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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1915
Page
2
The article links Southern resistances to crop diversification with pressure from White and Black leaders. It discusses labor, farming, and education, citing John C. Leftwich, Creek Seminole Agricultural College, and Hampton Institute figures. It notes financial hardships, property interests, and calls for self reliance and industrial training.
An analysis cites repeated rainfall and crop failures among Negro farmers in Texas. It calls for constructive agricultural extension work at Prairie View and coordinated programs led by Clarence Ousley to boost education, crop variety, and production. A watch for the blind and a raftman tale are also noted in passing.
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as a nightly laxative promising thorough stomach cleansing, bile reduction and removal of constipation waste. It claims pills work while you sleep with no inconvenience, priced at four or ten cents a box and touts relief from headaches biliousness and indigestion.
A New York merchant’s five year old swallowed a five dollar gold piece at a presentation. Doctors arrived as the boy cried and mother wailed. The donor later revealed the boy did not feel pain but wanted his coin back. A replacement gold piece quieted him.
The article argues that each vocation shapes the brain, developing unique faculties. as trades diversify, civilization grows stronger. Early humans needed self protection and food, pressing only the primal brain, while modern society requires complex, varied mental powers driven by higher calls on cognition.
An old advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine promising immediate hair whitening, cleansing, and scalp invigoration with a few drops on a strand. It asserts reduced dandruff and eventual new hair growth after weeks, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle.
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