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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
4
In Cooney Island Mickey Finn persuades Casey to let him keep a 12 inch giant firecracker. Casey warns of its terrible power and the danger to homes and neighbors. Mickey’s mischief builds to a moonlit prank as his father defuses the plan with clay, ending the spectacle for the night.
Practical advice warns parents not to let children handle nonfunctional fireworks and to seek a physician for serious burns. It suggests cool raw potato poultices for skin injuries and bicarbonate of soda pastes for burns, plus caution about leaving town house windows open to prevent stray rockets and sparks.
The article notes that nearly two million dollars worth of firecrackers are exported from China yearly and that the United States is a major consumer. It describes harsh working conditions in Chinese factories where thousands labor by hand from 6 AM to 11 PM, earning about 1.40 dollars per 10 000 firecrackers, with women and children working like slaves to fund Fourth of July celebrations.
To produce colored fire metal filings are added to gunpowder compost tion steel filings yield brilliant flames or cast iron for Chinese fire. Copper gives greenish flame zinc blue magnesium white amber or yellow from colophony or common salt. Lamp black with gunpowder yields red and pink with water excess. Verdigris pale green sal ammoniac palm tree green barium salts grass green potassium picrate very white flame and dramatic fumes.
A fragment shows dialogue about money and status with quotes around broke and fortune. Stela questions whether wealth has ever exceeded current limits, presenting a peek at personal finances and vanity in a terse exchange.
A terse note uses alarming phrasing about medical steps and requests a vector. The directive implies ongoing infection control concerns and urgent action to obtain a specimen for analysis.
The writer reflects nostalgically on Billy Rice and a group of Black performers from forty years ago. He laments their absence and laments that modern opera cannot compare to the exuberant, valued performances he once enjoyed, citing Wagner and the “genuine Black person-show” as supreme.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society releases its asset distribution showing $10,958,000 invested in Texas, double the required 75 percent reserve mandate. Management cites penalties on policyholders in other states and notes 37 percent of reserves invest in southern and western states while only 35 percent of policies are in those regions. The report lists state by state investment totals across extensive holdings.
Anglers' club placed white wooden disks with lines and weight in Central Park pool as fly and bait casting targets. Park visitors confused by the objects ask if they are lily pads or cans. officers explain the disks are targets and not breeding vessels.
The new Austrian state owned line brings travelers from Trieste to the Italian regions via a 130 mile route with 49 tunnels totaling ten miles. It features 50 bridges including the Izonzo river stone span, plus 67 smaller bridges and viaducts.
The government has erected four buildings in the canal zone and placed them under the Young Men's Christian Association to serve as men’s clubs for Penama canal workers. Four more similar buildings are planned soon.
The Secretary of Agriculture promises better meat prices as the Arkansas Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union plans July as a record month to promote education and the Union proposition. The piece argues for farmer choice between local dealers and mail order houses, stressing direct ordering, product quality, and evaluating freight and delivery terms.
The piece warns that hot weather makes babies and pigs fragile to overfeeding greens such as green potatoes and beans. It notes many infant deaths blamed on providence were avoidable if feeding had been moderated.
The piece argues that a warehouse plan can curb market glut and reduce transport expenses, shifting costs to sellers. It notes the Arkansas Union uses the State Fair rally to promote union strength and urges fairs to be leveraged to advance the movement's aims.
An aphoristic reflection argues that a person flawless in every way is untrustworthy. Genuine relationships require tolerance for friends’ faults and human imperfection rather than idealized virtue.
The speaker urges men to continually innovate in showing affection to their partners. It advises avoiding repetition and stresses the need to be deliberate, thoughtful, and decisive in courting efforts. It frames consistent action as essential to lasting relationships.
The piece argues the farmer bears droughts pests and extortion while speculators and middlemen profit. It lauds farmer unions to set fair cotton and grain prices, reduce dependence on banks and railroads, and claim a rightful share of national wealth. It warns isolated individuals fall prey to greed. Hearst's New York Examiner.
The writer argues that country newspapers shape national destiny by molding public opinion through close ties to family life. Editors should avoid actions or words that could cause lasting harm, acknowledging the enduring influence of small home papers on readers' lives.
This item urges actions this week to safeguard all tools implements and the buggy and wagon. It stresses improved protection and reliability to prevent loss or damage and to ensure readiness for ongoing work.
The Farmers Union should stand for the word of its members as firmly as for their rights. A Union farmer’s name on a package should be all the guarantee a purchaser seeks, and the Union can provide it. This duty is one of the Union’s important responsibilities.
Global cotton stocks total 4,500,000 bales now, up from 3,971,000 bales a year ago. Despite larger supply, a weak crop keeps prices from falling and a slow, steady advance is reasonably expected.
A plan to cultivate two blades of grass where one grew, graze cattle to consume the new growth, collect manure to renew the soil and sell the cattle for clear profit. The outline emphasizes pasture management and farm economics as a loop to sustain land and wealth.
The farmer enjoys a strong crop of feed and growing pigs along with a full poultry stock. He remains calm because his harvest and livestock ensure security and plenty.
A concise rural adage urges temperate living and smart cultivation. It emphasizes planting correctly to achieve personal independence and self-reliance, urging farmers to focus on sound agricultural practices.
The speaker urges scrutiny of those smoking cigarettes in towns noting that real gentlemen do not smoke and that boys and fellows unfit for trust carry them. The tone is admonishing and moralistic.
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