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Newspaper

Ada Weekly Democrat

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1907

Page

2

Farmers urged to cut cotton crop by a quarter

The article argues half of wasted cotton could fund warehouses in major towns. It urges farmers to reduce their crop by about twenty five percent today so the overall crop value could rise to match large fourteen million bale crops.

Stand up for the organization and all it represents

A call to members to defend the association and its principles, urging action for those ashamed to either leave or reform their morals and understanding to align with the nation’s leading farmers.

Sell Cotton Like a Business Man Not a Street Vendor

A guidance remark urges adopting a professional business approach to selling cotton. It stresses presenting the enterprise to wealthy buyers, avoiding casual street peddling, and treating transactions as formal business dealings to inspire confidence in moneyed customers.

Tom Harry

Editor’s Poultry Pledge Promises Higher Returns Than Cotton

The Tarrant County Citizen editor offered to match a farmer’s effort in poultry to cotton, guaranteeing poultry would yield twice the net income. The proposal claimed poultry could outshine cotton as the more profitable rural business.

Tarrant County

Southwest Cold Weather Hurts Cattle And Horses

The severe cold in the Southwest left thousands of cattle and horses suffering. While some focus on financial loss, the text emphasizes humanitarian concerns over economic cost.

Living Now Amid Uncertain Plans and Tempest

The author urges living in the moment when skies are clear and focusing on the present rather than fearing what may happen. Plans often fail but positive action and preparedness yield good from life even during temporary trouble.

Men and Mice

Government publications for farmers available nationwide

The farmer should receive free government printed materials from state and national programs. These publications are valuable though not always perfectly suited to every condition. Contact your Congressman to access the government printing effort for farmers.

In the Thing for What It Is Worth to You

The passage contrasts two types of people in business or ethics. It argues that motives differ but aims remain profit and advantage. The high minded person seeks fair, shared benefit while the other pursues the best deal, even at a brother’s expense.

Public roads and schools need immediate Farmers Union focus

The article urges Farmers Union members to prioritize public road building and public schools. It argues good highways drive prosperity and that current school conditions with small, underpaid schools fail to attract merit. Road work could consolidate weak schools into stronger institutions and attract better teachers.

Farmers Union

Texas House Debuts Auto Registration and Low Speed Bill

A bill introduced in the Texas House would require auto mobile registration and set maximum speeds of 18 mph on public roads and 8 mph in city cores. It also mandates drivers to stop when signaled by animal drivers.

Texas

Comanche County Plans Two New Warehouses

Comanche County announces plans to build two additional warehouses at De Leon and Hasse. A county meeting inspired local youths and attendees returned home resolved the Union shall and must succeed.

Comanche County de Leon Hasse Comanche

Union membership must bring real financial benefits

The speaker argues neighbors should be advised to join the Union only if they receive tangible dollar benefits. If members lack useful advantages or feel the union falls short of standards, the group fails to help its members advance in life.

Silent Partner Questioned Over Year’s Poultry Help

The speaker asks what has been done for Saman tha in poultry this year while noting new plows planters and cultivators. He urges accountability and warns against privacy breaches by outsiders, insisting on the square dealing with a patient but vigilant silent partner.

Samantha

Be awful careful to keep your affairs in hand

The text warns against incurring debt during prosperous times and urges strict financial caution to avoid debt becoming ingrained in daily life. It stresses avoiding a viper like habit of overspending and emphasizes prudence this year.

Viper

Farmers Union urged local efforts to improve roads and crops

The article exhorts building up the local community with regular meetings and broad participation. It praises the Farmers Union for advancing a systematic cotton crop plan while criticizing elites for resisting funding road improvements and courthouses, urging practical local cooperation.

Mercury Farmers’ Union

Build Warehouses and Change Marketing System

A call to Farmers Union members to build warehouses and grain elevators to create a fair marketing system. It argues that street sales and demagogic politics must be avoided, urging non union neighbors to join and support centralized cooperatives to fix prices and reduce losses from chaotic markets.

America Farmers’ Union National

Thinks Little of Chinese Army Says Morrison

Dr Morrison, London Times correspondent to Peking, views recent maneuvers near Chang te fu as a repeat of 1905 set piece guided by Japanese advisers. Officers show weakness and field training is lacking though the material is good. He suggests without Japanese officers the armies would be a rabble.

Morrison Ondon Times Peking Chang-te-fu

Caution Against Counterfeit Allcock's Plasters

The notice warns that imitations closely resemble Allcock's porous plasters but lack their best elements and may be harmful. It stresses that Allcock's are the original genuine external remedy and urges buyers to insist on the genuine product to avoid deception.

Allcock

Universal Atmosphere Theory by Ryberg

The Swedish savant Ryberg proposes that slement metargon in the air strengthens the idea of a universal atmosphere spanning the solar system. He claims this atmosphere existed around the sun before its discovery, in comets meteorites and near the sun, suggesting a shared celestial envelope.

Ryberg

Oats-Heads Two Foot Long Introduced by Seed Company

The John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin announces a new oats variety with heads two feet long. The catalog touts Spetz as the greatest cereal hay food America has seen and highlights the catalog as the source of details.

John A. Salzer Seed Co la Crosse Wis America

Seed and Tool Catalog Free by Mail from Salzer Co

Free 148 page Seed and Tool Catalog mailed to all intending buyers. Send 6 cents in stamps for free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats and other cereals. John A. Salzer Seed Co. Box W La Crosse Wis.

John A. Salzer Seed Co Box W. la Crosse Wis

Canadian Homesteaders Rise in Northwest Figures

The Canadian interior department reports 41 689 new homesteaders in the northwest last fiscal year including 12 485 Americans 12 370 Canadians 5 897 English 2 193 Austrians 1 657 Scots 1 024 Germans and 6 543 Irish. Immigrants from the United States in the first four months of the current fiscal year totaled 17 907 versus 12 664 in the same period of 1905.

Canadian Department of the Interior Canadian Northwest United States

Economy as the Boy Saw It

Paul Morton cites a proverb on proposed economy calling it an extravagance in the long run. He recalls a boy and jam joke where the mother questions butter with jam, and the boy answers that one bread piece serves both as economy.

Paul Morton

Eleven year old son of state hunter earns early fame

An eleven year old boy, heir to the Sirguja State, has shown remarkable skill in hunting. He started using a gun at seven and has killed seven tizers, six panthers and two bears, along with other game, according to the Allahabad Pioneer.

Sirguja Shikar Allahabad

Coffee Free Life Restored Says Kansas Woman

A Kansas woman describes quitting coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee, reporting improved digestion sleep and heart function after years of coffee-related distress. She credits no medicine and urges others to read The Road to Wellville for more on Postum, marked by the slogan There’s a Reason.

Kansas Postum Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

The White Plague Warns Against Intemperance and Cold Dangers

A nationwide campaign urges temperance to reduce tuberculosis risk. It warns against public spitting and neglected colds, promoting a home remedy of Virgin Oil of Pine with glycerine and whisky, and cautions against imitations and substitutions.

United States Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati

Ailing Women Learn Cure for Back Ailments

Mrs. W. G. Davis of Groesbeck Texas testifies that after using Dean's Kidney Pills she passed gravel stones and recovered from back aches dizziness sick headaches and irregular kidneys. She reports lasting relief and improved health and notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

W. G. Davis Groesbeck Texas Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo, N. Y

Connecticut State Prison Revenues Reach New High

The state prison for the year ended September 30 1906 reports total income of 61015 dollars, with 57411 from productive labor and other receipts. The earnings cover nearly 74 percent of operating expenses, allowing a treasury draw of 22861 dollars to be kept under previous records.

Connecticut

Ownership of National Banks Not Just Rich Few

The ownership of national banks in the United States is not held by a small elite. About half of the banks have capital under 100,000 dollars, twelve percent have 100,000 to 250,000 dollars, and seven percent range from 250,000 to 1,000,000 dollars.

United States

Nails a Cure for Itch Cited by J M Wann

J M Wann of Index Texas reports using Hunt’s Cure to treat an itching ailment. He notes immediate relief after one application and claims to be cured in under a box, highlighting nails as a convenience tool beyond scratching.

Hunt J. M. Wann Index Texas

Not Married Men Live Happier Lives Says Study

A social observation notes that men who remain unmarried report greater happiness and personal freedom, challenging traditional views of marriage as essential for contentment. The remark appears in a commentary on lifestyle choices and gender roles.

A May Irwin Story of a Dirty, Rebellious Child

May Irwin narrates about a New York child who bathes rarely and wears filthy clothes. The pupil is sent home to improve but returns dirty, with a sister asking if Rosie is sent to be smelt or taught.

May Irwin Rosie

Hunt's Lightning Oil Invited for Millidgeville Sale

A letter from H H Mey rs of Stuttgart Ark urges introduction of Hunt's Lightning Oil in Millidgeville NL. He claims quick cures for Bloody Flux and Cholera Morbus and touts the oil as the best medicine he'd trusted in his home. He notes many friends and relatives there and says the oil is not kept locally.

H. H. Meyrs Stutgart Ark Hunt Millidge Ville

Self Reflection Guidance Quote from Bengel

Unobtrusive aphorism urges solitary observation of inner thoughts to judge one’s character. It frames introspection as a path to a roughly accurate self view, emphasizing inward examination over external validation.

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