The Bowed Wages of a Hard Life on the Farm
Dorcas Cope, troubled by years of cold distance from Beecher, plans to leave. A perilous farmhouse scene ends with her freeing him from a rope and a renewed pledge to stay, revealing failed affection and a thawing resolve as they recall the first kiss and vow to mend.
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Brower
Dorcas
Mrs. Cope
Beecher Cope
Mr. Cope
Dorcas Cope
Beecher
Cope
ace _ Cope
Actual Farmers for All Offices in the Farmers Union
The piece argues for true farmers to lead the Farmers Union in Indian Territory and Oklahoma, condemns “harmony” talk as deceit, warns against plotters, and urges unity and justice while criticizing wasted minutes and secretive actions. It calls for strengthening weak points and notes Mercury Password will publish full proceedings if provided by the secretary.
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Farmers’ Union
Texas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Mercury
No Evident Reason For Cotton Classifications Cheating Farmers
The passage urges awareness that unfair classification cheats farmers out of 1 to 5 dollars per bale. It calls on readers to advance human endeavor and become more helpful to fellow workers, stressing proactive effort rather than passivity.
Keep our own doors clean and find life beyond toil
The piece urges Union men to focus on their own business, dismiss gloom from the Cotton Association investigation, and balance work with social life. It praises combining effort with leisure, warns against endless saving, and advocates helping oneself while aiding others.
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Cotton Association
Cotton school success in Dallas and Durant IT
The cotton school at Dallas has been a wonderful success with about sixty attending and many turned away due to lack of facilities. A similar school is now operating at Durant Oklahoma and is meeting with gratifying success.
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Dallas
Calvin
Mariners and Farmers Union Duty Warned as Dangers Rise
A mariner trusted with ship and cargo faces warning from wrecks along the voyage. A Farmers Union member, regardless of rank, who ignores past organizing efforts and the wrecks blocking progress is deemed recreant to duty and not a good member.
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Mariner
Farmers Union
Farmers
Ignorance and Reading Fodder urged by Farmers' Union
In this day of cheap books and free tuition, the writer laments bald ignorance shown by many youths. Five cents buys classics or the Bible, and a daily paper costs 60 to 75 cents monthly, offering wisdom and current events. Encourages joining the Farmers' Union to pursue education and cooperation and stay busy promoting learning.
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Shakespear
Farmers’ Union
Farmers Union and the need for independence
A Farmers Journal commentary recalls a cotton buyer mocking a farmer's miscalc of acreages while the farmer's children toil in cotton fields. It contrasts generations and the education of figgering against schooling. The piece argues producers will gain freedom and happiness only with perfect understanding, and urges union solidarity.
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Farmers Union
Farmers Journal
Wagons and Coffee Market Notes from a Fragment
Fragmentary remarks discuss wagons aging in storage and future sale at fair prices. The text contrasts wagon distribution with coffee pricing, noting market demand governs sales. Mentions names and places obliquely, reflecting incomplete OCR.
Co operative Cogitations and the Farmers Union Call
A speech promoting unity within the Cotton School and National Union, urging producers to support distressed colleagues and maintain discipline. It notes a scandal in the Southern Cotton Association with officials accused of crookedness in basket shops and cotton futures, and argues for farmer officers in the Farmers Union.
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Southern Cotton Association
Southern Agriculture
Gud
Farmers Union
Farmers Journal
Let us be thankful for fools quote from Adam Bede
A fragmentary quotation about fools and self pity appears in this damaged text. It references Adam Bede and uses dialect phrases about relatives and noses. The readable portions imply a reflective sentiment on resilience and folly.
Cleaning Brown Leather Luggage with Tan Dressing
A salesman demonstrates cleaning brown leather luggage using tan dressing. He claims a bottle applied to a cowhide bag or trunk, then rubbed with wool, makes it look richer and deeper, surpassing its previous shabby appearance. Regular cleaning after each use promises beige to sable luster for suitcases and trunks.
Buffering College Girl
A fragment describes Paul Laurence Dunbar’s joke about women’s education and a sultry summer afternoon visit. A daughter in the host’s home grows uncomfortable as conversation swirls, fans flutter, and she eventually leaves, showing impatience with the visitor.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dunbar
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Endurin
Loud
National Union
Adam Bede
Daily
Story Fab. Co
Simmons
Tom
Hera
Papa
Mary
John George Simmons
Mr. Simmons
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