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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
2
A jumble of clipped notes and jests shows a Beaver Herald page mixing global headlines with quirky local quips. It rails at Japan and monarchs, touts odd inventions, and lampoons suffrage, war, and social trends with sharp, era‑specific humor.
A narrator recounts a fanciful interrogation of the Kaiser about sending his son to America and how to hazing a future prince at an American college. The story spirals into wild escapades with servants, a cockroach stamp, and a waterside class rush, ending with a chaotic clash between the prince and the narrator.
The article discusses practical home design details from a past era, praising a vestibule connecting kitchen to front hall, double doors to control odors, and a wide open living and dining space. It notes curtains, window styles, and a cellarway shelf system as aids to light, airflow, and preservation, advising readers to tailor houses to individual needs for comfort and value.
An observer reports a hailstorm last June in Vaucluse France traveling about a vale and a quarter wide and nine miles long. The storm followed a mountain valley then the electric transmission line, with strongest effects near the line and diminishing outward. Globe lightning balls appeared near the cables before hail fell. Additional notes suggest the hailstorm was conducted by the line though current may not influence it. A separate anecdote recalls a traveling man in Kansas offering whisky after a woman fainted on a train.
A fragmentary moral exhortation urges a poor young man to stay humble and virtuous while others gain wealth through fraud. It envisions enduring hardship without power, preserving honor, and seeking honest work and friendship, even to the end. The text reflects old fashioned didactic tones and phrases.
A brief comic exchange from the Chicago News imagines Old Exeeption challenging Bingleton about recognizing superiority. Wedderly replies, noting he only concedes when his wife’s cad pencil needs sharpening.
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