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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
2
In a sprawling wrap of items the Beaver Herald notes debates on woman suffrage in Western Australia, currency and readwrite rates in the United States, the spread of literacy in a Havana article, and naval movements in Naples. It cites Admiral Dewey’s Naples placard, a vast cattle syndicate in Texas, and advances in medical scences while mentioning canal costs, public lands, and a push for constitutional reform.
Reports from London, Washington, and Manila sketch a year filled with diplomatic shifts and military moves. Prussia’s Prince Wewiy plans a San Francisco visit as McKinley contends with Filipino policy. Lt Alfred Dreguin faces a second treason trial in France while U.S. debates silver coinage and imperial strategy.
The Dayton trial opened with medical certificates and witness testimony. Col de Clam could not appear, while Maj. Count Keterhazy allegedly confessed authorship of the bordereau to a witness. M. Bertillon demonstrated handwriting patterns as the court and audience reacted with mixed comprehension.
An OCR garble merges notes on Mormon activities in Menton and Durango with murder charges in Peru. It mentions Salt Lake City, a two lane Marion coal field, and a Durango project, with a murder accusation against a woman linked to a longtime claim and witness testimony. Further lines touch on Tilman’s remarks, North Carolina race platters, and a deputy marshal’s execution, all conveyed in disjointed fashion.
A garbled miscellany blends a humorous farming parody with political notices. It cites McManters of Cahora City crediting Dan Merry, references a pumpkin wedding rhyme, and lists governor Harnes appointing L. I. Howland Hamilton to inspect patients, plus convicts returning to citizenship, a railway train welcome to the territory, and local business updates on cotton, grain, and a Norman firm.
A man living near a local area was shot in the back while riding home on horseback after visiting town to see a doctor. The wound proved fatal within an hour. Police and witnesses recall no known enemies, and the killer used a large caliber weapon fired from a rifle or similar gun. Weather notes follow with a hot week and drought warnings for crops and pastures.
A young man in Baltimore, desolate after failing to carry a pencil, rides to an inn for the summer and uses a torn postal card with four figures to fix an address. He recalls a prior encounter with a woman on a suburban electric car, hopes to visit, but memory falters over the four figures and which corner to begin. The tale ends with self-reproach and gloomy thoughts.
A fragmentary note recalls George IV as prince of Wales for 57 years, Alfred Edward surpassing the record, and a Dresden museum cherry stone bearing many faces. It highlights the duchess of St Albans’s autograph collection with signatures from Gladstone, Bright, Chamberlain, Dickens, and Victoria speaking warmly of Dickens.
A mosaic of brief items on Morocco lacking press presence, Australia’s sex ratio, Lombroso on China’s social evils, London’s General Universal company, freight and passenger figures, and world trade. Miscellaneous notes follow on wallpaper repairs and a domestic shopping exchange observed in City papers.
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