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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
3
A reader recounts a feared operation described as inevitable by a physician yet Miss Merkley escaped the procedure. The account reflects anxiety about abdominal or womb surgery and the terror of the hospital setting, highlighting the dread of the operating table.
An old beagle travels from Orangeville to Baltimore County seeking its former owner, County Commissioner Ph. Mann, amid tales of homing instinct. The piece blends local color with unrelated ads and anecdotes on coal, starch, and patent medicines, illustrating regional newspaper miscellany of the era.
The piece cites Lowndes claiming wasteful parenting persists across generations and ties thrift to survival. It includes testimonials on Dodd's Kidney Pills and notes on railroad securities ownership by savers, insurers, and institutions. It mentions Yucatan's independence and Siamese teakwood production with elephants and buffaloes aiding labor.
New York Tribune describes a daring Paris street con in which a clever thief used a runaway horse to lure its owner and a companion into a trap. Police later traced the theft to a pair of young swindlers, with bystander help and a shared disguise leading to their brief success before exposure.
The Portland Oregonian notes the death of Jenule Michel known as Old Lady Michel a picturesque squaw whose father hunted with Lewis and Clark. She sold baskets to summer visitors and helped dig clams for the Portland market amid a fading native community near Seaside.
Extensive plans are under way to improve the Suez Canal. The waterway will be widened to allow ships to pass at almost any point between Port Said and Suez, with constant dredging keeping depth around twenty eight feet. French submarines at Cherbourg have succeeded in diving while traveling at a power sight and a half knots.
A temperance lecture in Medford recounts Father Scully’s story of a Cambridge drunkard told he would turn into a rat if he did not reform. The man pondered the omen, returned home, and warned his wife to watch the cat if he began turning, highlighting the cautionary fable tone.
A fragment describes washing blankets in warm waters with soap, rinsing, and air drying on a line. It quotes Eleanor J. Parker and mentions a bachelor title. The text then delivers a garbled warning about a wedding lament and parental sorrow related to a bride.
A garbled, mixed source fragment touts health products and laundry starch. It includes claims for Hyindred Vitars Rew, mentions CHENEY & 0., and urges Defiance Cold Water Starch with 16 oz per package. It also contains a racialized excerpt about skin thickness and scattered consumer disclaimers.
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