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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
4
Nearly 500000 boys and girls participate in boys and girls clubs, with 205000 reporting results that produced 5.6 million dollars in farm products in 1920. The impact lies in teaching planning, study, and work ethic, aided by the USDA extension service, shaping a valuable future in agriculture and rural life.
An optimistic view on cotton crops amid boll weevil reports notes Farmers are fighting hard to save their fields. Agent Hill reports varied infestation while many vow to press the effort to finish. The piece also recalls Woodrow Wilson’s Lee inspiration through Confederate reunion remarks and honors Alvin York’s wartime restraint in profit seeking.
A historical note recalls an A and M college dinner where every item on the menu, except the salt, was produced in Oklahoma. Pontotoc county provided many foods not on the menu, with gardens and truck patches showing residents living fat from their own efforts and meat raised last fall.
The piece argues happiness comes not from riches power or learning but from serving others. It recalls Faust’s struggle with fleeting joy and Mephisto’s circle, ending with Faust finding contentment in humble work for the common good despite critics. The message honors selfless effort as true fulfillment.
Mack Fleming of Maxwell urges Ada chamber of commerce to study a local packery to serve the growing livestock industry. He cites Shawnee’s four hour hog run, with hogs arriving in good condition. A packery, capacity about forty hogs daily, would aid farmers selling small lots and supply Mr. Fleming’s store at reasonable prices. He believes Ada could match Shawnee’s progress and profit.
Essay-like reflection on unseen struggles shaping judgment. It speaks of sympathy over criticism, urging readers to imagine others' thoughts and motives to reduce envy and harsh words. It contrasts human gold of sympathy with dross of misunderstanding, noting hidden burdens animate conduct.
An opinion piece urges couples to speak encouragement to each other to ease domestic unhappiness. It warns against self importance like Nebuchadnezzar and notes that criticizing others while blind to one’s own vices harms relationships. It warns that a shady past haunts a person and crook edness never pays.
A historical reflection on the long struggle for liberty of opinion. The framers of the U S Constitution established freedom of thought and action as a guiding principle. The text contrasts European state churches with American practice and notes the resulting harmony and influence abroad.
Records show over 4000 newspapers ceased publication in the United States in the last four years. A printing journal cites soaring costs, now about three times higher than fifteen years ago, most increases since the wartime era. The piece notes the shift from small operators to a true business needing capital, forecasting a survival of the fittest.
The piece argues voters should judge candidates by personal success in managing their own affairs. It warns against rewarding failure and urges careful selection of public officers with the same standards used by business owners when choosing an employer.
Claud Conally, state labor commissioner, issues a ruling that no child under 15 may sell chewing gum on streets. Those aged 15 to 17 may sell but must stop at 6 PM, a ruling seen as a modern Solomon by critics.
Hughes County set to decide on 500000 road bonds July 11, with potential to place the county among state leaders in road development. Tulsa County is constructing concrete roads, noting high upfront costs but low ongoing upkeep and no yearly resurfacing. A noted figure remarks on broad American anti change sentiment, while sober judgment historically steers the nation back.
A New York judge orders a wife to prepare her husband’s meals. The decision prompts speculation that if the husband must eat what she cooks, she gains leverage in their dispute. The remark suggests the potential cheeky power dynamics in domestic rulings.
Cincinnati June 1 The American Federation of Labor convention adopted a resolution calling for an investigation of alleged discriminatory action at Harvard College that would bar Jewish students. The resolution condemned any departure from liberal traditions and any policy denying education on racial or religious grounds.
A historical note states that eastern Poland has 3.5 billion cubic feet of timber available for exploitation. It also mentions Greenland being discovered by an Icelander around 1876.
A political notice lists candidates for state offices including District Judge D W Huffar Arden L Bullock State Senator W W H Ebey Joseph C Looney State Insurance Commissioner E W Hardin State Treasurer A S J Shaw State Legislature W O Pratt F H McKeel Representative in Congress Tom D McKeown President State Board of Agriculture John A Whitehurst
A ballot style listing candidates for county offices. F E Gray A Floyd re elect Patrick Watson Mrs Parrie Britt for Sheriff Joe Sloan Bob Duncan re eletion W B Walker County Attorney A C Chaney H F Mathis J W Dean Sneed County Tax Assessor Nick Heard re eletion J B Faber County Weigher John Ward R elect on A H Simpkins B Pete Lasater For County Clerk Rit Irwin W A Peck For County Treasurer J J Laughlin J W Jim Westbrok Albert Chamberlan For Court Clerk IL E Franklin 2nd term For County Judge B H Ben Epper Tal Crawford Second County Commissioner Dist No 2 Charley Laseman L R Gilmore L D Brandon Commissioner Dist No 3 J W Higbeer For County Commissioner District No 1 H Clay Stephens
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