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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
3
An uncertain fragment claims Defiance Starch is produced by a different process and marketed as superior yet cheaper, suggesting a claim of value over rival products. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but imply price advantage.
A Galion Ohio reader describes relief from postnatal headaches after starting Peruna, praising the remedy. Letters from Julia M. Brown and S. Hattig La Fountain of the Woman's State Federation claim Peruna exceeds its advertised effects, noting cures of chronic catarrh and renewed vitality among countless women.
An advertisement style narration recounts kidney pain and failure to find relief, then cites a testimonial praising Dean's Kidney Pills as effective. It includes a direct offer to provide the testimonial and details for Forter ihurn Co. Buffalo, and notes price and availability from druggists. Several other ad snippets follow about starch brands and floral services.
The piece tracks 17th century settlement in Kittery Maine and Berwick area. It names the 1620 Plymouth grant to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, early figures like Ambrose Gibbons, William Hilton, and Champernowne Island, plus the first mills and settlers at Quawmpongau Falls Newichamanock Braveboat Harbor Spruce Creek and Kittery Point. It notes the arrival of the Pled Cow in 1634 bringing the first water mill and women who became pioneer wives.
In 1635 the area at Kittery Point held a growing settlement with a tavern, the Parker house, mill, church, and stage stops between Boston and Portland. The Pepperrell mansion and district draw visitors, linking land grants from John Bray to Sir William Pepperrell, who led the Louisburg expedition. Old Fort McClary, shipbuilding on Hadgora and Langton Island, and the Raleigh and Hanger ships mark colonial naval history. The town retains much of its old look despite a new electric road and later fortifications.
A humorous auction at Orkellyunga ends with a 19 year old girl sold for 10 000 crowns to a farmer who later marries her, gifting the exact amount back. The scene blends jest and reality as a mayor witnesses the union and the unusual bid becomes a true transaction. In New Orleans, draining city water exposes decay and swarms of ants breach homes and shops, prompting use of creosoted wood to deter them.
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