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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
6
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Barnes of Kingsdown Kansas report relief from stomach ailments headaches and poor appetite after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The husband notes his wife’s complexion improved and headaches stopped while he also felt better. A contrasting Punch cartoon fragment about the old skipper and a sailor adds period voice.
An ad asserts Hanford's Balsamee is guaranteed to cure ailments and injuries that can be treated externally with a refund from the dealer if unsatisfied. The copy shutters between questions about life insurance and a breezy Yonkers California mention, reflecting fragmented early 20th century ad phrasing.
A jumbled OCR fragment mentions Hanford's Naipam for bunions and advise applying nightly. It includes a wry line about loving and loss, a cheerful phrase about Amite and beauty, a Red Creme Tall Blu product, and a note that borrowed money quickly becomes borrowed trouble.
A Bronton Ohio woman writes that after eight months of illness she could not sit up or sleep well and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health. Her daughter, a schoolgirl, also recovered from nervous weakness, and the letter endorses the remedy for other suffering women.
An early spring guide urges saving soil moisture by leaving a thin crust until oats are sown, then disk or harrow to form a loose mulch. It explains crust removal speeds moisture retention, improves plow soil contact, and criticizes delaying crust breaking before corn planting.
Sudan grass yields three to four cuttings in irrigation, producing three to six tons of dry hay per acre, but its feeding value lags alfalfa. It tolerates alkali and drought better, yet may foster Johnson grass pests. best grown with alfalfa or cowpen hay and planted after frost with ten pounds seed per acre.
The article explains hare-fallowing and a two year rotation combining fodder and wheat. It describes plowing after harvest, reseeding next season, and the alternation of crops to balance wheat yield with fodder supply under varying moisture and dry conditions.
A Cincinnati lecture traces Celtic influence in literature from Brittany and Wales through Cornwall Ireland and Cornwall. It argues the nomad jongleur may have originated in Wales and spread Celtic poetry across Celtic Saxon Norman realms via wandering bards.
The London Chronicle notes Xerxes punished the Hellespont after a storm wrecked boats from Abydos to Sestos. He had engineers decapitated and 300 lashes given to the strait, with iron fetters lowered into the water. Herodotus cites similar tales with harsh proclamations by the king.
In a New York subway car a fashionable hat trim tangled with eyeglasses worn by two men. As the wearer moved, strings snagged the glasses, one man stood to exit, the hat pushed free hair, the glasses fell and broke. The woman murmured a restrained oath.
A fragmentary dialogue questions why the anticruelty society fails to target Wall Street while debating whether bullfights and boar pits exist there. The terse exchange hints at social reform debates and urban hypocrisy.
An unclear fragment suggests a college sprinter tied to a family record in running. The readable words imply a debate over a personal best or lineage, but key names, dates, and affiliations are missing. Further context would be needed to identify the athlete and the record referenced.
A lengthy, fragmented humorous piece recounts a New York reporter tale about a steel trust probe. It includes a quip by Norman B. Ream and fills with assorted rural and city anecdotes, puns, and mock-dialogue about mistaken pheasant and crow served, plus miscellaneous witticisms.
A wandering salesman recounts a comic misadventure in eastern Pennsylvania involving a rough ride to a county seat, a jailhouse grin, and a proposed 30 day jail trade that the law disallows. The fragment blends anecdotes with a stray humorous snippet from the New York Sun.
Soldiers at the front report Gen Sir Philip Chetwood calmly smoking a cigarette while shells fall around him. A front-line tribute notes the calm leadership, with German troops receiving two cigars and two cigarettes daily along the western frontier.
Betty milking a cow as a mad bull charged the field. The bull stopped within yards of Betty and the cow, then turned away. Onlookers asked why. Betty replied the bull got scared. The joke ends with the line that the cow is his mother-in-law.
A humorous exchange shows Pleasant Prospect and Countryman selecting a long lasting cigar. The tobacconist assures the smoke will endure, remarking it will last until they are both quite old.
A brief exchange set in Indianapolis hints at urban life with a question about downtown living and a remark on work and pulling. The fragment implies a contrast between residence height and career effort, reflecting city living themes.
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