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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
1
The article presents Martha McPheeters’s pamphlet guidance on cucumber brining. It covers preparation, brine composition, fermentation cues, air exclusion, sealing methods, and barrel brining, with steps to test acidity and ensure firm pickles. It also notes cucumber grading by size and touches on fall potato seed strategies and local melon prospects.
I visited the teachers college manual training dept to see Professor Norris and students at work. Sixteen college and twelve high school students are in the course with twenty in home planning and twenty in mechanical drawing. The shop holds furniture in progress and finished pieces, showing skill. The aim is to train hand and brain together through manual training and domestic arts and sciences. Lumber purchases rose from 168 dollars in 1920 21 to 484 dollars in 1921 22, evidencing rapid growth.
A second or fall crop of Irish potatoes can be grown profitably in most sections of the state. This is especially true of the southern half of the state. In favorable seasons when frost does not come too early, the fall crop is more satisfactory for home use.
Fred Mills of Center introduces a bull weevil catcher for cultivator plows. A shield and pan on each side, plus a revolving brush, shake and sweep the row to knock weevils and squares into the catcher as stalks pass between the pans. The device aims to remove most of the pests.
A speaker praises home gardening and cites Mrs Norrell’s table of nine dishes grown at home as an example. Encourages families to expand gardens to reduce grocery costs and to make the most of available opportunities.
Stalks show large balls and blooms untouched while many squares are damaged. Weevils must hurry to cut Nat Hisaw out of the crop as pest pressure mounts.
In Oklahoma's cotton belt business men and farmers work together to fight the boll weevil. Close association improves relations and resolves misunderstandings as peers see each other's views and intentions more clearly.
The 1921 values show wheat and cotton barely equaling farm vegetables, with garden and city yard yields rivaling corn. Poultry and dairy products in 1919 exceed a billion dollars and reflect gardens and poultry yards as crucial to farmers, though their harvests stretch over time.
The war against the boll weevil persists with unabated vigor and a two week window will largely decide the outcome. Cool recent weather hinders control efforts, but fighting continues as larvae in squares threaten the crop. If these larvae are destroyed, a good harvest seems certain.
The campaign against the boll weevil continues with Hardy Dial leading talks and demonstrations at a county picnic. Farmers across the area employ the Dial drag, inspect dragged fields for punctured squares, and plan weekly to biweekly dragging through August to curb the infestation and protect a promising Pontotoc county crop outlook.
Street Commissioner Charles Deaver declares the street tax law will be enforced this year. Notices to work are issued to eligible residents and it is either labor or a $3 cash payment. He vows no escape and says funds will aid street maintenance and improvements.
The Bristow Record hints that if Germany seeks a place in the sun they might attempt to occupy or threaten Oklahoma corn fields currently.
A brief daily spine stretching routine is promoted as a simple method to maintain youthfulness and flexibility. Proponents describe stretches that can be done in minutes and emphasize consistency over intensity for long term benefits.
A report notes the discovery of metal in ancient Egypt dating to about 4000 B C. The finding suggests early metallurgical activity in the region, indicating advanced craft and trade practices in early civilization. The source highlights the historical significance of metal use in Egypt’s development.
Chicago July 12 A labor board chairmen Ben Hooper drew up a plan to settle the nationwide railroad shopmen strike and submitted it to railroad executives from four regions. The plan, claimed to meet the workers minimum, will be reviewed with shopmen leaders later today. Hooper expected to brief President Harding by telephone on the progress.
Ada residents expect a Ku Klux Klan public initiation Friday night between 9 and 10 o'clock near Ada. The announcement urges spectators to stay at least 250 yards away and notes many klansmen from across Pontotoc county are anticipated to attend.
Marriage licenses issued for Bert S Poindexter 36 Ada and Pearl Wryles 27 Ada. Walter Boyd 20 Lawton and Beulah Harden 18 Tupelo also registered licenses.
President Harding travels 225 miles from Uniontown to Washington after a White House absence as coal strike talks halt. He plans to seek firsthand reports from Secretary Hoover on the stalled negotiations, while Mrs. Harding weighs possible actions.
Harmon Reid 29 of Lula was killed by a Frisco train near Cherryvale Kansas while sleeping on the track with cousin Walter Boatman injured but not seriously. The pair had gone to Kansas for harvest work and were from Lula area families. The body arrived from Kerryville Kansas and will be interred at Stonewall.
July 12 The morning session of the conference on Russian affairs devoted to private property broke up amid confusion with delegates claiming Russian replies doom the Hague talks. No decision by 3 pm. Litmioff said further meetings unlikely as promises on confiscated property and guarantees hinge on credits and loans. The chair announced no useful purpose in continuing.
PaWhuska Oklahoma July 8. Will J McFarland a mechanic and night watchman for a local garage died after being attacked Wednesday night by an unidentified assailant. McKinley West a negro is being held for investigation. McFarland was found in the garage with nine scalp wounds and the motive of robbery was ruled out when $106 believed stolen was found in the garage.
Swallows fly low when rain nears as cooler air drives insects to lower levels, reducing their feeding habits midair.
Butte Montana adopts the pansy as its official flower in a local ceremony highlighting the plant’s year round appeal and community identity. City officials call the choice a symbol of resilience and charm for the mining town.
F C Sims county registrar announced a full slate of precinct registrars on Friday. Eligible voters and new county residents can register as books open for ten days starting July 11. The list names ward by ward appointees including Haynes, Green, Collins, Roach and many others across Ada, Ahloso, Allen, Bebee, Colbert and more.
Paris July 12 German representatives submitted to the reparations commission a formal note requesting a moratorium on reparations payments for the remainder of the year. The note said thirty two million gold marks due Saturday could be paid if insisted but recommended waiver. The commission to consider Germany’s condition and report soon. A special meeting is planned this afternoon to discuss the note.
A terse remark notes that in Mohammedan belief an image of any person is seen as a curse. The line highlights cultural superstition linking portraiture to misfortune and reflects a dated viewpoint on religious practice.
A mob of several hundred men believed to be strikers and sympathizers attacked seven strike breakers and four U S marshals as they were marched from Denison union depot to M E and T shops. Sixteen men were kidnapped and flogged, others escaped. four victims found wandering near Colbert Oklahoma. remaining escapees shipped out as the situation cooled by noon.
In Denison Texas a clash between alleged strikers and strikebreakers left J W Pike senior shot in the stomach and arm and several others badly beaten. A mob of about 1000 to 1990 men abducted railway workers and assaulted guards near the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad shops. Fort Worth and Dallas dispatches report foremen assaulted and deputies present, with threats of state troops as violence escalates.
In Hannibal Missouri a temporary restraining order against shopmen was made effective to prevent damage to railroad property violence to employees and intimidation of workers families after Judge M J Wade issued the order following action by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad in Des Moines Iowa State forces were requested in Texas to protect railroad workers as the Texas and Pacific railway strike concern prompted a telegraphic request to Governor Neff but Adjutant General Barton said no action yet and that Texas troops are not needed at this time Governor Neff planned to return to Austin by Saturday.
Advertisement states 666 quickly relieves colds constipation biliousness and headaches. Describes the tonic as a fine remedy expected to ease multiple common ailments. Presents claims in an old time patent medicine style.
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