and market slowly aims to curb both actions and urges readers not to aid what they oppose.
Boy Wanted and the Rewards of Diligence
The piece argues that advertisements seek the service and productivity of the boy or man more than the individual, stressing that the world needs working people. It claims genius equals diligence and that achievement comes from industry, not innate gifts.
Strawballing Notes on Union Labels and Poultry Alarms
A Southern Mercury column urges union participation and dues paying to improve respect among Farmers Union neighbors. It compares cotton bale labeling to guarantee brands from grower to inspector, and notes dogs as burglar alarms. It mentions whitewash mixed with coal oil as an insecticide and briefly cautions on feeding wheat.
Co Operative Cullings and Market Reform Vision
A national call for producer unity to curb market speculation in farm goods. It argues that honest farmers are exploited by speculators and mortgage pressure, urging a perfect understanding among producers, a main track of controlled markets, and government commissions to study futures impact.
Congress Convenes for Short Session in Washington
Congress opened with a formal ceremony as lawmakers gathered in Washington for a brief session. The president’s message was read and a Panama Canal report with photographs from his trip is anticipated. Senate and House members discuss tariffs currency Cuba Japan navy Philippine tariff and Smoot while congratulating victors and mourning losses.
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Washington
Congress
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Japan
Good Roads Convention Opens in Muskogee
The National Good Roads Association holds a three day session in Muskogee starting December 5. A train of roadmaking machinery and a crew of engineers arrived earlier to showcase a model road as an object session. The event, seen by Oklahoma's first legislative convening, promises broad impact on future good roads laws nationwide.
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Muskogee
National Good Roads Association
Oklahoma
Will Fight For It Bird McGuire Seeks Indian Land Rule Change
Guthrie reports Congressman Bird McGuire plans to press at this session for removal of restrictions on Indian land in Indian Territory and Oklahoma. He argues the new state needs higher taxes and citizenship rights for most Indians with limits on alienation. He endorses gradual reduction of allowed alienation to 160 acres, then 80, possibly 40.
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Bird McGuire
Guthrie
Congress
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Tulsa Commercial Club Seeks State Gas Piping Ban
Tulsa Commercial Club moves to place a constitutional plank prohibiting any individual or corporation from piping gas out of the state. The Kansas Natural Gas Co. has secured leases aimed at piping gas to Kansas City and St. Louis. Clubs in both territories urged to unite to keep gas for home use and attract factories.
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Tulsa
Commercial Club
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Kansas City
St. Louis
Printing 2000 Copies of Convention Proceedings Ordered
Friday's session saw Haskell and Ledbetter clash with press reports while Asp defended them. An order was secured for daily printing of 2,000 copies of the convention's proceedings. Col Roy V Hoffman is highly sought in the capital as delegates organize and seek a sound document aligned with higher law and party pledges.
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Haskell
Ledbetter
Asp
Murray
Col
Roy V. Hoffman
Chandler
Col. Hoffman
County Lines and Boundaries in Indian Territory Fight
Guthrie reports a heated county boundary dispute as delegates clash over control of the map. Oklahoma and Indian Territory factions threaten action if lines favor rival towns, with Haskell declining to chair the boundary committee and Curl expected to lead the liquor traffic panel.
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Indian Territory
Guthrie
Murray
Haskell
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Committee
Tulsa
Broken Arrow
Sapulpa
Coweta
Sapulp
Prague
Lincoln County
Lincoln
Pottawatomie
Chandler
Stroud
Shawnee
C. N. Haskell
J. J. Curl
Blakeney Kidnapping Case Transferred to Perry Contempt
The Blakeney kidnapping case involving Mrs. Blakeney and local officials, including Sheriff Grace and deputies, was moved to Perry for contempt proceedings. At last week’s hearing Judge Hainer heard charges against multiple parties with sanctions, including a $25 fine for landlord Harvell and discharge for Deputies McCoy and Francis. Grace's case was continued to December 15.
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Perry
Blakeney
Shawnee
Hainer
Grace
Charles McCoy
E. Francis
Dan Harvell
McLoud
Louise
O. J. Blakeney
McCoy
Harvell
Dale
Choctaw
Arkansas
Francis
Postum Cereal Co growth told in fairy tale booklet
A new booklet titled The Door Unbolted chronicles the Postum Cereal Co rise from a small white barn started Jan 1 1895 to the vast White City complex in Battle Creek Michigan. It describes the Stratford on Avon inspired general office and the companys worker friendly work rooms, and invites requests for copies.
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Postum Cereal Co
White City
Postumville
Battle Creek
Mich
Post
Inventor Maiche Demonstrates Wireless Telephony Setup
Paris papers describe M. Maiche, a noted inventor, unveiling a wireless telephony system. Two posts on his premises link via induction coils and insulated wire frames. one post in the garden and one in a room about 100 feet away with walls doors and wells between. Speech is carried on clearly and easily.
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Paris
M. Maiche
Defiance Starch Claims Superior Laundering Results
The passage extols starching quality for white wash goods and fine fabrics, urging home laundries to use Defiance Starch for strong yet non thickening stiffness that improves fabric appearance. It emphasizes proper starching as key to textile beau ty and satisfactory home laundering outcomes.
Uses of Masks in Native North American Traditions
A writer notes that among North American Indians masks originated to conceal emotions. In combat, masks hide expressions such as fear, preventing the opponent from reading signals and potentially changing the battle's outcome.
Hunt's Cure Promised To Cure Itching Troubles
The ad asserts Hunt's Cure can cure any itching skin case with one box and offers a full refund if it fails. It urges that relief is sought through the product and ends with a quip about people praying for things they won’t work for.
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Hunt
Dr Williams Pink Pills Rebuilds St Albans Woman
Mrs Nathaniel Field of St Albans Maine describes severe anemia with vomiting gas backache rapid heartbeat and neuralgia. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills she reports rapid relief in three weeks she can eat freely and sleep well. The ad notes pills cure anemia and other weaknesses and are available postpaid from Dr Williams Company Schenectady NY.
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Dr. Williams
The Canadian West and Prairie Farm Prosperity
The article argues Western Canada towns under 100000 rely on prairie farming for prosperity. It cites 1906 crop totals and high per acre returns, notes cheaper land with free homesteads, and reports growing American settlement in Canadian West as railways expand. It presents J J Hill urging care of country to boost cities.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. J. Hill
West
Canada
Depew Writes Reminiscences During Rest at Ardsley
Senator Chauncey M. Depew toiled on his reminiscences during a rest at Ardsley on-the-Hudson. He doubts publication, hoping they may interest his son. Over fifty years in public life he has known many prominent personages, making the memoirs likely to be very readable.
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Depew
Chauncey M. Depew
Ardsley on-the-Hudson
Hunt's Lightning Oil praised as supreme emergency remedy
Advertiser extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as the grandest emergency remedy for cuts burns sprains aches and pains claiming it never disappoints and confidence in it is never misplaced.
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Hunt
London councils backs Irish language classes in public schools
The education committee of London County Council recommends opening Irish language and literature classes in public elementary schools across Finsbury Islington St Pancras and Stepney.
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London County Council
Finsbury
Islington
St. Pancras
Stepney
The Latest Starch Improvement Defiance Starch Advantage
Starch, like all products, has improved over time with newer formulations. The latest discovery Defiance Starch omits harmful chemicals and adds an ingredient exclusive to us, providing greater strength and smoothness than the 25 year old patent starches.
Opinion Self-Assessment Fails to Expand Hat Size
A humorous remark notes that a man's sense of his own importance does not enlarge his hat. The quip playfully explores vanity versus reality without naming individuals or events.
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Taylor County
Southern Mercury
Santa Claus
National Association
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