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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
6
A fragmentary discussion traces the nickname Jack to laborers and porters, noting usage among workers and the evolution of terms like Jack and Jerk. It links racial and class associations to language shifts and mentions English Anglicization of foreign names within occupational slang.
Fragmented readable lines reflect a meditation on life troubles and endurance. The speaker notes how battles and worries leave traces on faces and thoughts. The text questions value of wealth versus ordinary troubles and ponders what lasts beyond memory.
A recreated recipe column excerpt offers a collage of temperate dishes and culinary steps. It lists banana tile, Pronéh potato cutter, honey mousse, tomato with ham, carrots a la poulette, green beans with beurre, chicken jelly salad, and a peach pudding with meringue. The prose suggests a family kitchen guide with varied techniques and homemade dressing.
The piece cites Charles Hughes and college reading, contrasts scientists and novelists, notes library examples at Brown University, and discusses how reading for pleasure and discipline shapes education. It references Darwin, Johnson, Asquith, and Autobiography, arguing varied reading feeds both curiosity and rigor.
The narrator reflects on a young graduate aiming for a saleswoman career in a department store. She seeks guidance on chances, training, and future prospects, noting the high competition and required dedication. The piece contrasts glamorous salaries with the effort needed and ends with a brief, unrelated exchange about language and grammar.
A humorous tale recounts Frederick the Great seeking giant soldiers, using trickery with a tall wife and a note to trap a corporal, ending in a comic misfire. The Erie to New York barge canal shifts to modern self propelled barges built in Duluth, 140 horsepower diesels, 250 feet long, 2100 tons displacement, with electric systems and 1600 to 1700 ton cargo capacity.
In a North Ayeshire mining village, striking miners’ families allegedly pressure locals for meals. At midday roughly 70 percent of children refused soup, preferring bread. Authorities, noting the need for relief, announced tea at five o'clock, prompting a defiant cry from a starving child.
In East Lothian Scotland a cat that once fed its kittens has adopted a young wild rabbit. The cat nurses and tends the rabbit with evident care, a remarkable display of maternal affection toward an animal she previously viewed as prey.
A new memorial in New Orleans honors World War II fallen heroes. Designed by Charles L. Lawborn and sculpted by C. H. Dodd, it stands in a park bed of red poppies with the inscription memory of our comrades who made the supreme sacrifice. Insignia on each side denote Army Navy Marine and Aviation service.
Paul P Pinnell a gob baker in the US Navy in World War I suffers tuberculosis and remains unpaid by the Bureau of War Insurance after a year. Bronx American Legion aids with transport and nurse for Pinnell to return home to California, while he lies ill at Seton Hospital New York City.
The American Legion auxiliary in Seattle distributed pies to 1,400 sailors participating in the Pacific Meet. Other rations were provided generously, easing the sailors during the event.
A new father’s order named the Outer of Loyal Dads is founded by Dad Sheldon Foote of Fort Myers Florida. It aims to cooperate with patriotic groups and the Americas Legion, admitting men with Spanish American World War or later service while promoting clean patriotic living.
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