27 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
1
Local columns report a busy Beaver area with land, sales, and business moves. Mentions new confectionery venture, saloon license debates, court actions, road improvement plans, and a growing homesteading wave as settlers arrive and seek markets.
The proclamation designates Labor Day in the Territory of Oklahoma with Governor B F Ferguson and F Thompson appointing the day for citizens to celebrate honest toil. It urges a pause in ordinary business and a focus on the contributions of labor to the republic and territorial prosperity. The document is signed and dated August 24, 1908, at Guthrie.
A lengthy local tidbit covers Beaver county land sales at 3.60 per acre for 40 and 80 acre tracts, a deed offer for $550,001, and community events including a basket dinner 12 miles south of town, a Sunday school picnic, and a Salvation Army procession. It notes arrests from Beaver and Meade counties, a broken down preacher incident, and a court matter involving highway robbery charges and a Meade County case.
The Beaver County Oklahoma land records list notices of final proof for settlers, with names such as H Medi and Kelly, and a roster of witnesses including Panel T. Witwker, William Whitaker, John Homes, and Sutherland. The notices specify sections, townships, ranges, dates in August, and claims of continuous residence and cultivation.
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