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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
7
A group of eager youngsters crowd around an elderly passerby asking him to buy their moving picture tickets. The man quizzes them and counts nine faces before agreeing to take the children inside, noting a law against minors alone at the theater. The scene ends with a sly tie to graft in public affairs.
A discussion on national decline attributes degeneration chiefly to alcohol. The text cites statistics linking alcohol to high mortality and widespread disease, noting 62 percent of New York school children have drinking parents and projecting millions of children affected nationwide. Dr. L. Alnx presents the argument.
The speaker denounces liquor as a societal peril undermining life and posterity. He vows to oppose the scourge until his death, citing cries of hungry children, drained fathers, and the degradation of virtue, urging abolition to restore republic stability and national radiance.
A Pittsburgh paper argues that in 1911 and 1912 large shares of prisoners were drinkers, with 92 percent of Allegheny workhouse inmates and 80 percent of penitentiary sentences tied to alcohol. It claims taxpayers fund dependent drinkers, urging removal of liquor from government.
Household tips advise placing a rough folded towel under a blouse with buttons and ironing over the backs to hide puckered areas. A dull pair of scissors can be sharpened by rubbing a pin between the blades, moving up and down to restore a sharp edge quickly.
The passage highlights spring health and energy as trains move east and west, noting Western Canada as a land of opportunity for homesteaders and cattle raisers. It describes rail readiness, land availability, and abundant winter-turned-spring activity, with settlers preparing farms and grain, and government literature guiding aspiring migrants.
A quoted exchange discusses how a person in a serious public role should maintain humor. The responder argues that gravitas increases the need for wit and warns that without a quick sense of tone, misreadings and misstatements can occur.
A brief item notes a man loses standing or position due to failure to restrain speech. The report emphasizes restraint and responsibility in public discourse, reflecting traditional expectations of character and self control in leadership or trusted roles.
A historical note claims Napoleon's fate can be read in two acts. The divorce of Josephine marks the Prelude, Elba serves as Interlude, and Waterloo signals the final downfall.
Gray County Probate Judge Philip Miller of Cimarron Kansas writes of suffering six years with palpitations and kidney issues. After about a year on Dodds Kidney Pills his heart symptoms ceased, enabling him to perform manual labor and weigh around 200 pounds at age 63. He endorses the remedy and offers contact for further details.
An old lady on a bus asks if it stops at the Rite hotel, only to be told the driver cannot afford it. The piece notes the strike by bus conductors and the influx of untrained substitutes. It highlights vanity and poor civility among temporary workers, amid university training among some contrasts.
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