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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1911
Page
2
A collage of lighthearted and curious notes from March era Beaver Herald pages. Observations range from aviation, parades, and public works to humorous quips about cities like Chicago New York Medicine Hat and Philadelphia. Mentions include aircraft, locomotives, locusts, and a pearl-studded stew with Harvard economics.
Spite of jibes at women's fickleness, certain headwear remains in style. Three flattering hats for matrons are shown including the walking hat with velvet trim and drapery, and a toque built on a light wire frame with braid and ribbon plumes. Materials and trimming require expert millinery craft. Julia Bottomley.
Instructions describe making small comfort items for friends including crocheted cork holders with attached strings to protect needles, delicate crocheted vial covers for seed beads, and a pair of bedroom slippers from shell ribbed ribbon and shirred trim. Tips cover materials, assembly, and decorative finishing for use in a sewing society.
Describes an attractive white crepe de chine waist featuring varied width tucks and cream embroidery bands, with a guimpe of Valenciennes incerti on bands. The collar is edged in black velvet, and a knot on the front waistcoat is noted as an accompanying detail.
Discussion on cutout borders and simple borders for walls and curtains. Notes that large wallpapers can be divided into panels with ribbons or floral borders, and that panelled rooms require more elaborate furnishing to keep walls treated simply. References Sheraton and Adams furniture in style.
The ad describes a wedding silver service including four place settings with soup dessert tea and after-dinner cot for butter knives four sets of forks and two sets of steel knives with silver handles for carving. It notes two pars of tavers two ents of tarvers and a decorative chest lined with rose leather to hold the pieces.
Text describes gowns with metal fabrics and drapery details. A dressy gown falls from between the shoulders, with small metal pieces adding style to the design. The description emphasizes flexible and gutturing fabrics used in the attire.
Fragmented lines describe a student’s push to walk and grow through schooling and work. Mentions of college, a father figure, and developing a man through education appear amid garbled phrases and nonstandard speech. The text reflects a noisy excerpt with unclear context and several names scattered throughout.
Clyde Kansas story follows eight and ten year old Jake and Frank Brown who cultivate a 10 by 140 foot plot with help from their parents. They plant, weed, and sell surplus produce at a town meeting, earning a silver dollar and $12 saved for the bank while stocking the family pantry with canned goods and vegetables. Their effort impresses local farmers and shows youthful industry.
A Vincennes blaze sparked rumors that children were killed as figures were seen tossed from windows. It was later revealed the factory produced dolls and over 2,000 of them were destroyed, not human bodies, ending the panic.
Fragmentary verse about a kite, a string, and a windy sky. The garbled text hints at a childlike scene of a kite on a line, with mentions of wind, wings, and watching a string against a blue sky.
A Canadian designed ankle support for skates uses a steel plate along the heel with a dual hinge above it. It allows free ankle movement while preventing overbending to avoid sprains, helping beginners and those with weak ankles learn to skate with more confidence.
A Scientific American description reveals an inexpensive board game replicating baseball. A marble-driven chute at one corner guides the ball while a barrier must be passed. failure counts as a strike or an out if it lands in the “out” area. Numbered zones assign marble value and scoring.
Canada topped the National Corn Exposition in Columbus Ohio earning the silver trophy valued at 1500 for the best oats grown by Mewson Hild & Son of Lloydminster Saskatchewan. Alberta and other Western provinces also won awards for wheat barley and oats amid strong Canadian entries.
Fragmentary OCR passage shows dialogue about carrying a bat and tampa. Names and clear context are missing leaves. no coherent event or outcome can be established.
A little girl visits a host and looks through a family photograph album. She answers eagerly that they have a Vindy Vikett, noting the pictures are prettier, reflecting a playful, childlike exchange about images.
The Mich fana City magnate John Harker, who left more than $30 million to his 14 year old daughter, warned young men about speculation. He said speculators stand on shaky ground and never know peace as they fret over the money market while their wives worry about money.
A fragmentary Washington Herald snippet shows a cautious lawyer questioning someone about telling or selling something. The dialog hints at a legal context and a peculiar self description by a woman resembling a poust ie client, reflecting garbled OCR.
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