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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
6
Readable fragments describe mixing lemon juice with orchard white to create a freckle and tan lotion for the face neck arms and hands. Ads tout cheap supply from grocers and drug stores and claim the lotion makes skin soft and white. The text includes a wartime era sentiment about a family and a service flag reference.
Advertisement describes kidney and bladder troubles, urging readers to try Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root herbal remedy. Promises relief for a run-down system and common kidney symptoms with a sample offer and drugstore purchase details. Mentions Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
A wartime ad urges soldiers in trenches to smoke Lucky Strike cigarettes, praising Kentucky Burley tobacco and pipe-like satisfaction. It links morale with cigarets for doctors nurses and officers, and notes weather and war hardships. Also promotes Cuticura soap and ointment with free samples order details.
A cryptic item notes a conceptual improvement aimed at altering a woman's form via an implied warp. The fragment hints at experimental methods and design goals without providing concrete steps or outcomes. No clear person or organization is identified within the readable text.
Ad touts "La Creole" Hair Dressing as a non dye restorer that darkens gray or faded hair gradually. Claims ease of use by comb or brush and guarantees results. Sold in drug stores or mailed for $1.20 by Van Vleet Mannfeld Drug Co, Memphis Tennessee.
A Victorian style housewife guides readers through practical dishes and pantry tips. Recipes include cucumber canapes with mayonnaise, green pepper with cheese, tomato and pineapple salad, radish slices, head lettuce with peanuts, barley pastry, molasses cookies, camp pudding, oatmeal sweetbread, potato coffee cake, and practical meal planning for unexpected guests. The piece also notes versatile soups, omelets, and a Fifteen Minute Pudding, ending with a signature by Thos. Kimwood.
A meal plan guide for the conscientious housewife outlines several recipes and techniques. It details boiling and blending steps for Boring Soup, Oatmeal Scrapple, Prune Ice Cream, Creamed Sardines, and Doughnuts with practical kitchen tips and adjustments.
The Germans failed to destroy a clock from a ruined church at Etreillers. The clock now sits as the front wall of a British Tommy’s hut amid debris, symbolizing time and Allied resilience, as reported by Popular Science Monthly.
The quote urges looking inward for lasting happiness that rests at home and will rise again if one digs for it. It attributes the idea to Marcus Aurelius and frames happiness as an internal, self-sourced fountain.
A brief remark on using items not for personal gain but to transfer them to another party. The comment emphasizes utility and transfer rather than ownership or use.
The longtime senator from New Hampshire, Gallinger, a senior member since 1801, is described as a strong driving force in the war senate. Though often businesslike in demeanor, he stays alert, uses precedents to avert defeats, and guides debates as minority leader with reverence for senate duty. Born on a New Hampshire farm eighty one years ago, he trained as a physician before entering public service in 1872 and has served in the senate continuously since 1891.
A young woman named Jane Gregory, daughter of the attorney general, applied at the U S Food Administration in Washington for a clerk position. She accepted the $80 minimum, listed Col B M House and Thomas Watt Gregory as references, and claimed three dependents. She has been placed in the office of Mrs Lloyd Allen and is helping prepare newspaper food stories.
New York’s Patrick Francis Murphy returns to pipe books business and congenial circle. The open season for banquets ends with his famed cheer and courage gospel. He delights audiences, including a Manhattan club banquet where President Wilson is entertained by Murphy’s humor.
John Burroughs marked his eighty first birthday with a quiet Hudson River celebration near Siehaldes on the west bank near Poughkeepsie. He reflected on nature and his annual rite of spring as birds and blooms return, while his wife Mrs. Burroughs was absent for the second birthday since her husband’s death last year.
A fragmentary dialogue references shifting times and calmer towns. Mentions Bron cho Hol and Orlingen Gulch, a dangerous frontier environment, and a rule about a tenderfoot returning with contraband that would trigger arrest.
An advertisement touts a dubious remedy for freckles promising dramatic skin clearing. It cites a mysterious formula and a guaranteed result while urging readers to seek a so called double remedy and order from a distant seller.
Fragmentary note records a personal demand or tease about kissing, mentioning a sum of more than £200 and a reference to Ted Crone in an informal, possibly dated exchange. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear context or events.
A congressman at a dinner extols American resourcefulness during the war, citing hard lessons with expensive French hotels and urging practical action. The tale shifts to a Paris jeweler where an American girl tells her father to buy a coronet, quipping she will find a duke to wear it if not a duchess.
In a playful Yonkers Statesman note, readers are teased about a light lunch dish described as sparrow pie. The quirky dialogue riffs on the dish’s simplicity and the crowd’s likely reaction, capturing a lighthearted moment in the paper’s pages.
A coastwise steamer navigates a treacherous passage, aging to alter its course and avoid collision with rocks. The maneuver preserves the vessel and passengers, with rescue crews on standby and local harbor authorities coordinating the response. The incident underscores the dangers of coastal navigation and the seamanship involved in quick, precise decisions.
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