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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
4
United States farm counts grew from about 1.5 million with four billion dollars in property in 1850 to over six million farms valued at more than fifty seven billion by 1930. The 1935 census begins January 2 as the Bureau of the Census seeks farmer cooperation through sample schedules.
The article surveys early Christian missions and epistles, stressing faith love and obedience as true tests. It links belief with actions, cites John and Paul, and highlights faith’s witnesses Father Son and Holy Spirit, plus societal trust in business and daily life.
An elegiac reminiscence recalls old-time Texas cattlemen and trail herds fading from memory. It names pioneers such as Sherman James, Charles F. Colcord, and Jim Rose, contrasts them with a newer, speed driven industry, and honors the steadfast code of the vanished pioneer cattleman.
Columnist riffs on a 325 pound snuff salesman with a truck license a worried shopper Marcus the elevator boy and a Christmas gift dilemma J H Shackleford puzzled over a store window Hugh Biles misnamed over the phone Hicks Smith praises a cheerful candy vendor Fairest Johnson described as quietish by T M Yarbro.
A visiting preacher conducted a morning devotional on the local radio station. After the sermon the announcer announced that a program of recordings would follow immediately. The first number was announced as Why Don't You Practice What You Preach.
Seven year old Jimmy Alfiano entered the Wilmington county courthouse to ask Judges Reinhardt and Rodney to free his mother, jailed for illegal possession of liquor. He said she was sick and cried to come home for Christmas, recalling she had been sentenced to three months in the workhouse last month.
A fragment recalls old times when ladies heated curling irons by a lamp chimney and the mood lightened by small domestic rituals. The piece evokes a bygone era with a playful regional cadence and nostalgic tone.
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