29 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
1
The recent blizzard dumps two feet of snow on the level with drifts up to thirty feet in ravines. Traffic will be disrupted for weeks while authorities clear roads and assess crop damage. The piece urges patience and notes slight medicinal guidance for sprains.
The Marania Grand Lodge of Oklahoma met at McAlister and chose Guthrie as 1913 meeting site. Alfred G. Gray of Cheyenne elected Grand Master. officers for the year include Reedy Tulsa deputy, Freeman McAlister senior warden, Monroney Oklahoma City junior warden, Bennett Muskogee treasurer, Anderson Oklahoma City secretary, Cook Snyder lecturer. Grand orator named by appointment. board of custodians to oversee work. About 25 000 members in jurisdiction.
Owing to bad weather and impassable streets the P. B. C. will not hold their regular monthly social this month. Mus. F. A. Baanow, president.
The Custer McCauley trial in Meade Kansas concluded Friday after a jury found 98 of 100 questions in favor of the plaintiff. Testimony described stock deals tied to Sonora Development Company and mining claims near Sonora Mexico, with evidence that the mine was salted and land valued at 480 acres exchanged for stock. The court ordered reconveyance of 800 acres in Meade County upon surrender of stock.
City-wide effort targets stray and roaming dogs, urging equal treatment for all owners. Mrs. C J Martin of Boone Mill Virginia praises Chamberlain's Tablets for relief from stomach trouble and constipation after five years. Public recommendation ends with dealer availability.
Edith Hinkley three years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hinkley died February 28 1912 after a two week battle with scarlet fever. The child contracted the illness in eastern Kotens during a holiday visit and passed away at home amid sorrow with roads impassable. Brief funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 o clock and interment occurred at Beaver cemetery.
A weather forecast warned of continued fall like conditions and possible heavy snowfall that would worsen massive drifts blocking traffic. The snow fell briefly and rapidly then ceased, ending the scare as skies began to clear.
Weather delays hinder soliciting of road notes while promoters press to add a clause forfeiting a 100000 bonus if Beaver line isn’t first in operation. Judge Loothcurrow reports renewed promoter enthusiasm and plans to begin motive operations as soon as weather allows. Beaver prospects improve as citizens urged to back the project and support a family paper shaping morals.
The Roll of Honor lists readers who renewed or started new subscriptions. Names span multiple towns including Elmwood Beaver Harrison Arkansas Cushing Montrose Balko Lorena and Sedalia with various renewals and new subs noted. The piece also discusses front and back yard garden observations and community character remarks with humorous local color.
An editor reflects on a cranky old man who stops his paper, and the forecast that someday the editor may write that very man’s obituary. The piece muses on memory, legacy, and the quiet irony of life and death in a small town newspaper.
W McMurdo of the old Will Reddick place on Six Mile reports heavy losses from the Feashey storm. About forty head of his mature herd slipped and fell into a deep water hole behind a bluff as they crowded for shelter. The disaster will be keenly felt by Mr. McMurdo.
A notice by Walter C. Frazer seeks accommodation options two-room and one-room units for rent. The ad requests details on availability and pricing.
A local writer rails at perpetual gloom and negative judgment, praising the “luxury of woe” while detailing a town’s card club arrest for a prize dispute. The piece mocks habitual complainers who blame weather, trains, and officials, and notes mothers lamenting their sons’ conduct amid a hay maw betting scene.
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