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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
7
A garbled humorous fragment blends quips about a Teuron commander in Francon with odd household tips. The voice mocks wartime rhetoric while advertising scalp cleansers and fashion hints. The piece references Li Creole Hale Dressing and Crom Blue Air growers amid clipped, jittery dialogue.
Fragmentary note references Upson Smith and his wife with phrases about lockjaw and a painful affliction, unclear names, and awkward terms. No coherent event or dates emerge, leaving the item as a puzzling, partially readable snippet.
The article explains platoon versus squad and company drill, defining the platoon as the fire unit and detailing commands for forming lines and columns. It covers leadership, formation, and extended order drill in both parade and field contexts with emphasis on practical execution.
The maneuver describes forming platoon columns and directing platoons in marching and marking time. It covers pivot and guide positions, front rank alignment, oblique steps to the right, and the sequence from preparatory orders to march and halt. It ends with the platoon leaders turning and aligning toward the turning point.
The article details extended order drill stressing three aims discipline and uniform movement visual appeal and esprit de corps. It highlights teamwork as essential for combat readiness and explains commands for subordinates to act with initiative while maintaining overall plan and communication with superiors.
The passage laments modern life in the United States as a frenzied rush toward self destruction. It warns that excitement, restless rocks, and polluted sensibilities erode natural energy and personal enjoyment as people fail to wonder at life’s unexplored aspects.
The cockerels go to market when they bring the best price. Sell young males to meet demand. Leghorn cockerels profit most as broilers. Wyandotte and others may fetch higher as small roosters. A farmer with an egg or milk route can satisfy local customers with broilers. This captures full value locally rather than shipping chicks to distant cities.
The guidance divides poultry feeding into grain food vegetable food meat food minerals and abundant clean water. Readers are urged to ensure all five are provided though a flock can survive with one or two missing, best results come from using all five. The first and fifth categories are deemed most important.
Market broilers are young chickens dressed at three fourths to two pounds. They are sold at six to twelve weeks. Demand favors small to large broilers: three to four pounds? Wait. (Note: Source text contains inconsistencies and OCR errors. summary preserves core weight ranges and age.)
The article advises culling flock promptly while providing a week or ten days of extra care and feed to the remaining birds. Shipping to a city commission merchant requires sorting fowls by age and general appearance to maximize market value and price.
Chickens enjoy roaming a sand heap and thrive on clean boards and feeding troughs. A sand box filled with mand aids digestion as droppings are absorbed and scrapped away. Commercial grit cannot fully replace gravel for hens.
Fragmented OCR passage shows distorted phrases about a wiccom fal Marine pointer and a speaker claiming there are many vocalists who bow to nallie mn esvve. The text is garbled with nonsensical lines and lacks clear events or names to confirm a coherent news item.
Cincinnati readers learn a claimed remedy to lift corns and calluses without pain. Freezone, a small bottle, supposedly soothes soreness and loosens the corn or callus for easy removal, no trimming needed, and is inexpensive at drugstores. If unavailable, ask the druggist to source it.
A fragmented OCR item hints at a chaotic scene with mentions of a fire sale and a tense reaction. Names and specifics are unclear, but the text implies a startled crowd reacting to an emergency or sale event at a store. No coherent details on date, place, or participants are readable.
In a lively village corner, a tall man lists many money synonyms such as tin nineuma kale and dough while a solemn observer ponders aloud the ultimate word, prompting a playful exchange on wealth and language in a Birmingham age.
General Pershing recounts a young American's chat on a voyage about leave. He dreams of sightseeing at Notre Dame in Paris and Westminster Abbey in London, but the priority is a visit to the Church of England, as a Scottish volunteer and others react. The narrative highlights national voices and eager anticipation to see iconic sites.
A brief exchange quotes James blamed for a short week’s pay as he explains to his partner he had to meet an installment on his Liberty bond. The piece notes a mood where “Killing time” season opens for some people as the season begins.
In this fragment a tense exchange unfolds as one character warns another about revealing hidden thoughts. The dialogue hints at secrets and social pressure within a crowded setting, with emphasis on interruption and misreading intentions. The scene suggests tension between characters named Merle Horner and Toraee as others listen.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss counterfeit money, a price of one dollar, and references to a Paris Latin Quarter, a hair treatment claim, and warnings about bad company. The text blends ad style with scattered phrases about imitation, wealth, and deception.
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