What Do Growing Children Need
A narrative contrasts parental attitudes with child welfare guidance. The article cites two mothers’ approaches to play spaces and possessions and summarizes a Children’s Bureau list of essentials for growth: well kept homes, wholesome food, clothing, hygiene, sleep, education, play, and safe environments. It urges parental guidance to foster fairness, respect for others, and proper playmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Lochridge Reid
George
Ronte
Mary Jean
Mary Sean
Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Washington, D. C
School Hygiene Guidelines Emphasize Child Health
Department of Public Health urges schools to improve ventilation, reduce crowding, provide rest periods, and ensure clean water and sanitary toilets. Emphasizes daylight, proper desks, cloak rooms, drying facilities, and eye protection. Recommends physician exams for contagious symptoms and Schick test for diphtheria susceptibility with serum immunization as protection.
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State of
Oklahoma
Carl Pucker
Mothers in Ing School District Schedule Mothercraft Oldies
All mothers in the Ing School District are urged to attend the Mothercraft Oldies at Irong School at 2 30 p m Tuesday. The meeting opens a new series and new members are invited to join.
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Ing
Irong
Katy bridge at Tyrola repaired for flood protection
M. M. Harwell of the Oklahoma City-Ada and Atoka road announces permanent detonation of the Katy bridge at Tyrola with 300 feet of steel spans to resist Canadian flood waters. A steam shovel levels banks as work proceeds on the Tyrola crossing and nearby Canadian bridge for more than a year.
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Katy
Tyrola
M. M. Harwell
Oklahoma City-Ada
Atoka Road
Harwell
Costa Rica Resigns from League of Nations Body
Costa Rica filed resignation from the League of Nations today and sent a back dues payment of 18 677 dollars for three years. Officials said the move likely stems from criticism over unpaid assessments voiced at the budget committee. The country set January 1 as the withdrawal date, but remains a member until January 1, 1927 due to covenant notice.
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Geneva
Costa Rica
League of Nations
League
News Want Ad For Buying Renting or Selling Items
Classified want ad notes a general service to buy rent or sell items. Calls for quick contact and local listings with various categories and prices.
Crossword Puzzle Clue List No. 47
Puzzle items and lettered clues span across numbered entries with definitions for across and down words including animal skin distorted and luminous wraps. This preview lists multiple entries and hints to be solved in the next issue.
Berry Patches and Egg Market Shifts Highlight Ada Column
The Ada column notes scarce eggs early last week with prices rising then dropping after cold storage and better weather. It then gives practical berry patch guidance, including plant timing, row spacing, root prep, cultivation, and varieties like McDonald Early Harvest and Dallas for solid yields.
Poultry Lectures Broadcast From A and M College and Glendale Farm
Captain C W Ballard reports a Tuesday evening lecture on hatching chickens with hens by an expert from the A and M college in Manhattan Kansas. The speaker broadcasts weekly around seven o clock. Next lecture covers hatching with incubators. A Glendale poultry farm expert near Chicago will broadcast about eight o clock from station WLS Chicago.
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C. W. Ballard
A. and M. College
Manhattan
Kan
Captain Ballard
Broeder
Glendale
Chicago
WLS
Pecan Grove Club Meeting Set for Friday at 1 PM
The Pecan Grove club will meet Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock with Mrs. J. L. Boring. Mrs. Duvall and Mrs. Morgan the new home demonstration agent will be present and Miss Grisham of the college has been invited.
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Pecan Grove Club
J. L. Boring
Duvall
Morgan
Miss Grisham
College
Record of Claude Craighead's seed cotton prize acre
Claude Craighead won the state boys championship by producing 2967 pounds of seed cotton per acre with 1323 pounds lint. At 21 cents a pound lint and $290.85 seed value, minus $118.50 costs, he netted $172.35. Fertilizers included 600 pounds nitrate of soda 1200 acid phosphate and 400 kainit under county agent supervision.
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Claude Craighead
Louisana
Terrace road model at Hoot Owl ranch south of Ada
The article notes Agent Hill promoting terracing at Hoot Owl ranch near Ada as a model for others. He explains terraces function like graded roads and should be built high and wide to resist breaks and allow cultivation, and suggests placing them higher where feasible.
Why Not Some Berries The Blackberry In Oklahoma
The blackberry is easy to grow in Oklahoma with proper care and suitable varieties. With minimal spraying and selective pruning, failures are rare and disease pressure is low on fruit and vines.
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Oklahoma
Spray for San Jose Scale
Observations across parts of the state last summer and fall show rapid spread of San Jose scale with red to purple fruit spots and gray limbs. The scale hatches in spring or summer, crawls, anchors, and sucks juice, weakening trees and inviting other insect attacks. lubricating oil emulsion has proven among the most efficient sprays for control.
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San Jose
New Spray Promises Efficiency in Ozark Fruit Regions
An industrial note explains a new oil emulsion spray for apple trees, claiming cheaper cost, strong emulsion, and good handling. It covers mixing ratios, timing from fall through spring, hard water adjustments, and pruning benefits, with guidance on stock solution temperature and freezing. It also includes poultry notes from Bert E. Ratliff urging dairy and poultry improvement and standard-bred birds.
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Ozarks
San Jose
D. C
M. College
Poultry Pointers by Roff Eagle Reader
A local column urges starting with standard bred chickens for a poultry business. The writer shares eight years of experience with S C White Leghorns, notes profits from 100 hens producing 15 181 eggs in a year, and advises beginners to breed for eggs first while studying types and standards.
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Roff Eagle
S. C
Oil Worker Descends 430 Feet At Ada Well
Reese Kirby, a young oil field worker, descended about 430 feet into a well north of Ada in section 34-5-6 under S. P. Smith. The 20 inch diameter hole with similar casing was hoisted back to daylight, described as a first for the local field. Kirby recently arrived seeking work, and Smith notes he could join any crew.
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Ada
Reese Kirby
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil
S. P. Smith
Kirby
Mr. Smith
Stratford Motion Picture Theatre Close Call
Stratford reports a close call at a local motion picture theatre on January 29 with unspecified incident details. police and witnesses described the event as fleeting and non-fatal, with no injuries announced.
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Stratford Motion Picture Theatre
Fire damages theatre as waterworks freeze in cold night
A fire in the operating room of a moving picture theatre Monday night threatened the building but was extinguished after the picture machine was badly damaged. A small audience escaped uninjured as water had to be carried in buckets due to frozen waterworks.
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Moving Picture Theatre
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Home and School Department
Byron Norrell
The
Children's Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor
Department of Public
Aaty
Raph
Ver
Cork
Western Newspaper Union
McDonald
Dallas
Clarence Roberts
Roff
Bert E. Ratliff
Spe
Bradfield Regulator Co
Dept
BA 7
Atlanta
Gwin & Mays
Main
McAnally
East Main
Nation Department
Olive
Castile
Ming
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