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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
8
A fragmented sermon on self reliance and citizenship from the Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union. It extols independence, warns against lawyers squabbling, and urges timely shopping, lawful conduct, and usefulness to neighbors. It rebukes greed and champions contentment and lawfulness as central to good citizenship.
A dense exhortation urges Texas readers to awaken to political manipulation as farmers and workers must study conditions before the next election. It warns that politicians and corporations seek control of the people’s inheritance and calls for vigilance, unity, and action against deceptive promises. It recalls past efforts by the farmers union and the need for continued reform amid ongoing struggles. The piece stresses memory of lessons from the thirty-first legislature and cautions that enemies are regaining ground as workers sleep.
A. P. Hitchcock argues rural co operation boosts efficiency and lowers costs. He cites idle farm tools, wasted stock breeding, and costly tractors as signs of individualism harming profits. He notes Minnesota Danes and Swedes forming a communal bull program and New England families sharing domestic supplies, saving 15 to 18 percent, urging broader cooperative labor and governance.
A long excerpt covers poultry feeding and care, crop and soil notes, hog and dairy management, and general farm hygiene. It stresses good feed, clean water, proper shelter, and timely pruning while warning against overfeeding poultry and poor soil. The piece urges modernizing farm practices with accessible equipment and proper waste management.
Best producing cows are highlighted by the show’s judges noting high yielding lines. The event emphasizes herd vitality with emphasis on dairy performance and breed excellence.
The piece extols a booming harvest in the Canadian West with forecasts of record yields in 1909. It cites large wheat profits, substantial oats and barley returns, and leap in settler migration from the United States. Authorities like Taft and Jas. J. Hill are quoted praising rapid development and frontier governance.
A fragmentary cartoon dialogue shows a thread and needle arguing about eye injuries and holes. The quip includes a push and a push metaphor as the characters clash with a muffled interruption from a third party.
A cryptic fragment describes an Anti- Noise society member and a dealer involved in imitation goods. A customer handed something to a friend, while the dealer lost his customer and the tomer lost his friend, signaling tangled loyalties and a silent partner.
Puzzlelike clipping mentions a monoplane concept, biplane angel, and various odd lines about soothing feet and whiskey. It references Hamline and an odd mix of products, cigars, and commercials with jumbled phrases and archaic spellings.
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