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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
2
A snapshot of eclectic clippings: mentions of figures like Laurier and Roosevelt, rail prices, weathered jokes about divorce and poetry, Alaska wireless news, British labor exchange plans, and a mix of social quirks from Boston concert fashions to Detroit politics. Names, places, and events pepper the page in a collage of early 20th century curios.
A fragment questions whether the old Kanean who profited by selling water at six dollars a gallon advanced the temperance cause. The brief notes the irony of wealth from a supposed moral crusade.
Describes enduring concrete features across ancient sites Colchester and Rochester castles show encasing boards marks while Agrippa's pantheon dome reaches 142 feet in diameter. Finds of concrete fragments also appear in Mexico and Pera, highlighting widespread historic use.
A student named Stintson was found hanged from a sapling on school grounds after a months long rebellion by pupils at White County. Investigators seek motive and potential arrests as county authorities review the abuse allegations and discipline practices at the school.
A humorous memoir of returning to the United States after travel abroad. The narrator recounts misadventures on a voyage, encounters with an American captain, and a cowboy ally who funds a wild scheme to create Hippo d sausage skin coverings. The piece ends with plans to form the American Africa International Hippo Moose Sausage Skin Company Limited and marry the girl involved.
A Cleveland Leader comment jokes about vaudeville routine variation and the faith cure craze. The dialogue lampoons performers asking about timing and a singer's reply. A philosopher voice mocks the faith cure movement's reliability and pervasive belief.
The piece notes Germany’s nearly universal social insurance for sickness accidents and disability, begun over 20 years ago, with hundreds of millions covered, highlighting benefits to workers and society. It argues the program reduces poor relief, secures workers’ rights, and fosters industrial peace, urging study of its extensions.
An old advertisement extols a laxative claimed to suit children's needs, touting purity and government approval while urging households to keep a remedy handy. It mentions curballs of anemia, headaches, and digestion, and ends with a skating cartoon caption.
The anecdote recalls George Ade on a train from New Orleans noticing a tall footed sheet writer among racetrack men. It notes his claim that the reporter shined one shoe and carried a suitcase, as quoted from Success Magazine and Harris Great Good Humor. It includes James W. Lee on Joe Chandler Harris and a dying father joke about being “about the extent of a tenth of a gnat's eyebrow better.”
In a after-dinner exchange Mr Brown claims wives endure more duties while Mrs Brown lists cooking washing clothes child care cleaning and home upkeep. She adds a final charge that wives must also shield husbands from foolish actions in a sharp Philadelphia Telegraph tone.
A physician recounts illness with a failing stomach and how Grape Nuts and cream aided recovery. Four tablespoonfuls three times daily for two weeks restored nourishment and strength, with the food praised as perfect for difficult digestion. The ad argues Grape Nuts could save lives if prescribed by doctors.
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