Daily Beaver Herald Oddities and Observations From Scraps
A Beaver Herald page lists varied items from culture and science to humorous quips. Includes notes on a new fireman corps, a professor as a curator, timely commentary on a timber famine, a reforming take on profanity treatment, and a strange trolley accident near Philadelphia with a fatal wall impact.
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Philadelphia
First Love and Rheumatism of Ab Sarver's Boy
An aging storyteller recalls youthful love and enduring romance in a rural tale. He narrates a fevered courtship, jealousy, and the ache of memory, concluding with the bond to Ab Sarver's family and a lifelong affection for the same woman.
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Ab Sarver
Ople
Automaton piano helps afflicted father hear daughter play
A family tale tells of a loving daughter who, doubting her skill, buys an installment piano to delight her absent father. Upon his return he asks for a listening test and, moved by the performance of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody, kisses his daughter as appreciation.
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Slujoet
Dickens
Dot
Pather
Petitioman
Liset
The Lost Inclosure in Personal Letters
A humorously pedantic piece discusses forgotten enclosures in letters and the social missteps of mailing while highlighting the consequences of missing attachments. It humorously contrasts expectations with reality, urging writers to include the promised enclosure and not assume others have shared all details.
Puzzles In Millinery
A well-dressed woman recalls a winter hat dispute with her milliner. She describes how the milliner corrected her wearing angle, noting how everyone seemed to wear hats differently last season and how one proper arrangement can change the whole look.
The Udder of the Cow in Dairy Efficiency
An analysis of dairy cow form and function. It notes that dairy cows differ from beef types with angular frames and prominent udders, emphasizing gland lobules, digestion, and blood flow as key to milk productivity. It stresses care, feed, temperament, abdomen size, and constitution as profit determinants.
Chives of the Onion Family Delicate, Easy Growers
Chives, a mild member of the onion family native to northern US borders and parts of Europe, are used to season soups and salads. They propagate by root division, tolerate ordinary soils, and can grow as a permanent border or in beds nine inches apart, with plants refreshed every few years to maintain vigor.
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United States
Europe
Feed trough with cover for small cost construction
A poultryman outlines a simple trough design built from plywood and boards. The trough is formed by two boards bent at right angles with a centered notch for width, end pieces extending above the trough, and a cover attached with hinges for protection. Also notes Colorado station tests praising Beet Wheat-Defasre as top spring wheat and Turkey Ted as top winter wheat for tent experiments.
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Volorade Experiment Station
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America
Boston
North Pole
France
Turkey
Chicago
Adelina Pat- Up
Lady's Memorial of
London
Room On Veekels
Fahama
Mediterranean
Ris Motor Care
Ohio Mayer
John Hay
Jackling
Cal Atterson
Aaid Lim Jacklin
Chapa
Surver
Earth
Neroas
Mebdy
Ee King We
Ktell Loomis
Paderewski
New York
Tenderfoot
George
Cynthia Alendale
Emma
James Pott & Co