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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
2
A Morne based tale recounts a failed international marriage. Henry P Davison recalls a Paint Rock millionaire whose daughter wed a count. At a dinner the guest watched the host remove plates, then wake him from his dream of being a real count at a castle overlooking Paint Rock.
In Banana City Star's Oddities column, Brother Deny pleads for a costly dental fix while the dentist proposes partial payments. The judge notes the expense and asks for a halfway palliation, highlighting the financial strain on Kain't yo'all.
A reader describes consulting a beauty doctor about complexion. The exchange asks if any hope is offered and notes the doctor’s pleasant manner in conversation but disagreeable to listen to.
In a London Punch mock scene, Crawshaw hosts a convivial wartime dinner where guests pledge money for a soldiers relief fund. The evening derails into a discussion of war efforts, with shilling and sovereign contributions, a missing man in the platoon, and a push for front-line service. Chapman, urged by others, critiques Crawshaw’s suitability for front lines but acknowledges the morale boost he would bring.
Billy Mooney, after ramming a barber shop in Centerville for two or three years, decides to become a dentist. His boss drops in and jokes that dentistry should be easy since he already knows how to work the chair.
A quirky fragment shows dialogue about offerings of a name and a man’s money in a social scene. The exchange hints at past engagement and a woman’s perceived age with a wry, dated tone.
The North Dakota judge denounces liquor sellers and urges reform after a man murdered his wife while intoxicated by alcohol procured across the river in Moorhead Minnesota. He calls for stripping legal defenses that excuse suppliers and insists on accountability for those who sell intoxicants.
Dr C W Saleeby argues in the Daily Chronicle of Manchester that Britain should plant wheat rather than barley to produce bread, condemning barley for beer and urging a wartime shift to food over poison. He cites the czar’s warning on national welfare and frames 1915 as a pivotal year for life over death.
A Topeka ruling defines drunkenness by detected liquor odor and boisterous talk. It imagines New York would yield 750,000 drunk and disorderly arrests daily, Chicago 400,000, Philadelphia 308,000. The piece mocks Topeka’s nondescript saloons and cites local policeman counts. It notes Kokomo’s industries claim Blue Monday is a thing of the past with saloons gone. It also cites Georgia’s Supreme Court ruling that liquor debt is not collectible.
An essay explores why birds sing linking it to mating and feeding. nightingales sing for mates during nesting and switch to a croak when eggs hatch. A Hofmann tale shows a concertgoer mistaken as drunk for lacking tickets, quipping he is indeed drunk to attend a piano recital.
A Brooklyn tank clerk stole money and fled with a chorus girl. Fanny Crosby, blind author of many hymns, remarked that every man becomes a fool when a web of lace is spread, signing the tale with a wry moral about deceit and vanity.
A reflective line on marriage suggesting it dulls life’s excitement and novelty, portraying matrimony as a steadying force that can dampen thrill. The speaker casts marriage as a conventional routine rather than a dynamic, changing partnership.
A terse quote describes a convict who escaped as one of the prison’s most police minded inmates. He interrupted with a quip about liberty and finishing what he started, reflecting on a gentler world if people completed all their tasks.
Humbled discussion on market strategy. Wotton hosts a gathering of local bands including Ouark Band Co and Hamedek inMo, with focus on merchandise and promotional talk.
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