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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
12
Practical instructions for preserving peaches pears citron cantaloupe and watermelon with syrups and spices. Step by step methods include peeling slicing soaking boiling simmering and sealing jars at 180 degrees for specified times.
Reports show Pontotoc county women are canning more fruit and vegetables than ever. The effort promises ample supplies for winter and could lead to lower grocery costs for families.
Mr Hill and Mrs Duvall lead a broad club effort across township and county fairs. Optimistic outlooks promise improved displays at the state fairs with Pontotoc County's exhibits aiming to top previous records.
The article explains meat scraps or fresh bone should be included in poultry rations but in moderation to avoid indigestion or disease. It suggests dried ground meat sparingly daily or every other day, fresh meat two to three times weekly, and a guideline of one pound per fifteen hens. It notes green cut bone at one ounce per fowl every other day as a successful rule.
A vintage recipe outlines two pickle methods. Spiced pickles use a vinegar sugar syrup infused with spices, poured over cucumbers then cooled overnight and reboiled with the cucumbers before jarring. Plain pickles soak cucumbers in a weak vinegar solution with pepper cloves mace and sugar, then heat and pour over cucumbers and seal.
E H Simpson of the Haskell neighborhood west of Lula reports success battling boll weevils. He dragged during dry, hot, dusty conditions and after a gully washer last week. A brush drag mounted to his horse’s saddle helped collect punctured squares, with few injured squares seen since. As the ground dries he plans another drag and brush effort.
Ben Floyd, a resident near Ahloso, warns that failure to meet the News recommendations on log and brush drag will lead to him pursuing the offender. He claims persistent dragging has been ongoing and if a crop is not made, it will not be his fault.
Uncle Nat Hisaw says his cotton is the finest he has this season and notes little weevil trouble. He attributes this to thorough ground cleaning after removing his previous crop.
Saturday afternoon two boll weevil machines were tested. Hall and Mays of Lula described a sled with wide runners brushing stalks and a cloth canopy to stop weevils while pans catch squares. J W Gibson of Konawa showed a similar design using a revolving shaft with long fingers and spiral springs to stir stalks. Both devices collected some weevils and squares.
A gathering of statisticians cattlemen and railway officials met in Denver to discuss expanding and improving livestock reporting for range states. The plan proposes regular monthly reports including monthly movement reports secured from railroads.
R A Sneed addresses Oklahomans about the 1922 primary for Secretary of State. He notes a gentlemanly contest, thanks supporters, and expresses confidence in victory on August 1 while citing limited personal campaigning and reliance on statewide friends.
The excerpt covers cotton boll weevil control efforts in Oklahoma with banks chambers and farmers associations applauded for actions and rewards offered for weevils. It discusses early plowing increasing yields, seed selection with seed quality advice, and reports on grain storage, eggs and butter production and prices, noting conservative value expectations for the year.
Movement of live poultry has increased and is now above normal for the time of the year indicating an extremely large amount of poultry available on the farm. The demand for dressed poultry seems lighter than usual.
Farmers battle boll weevils by brushing cotton squares to dislodge pests. Stalks tolerate rough handling, and with squares on loose dirt, the next crop of weevils should be reduced.
A farmer notes his wife’s White Leghorns outperform Barred Rocks in growth and egg production. Day-old Barred Rocks were released with older Leghorns. several Rocks died, one Leghorn was killed by a rat. The remaining Leghorns are about twice the size of the Rocks and will be ready to fry sooner.
A government bulletin notes two or three recommending ladies praise a concentrated vegetable soup. The recipe blends tomato pulp corn or lima beans okra onion red pepper and seasonings. Cook tomato pepper and onion then sieve and reduce to a thick consistency suitable for home canning.
Measure all the corn beans and okra prepared for canning. Add seasoning and cook together ten minutes. Pack pints and process two hours at boiling or thirty minutes under ten pounds steam pressure. Process quarts intermittently.
Topeka Kansas July 24 Whether action like that against William Allen White or Emporia for display of strike sympathy posters will be repeated depends on circumstances Attorney General R J Hopkins said the White case will test whether signs in windows violate the anti picketing provision of the industrial act No other arrests are planned at present but further action hinges on conditions W H Woolwine official representative of railroad strikers told stores and banks in Emporia to remove such posters He added we cannot afford to be less law abiding than the man fighting for the free press and will respond by removing the signs
W. W. Higgins wins the nomination for Harris County County Superintendent in Texas. He once lived in Ada for years and owned the Atlam Star. Higgins later worked with Houston public schools after leaving Ada.
Henry McGee receives notice from the Muskogee Indian department office that there will be no per capita payment to the Choctaws and Chickasaws this year due to insufficient funds in the treasury.
Wann Nowata County resident Joe H Strain known as Joe by friends is urged as a Democratic State Treasurer candidate. The lengthy bio covers his Missouri roots, Oklahoma tenure, roles as state senator in the Haskell regime and Washington representative for the Indian office, and his pledge to direct funds impartially to farmers and smaller towns. A Nowata County Democratic Central Committee resolution dated February 1922 endorses his candidacy and lauds his business experience and integrity.
The statement praises M. E. Trapp for his service and integrity, urging Democratic voters of Oklahoma to support his re election. It lauds his honesty, independence, and efficiency, noting his leadership while the governor was absent and his firm grasp of Senate rules. A vote for Trapp is framed as a vote for proven governance and public duty.
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