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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
6
J B Harrison, while hoeing a garden at Twelfth and Johnson on Monday forenoon, uncovered a metallic bucket. Lifting it revealed a tiny infant skull buried just a year or so ago, suggesting a newborn victim. Officers notified. the find could trigger a murder story.
The Oklahoma Farmer Journal touts alfalfa as a profitable crop with net returns of about 35 per acre annually. It proposes valuing a 100 acre alfalfa operation at about 50 000 dollars, using capitalization similar to big industries.
In Stanton North Carolina a two year old boy was accidentally covered by an overturned churn during a mischief on a porch. Neighbors freed the child and the incident drew local attention to dangers of old fashioned churns.
About a dozen farmers in New Hampshire chase a fox said to lair in a hill. After a ten mile pursuit the fox doubled back and vanished near a farmhouse. He slipped from a broken window and hid in a soot-filled chimney, later emerging as a black fox.
A humorous item describes a wife’s drink tea cure for her husband’s drinking. Mrs Haigh asks about adding whisky to tea but Mrs Beigh replies the remedy is in tea and that he has not touched alcohol since.
Johnny reports his sister has measles and the teacher urges immediate return home. Freddy Brown adds that the sister is staying with their aunt in Chicago.
A physician notes color blindness is rare in girls but common in boys. He reasons that most color blindness stems from lack of early color education. Girls learn to discriminate colors while boys receive little instruction, leading to greater misperception among boys and rarer cases in girls.
Friday is linked to notable births and events from Gladstone to Washington and Bismarck. Henry VIII granted Cabot his commission shaping North America’s discovery as Columbus did. The Plymouth Rock landing and early newspaper ads also tie to Fridays, echoing Dickens’s fondness for the day.
A Louisville Courier Journal quote reflects on the challenge of producing five or six jokes per day. A casual visitor questions the task, and a cheerful press humorist agrees that such output is difficult.
A humorous exchange derides a self styled Kentuckian claiming birth pride. The other quips that if born in Georgia he could not be bread there implying he would be a cracker. The banter mocks literacy and class by regional stereotypes.
A suburban New York family leaves a kitten with a butcher for the summer. The owner visits and finds the cat thin despite the butcher claiming a pound of meat a week. On the scales the kitten weighs only one pound, prompting bafflement over the cat’s whereabouts.
A unusual California flora note describes the Mojava yucca with features of multiple plants and an endogenous bark pattern. It also cites the creeping oak of Monterey whose long gnarly limbs root wherever they touch ground and expand over five acres.
An observant woman urges that a husband find refuge in a peaceful home. She says wives should reserve troubles for when he is at ease and not unload stress at the door. Ill managed households and constant domestic complaints can break a man after years of effort.
Boston line barque Strathisla returned to Boston after a 4000 mile voyage to Buenos Ayres. From lumber cargo departure to September 26 hurricane left her on her beam ends with a heavy starboard list. She righted after cargo shift and completed the trip in 99 days amid fears of loss.
The Field children known for obedience bring a missing rat trap to their clergyman father during service. Two of Cyrus Field’s sons carried the trap up the aisle and set it before the pulpit, simply saying, Father, here’s your rat trap.
Fragmentary OCR suggests a gossip item about Miss Heamley-Rich and a male figure described as influential or controlling. The phrasing hints at a social or romantic power dynamic and a pivotal role for a male character, with conflicting implications about control and dependency.
Oklahoma City June 17 politicians gather for a state committee meeting and an upcoming convention. A new eleven member campaign committee is favored with J B Thompson likely continuing as chairman. Tom Owen would head the campaign committee if he accepts. The convention will feature a platform balancing prohibition and local option while endorsing the latest national Democratic platform. Also reported are two arrests en route to Ardmore with Logan held on whiskey charges and Little charged with grand larceny for a $40 watch.
In Oklahoma City on June 16, midway through county reports Haskell leads gubernatorial race with 51 721 to Cruce 47 467. Gore trails for U S Senate with 36 768 against Hoffman 34 430. McComb leads Burke for insurance commissioner by 1092. Corporation race narrowed to five candidates McAlester 35 460 Watson 28 890 Callahan 27 169 Love 27 110 Pittman 26 050. Other leads include Owen for U S senator Trap auditor West attorney general Menefee treasurer Cameron superintendent Taylor examiner Hanratty mine inspector Murray labor commissioner Campbell supreme court clerk.
William Jennings Bryan will address the state democratic convention in Oklahoma City on Tuesday morning. He arrives from Hobart en route to Bartlesville, with an extra train stop arranged to meet the gathering. Chairman J. B. Thompson predicts an enormous crowd and a historic first Oklahoma state convention.
A sea tale notes hats and other apparel lost from steamers end up in waves and rarely recovered. Occasionally a hat resurfaces, such as one found intact in a large fish’s stomach. The preserved feminine hat may be returned to its owner if identified, though recovery is exceptional.
General Louis Berta of the Italian army ranks among Europe's finest horsemen. He trains horse and rider to overcome obstacles including the famed glissades at Rome's Cavalry School. His daughter Mile. Inez Berta also masters the glissades. Nearby, Ashley residents form an historical society seeking revolutionary relics near Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, but recover only Indian arrow points.
Woodson defines a winter resort as any place you visit where you avoid thinking about how cold it is at home. The remark appears in Broadway Magazine as a playful take on seasonal travel folklore.
Peruvians, second only to the Romans in civil engineering, built remarkable roads. Their highway from Quito into the Chilean dominion stretched 2000 miles, was 20 feet wide, and crossed snow, showcasing impressive ancient engineering.
A New Mexico discovery in Grant County promises enough meerschaum to meet global demand, potentially breaking the Turkish government controlled supply from Eskihisher. Meerschaum, or sepiolite, forms in rock fissures and has wide uses from pipes to electrical and mechanical components. The block weighed 42 pounds, the largest ever mined.
California olives have expanded into a major revenue source with growers forming an association to compete with Italy. Moody's Magazine notes a large share of US olive oil production is now from California, aided by an extensive bottling plant in New England for eastern trade and orchards with up to 120000 trees.
A Philadelphia judge, Pennypacker, recalled by a reporter, noted newspapers have grown larger. He praised Sunday papers as encyclopedic and thorough, likening them to a slow but massive French reader eight months behind current issues.
Compressed air is now used at the General Electric Schenectady works for almost every operation in making a nisheg casting. In the adjacent shops electricity runs most machines, but in the foundry mixed, intermittent power benefits from air. Air is supplied at 80 pounds by motor-driven compressors of varying capacities.
A resident reassures neighbors that a dog causing bites poses no danger as the animal has bitten several times already without apparent harm. The exchange suggests a nonchalant attitude toward the dog's aggression.
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