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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
3
With the first signs of spring, millinery comes forward as an advance for warmer days. Women who shop early gain smarter hats for less, as winter styles remain dominant in straw velvets and furs, trimmed with roses ribbons and feathers, while Parisian imports forecast evolving flowered models over time.
The article details homemade violet perfumes and toilet waters, with recipes using violet pomade cassia and alcohol. It warns on imitations, notes aging improves scent, and advises tight corking and dark storage in glass containers with goss stoppers.
The latest models feature taffeta and chiffon over black silk with rich embroidery and various laces for a French air. Spring trimmings run lavish with ribbons, laces, braid, and taffeta bands, while light wraps remain essential to ward off colds and complete the season’s wardrobe.
A chatty narrative follows Tommy Braddon and Marjorie Verschoyle amid campus comedy. Leonard Ashwell flirts and photographs an actress image of Marjorie, prompting jealousy and a dramatic lake-side confrontation. The tale ends with Tommy venting disdain for the behavior of the pair.
At Glingow a Scottish Temperance Legislation board meeting, Alexander Ure argues prohibition cannot be forced nationwide. He says change comes from public opinion, needing a substantial majority to ban the drink traffic, with support varying across electors and regions.
In a Des Moines probate case a wealthy man's will left $12,400 to a Bethlehem New York relative and land worth about $4,000 on the condition the beneficiary remain sober for a set period. After evidence of a prolonged drunken spell the executors canceled the bequest and prepared to settle the estate. The surrogate was informed and the forfeiture was upheld.
The report notes rising absinthe use across Europe with Belgium banning production and sale, and Vaud canton adopting a popular veto. France reports historic consumption levels and a high density of liquor shops, while U S temperance leaders expand by appointing temperance secretaries for church branches.
A 1906 warning urges open windows for health during coughs and tuberculosis risk. It critiques home remedies and promotes a glycerin pine oil whisky mixture from Leach Chemical Co as a dangerous, untrustworthy preparation sold in bulk with dubious safety.
A Glasgow minister touts a germicide that purportedly cures all infections and diseases without hospital care or surgery, claiming 60 cured patients. Separately a phonographic alarm to call police via telephone warns burglars, repeating location data until help arrives. Italian-Irish links note Dublin's Lord Mayor Joseph Nannetti, elected since 1900.
A Montana man credits Grape Nuts with relieving long standing indigestion and nervousness. He says the product restored digestion and nerve strength, improved vision and mood, and left him feeling younger after years of illness. The testimonial, from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan, ends with a nod to the little book The road to Wellville.
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