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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
4
Beaver County items cover farming shifts and telephones, tax debates, and county division talks. Notices warn cattle owners to avoid brands, while weddings, land surveys, and local editorials reflect era concerns. Historical fragments document beaver county life in late 19th century Oklahoma.
A rural column notes illness, weather, and community events. items include Kiowa Erhors and Cal Petty seeking care for George Johnson, D. M. Kite delivering a baby, Brookie Karl recovering from La Grippe, and cattle losses from a deep freeze. Obituary for J. B. Kerns recalls his Indiana birth, long county residence, marriage in 1853, twelve children, and that he died after a long illness aged 69. Community mourns and condolences expressed.
In Kenton cold weather ravages cattle with many cows dying in the storm. John Carr handled business during the purgent week while Great Dorking remains in the hide trade. Neighbors report snakes in boots and a man near Ivanhoe loses hundreds of cows in the latest storm. John Savage shaves his moustache. Grant Perkinson suffers grippe. Also a local recruitment ad seeks a Lady or Gentleman to work from home with weekly pay.
A rambling catalog of grave markers recalls diverse townsfolk from a cemetery. It weaves references to a niueale, a morley train, a kerosene fire, a bake powder pantry, a Texas plug hat, a gambler, a dancing dammer, a bicycle rider, a cigarette smoker, a printer’s devil, and a Mexican war veteran, all memorialized amid a poetical landscape of death.
Public notice lists a January 28 consolidated motion and March 11 probate hearing in Beaver County Oklahoma Territory. It names Jennie Benton and others, seeks claims on estate land, and directs interested parties to appear before the Probate Court at Beaver.
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