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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
2
A jumble of 1920s clippings covers weather, politics, and culture. Topics touch on sports trials, census figures, European conflicts, wind speeds in Cleveland, fantasy about lectures, and a critique of modern life. Many names and places appear in fragmented form, with no single clear narrative. The piece reads as a collage rather than a cohesive report.
An examination of the Shire horse breed traces its English roots from Henry VIII to modern times. The breed's dominance in Midlands studs, evolving colors, and notable champions from Lord Rothschild and Alston Rose
A western market gardener has devoted extensive acreage to cultivated dandelions after strong demand. The crop, grown from roots and harvested before buds, is praised as tender and sweet, rivaling spinach and rhubarb in spring markets.
Fragmentary chatter shows O Toole accusing Hartigan of insulting and mismeasuring a space. O Toole denies the claim, claiming he struck and that the ceiling was measured instead. No clear event, date, or outcome is discernible.
A fragmented passage asks about mangoes, tammy, chives, chervil, and quiddang while musing on kitchen life and the lingering idea of a steady hand guiding the spinning world. It explores mango varieties, pickled fruits, and old marmalades amid playful, uncertain prose.
An aged readership article discusses digestion and avoiding laxatives, offering Crigguts as a remedy with a free test bottle from Dr W B Gelowes in Monticelie. It also notes fraternal orders funding sanatoria for tuberculosis patients, with sites in Black Mountain North Carolina Colorado Springs and East Las Vegas New Mexico and planned future houses.
Fragmented reader text references a summer idol and springtime fancies, then shifts to cranberry health notes. Physicians praise cranberries for rheumatism relief due to acids and alkaline carbonates, with recipes for cranberry jelly baked cranberries and candied cranberries. Includes storage and selection tips for berries.
A quirky historical nod lists simple measures for keeping food tastes and home air pure. It mentions slightly concave vegetable cans, salt for lamp odor, and charcoal to absorb smells. The items read like a folk guide to practical household care.
Rice has a finer flavor if washed in hot water before cooking. Make baking powder at home to save cost and ensure purity. Mix half a pound of cream of tartar with half a pound of baking soda, sieve, and store airtight. Use three spoonfuls per quart of flour.
The guide advises rubbing fowls with cornmeal to ease singeing and remove fuzz and feathers like magic. It recommends letting all fowls hang to drain for at least an hour before cooking.
A mother of sons is urged to prepare an accident box containing adhesive plaster car dotated cotton boracte acrid and soft linen. Treat a fresh cut by cleaning bathing and bandaging to keep out dirt and prevent lockjaw. If bleeding is heavy, bind the wound with plaster and cover with cotton. Alcohol removes plaster easily.
A memorial stands in Kensington Cemetery London to Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock the Arctic explorer and discoverer of the lost Franklin expedition. The old style wheel cross rises ten feet on a massive molded base carved from rough silver gray Cornish granite.
A Fond du Lac woman describes indigestion and heart palpitations from an unvaried diet and credits Grape Nuts and Postum with rapid relief. Within a month she gained ten pounds, her heart function normalized, and she regained health and strength, continuing use as a health claim. Read.
A child asks if God watches after prayers and a mother affirms. The exchange reveals doubt about divine care as the child notes a night when blankets loosened, prompting a gentle lesson on faith. A separate ad extols a starch for laundering shirtwaists, promising stiffness, finish, and reduced wear.
During a Copenhagen variety show a monkey named Morite leapt from the stage and into the arms of a man in the audience. The man was revealed to be Morite’s former master from four years earlier.
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