04 Jan 1912
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
1
In Beaver county a snowbound period halts access as residents cope with storms. Local items include farm loans and insurance offers, farm goods for sale, a Christmas Market update, and notices from public officials. The paper references the new town Vite of Forgan and editorial changes at the paper amid wintry conditions.
The nation endures a severe winter storm gripping the Central West from New Mexico to Ohio. Beevaer County reports two to three feet of snow with drifting. Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle endure heavy falls. Temperatures plunge near zero, trains halted, livestock starving, and coal transport strained as communities cope with the deepest snow in years.
A 1912 New Year reflection surveys the previous year’s weather and crop fortunes, notes Old Year 1911’s harsh season yet praise for bumper cane and maize, predicts a strong wheat crop in Beaver County, and questions rail expansion and local church activity amid drought and floods. It contends the new year hinges on community actions and debt management.
An old advertisement extols Dr King s New Life Pills for stomach trouble and various organ disorders. It also mentions a 1842 banquet in New Orleans and notes quirky misspellings and product pitches amid a Beaver County church notice and winter weather talk.
On New Year's Eve at Methodist Patronage Miss Lycain Belle Tooker sister of Editor Tooker of the Democrat became the bride of Muah N Rollingan. The Methodist pastor W J Groat solemnized the marriage. Both bride and Windgroon wart residents of.
Last Saturday morning Mer Roy Brown and Miysee Mauder Thomas and Erma Crabtree started for Liberal Kansas on a mail carrier sled with a box and a large shoe bar. They rode with fuel and warmers, packed as if for a dry goods store, and left Floris for Liberal to board a train. Miss Erma planned to go to Winhhite to relatives and friends, Miss Maude to eastern Oklahoma for hunting and history, and Mine Beuwa hoped Guthrie awaits after a witness summons. No news since leaving Floris, prompting concern among locals about the Beaver mail route irregularities and federal court testimony.
Frigid winds blister skin and drive readers to use Bucklin's Aroma Salve for rough hands while in Beaverville talk swirls around Tracy Senator Joe Morris's visit in support of ex Governor Haskell's Senate bid. Locals report scarce coal and rail delays as markets tighten and freight ramps reopen after storms.
The Sunday sermon at the Methodist Episcopal church will discuss Nerves and Religion. New Year’s Eve nuptials unite Miss Lyne Tooker and Mr Hughinson of Lakemore, with Tooker and editor L. B. Tooker connected to the Beaver Democrat. The bride, from Gray, moves to a Lakemore farm home. An advertisement touts Chamberlains Liniment for rheumatic pain. The Akine bill debate influences state education funding, with two Normals at Edmond and Durant and Woodward Bulletin noting the bill's trajectory. New Mexico election returns split eight Democrats eight Republicans. Supreme Court justices and Corporation Commissioners are Republicans. one congressman is Republican, others Democrat.
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