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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
3
In a village gathering a discussion turns to Aunt Sin who explains she wears a scarf as a hearing aid. The contrivance blocks other sounds while letting human voices through enabling her to hear whispers and protect her from mischief as friends share jokes behind her back.
A long Tribune style reminiscence recounts Dr HM Chapin of New York and a comic encounter with Knowlton while visiting a summer home. The tale centers on a ride around the cape and a jokingly charged fare, revealing social oddities of visitors and locals. The passage ends with a lyrical tribute to a beloved, recalling youth and memories.
A Boston Herald note recalls a child asking who rules the United States after a presidential shooting. The aunt explains the country has presidents not kings and elections every four years.
Island Pond resident George N. Dale pursued a long outstanding bill from a Frenchman Felix for legal services. When Felix met the governor on the street he quipped about owing him. Later near Felix’s home the governor halted his horse and asked about the potatoes, Felix replying that the spuds ran out of the garden as he expected.
In a strange dialogue a speaker recalls a dream of an angel warning to prepare for the worst. The next day a cook left, and the speaker notes his wife has since done the cooking, implying a dire omen from the dream.
A 1905 advertisement recounts a severe eczema case solved by Cuticura. Mrs Emma White of Camden describes months of agony, facial scarring, and eye involvement before the cream’s use cleared her skin. The piece also notes a Birmingham vicar condemning rice waste of 8000 pounds yearly as a charity prompt.
A court ruled in favor of the World's Dispensary Medical Association led by Dr. R V Pierce in a libel suit against Curtis Publishing Co over Ladies' Home Journal claims that Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription contained alcohol and harmful ingredients. The defense argued the medicine contained no alcohol or deleterious substances and cited ingredients from native roots. The publication later retracted the claim and stated analyses found no alcohol plum or digitalis in the formula.
Fragmented text reviews legal position of Queen and her private deities under English law, mentions royal protection or lack thereof. Includes quips about King’s sporting record and a stray advertisment from an Indian newspaper, plus notes on travel fares to Pacific coast and garbled admonitions about Garfield Tea as a cure all.
Fragmented ad copy extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for women health issues, claiming life years of free guidance from Mrs Pinkham and promising relief from nervousness, headaches, and stomach ailments, with testimonial names and dates implied in vintage style.
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