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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1910
Page
6
William A Radford explains concrete blocks can yield attractive durable homes at low cost. The article details pebble and marble dust finishes, low water absorption, and varied surface textures. A example house 22 by 28 feet with three bedrooms costs about 2500 dollars to build.
A reader cites a folk cure claiming a pint of gin and two red onions cooked together then steeped overnight will dissolve gallstones. Report notes sailors suffer from salted dried meat diets and mentions this odd remedy from the Bowton Globe.
Reports from European papers describe Prince Henry of Priseta saving Count Szapary during a bear hunt. When a wounded bear attacked, the prince stabbed the animal to death and carried the injured count to the camp despite danger and no nearby shelter. The count recovered, and the prince's deed became celebrated in Siebenbergen.
A selfconscious girl declares she would have become a great actress if she had pursued the stage. Miss Cayenne replies that she is fortunate and that stage life might have intensified her doubts.
Ten year old Carbon county resident Clarice Dethl aided in a hillside rescue after a bobsled collision near Washoe and Bear Creek. She dug out driver Clarence Dethl from a snow filled ravine, revived him with rubbing and a slap, then fainted herself. The driver was saved and returned to Bear Creek for care as the party regrouped at the dance hall.
Tiny organisms visible only under a powerful microscope emerge from a hay infusion after two or three days. These minute animalcules swim, digest, and exude jelly to catch food, while the origin of life remains a profound unresolved mystery.
The excerpt notes the death of Jinks after many operations and recalls his survival through prior medical trials. A California town scene shows Bam Berger, manager of James J Jeffries, discussing a possible prize fight while local police interjects, warning against unlawful gatherings.
In an observation lesson a mistress questions a class of young boys about animal habits in water. When asked what fishes swim with the pupils say fins, dogs with paws, and one boy humorously replies that boys swim with bathing pants.
A Birmingham health officer reports seven percent of public spit samples contain consumption germs. In contrast Adirondack Cottage sanitarium dust shows no tuberculosis germs, suggesting careful consumptives may pose less risk. Also notes on remedies, poems, and misc.
Sabattus Maine and Graniteville Vermont letters praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief during childbirth and the Change of Life. Testifiers claim renewed health and urge others to use the remedy, noting it for thirty years as a standard female health treatment.
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