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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
5
The Department of Agriculture in Washington, D C. urges farmers to sell hens gradually after April 20 when the selling restriction was lifted. It notes hens yield more eggs than feed costs in spring and warns against flooding the market. The piece ends with a wartime call to support Liberty bonds and oppose the German threat.
The State Council of Defense urges Oklahomans to stock up on coal for the coming winter. Delays and price uncertainty last season left households without fuel. Authorities warn that severe winter could repeat shortages and suffering if supplies are not secured in time.
Mrs Jennie Boothe learns from Camp Lee of Frank Parsons promoted to sergeant. Local updates include visits to Knowles, Twin Mounds school closure, Red Cross meetings, a baby ill, and residents traveling to Laverne and Beaver. Citizens urge support for troops as weather hampers travel and Liberty Bond drives falter.
A Las Vegas styled notice mentions Lax FOS with Pepsin from Paris Medicine Co as a liquid laxative. It also covers local social notes including Mr and Mrs Shanon visiting Knowles midweek, Red Cross meetings, and Mildred Nicholson’s school year wrap up with travels of Nicholson and Roy Wilcox teaching days.
April 10 weather brings cold and snow with bloom protection needed for fruit trees. News from Twin Mounds includes Walter Smith now in Pueblo and Albert’s high school progress, family Red Cross work, and plans for an Ivanhoe Red Cross fundraiser with proceeds aiding local efforts.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic. It emphasizes quinine and iron as key ingredients and claims benefits for the liver malaria prevention blood enrichment and overall system building at 60 cents.
Rainy weekend leaves Crandpa Kile ill with German measles still common in the Shia community. Henry Guerett’s brother visits as a warprine is made for him. Ase Kile and family and Mr and Mrs Fowler spent Sunday at Me Brooks. Walter Binin’s family still suffer smallpox. A caller pixes cures in 6 to 14 days. refunds issued if payment ointment fails.
LaKemp closes a successful term as Professor Henson plans to live there this summer. Mrs Avery, a local teacher, will visit relatives in San Antonio. Many families report illnesses and a general busy community activity with Red Cross work noted. A baby girl joins Harry Mountcastle’s family amid garden and market chatter.
An old advertisement touts Ghove's Taste Chill Tonic as a system builder and blood enhancer. It claims to drive out Mataria and enrich the blood, promoting strength for adults and children.
In Beaver County Oklahoma the matter of the estate of August Mwits deceased shows final account filed and petition for distribution and discharge. The probate will occur Monday May 20, 1918 at 2 PM in the county court room Beaver City. Interested parties may appear and file written exceptions. Dated April 2, 1918. The District Court of Beaver County Oklahoma W. S. McRight, Plaintiff.
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