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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
3
The text discusses how ordinary success relies on action not fear and suggests confidence gives advantage. It warns doubts betray progress and that waiting for perfect certainty may cost potential gains. It emphasizes seizing effort toward desired outcomes rather than postponing.
A Civil War era account describes soldiers ordered to kill bloodhounds used for hunting enslaved people. A soldier seizes a pup intended for execution, insisting the hound is not yet a bloodhound. He departs with it saying they cannot tell what it will grow into.
An ancient Swiss proverb warns to avoid the oak and flee the fir during thunderstorms while the beech is safest. In a forest district’s lightning study of eighty struck trees fifty six oaks, twenty four firs and larches, and seventeen beeches were hit, with beeches seemingly spared.
A Kansas paper quotes a visitor from the east presenting a hand press and type to start a rival publication. The note adds a playful tease that his side will soon join other notices hanging on the back fence.
A New Orleans project aims to establish a home for orphaned boys funded by a parade honoring the late George Xavier Carstairs. Carstairs, who faced early hardship, rose from a tara struggle to accumulate a large fortune, with portions set aside for the orphan effort.
Mrs Ella Hall yielded to newspaper commentary and friends advice and abandons her intended grim action in Georgia during the case of her father accused of murder.
A legend tells how Ramsay of Banff swallowed a drop of poisonous soup and gained the power to see through people. The tale explains his later fame as a physician and healer. Burdock Blood Bitters is promoted as a digestive tonic and overall energizer.
A cautionary adage warns of a woman driven by wealth more than affection. The saying frames money as a stronger lure than romance, suggesting distrust of such motives.
The article recalls John Philip Sousa listening to local history at the Atlantic City pier now known as the Steeplechase. It mentions a past fine for a Sunday performance and a girl delivering raspberries on Monday with a light moral twist about the Sabbath and berries that grew all day yesterday.
A Tennessee anecdote features Senator Carmack recalling a man with convivial habits who boasted of a magnificent time yet could not recall events after nine oclock, because he heard the judge and police discussing it the next morning. A kidney remedy ad urges relief for back pain and urinary trouble with a free trial offer for Dean’s Kidney Pills.
Foreign observers and the Italian government monitor Rome monuments for damage. A wild fig plant grew atop the marble column in Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, threatening a top ornament. Twelve figs were counted before removal and repairs begin, drawing crowds as the column remains a remnant of Constantine's first church.
A New England traveler compliments punctuality but the Southern rail conductors reveal the joke. The train labeled eleven o'clock is yesterday's schedule and today’s service will likely arrive only tomorrow, highlighting chronic lateness in the era.
After Rev. Thomas K. Beecher died, Park church trustees chose Rev Annie Ford Eastman as pastor, one of the few women to succeed in the calling. An admirer invited a friend to hear her, who said the sermon was fine but preferred a man on Sunday.
In a house at Waehring near Vienna three events occurred simultaneously. The iron molder Albert Hruszek mourned his bereavement while Anton Schutz and his bride celebrated their wedding in the rooms above. Below, the Cihak family prepared for infant Gabyn's baptism in holiday attire.
Burney Lancashire church notes a milestone and issues a souvenir booklet with old records including a 1834 minute barring couples from walking arm in arm or chatting at street corners.
An item notes that the price of Panamas has collapsed from forty dollars to about thirty cents, reflecting a dramatic market drop and potential consumer impact. The brief mentions a currency or commodity shift affecting hat prices and buying power.
Prof E A Burnett warns against bloat when turning stock on rape pasture. Recommend linking rape with prairie or tame grass and using a hay or forage rack at first. Suggest keeping animals full on other feed initially to avoid rapid eating and suggest gradual exposure.
A reader recalls a tale where a hunter hauled the largest brook fish ever seen. The man, astonished by the catch, died from heart failure and shock. The moral warns that great fishes are to be teased, not caught.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as undisputed for fifty years for shooting pains in the limbs and body. It is advertised to cure lameness sciatica rheumatism lumbago stiff joints stiff back and all pains from hips to loins and other aches and pains. The product is offered in 25 and 50 cent bottles through druggists nationwide.
English travelers plan short holidays to South Africa to visit major battlefields and historic sites from the war. The trend follows years of growing interest in such excursions with favorable time conditions expected to boost tours.
The First Citizen Morgan expresses a desire to keep his name out of newspapers. He concedes he cannot get all he wants and suggests happiness comes from accepting what one can obtain.
Oklama City and Ft. Smith nurseries offer cash for peach seeds. The Gamble Wholesale Nursery promotes a share crop plan and promises prompt payment. Free horticultural bulletins advertised.
Fourteen year old Maggie Alderson Scott becomes the woman champion of England in the 100 yard swim. She wins the Perpetual Challenge Cup and gold medal, setting a new contest record as the youngest to hold the trophy.
An old-time advertisement promises white clothes with Defiance Starch. It touts its product as a simple solution for yellowing fabrics and emphasizes affordability and ease of use for laundry.
An advertisement touts a remedy claiming to cure a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if it fails. It notes a related endorsement from W. O. Endsley of Vapburen Indiana dated February 10 1900 and adds a quip about the difficulty of supporting a lighter weighed married woman.
An advertisement touts Defiance starch as more durable than competing brands and offering one third more product for the same money. A family scene follows with a mentor praising the boy and a joke about the mother taking after the father.
advertisement notes Allen's Foot Easy powder makes tight or new shoes easy to wear and claims to cure swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrown nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores 23c trial package free by mail address Allen S Omsted Lehroy N Y. Also a line about hosiery dealers making money in stockings.
An assortment of vintage ads appears offering Dean's Ointment for piles, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain, and Defiance Starch promoted as higher quality for the same price. A weather quip and light musical humor conclude the page with generic social observations.
A collage of vintage lines mentions a constitutional cure with price 759 and advice to avoid heated water. It promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for white clothes and notes a large two page package at five cents. Dialogues reference politicking, civility, and a remark by a Washington Star quote about nature remedies and Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry.
City residents survey a memorial for William Pitt Fessenden born in Portland. The long time Maine senator and Lincoln era treasury secretary is the subject of renewed local discussion about a commemorative monument.
Grocers favor Defiance Starch promising 16 oz for the same price. Some store shelves hold 12 oz brands to move first, while Defiance requires no cooking. A humorous clipping notes Mrs. Wigwam and Mrs. Malaprop quips about smoking versus cigarettes.
In St Petersburg a near relative calls the czar an idiot after a reception where he showed uncertainty by agreeing with several opposing opinions. The czar calmly replies that he is perfectly right and agrees with the critic, revealing his lack of decisive self-confidence.
A boastful young clergyman preaches at a country church and asks a grizzled deacon for critique. The elder replies with a parable about Sim Peck’s hunting, noting the preacher followed deer tracks all day in the wrong direction.
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