14 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
1
The bank says friendship with customers grows from stable funds and reliability. It notes it has helped several men facing financial difficulty and would gladly assist patrons who have kept funds with the bank. The message stresses trust, promptness, and keeping friends first.
Beaver county notes announce a new partnership formed by H N Lawson abstractor and his junior Herbert Noble Lawson Jr on Lincoln's Birthday February 12. The item includes remarks about the younger Lawson's name, plus local notices on War Savings sermons and Red Cross sewing instruction.
Foundation laid last week for a large brick garage at Dinglar avenue and Second street with plate glass fronts. The 560 by 149 foot building aims to boost Beaver’s growth, backed by forward businessmen like Long and Lawson and the Phelps Brothers, whose enterprise is praised as essential to town development.
The girls of B. H. 8 under leader Miss Lena Wright have done substantial Red Cross work this year. They have quietly pressed ahead, turning a large amount of work over to chapter headquarters for shipment to the training camps and to the forces abroad, reflecting credit on Miss Wright and the class for their patriotic effort.
Word has arrived that Lieut H E Nixon former B M B railway superintendent here has landed safely Somewhere in France. As more local men go overseas the war grows closer to home and the community is urged to do their part unselfishly with 1 cent thinking to get busy.
Roland T. Ingels, a former Batko teacher who joined the air service last year, was reported wounded “somewhere in France” per a relatives’ dispatch at Alva. No further particulars were given. Ingels is known in Beaver County and belongs to the local Easter Star chapter.
A February 9 dispatch recounts the torpedoing of the American troop ship Tuscania off the Irish coast by a German submarine. Of 2397 aboard, fewer than 100 survive, many crewmen perishing in the blast while American soldiers aboard respond with calm, singing to the Stars and Stripes as British escorts aid life-saving. The piece exhorts U.S. citizens to do their part, asking readers to pledge duty through food conservation, Red Cross, and thrift stamps amid the war effort.
Lord Northellite publisher of several dailies and magazines suggests the boys in uniform desire the home paper at the church social and from wedding notices to game results. The Herald is sent to many but funding limits prevent wider distribution. volunteers are urged to send copies each week.
Prof Homer Hill returned Saturday night from Alva where he attended the Northwest Teachers Association meeting. In the officer election he was named president for the coming year. Also mentioned is W S Joe Michel of Sophia receiving treatment for gall stones with his wife Mrs Michel accompanying him during the week long visit.
Government urged households to follow a 1918 national food saving plan with wheatless days on Monday and Wednesday meatless Tuesday and Saturday meatless breakfasts and daily wheatless suppers. Citizens were asked to cut this out and keep it in the kitchen as a reference and to show loyalty by conserving.
Maude C. Thomas of the Beaver Herald endures ongoing grief as the Soldiers' Tobacco Fund expands with local contributions. The note lists donors from Beaver and nearby towns, totaling about 47. The piece mentions Camp Doniphan requests for magazines to aid soldiers, urging bundles to Ward Masters at the Base Hospital, Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma.
Kramer Keith was brought to town with a broken leg after his team spooked by dogs, threw him to the ground, and a wheel passed over his ankle. He was 18, accompanied by his mother, and is recovering. The note adds family references and local clerical details.
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