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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
3
A fragment notes a Bowdoin College water turtle released after four years of confinement during which it ate nothing. Professor Lew vouches for the animal’s condition and remarks on its return.
A jumble of opinion pieces argues that opportunity for the average man has declined under trusts and large capital, while a contrasting note praises broad access to mining wealth in America’s recent era. A separate essay humorously defines football as pluck amid punishing play and noisy crowds, with a tunnel project described in technical detail.
A bottle described as a medicine chest claims to cure pain in any form and is priced at 60 cents at druggists. The text also notes vast production figures for bananas and tallies wages paid by fruit companies, suggesting sizable economic impact in the inland region.
The column surveys a mix of topics from World’s Fair exhibits in St Louis to a Melbourne hospital wing gift, hazing cases at Lehigh, religious missions in the Philippines, Siberian gold fields, and a Parisian literary figure. It mentions university enrollments, a child hazing incident, and local Oklahoma notices including banking leadership and a train robbery aftermath.
Traveling man James Culps died in Maton Missouri last weekend. In line with his wish the funeral was held without ceremony or flowers except a wreath made from artificial blossoms in his wife’s hat. Just before death he asked his widow to play his favorite melody on the piano at the funeral. The widow complied though overwhelmed.
A sworn affidavit from Frank J Cheney of F J Cheney & Co claims he is senior partner and that a specified party will pay one hundred dollars for each nodort or cage of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document dates December 6 1886 and cites Toledo Ohio. The rest of the text shifts to unrelated social commentary and scattered foreign references.
The comptroller of the currency approves First National bank of Julnton with J T G B Cooper, a prisoner in Chickasha, escape amid a security inquiry. Commissioners plan trial as wife arrives. officers suspect her involvement. Separate notes mention a sculptor and a statue project for New York City, with shipping from Paris and related property concerns.
Fragmented notes report a proposed joint action by Chi Machinists and United Metal Workers in Chicago radius 25 miles, outlining aims to cover all machine shop workers and disputes with contractors, alongside various unrelated items including remedies, scholarships, and historical notes.
Disjointed OCR excerpt mentions New York, navigation by barges, and naval matters. It references a New York boy, infected sheep, Arabic and Latin linguistic notes, Andrew Carnegie, and a December event tied to a library opening. The text is garbled and lacks coherent narrative.
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