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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
5
An ad extols the Ford Sedan as Ford Elegance and Ford Quality. It declares the car the Universal Car with over 675,000 owners, praised for reliability serviceability practicality and economy at less than 2e a mile in town and country daily use.
A dubious advertisement promises relief for tired women with digestion issues and skin problems through Stella Vitae. The text alleges it clears complexion and body pain, claims a money back offer, and urges readers to buy the product in $1 bottles from a Chattanooga Medicine Company dealer.
Enormous display at the Pan American Pacific Exhibition features a nearly 2000 inch tall typewriter built for news bulletins. The machine stands 21 feet wide and 15 feet high, weighs 1,000 pounds, with 4 inch high type and 2 inch spacing. It cost about 100,000 dollars and is shown in Popular Mechanics.
Local letters describe cold damp days, spring work starting, and ground conditions. J A Harker moves to a new house, Uncle Tom Campbell passes after illness, and neighbors commendable acts are noted. Families discuss fencing, land filings, Colorado land rush, and livestock trades as Baker’s sale sees limited activity.
Mercury containing occludes danger to senses and mucous surfaces warns public about Hall’s Catarrh Cure and similar nostrums offered by Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Internal use claimed to affect blood and mucous membranes. consumer urged to avoid untrustworthy prescriptions and seek reputable physicians. Also recommends Hall’s Family Mine for constipation.
Local observations describe orchard birds returning in spring, including mockingbird and stork sightings. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greene on Tuesday. Irvin Young’s granary spilled fifteen hundred bushels of corn during unloading last week. Award certificates for Surprise school pupils are at Chrome & Son. Social visits occur at Johnson home and others, with Rev Overton preaching and Frank Smith aiding church foundations.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as an immediate household remedy for colds. It claims the product penetrates throat linings to destroy germs and support nature, urging readers to buy at their druggist for 250.
In Central Clear Creek on Friday a schoolhouse game between Clear Creek and Valley View girls ended 10 to 1 in favor of Clear Creek. Notes mention local residents, a new cow shed, lumber arrivals, and routine community updates from March.
Fragmented dispatch from Kokomo area reporting John Kanter’s serious wagon accident and ongoing injuries. A barn fire on Pan Winters’ rental property destroyed livestock and sheds. Willow Creek spillover incidents include a runaway, a farmer’s missing control of a tractor, and Good Friday potato superstition alongside crop progress. O. Hr. Collin named Kokomo township treasurer by County Commissioners.
A serious gun incident occurred near Wester, where John Foster’s rabbit gun fired through, grazing Mrs. Porter above the skull. Dr. Nylund treated and removed the bullet, narrowly avoiding fatal injury. reader warnings urge caution with firearms.
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