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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
6
A chaotic beaver Herald item dump covers varied topics from mills investment and savings to Mars communication and Rome sailors medals. It notes oddities such as a London plaster portrait craze and an elephant in New York wielding a pitchfork.
Fragmentary note warns skaters to inspect ice for dents and weak spots before skating. It stresses caution near thin ice and air holes, urging careful testing and avoidance of risky areas.
Advertisers caution that a new newspaper vending machine may disrupt newsboys trade as it sits on sidewalks and moves no closer to chasing customers or following cars.
A Bee Culture correspondent describes a method to cut comb honey from combs and pack it into glass jars for non perishable display. The technique uses a cutter and tray, with jars sized to hold four to five sections and about 23 to 24 ounces total weight when filled.
This guide explains onion seed planting versus sets, bed prep in fall, and soil improvement with manure. It covers seed depth, row spacing, thinning, weed control, and storage of mature bulbs, plus notes on testing seed viability and preparing seed beds for best yields.
Roosevelt appoints a 24 architect, four painters, four sculptors and a landscape architect to advise on federal buildings and decoration. The council would review site choices for monuments and post offices, with the Treasury supervising architect implementing recommendations. Controversy swirls over Lincoln Memorial site versus Union Station alignment and Burnham plan influence.
A terse dialogue fragment mentions Mark Twain and a claimed degree. The editors ponder the nature of the degree and the context of discussing the Jones family’s carving set in a teasing exchange.
In Hacknall Torkard parish church two wreaths marked the poet Byron’s crew were placed recently. One wreath bore a bay leaf circle with a cord inscription from Laura Thyren Byron in remembrance. A second note referenced the telephone business in China with 1,700 subscribers in Peking.
A Cleveland Leader anecdote frames a young man asking to marry a daughter. The old father cuts to the point asking not if he can support her but whether he will, setting the stage for a straightforward betrothal decision.
An oblique note quotes Paris Le Sourtre on Volapuk, showing a language created to be universal yet mocked as empty who speaks it. The fragment hints at language idealism and futility in broader communication.
Mrs Mary Hinson of Mt Sterling Kentucky credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relieving backache dizziness and fatigue after she suffered poor eyesight nervous headaches and weakness. She says she could hardly bend to tie shoes and is now nearly well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Professor Munyon presents a free almanac offering moon phase data and articles on phrenology palmistry birthstones dream interpretation beauty culture and poison antidotes. It touts readings and entertainment value for families and rural readers and will be mailed free by the Munyon Remedy Company in Philadelphia.
A New England guest in a western mining town hotel overhears loud cries during his check in. The clerk explains the noise from a spring bed in room No 5, noting the inhabitant's struggle with the bed springs and promising to investigate.
Mrs. Belle De Rivera recalled public school life with a series of episodes at a dinner. A tale described a boy named Jimmy who disliked cold water and washed his face after a teacher scolded him for a black sticky cheek.
A Nebraska woman praises Grape-Nuts and Postum in letters promoting the product. She says seven years of use made her a healthy, rested person after earlier nervousness from tea and coffee, and notes her children eat it daily with no stomach issues, saving doctor bills. The letters are from Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
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