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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
7
Fragmentary notes imply a dispute over women’s pay or duties and a concern with traditional agricultural training. The legible portions mention gender, compensation, and potential conflicts with longstanding customs, but the rest is garbled and non-specific.
A correspondent writes to an old married friend about a mournful coincidence, and the reply arrives briskly asking for a cutting of the tree involved. The exchange is noted in a New York News item.
A humorous St. Nicholas note explains the skunk’s plan for winter. He enters a woodchuck burrow and, lacking friends, asserts ownership and settles in to let others prepare for his season.
Over the past five years telephones have been installed in nearly 500 000 rural homes. Farmers use the service to stay connected with markets and sell livestock when quotations are most favorable.
The average annual foreign corn imports into France over the last three years totaled 14 million bushels. Argentina supplied about 4.25 million, Roumania 3 million, and the United States 2.8 million bushels annually.
Indisputable evidence shows Englishmen have deteriorated in physique. A ten year comparison of selected army men reveals declines, according to the director general's report.
The article states a proportional rule for male weight: 28 pounds per foot of height. A man five feet ten inches should weigh 163 pounds, and a man six feet tall should weigh 168 pounds.
The text states per capita potato consumption in the United States is 3 percent of a bushel per year, while Germany consumes 28 percent. An acre yields 200 bushels in Germany compared with 96 bushels in the United States.
Proposal calls for major changes in cultivation methods to increase production in Italy. Advocates argue reforms are needed to modernize farming practices and raise farm yields nationwide.
A Sunday school picnic in Kansas served honey as an experiment. Bees nearby learned of the event, causing the gathering to disband rather quickly and abruptly.
Manila shows a total population near 300 000 with about 10 000 born in America or Europe. The Americanborn segment is estimated at around 6 000, reflecting a diverse foreignpresence in the city during the period.
A Bethel Maine pastor spends ten minutes of his Sunday sermon summarizing the week's good deeds reported in newspapers. He highlights acts of charity and community service, aiming to inspire moral reflection among listeners.
The article proclaims the Mt Lowe incline in southern California as the greatest mountain railway. It ascends to 6000 feet with a 48 percent grade, highlighting its height and steepness.
The report states the twelve inch gun can fire up to 300 rounds before replacement while the six inch gun can be fired over 2 000 rounds without damage.
Jesse Zolman of Farmington Missouri keeps a mule aged 41 years, a animal that has belonged to the same owner for thirty six years.
The grape cure at Wiesbaden has long been a key feature of the season at the renowned health resort, drawing visitors seeking the traditional remedy and its reputed health benefits.
One Northfield Maine hunter set a remarkable weekly tally by killing seventy two porcupines in seven days. The feat highlights local wildlife encounters and the hunter's endurance in remote forest areas.
Article notes Magyar dominance within Austria Hungary with an estimated 6 to 7 million minorities out of a total population around 43 million. Emphasis on demographic balance and political influence.
The number of lunatics under control in Ireland rises to 22 000, up 1 000 in two years reflecting growing asylum strains and mental health concerns across the island.
Thames Canale relates to six canals linked to it, forming a network of waterways. The text lists connections but details about each branch or purpose are unclear.
The scene follows a ground-drum dance around a seated chief and child with grim smiles. Drums beat a steady roll as participants call out yow yows and hi hes. After ceremonies, the tribe disperses to teepees and the leader orders a feast with raw, fresh meat and entrails.
In Friarspoint Mississippi on November 30 Mr G L Butler asserts his son suffered spinal cord disease with worsening symptoms. After two months of treatment a doctor quit diagnosing. Butler used eight boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills to cure nervous distress and night fears claiming permanent recovery and credit to the pills.
American capital rapidly enters the Dominion near Sherbrooke promising erection of many large manufactories. The development is expected to greatly increase wealth and business in the area and promote trade with the United States.
A vintage Tyler College advertisement urges young readers to pursue practical business education in bookkeeping and shorthand to ride the vestibule train of success. It contrasts readiness with choosing a slow freight or walking on, inviting prospects to request a free catalogue from Tyler College Texas.
A brief ad announces a vocalist will visit or perform for the sick at home. The service aims to comfort patients unable to leave their residences. Places and exact rates are not specified in the fragment.
A historical note argues that four to five million Hebrews live inside the pale in Russia, roughly half of world Jewry. It describes a territory about the German empire in size, extending 500 miles east from the frontier to a line 1,000 miles long from the Baltic to the Crimea, suggesting it could sustain cultivation if allowed.
The wheat harvest requires about a million men and 500000 teams plus 10000 women for food. Other crops hire fewer men, but total harvesters needed nationwide are estimated at 1,520,700 not counting farmer households aiding in harvest.
A Philadelphia woman credits Postum Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts with curing long standing nervous indigestion and near starvation. She says a store demonstration changed her diet and restored her health with these products while her physician praised Grape-Nuts as excellent.
A quotation mix attributes a Roosevelt coinage to gtrenuous while crediting an Oklahoma firm with creating Tarex. The text also ponders human labor as distinctive, quoting Adam Smith on animal behavior and bone work.
An assortment of vintage product pitches and aphorisms mentions Allen's Foot Ease for foot relief, Hunat's Lightning Oil for colds, Defiance Starch value, and Guthrie Oklahoma oil with a pie incident. The jumbled items blend ads and quotes from various figures, reflecting period newspaper filler.
An old advertisement claims Peruna cures female ailments by treating catarrh of the head and the body. It asserts many women suffer and a remedy from trusted doctors can restore health, linking catarrh to various conditions and presenting Peruna as a universal cure.
The Paraguayan orange ranks among the finest in Buenos Aires and Montevideo markets, especially fruit from the high Cordilleras region noted for superior quality, sweetness, and rich flavor.
The advertisement urges housewives to try Defiance Cold Water Starch citing a 16 oz package for 10 cents versus 12 oz for competing brands. It claims guaranteed superiority and loyalty after first use, emphasizing both quality and quantity.
An advertisement asserts female weakness stems from pelvic catarrh and nervousness. It claims catarrh can progress to affect the whole body and that Peruna cures catarrh permanently, offering free advice from Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
The advertisement touts Lewis' Single Binder straight five cent cigar made from ripe mellow tobacco. It claims the cigar's quality is rich enough to convert former cigars smokers to Lewis' brand.
Before finalizing any large amusement enterprise, a lengthy discussion occurs about potential activities for the boys. The dialogue centers on options and next steps as arrangements are prepared.
A fragmentary newspaper voice markets Simmons Cough Syrup with a 25 and 60 cent price and urges cure for coughs. A cynical aside comments on marriage and materialism, then a joke exchange about why women like champagne linking cost to value.
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