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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
2
A jumble of late 19th to early 20th century notices includes Peregumentary ads for Peruna and Allen's Foot-Ease, a political convention entry for Chicago Great Western routes to 1900 events, and scattered quips about courtship and attire. The piece mixes product endorsements, a brief reference to national conventions, and miscellaneous society notes with conversational asides.
A brief period in every woman’s life is described as wonderful and pivotal. The text emphasizes reliance on a medicine said to aid the change and is linked to testimonials from an army of supporters. The language echoes health advertisement rhetoric with strong assurances.
A study of circumstantial evidence in murder trials cites Rol and Molineux among famous cases. The piece recounts pivotal executions linked to circumstantial proof, including Abner Ray and John Van Nim an, with notes on appeals and alleged later reversals and escapes.
The article recounts Jack Harris, once jailed in Chicago for a murder he claimed acted in self defense, later acquitted and vanished. He resurfaces as Maurica, now a Nome Nome mining figure with claims on Dominion creek and a fortune around $50,000 deposited, growing to about half a million in mining claims. He partners with Jim Grady, owns two saloons in Note, runs a gambling house, and uncovers an expected monthly income of $6,000 from a taro table. He plans to build an opera house and dance hall at Nome, aiming to consolidate wealth and relocate.
Clrance M. Wolfe and George W. Pigeott, water department employees in Chicago, are under arrest on charges of conspiracy to defraud the city. They allegedly altered water meter dials, including an incident at the Rainier hotel, to reduce recorded usage, with Chief of Detectives Colleran stating the scheme has likely cost the city up to 200000 in the past five years.
Shortly before Francis Dance died in 1834 a box with a museum donation was sealed until 1900. Trustees recently opened it and found only old fragments. The decision questioned leaving valuables to less discerning guardians. Hawaii poll context appears, but details are unclear.
Henry Cook a wealthy Scotch Plains farmer claims he never proposed to his wife and never knowingly courted Englehardt. She lured him to a Brooklyn ceremony with liquor and a coerced wedding by Rev Mr Loch. After the vows she refused to live with him and separated, prompting a court action in Union County based on their union and subsequent estrangement.
James McMuffen of Hutchinson Kansas lost his arm at a laundry when his hand rested too low near an iron wringer. The device’s high speed air currents drew the arm into the machine, separating it at the elbow with dramatic, inexplicable force. No visible injury appeared on the machine itself.
The Rev W B Johnson a Baptist minister at Bamberg South Carolina was named as the survivor in a shootout with neighbor W T Bellinger over fence fencing. Bellinger was mortally wounded by buckshot after firing four rounds with his revolver failing to hit the minister. Queen Victoria ordered electric lighting for St George's Chapel Windsor Castle and the Albert Memorial Chapel.
The article quotes Thomas Carlyle’s voice through a character in Sartor Resartus as he criticizes war. It imagines a British village Drumderdge sending thirty able men to fight in France, their labor and lives sacrificed at public expense, to fuel rulers’ enmities.
A unusual funeral in Cin elonotl featured an agnostic deceased who wished no religion. Attorney Sparks, also agnostic, would deliver a eulogy but was delayed. Rev George R Hobins led the service at 1521 Naymiller street before the crematory on Dixmyth avenue.
C P Huntington, a former business star and Pacific railway president, offers advice to ambitious boys and young men. He warns against indolence and prefers doing hard work over clerkships at starvation wages. He urges frugality, saving a dime daily, and reading useful books in leisure.
A garbled tale from The Philadelphia Press about a house painter and a quarrel with Jay Krank's men. The painter explains an incident where most of the paint ended up somewhere unexpected, leaving the outcome unclear and the scene marked by wit and confusion.
The Chan cellor recalls Wagner with mixed sentiment saying it was impossible to care for him as Wagner demanded admiration at every meal. The Coun ted Philosopher adds only wealth can buy the bottles that accompany such indulgence.
A fragmentary saying notes that a truthful man rarely achieves success as a Gsherinso and that when a clock is wound up to go a firm’s business also winds. The text appears as a cryptic, partial proverb rather than a complete news item.
Nutmegs are a popular American spice with about 1.6 million pounds imported annually to satisfy demand. European consumption is lower, while many other spices are used twice as much. Nutmegs are graded by quality, with the best at 70 to the pound and the next grade around 100 to 110 per pound.
A garbled notice cites a statistician claiming typewriter invention created 500000 jobs while omitted figures on stomach issues. It also advertises Hostetters Stomach Hitters and Allen’s Shoes to soothe feet and corns. The text references shoppers, a party prep line, and kin portraits in a parlor as decoration.
A garbled excerpt blends names, dates, and vague phrases about divorce courts and cures. It mentions pugilists, the Sealy, and odd product references, with scattered lines about money, stores, and misunderstanding.
A fragmented note describes a marriage plan based on money, failing as neither party keeps funds. An 8 B Convention at Charleston in July advertises tickets via Chattanooga Knoxville Asheville and Spartansburg with return routes through Norfolk Old Point Comfort Richmond and White Sulphur Springs Va. For Taps time cards address J C Tucker 224 Clark St Chicago. A physician cites the healthiest position to lie with head to the north. People who keep hens should remember this.
A fragment hints at a bargain display featuring Red Cross Ball Blue large 268 package priced at six cents. The note mentions laundry work and a casual reference to someone having “a time” the next morning.
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