Farmer Fast at the Oklahoma State Fair
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
4
Ninth Annual Oklahoma State Fair Promises Rich Prizes
The ninth annual Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition will run eight days from September 2 to October 2 in Oklahoma City. Prizes exceed six hundred for hogs and two thousand for poultry with extensive agricultural and livestock exhibits. The event features auto and motorcycle races, a university football game, a grand night show, and daily performances by Makovaky and his Metropolitan Band plus a biplane display by Huth Law.
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Okahoma
Chin
Ivestock
Jack
Oklahoma University
Central State Normal Recbooi
Makovaky
Huth Law
Tve
bead+ Mae
Paulo
Oklahoma City
Wise Habit of Silence and Unspoken Words
A fragmentary editorial peculiarity discusses restraint in speech and its value. It cites historic precedents and a joking exchange about expenditures and cackling, contrasting prudent silence with costly chatter. The source text is garbled and presents composite quotes from a Boston era.
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Rome
Boston
New York City Health Dept Launches Aggressive War on Alcohol
The New York City board of health adopts a systematic anti alcohol program led by Dr. Stglamund e Goldwater. Publicity will target luxury and low end drinking, aiming to reduce alcohol related disease and crime across the city. The move mirrors prior state Health Hints and is met with cautious medical support.
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New York
Ite
Stglamunde Goldwater
Mys
New York City
Health Department
Thin Seld
New York State Board of Health
Chicago Going Dry and Its Implications
The Chicago talk centers on a looming dry era as the city nears prohibition. A baseball metaphor frames the moment with three balls and two strikes. Local saloonkeepers face ruin, while women and community action are seen as decisive forces in enforcing prohibition.
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Billy Sunday
Chicago
Han
Chicago Tribune
Olftimer
Ortescrosa
Evanston
Prohibition Backlash Hits Stocks In Distilleries
A Washington correspondent notes prohibition effects on stocks with Distilleries Securities falling from around nineteen to as low as two and a half. Many distilleries in dry states have liquidated voluntarily while several brewery firms in Ohio and Minnesota have been placed in receivership.
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New York
Washington
D. C
Distilleries Securities Company
Olio
Mitneis
Noticed Rhetoric in Drink Trade Appeals
A reader cites an exchange criticizing liquor lobby tactics. The passage mocks high sounding names like Home Rule as a cover for behind the scenes influence, noting dealers cloak propositions with catchy titles while avoiding direct confrontation.
HARTS OF DETROIT LAUD WAR-DRIVEN PRICES IN NY MEETING
Detroit surgeon leader praises wartime demand pushing benzoic acid to 1.05 a pound. He recalls old Josh Lee, a frugal miser who tricked himself with a whisky improvised meal after overeating stale oatmeal, ending with a sharp quip.
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Harts
Detroit
American Surgical Trade Associon
New York
Josh Lee
Josh
Washington Star
Bathing Trains for Soldiers at the Front
Allied commanders stress cleanliness to curb disease and deaths, with hot baths arranged near front lines. Germans deploy railed bathing trains: locomotives, water tanks, three bath cars, and cold shower compartments. Each train holds 2,600 gallons of water and serves about 60 soldiers per hot bath cycle.
Distressing pimples and remedies advertised in print
An old advertisement fragment promotes Cuticura soap and ointment for skin care with free samples via mail offers from Boston. The text blends product pitches with stray quotes and unrelated chatter about wages, hotels, a war discussion, dehorning cattle, and a tax note, reflecting a chaotic newspaper page mix.
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Mali
Addrons
Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Frontiersman Courtship Tale From the Old Country
A reader recounts how on the frontier courtship bypassed formal European manners. A grandfather travels from his homeland to Missouri in 1881, courting Elinor MeClenny with Squire MeClenny’s blessing and a swift wedding two weeks after the proposal.
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New Orleans
Missionippi
St. Louis
Missouri River
Et Loule
Julius
Grandfather
Squire Me
Elinor
Eilinor
Khaki Clad Women Salute In War Time Courtesy
London Times reports women in khaki salute army officers in the street with initiative and neatness, praising Women's Volunteer Reserve and Women's Reserve imbalance. Yeomanry and hospital corps wear khaki and gain recognition as men back from front pay tribute to these women in khaki. French and Belgian officers are quick to acknowledge the courtesy.
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Women's Volunteer Reserve
Women's Reserve
Women's Corp
Women's Hospital Corps
Activities of Women in War Time Society and Work
English society girls join wartime labor with Grace Funk hailed as St Paul’s top girl athlete. Over 50,100 women work in English munitions factories. Queen Mary donates to London School of Medicine for Women. A Russian Flying corps girl from a high school battles in Kiel, wounded yet keeps control of her aircraft. Includes light cultural quips on imprisonment and propriety.
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Golde
of & A
London School of Medicine For
Ruslan Flying Corps
Gerelan
Kiel
Office Chatter and Quirky Schoolhouse Customs Narrated
A brief vignette describes workplace chatter about a new blotter and its “dirty work” yet absorbing nature. It notes nineteenth century customs where dictionaries were chained in schoolhomes and Kibtes in churches due to their rarity and elegance.
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Reaon
Return of a Photograph Sparks Odd Train Request
A woman asks for her photograph to be returned after a moment of “giriiah folly” and offers to send her entire 500 photo collection by passenger train at her expense. Farmer Corntuasel replies with wit about habits and lemons, hinting at a humorous misunderstanding.
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Ahe
Ancient London marked pocket watch tale in Brattleboro garden
Found watch bearing a London 1704 hallmark and King George issued mark from 1763. Noted is a peculiar design with worn steel parts and a largely intact body. The text also recalls a personal exchange about vacation fishing and high meal prices during a rough stay.
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Edeward St
Noyes
Brattleboro
London
George
Fragmented Quote Capsule Reflects Sharp Social Jabs
A garbled excerpt shows hostile dialogue about money and status with stray phrases about payments, bankruptcy, and a judge. The text also mentions a biting creature, a Balvam product, and a vague life reflection about self-study through a microscope, all in disjointed form.
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