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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
6
Peruna claims to be a household friend in over a million homes and expanding daily. It is presented as an old remedy for catarrhal diseases of the head throat lungs stomach kidneys bladder and female organs with a free 1907 almanac offered by druggists.
At Versailles a baker faced trial for polygamy after marrying five women who lived with him. His defense claimed the women married him, not the reverse, and that he lacked motive, courage, or responsibility. Three wives testified but did not prosecute as they disliked the husband’s habits. He was acquitted on unclear grounds.
Mrs Mary Wegner of Bridgeport Connecticut says she suffered five weeks in bed with severe kidney disease. She describes constant pain headaches dizziness and irregular painful kidney secretions. After using Deans Kidney Pills she improved after the first box and was cured after five boxes sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Washington produced 10.5 billion shingles in the 1906 fiscal year, about 63 percent of U S output, with 459 mills and a daily yield of 47.94 million, up 18 percent from 1905. No other state nears a one billion annual total.
A dated appeal urges farmers to unite in the Gray son County area to counter perceived threats from labor elements, stressing school attendance, avoiding further debt, and promoting the Scattered movement to increase crop yields. It warns about mortgage pressures and higher costs from crop loans and flour purchases.
The author argues that cotton can no longer buy as much meat as a decade ago. They urge raising feed crops and fattening meat instead. The piece warns cotton farming breaks backs and pockets, robs children of schooling, and cheats their education. It asserts the bale of cotton offers little value compared with its past impact.
President C S Barrett of the National Farmers Union tours Texas unions reporting a likely cotton shortfall this year due to heavy rains drought boll weevil and rust. He cites last year’s yield possibly falling short of a million bales and notes strong Georgia growth and four annual state rallies. The next Georgia rally is in Atlanta January 22 with speakers Watson and Graves.
The National Agricultural Department notes scatterings of stock raising in cotton regions of Louisiana Arkansas and Northeast Texas with dairy progress in Hammond and Marshall Texas. Jersey herds yield high returns and beef production shows promise from Mississippi and Louisiana experiments. Horses mules and Angora goats show value in varied regions while alfalfa supports hog farming. Lincolns Parish Louisiana demonstrates diversified farming on 125 of 1900 acres. Southern vegetables and fruits face rising northern demand with growing fruit and truck growing associations.
Citizens urge overhaul of the current trade structure. They demand building warehouses and trading in spots rather than futures to stabilize prices and reduce market pressures.
A call to farmers and merchants to form strong cooperatives, build warehouses, and cut political influence. Emphasizes self reliance, organized labor, price stability, and avoiding reliance on others. Praises President West of the India Roma State Union and urges joining the Farmers' Union. Mentions denatured alcohol proposal for farm use.
A home remedy claim markets Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) as a camp treatment for tuberculosis. The ad cites a Maine doctor’s regimen using pine oil with glycerine and whisky, dosed hourly, and warns against imitation products from Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati.
A traveling salesman died in Pittsburg and friends ordered a large wreath. The telegraph message read rest in peace on both sides with we shall meet in heaven if there is room. The undertaker’s assistant delivered a startling floral piece with the same inscription on an extra wide ribbon.
Wisconsin Senator Spooner told lawmakers he has never joined a congressional junket at government expense and will not undertake such journeys. He also said he has never been shaved in the senate barber shop, which is funded by Uncle Sam.
A letter notes with regret that dance, a globally recognized attractive pastime and doctor recommended exercise, is increasingly neglected. The writer urges determined effort to popularize dancing amid a culture fixated on strenuous exercise.
A woman in Wisconsin recounts years of illness from cerebro spinal congestion and digestive troubles. After a doctor advised avoiding white bread for two years and starting Grape Nuts, she recovered, gained strength, and now eats Grape Nuts daily. She urges publication to help others.
A New Hampshire hotel proprietor earned mock praise for harsh rules that barred non guests from common amenities. He posted strict signs denying access to newspapers, stationery, and even seating, following a chronic loafer eyeing the lobby clock.
A Fulton Oswego County family recounts seven doctors failing to cure a one and a half year old child with eczema. After trying Cuticura Remedies the child improved in three days and all sores disappeared in a week. The family believes Cuticura would have saved the eye if used earlier.
In days of old Priscilla tasks George with spinning while he boasts of armor. He leaves for battle and returns battered seeking Priscilla to mend his dress. She rebukes him saying he lacks a blacksmith for a wife, leaving the knight humiliated at Ye Frazer Heart tavern.
In 1906 droughts and plenty give seed farms record yields and a mail order bargain. The La Crosse based Salver Seed Co offers 12 cent postpaid packages featuring Garden City Beet Earliest Ripe Cabbage Earliest Emerald Cucumber and other seeds plus 10 to 13 day radish and Blue Blood Tomato. Send 16 cents for Berliner Earliest Cauliflower and a free mammoth plant nursery stock catalog. Mail to Box W La Crosse.
The article lists varying life expectancy ranges for horses and dogs from different authorities, noting uncertainty in the figures. It also extols the value of Defiance Starch, claiming each package contains one third more starch than rival brands for the same price, suggesting both quality and economy.
A witty musing envisions a safety razor with a phonograph attachment ending the era of talkative barbers. The quip imagines a future where shaving comes with prerecorded chatter replaced by the device.
Testimonial from M Jennie Cowan of West Bay City Michigan praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for curing weakness after grip and cold. Claims pills build up the system and drive off disease germs, easing anaemia rheumatism neuralgia and after effects of fevers. Available from Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY 50 cents per box six boxes 2 50 with postpaid shipment.
Robert H Baker, former Amherst faculty, becomes assistant astronomer at Allegheny Observatory at age 23. The move marks a notable early career step for the young scientist working under the observatory's research program and adds a new contributor to its celestial studies.
How's This We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Care F J Cheney Co Toledo We the undersigned have known F J Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly honest in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm Watopina Kinman Marvin Wholesale Druggists Toledo O Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Testimonials sent free Price 75 cents per bottle Sold by all Druggists Take Hall's Pawnee be for constipation
In Fez the German expedition officer recounts meeting Mrs Frances V Campbell an English woman traveling alone across Morocco on horseback with only a small servant escort She traversed the interior of Morocco reportedly proving stability as claimed by German authorities.
Fifteen men who served as Confederate congressmen remain alive. The names include John Goode and Roger A. Pryor of Virginia, A. S. Colgar, J. D. C. Atkins, Joseph B. Heiskel, John V. Wright of Tennessee, Hiram F. Bell of Georgia, Henry C. Jones of Florida, James L. Pugh of Alabama, S. B. Callahan of Indian Territory, J. A. P. Campbell of Mississippi, S. H. Ford of Kentucky, and W. H. Tibbs of North Carolina.
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