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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
2
Oklahoma crops show good condition with satisfactory weekly progress through Aug 10. Early corn is safe from weather damage, late corn improving though upland varieties need rain in some areas. Plowing for new wheat advances. cotton conditions very good with blooming plants and minimal insect damage. Loan company ad fragment appears among agricultural notes.
Lincoln August 5 The largest cooperative in the United States has formed here to market grain for 40 000 Nebraska Farmers Union members. The National Cooperative Company has 1 500 locals 800 grain elevators 50 stores three creameries and two flour mills with a $2 000 000 capital. It plans to build elevators operate a wholesale exchange and place seats on Lincoln and Omaha grain exchanges. Net profits are to be prorated after eight percent dividends and the group will seek markets for all farm products and provide bookkeeping aid.
J. C. Mendenhall of Evansville Indiana marks his fortieth year as a druggist by promoting Number 40 for the Blood a medicine claimed to cure blood poison glandular diseases skin eruptions eczema scrofula and chronic conditions after reviewing U S Pharmacopeia and other references asserting permanent relief from scrofulous swellings and related ailments.
A lengthy 1920s real estate notice advertises dozens of Oklahoma farms around Ada Pontotoc County. Properties range from 56 to 455 acres with 60 to 200 acres cultivated, black or sandy loam soils, multiple improvements, and guaranteed water. Prices span 16 000 to 32 000 dollars, with promises of easy terms and proximity to schools highways towns and markets. The catalogue emphasizes alfalfa cotton corn and stock potential, inviting buyers to inspect the comprehensive list.
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