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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
3
A jumble of phrases covers a courtroom dispute, medical testimonial for Dodd's Kidney Pills, and a brief note about Alfonso Roberto the young Iron Cross winner. The text blends legal questioning, patient anecdotes, and military decoration news with scattered biographical snippets.
A garbled excerpt depicts Gabe the country man moving to Frankfort and clashing with a town bar keeper over country life. The text weaves in disjointed phrases about beliefs, insults, and a mock Omar Khayyam reference, creating a collage of voices and scenes without a clear single event.
A Topeka woman credits Postum with reversing five years of nervousness insomnia and dyspepsia caused by coffee. She stopped coffee abruptly and drank Postum, noting quick improvements in mood digestion and sleep within weeks. The ad promotes Postum cereals and instant powder as coffee substitutes sold by grocers.
The message from King George urges strict abstinence in royal houses to aid wartime efforts. Newspapers discuss total prohibition as a national policy, citing economic gains and reduced labor time from drinking, with Glasgow highlighted for its prior heavy consumption.
A dense historical lament decries alcohol’s harms and calls for decisive action like Russia’s model. It argues that only strong law can purge the nation’s drink problem, praising a hard line and noting Pancho Villa’s stance against liquor, including orders to close saloons and punish alcohol-related crimes.
Ex president Taft and his two sons Robert W Taft and Charles P Taft clash over prohibition. Robert W Taft published in the Harvard Law Review showing his father’s view wrong on the Kenyon Webb bill. Charles P Taft defended prohibition citing Maine and Kansas as successful examples amid a Yale debate on state and national policy.
The rapid rise to dry territory in the United States has caused a tea shortage. George P. Mitchell, supervising tea inspector of the treasury department, notes tea prices are rising steadily. Russia, a large tea drinking nation, is suspected to drink more tea after the sale of liquors was abolished. Russian soldiers in trenches are receiving tea as part of their rations.
Dr John North of Toledo Ohio suggests tuberculosis may stem from a lime deficiency in the system He notes tubercular skin eruptions occur widely but thrive where soil is fertile and asks what is missing in people prone to the disease He points to tests among arid region residents and plants in dry areas having more lime than those in humid regions
An advertisement promises soothing skin care with free samples by mail while a separate sports note recalls a first baseman leaving the diamond with a sprained wrist and dislocated shoulder. En route to the hospital an ambulance stops for a janitor who fell downstairs, sparking a witty exchange about being basement workers.
Fragmentary OCR text references Castoria syrup, infant remedy claims, and unrelated encoded phrases about Nero and professors. Several garbled names and numbers appear, producing a jumbled, unsafe snippet lacking coherent events or clear entities to report.
fragmentary dialogue shows Mr Cumrox arguing about not liking a stenographer copying his errors in grammar. A druggist promises to reveal the mistake. A character named Jones is described as selfmade and in error for not consulting an expert.
In a Philadelphia Telegraph snippet, Charles Abner recalls his marriage proposal to Ellen Retefle. While reading a novel together, he admits the moment cost him about two weeks of salary to hire the automobile they traveled by. Ellen Patella answers with exasperation.
An account describes Oliver Agler and Fred W. Volum running a Cairo lumber business affected by river floods. A Black worker volunteers to supervise washing planks, prompting a crude racist remark from the yard’s owner and triggering a discriminatory moment in the workplace.
Alberta wool growers expect about 25 cents per pound this year due to high mill demand. A Graney Lake district sheepman says the war boosts demand for raw material and a harvest of high quality wool is anticipated. Climate and range conditions favor sheep, with no single breed dominating Western Canada farms. Officials advise farmers to enter sheep-raising only if sized to their means, citing profitability and climate suitability.
A long-form promotional piece touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, quoting multiple testimonials from women like Mrs. Waters of Camden and Mrs. C. A. Richnov[e] of Hanover. It claims cures for nervous spells and various female ailments and urges others to try the remedy. The text also includes brief dramatic anecdotes and jokes between unrelated subjects.
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