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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
2
Fragmentary 19th century newspaper text recounts a troubled marriage ceremony amid illness and scandal. The narrative weaves medical remedies, kidney disease, and a recalled wedding with dramatic reactions, interlaced with brief notices and personal items.
Mistress Rosemary Allyn recalls life at the Manor and a perilous escape. The narrator’s father confronts a torn past tied to a royal audience, a dangerous letter, and a convoy moving toward London. As the pursuit narrows, tensions rise over a paper that could alter loyalties and fate.
A scene of farewell as Lord Waters sleeps, jealousy fades between Gil and Noel, and a pair of Belgian mares carries the party from a moonlit, rugged road. Nance shows a tear while a young lord prepares to depart, leaving a tense but hopeful mood amid a setting of gnarled birch and a moonlit path.
A discredited actor fired for drinking seeks revenge on Frederick Ward. During a garden scene Ward is egged by a conspirator named Caele, causing chaos and forcing Ward to abandon handshakes. The incident ends Ward’s performance and stirs audience astonishment. A separate tale recalls a cadaverous organ grinder seeking charity then reappearing years later in another city with the same plea.
A Washington post office report warns of a trend order urging production of counterfeit whisky without a still. The recipe mixes logwood extract, cologne sprite, rye, and water to create an allegedly drinkable beverage at 25 cents a quart. The piece notes local dealers can profit by selling such fakes while evading taxes, but customers are often duped early.
A quirky exchange features a young yeoman asking about enjoying classical music. Mr Camos ros expresses enjoyment but doubts the tunes would improve with mandolin or banjo. The dialogue hints at playful skepticism toward instrument choice.
The article extols drainage to lower the water table for fruit trees and argues planting on suitable soils aids deep root growth, while farming should direct growth toward edible fruit. It cautions against overreliance on nature, notes the value of human care, and praises honey bees as beneficial to orchards with no loss to soil fertility.
Disease in potatoes warns landowners to collect and destroy rotting tubers to prevent winter soil carryover. An New York farmer reports higher profit from a 20 acre apple operation than from 145 acres of other crops, with net around $1000 yearly per small orchard, using mulching and careful spraying and pruning, suggesting orcharding as a strong alternative.
An old advertisement extols Defiance Colt Water Starch for better value and more for the money, claims of quick curing medicines, and generic endorsements. It touts products like Piso's Cure, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders, and Lavattye Birans Quinine, urging readers to choose Defiance Starch and avoid inferior brands.
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