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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
2
A chaotic column from The Beaver Herald surveys divorce hints, airman jokes, poker talk, meroplana creatures, and fashion fads. It touches on marriage debates, football rules, children languages, bridge and whist, animal bites, a Paris professor, and a weather forecast, with satirical quips on contemporary life.
Julia Bottomley advises the business girl on practical yet stylish attire. She favors tailored shirts and skirts, modest hats, washable yokes, lace and net collars, and black or navy ensembles. Emphasis is placed on affordable, durable pieces over extravagant gowns and large hats.
A detailed description of a smart little dress using Nattler blue shantung with a long waisted bodice, tan foulard band, and decorative buttons. Pattern calls for six yards shantung, four yards milk linen, and a half yard foulard, plus eighteen buttons.
Fragmentary OCR describes a clothing detail with a bat skirt and bodice attached to the same wale band. References a square cut neck and edge of right side along with sleeve details.
The piece advises young women to pour carefully and arrange the tea tray before guests arrive. It emphasizes avoiding fumbling, not reaching over the table, and not touching cup rims. Polite with neatness creates a refined impression during entertaining.
A fragmented notice describes a gown in one piece with a tone and fit praised for its front and back design. Details are sparse but the item is presented as in excellent style suitable for a formal event.
The article reports that alfalfa can be profitably grown in Minnesota and the Dakotas, with suitable lands on beaches and western mountain areas. It notes winterkill risks are lower farther west, rotation advantages, and the potential for alfalfa to become a major forage crop as varieties improve and drought resistant strains are introduced. It cites Professor Muotnen of South Dakota and Russian experience showing northern viability with advancing adaption.
The article explains a remedy for gape in Leghorn chicks, caused by a small worm in the windpipe. It instructs lifting the birds from healthy fowl, placing them in a box, and sifting lime through a wince or bagging to induce coughing so worms are expelled. Repeats if necessary with care to avoid suffocation.
A new corporation plans to manufacture milk packaging described as a single service pack and will seek patent rights in New York and the New England area. Backed by large capital, the project aims to standardize packaging for butter, ice cream, oysters, and canned goods, seeking legislative support and health board influence.
M A Carleton argues for Kubanka durum as the best spring wheat in dry districts where irrigation is unavailable. Durum offers higher yields and milling quality, though prices vary by locality. If durum is hard to grow, Defanes, several top wheats like the Prete and Chul suit spring planting, with seed available through state experiment stations.
The article extols farming science highlighting dry farming as a key. It notes farming knowledge underpins all industries and credits one inventor for sharing practical methods. It argues early effort yields profit and that innovations in farming are essential to modern economy.
Full pigs after weaning should receive good feed to keep growth steady when cold weather settles in. Pumpkins make good feed for pigs in early winter. Feed them small daily while they are growing. Keep growing and fattening pigs in separate pens.
A vintage dairy note advises on proper herd management and equipment like cream separators, urging timely calving at about two years and the benefits of a local creamery. It speaks of drying forage, quality digestion, and the market link to consumer demand, stressing making butter in a form best pleasing to buyers.
An old newspaper ad touts cure for cold symptoms with a 2 percent bottle of Munyon's Cold Cure. It claims rapid relief from fever, inflammation, and aches, urging readers to consult Manron's Doctors at 33 and Jefferson, Philadelphia, for personalized advice with no obligation.
A playful 18th century style recipe blends romance and wit. It lists love and temper as key ingredients with youth, looks, humor, self forgetfulness, and laughter. The method calls for mixing faults with wits, adding common sense, then baking together forever.
A Boston school visitor recalls a parent boasting about his child who allegedly spoke algebra at age one. The anecdote mocks overhyped intellectual claims with playful dialogue about ancient Athens and an exaggerated bond to Boston.
A Wisconsin mother recounts nearly collapsing from overwork and illness and credits stopping tonics, eating Grape Nuts with cream four times daily, and drinking milk to restore sleep and gain weight. She notes her pale, nervous child also improved and returned to school.
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