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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
3
A fragment from a comic scene shows a farmer arguing over holiday pay while a hired man hesitates. An ad promotes Cuticura for tender skin care claiming a cuticura way with free samples. A humorous note comments on a department store ad seeking girls for men’s neckwear.
A Memphis story centers on a daughter pressured by her father to marry for money. The tale involves questions of wealth and intelligence and an interest in a match within the city.
A long observed section on home canning explains sterilization, proper jar sealing, and blanching times for fruits and vegetables. It also covers general cooking guidance, cake and butter cake ratios, and several practical recipes including Tomato Rice on Cabbage and Stuffed Tomato Salad.
The Sioux Falls Paper editorializes on the perceived success of Prohibition in South Dakota. It cites declines in crime and poverty and boosts in legitimate business, arguing Prohibition has reclaimed broken down men who had fallen to drink and regained their dignity and productivity.
Daniel A. Poling warns against alcohol as an enemy corrupting clear minds and future generations. He argues it endangers lives and the nation’s moral health, urging America to seek sobriety and strength to meet its challenges.
In Birmingham Alabama the jail population rose to 200 plus inmates before prohibition and fell to 70 today, largely colored women. The city faces new challenges managing prisoners and relies on paid labor for street cleaning and garbage collection. The facility has been closed for lack of prisoners and offered to the government for a reconstruction hospital.
An Oregon editorial cites a Louisville leader praising a square deal for workers and beer or whisky access. It notes Oregon shipyards expanding production with contented, efficient labor and one drinker noted for disorderly behavior.
Mr Dooley, the American philosopher, explains why nations grow weak against drink. He notes the public bar and society men mock him, barleycorn jokes abound, and the world wakes to the claim that he is no good at that age.
Fragmentary dialogue describes a drinker inviting Brown and Smith to join in a plan to visit a bank and buy thrift stamps instead of a drink. The text hints at social exchange and restraint from alcohol but is garbled and incomplete.
An Alsatian correspondent to Dr David Stier Jordan describes bugle calls heard in Prone that echo the signals of peninsular practice. The notes include reveille snag call officer call and rare general call, explained as calls displayed in Washington during the War of Independence.
In a humorous sketch from Rumpus Tidge Arkansas a character named Gop Johnson jokes about balancing many children and work, criticizing a man who cannot serve two masters while playfully boasting about managing fourteen or fifteen offspring.
An advertisement touts a freckle lightening lotion using lemon juice combined with three ounces of orchard white. It promises fading freckles on the face neck arms and hands at very low cost and claims the skin will become clear and white.
Castoria ABTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil Drops and Goothing Syrups. It is pleasant and contains neither opium morphine nor other narcotics. It has been in constant use for over thirty years to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and distressed states in children and adults.
A Minota town tale recounts overheard remarks at a wedding about the bride and mother, with neighbors joking on crying, love, and family dynamics. The speech includes quirky quips on money, charity, and reformation.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at health warnings about kidneys and overall strength. It includes stray phrases about treatment, cautions, and unrelated names, lacking clear context, dates, or sources to verify.
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