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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
2
A jumble of curiosities and quips from the Beaver Herald notes social satire and foreign affairs with mentions of Bourbon era figures, Japan and Russia, food labeling, boxing and a Kansas corn harvest, plus jokes about apples, neckties, and men who love wives.
Practical guidance on batching chickens in March and April for market broilers three months old by mid June. Advice covers pullet hatching, large-scale year round production, incubators versus natural incubation, and selection of hens for optimal egg and brood quality. Describes a diagrammed incubator setup and a hen-testing system with leg bands to improve stock.
An old column outlines lily planting tips for late fall including drainage, bed depth, soil mixtures, and mulching. It covers bed elevation, broken crockery bottom, loam soil with rotting manure, sand for drainage, and planting five to eight inches deep with moist mulch to protect in winter.
A night of revelry turns grim as a returned husband discovers at a masquerade that his wife’s sudden eagerness to send him away masks an affair with a Lothario. He confronts them, only to find the supposed beloved is the cook, revealed by removing a mask and jewelry.
Croquet remains highly popular in London and the countryside with matches at Ranelagh and Hurlingham. Both men and women of fashionable society have become adept players and betting rises during active games.
A Providence Journal anecdote recounts a husband who misinterprets a church collection when a half dollar slips from his hand and lands in the aisle. He notes seventy five cents but jokes about credit for the quarter and wicked feelings in the act. The piece blends humor with a nod to religious decorum. TRADE AND THE MISSIONARY discusses missionaries as US commerce promoters in China and the by product of increased trade via home demonstrations of American goods. It argues missionaries display domestic comfort and spur native interest, suggesting US manufacturing bears costs for broader trade gains. The World’s Sunday School Convention notes preparations for the Rome 1907 event with plans for a steamer voyage and Rome side trips. It mentions Vatican wealth and details on Leper colony work by Rev. L J Conrardy in China.
Report notes the Usis denomination in Oklahoma with over 50 000 members and hints at a prospective union with the Oklahoma and Indian Territory conventions, shaping a unified state religious structure.
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