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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
2
A compilation of witty observations and brief notes on politics science and society. Topics range from price shifts and honesty to microbes telephone girls and trade winds. Mentions Witte Franklin Delano and various places and professions with a feisty crowded editorial tone.
An extended summary discusses Dr Mosier's European birth rate analysis, contrasting with Asiatic populations, and reviews historical population estimates. It notes varying birth rate declines in countries like England Scotland Bavaria Italy Sweden Russia France Denmark New Zealand Saxony and Victoria Australia. It cites U S census gaps for 1900 and compares ancient and modern population trends, war impacts, and demographic speculation, ending with broad reflections on growth and major conflicts.
The article argues population equilibrium persists across species via natural selection. It notes birth and death rates balance, with strong offspring surviving in harsh conditions and weaker lines fading. Human development favors intelligent survival, predicting race shifts toward smaller families and gradual birth-rate decline as civilization evolves.
A fragmentary 1900s promotional notice claims Robert Seotian of 56 Gordon Street and his daughter Mrs Goetehious praise Beans Kidney Pills for restoring his kidneys and easing back pain. The ad, typical of era remedies, urges readers to buy Pills at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y and promotes seeds and catalog offers from John A Sulzer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin.
A Dundee Advertiser piece notes plant memory in a Sonoran desert squash relative kept in New York for years without water. The plant’s six week rainy season reawakens growth annually. Also quoted are humorous exchanges about a baby’s color changes and a proposed hostess trade union to enforce women’s courtesy, as described by Lady’s Field.
A mother praises Grape-Nuts as nourishing for children and digestion. She notes her family’s preference for toast with Grape-Nuts and milk, claims improved alertness in a 15 year old, and recommends the booklet The Road to Wellville with the slogan There's a Reason.
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