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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
8
Local retailer promotes a thirty day clearance offering discounts up to ten percent off marked prices and many items at half their original price. Spring garments include ladies shirts waists embroidered undergarments and various fabrics with wide savings across the tables and racks.
Readable items show men’s work shirts priced at 499 and 0129 Drews Shirte. Band Overalls appear in a sale, with sale prices noted for workwear and fire overalls. The listing emphasizes bundled discounts and promotional pricing for men's apparel and protective wear.
A brisk invitation urges readers to attend the sale promising unbeatable values and full confidence that buyers will not be disappointed by the bargains or quality offered.
The Excise Board met in Beaver Oklahoma on July 20 1911 and Aug 5 1911 with all members present. They adjourned and reconvened to review and correct school district valuations, set levies, and plan elections for additional levies in each district. The board approved estimates for school districts and salaries, ordered elections for August 15 1911, and assigned numerous county officials to salary funds.
Beaver County Oklahoma officials inform school boards of uncertain levy needs due to missing valuation data from the state. They urge timely planning for a special election after the first Monday in August if the levy exceeds five mills, with 20 percent voter presence required. The Excise Board will publish notices and seek local advertising while awaiting valuation details.
Letters and notes from the Shat tuck Monitor and Guymon Democrat urge building an interurban rail line and gasoline motor system as a national uplift. They argue stock subscriptions by farmers will finance a nationwide transportation boom, boosting land values and farm profits while enabling rural shipments. Also mention a lightning strike on Hon. T.O James’s hay stack, destroying about fifteen tons, and a Beaver OK ad seeking Burunda grass sod.
Classified notes show an offer for registered Shorthorn cows with calves, several bred, plus a one-year-old Jersey cow milking, and a Sharples Cream Separator. Location Beaver, Oklahoma, with terms on part payment and inspection invited. Also included are a gold treasury note claim, local business pitches, and an ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials.
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