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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
7
A garbled oral fragment mentions a night sounds and a bed ticking. The speaker questions a soft real Absolution movement and predicts it will end up in a certain way. The text shows distorted phrases and unclear context.
A lighthearted chat from Person'n Weekly notes Patrick is stuck in a bag up to his ankles. Michael suggests he can escape if only ankles are covered, while Jamen and Mike catch the humorous twist that he went in head first.
The Drexel Institute in Philadelphia seeks boarding house housing for older nonresident women students who cannot attend city schools. An assistant dean will oversee the group and require permission for departures. The text also mixes in disparate topics including grape seed oil byproducts and a prison incident recounted by Bartlett G. Yung in World's Work.
A testimonial notes that switching from coffee to Postum improves digestion and strength. A woman reports recovery of appetite, steadier nerves, and energy after five years using Postum, attributed to its nourishment without coffee. The ad promotes Postum in two forms, highlighted by a customer example from Battle Creek, Michigan.
A fragmented 19th century style recipe advises cleansing cranberries and other foods to remove poisons. It suggests boiling berries in water with soda until bursting, then rinsing in cold water and cooking with sugar. It also claims treated foods like beans and rice shed unwanted compounds and coatings.
A young hon served coffee in orange cups learned at a New Orleans cafe. The rind forms a natural cup by folding the orange half, filled with hot black coffee and sugar dipped cogone. A match sets alight brandy to perfume the oil, producing a bright display as each orange rests on a small plate.
A vintage recipe outlines simmering calf tongue and head meat in a seasoned broth. It describes skimming, removing bits, straining, thickening with browned flour and butter, adding sherry and lemon juice, then shaping forcemeat balls with brains and yolk, baked to a crust for serving in a tureen.
Melt butter in a double boiler then whisk in flour sugar made mustard paprika salt and white pepper. Gradually stir in half a pint boiling water and three drops Worcestershire until thickened five minutes. Adjust with water if too thick. Serve hot over shredded cabbage or cold for salads.
A step by step home recipe describes boiling one cup each sliced turnips potatoes and carrots until tender. It instructs browning butter with minced onion, adding browned flour then hot water to form a sauce, mixing in vegetables, seasoning with salt and pepper, simmering thirty minutes and finishing with chopped parsley sprinkled atop.
Instructions for a bread pudding mix include dry bread to fill a quart pan two thirds full after soaking one half cup melted fat two cups sugar brown if available one cup chopped suet or pork two eggs a plate of milk two cups chopped raisins and optional spices such as nutmeg and clove bake slowly all night with a long slow bake suggested.
A vintage recipe from The Mother's Magazine outlines curried eggs fried with chopped onion and apple, then enriched with butter, almonds and milk. Thickened with cornflour, seasoned with besan and curry powder, and simmered ten minutes. Serve hot with croutons and garnish with fried parsley.
Two women discuss Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and relief from headaches and fatigue. Letters from Mrs M R Karachnick of Chicago and Mrs J W Sheenan of Dayton claim benefit, urging others to write for confidential advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co.
The notice invites readers to seek 160 acre homesteads in Western Canada and cheap lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. It promises welcome to farmers and families, highlights Canada’s 1913 grain yield and rich grasses, and urges writing to immigration superintendents in Ottawa and Kansas City for literature and reduced railway rates.
A fragmentary column details overheard malapropisms and sharp witticisms at a family dinner with Mildred Browning and Mrs Beacon Hill. The dialogue centers on Pierre Lite and Browning defending cheeky remarks while a bashful guest is cited for social missteps.
Scourge still deadly say national health bodies. Claims of a cure by individuals are dismissed as misleading. Authorities state no drug or treatment has proven curative beyond fresh air and good food, and warn against patent medicines, radium, X rays, or poultices.
In Washington Senator Joseph KK Banadelllas argues for a bill to abolish divorce, claiming it would reduce immorality and promote sound thinking. A related anecdote features a businessman returning home to find his son at his wife's dressing table, joking about mixing quinine with powder as his mother drives off with Mr. Smith.
An old advertisement fragment describes Cuticura Soap and Ointment claiming cure for face eruptions once thought to be seed warts. It details a testimonial by LeRoy O’ffrien, dated May 12 1914, and mentions free samples and world sale of Cuticura products. The text blends with other consumer notices and miscellaneous items about baths and art news.
An ad touts Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable digestant that aids digestion, liver function, and waste elimination. It claims long life benefits, painless ease of digestion, and relief from constipation and headaches. A free sample bottle offer is available by mail.
The World Work recounts early 18th century English schemes that promised vast profits from ventures like wreck fishing on the Irish coast and importing lumber from Spain. Promoters reportedly gathered thousands of subscriptions in a single morning and sold hundreds more shares by afternoon, reflecting a wave of speculative schemes that followed bold claims and eager investors.
The article notes that safety lamps fail to fully protect miners. Experiments show a wire on a safety lamp’s two volt battery terminals can glow red hot and ignite. Miners have improvised lighters from the current line, challenging the lamp’s effectiveness and blaming miner carelessness.
The Anglo French Telephone company completed its installation in Constantinople after securing a Turkish concession three years ago. The public service was officially inaugurated and covers about 25 000 miles of wires, including eight submarine cables under the Bosporus, the Golden Horn, and the Gulf of Gemid. There are 4 000 subscribers. Operators are native Greek, Armenian, and Jewish women, and even Turkish workers.
An old style ad asserts Castoria as a safe cure for infants and children, boasting over 30 years of use and urging demand from Philadelphia Public Leader readers. It touts brands like Peesimint and Optimint as worthy purchases.
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