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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
1
Local items reveal the 1907 start with commissioners in session, new homes under construction, auctions and real estate listings in Zelma and Beaver. Widespread notices include crop seed sales, hospitalities, a dance, a political paper plan, and the ongoing push for county division and infrastructure.
The regular teachers examination will be held as usual on Thursday and Friday January 24th and 25th. Ella Baker Co Superintendent.
An advertisement invites readers to obtain a book titled The Missing Link Found. It promises insights on understanding people and identifying honest partners for improved success in management, sales, and business. The offer asks readers to mail for the nook, priced at $2.00, to M. W. Cowroy at the Cattle King Hotel in Woodward Oklahoma.
This week saw a cold rain Tuesday giving way to sleet and snow. The thermometer fell several degrees and the country remains covered by about an inch of ice. Forecasters warn of continuing cold conditions ahead.
The county report is approved after a recess. Delegates Hughes and Johnston gave notices they would move to reconsider the boundary committee report on the next effective day. Yesterday was the set time and it expired last night, settling the boundary question as Hughes remained in Oklahoma City and Johnston remained in the commutes of the day.
Friends note Mr George Perry has recovered enough to return home at Sophia after a three month bed siege. He will need weeks more before walking without aid such as a crutch or invalid chair. His Beaver trip last October proved ill fated and may not be repeated soon.
A pro suffrage argument proclaims that mothers deserve the vote as guardians of their sons, stating voting should be a personal choice like men and urging equal rights without compulsion. The piece emphasizes liberty, motherhood, and the injustice of denying women the franchise.
A January 2 wreck on Rock Island trains No 20 and No 80 near Volland Kansas killed about thirty. Blame fell on Volland operator Lynes for failing to deliver orders to hold No 20. Some bodies burned beyond recognition and most victims were Mexican laborers. Beaver County residents were aboard but no fatalities among them confirmed.
Mrs G M Gardner, long a Beaver area resident, died Thursday morning of heart failure while preparing breakfast. She suffered chronic heart trouble but seemed improved briefly before death. Funeral services are set for Friday at 10 o'clock at the church with interment in Beaver cemetery. The community and family mourn her passing and recall her devotion to family friends and Christian virtue.
The Herald was designated the official paper of Beaver County by the Board of County Commissioners at their meeting on Thursday, reaffirming its status as the county’s authorized publication.
Charters granted last week include The Guymon and Hansford Telephone Sobers of Guymon with 7000 capital stock and incorporators R B Quinn Tyler D F Vine cent G W Baird and C B Summers. Beaver Cimarron Valley Telephone Co of Zolma Englewood with 5000 capital stock and incorporators A J Sands Otto Barbey and W L Detwiler of Zwlnay FW Walla of Coin C W Newby of Englewood. A wave of indignation hits Oklahoma papers over a El Reno incident where a negro allegedly forced a white woman off the sidewalk and into the street and a political debate on women’s rights and status follows.
The Beaver County Republican Central Committee met at the Beaver Court House to decide on nominating candidates for the coming election. They favored primary nominations with votes canvassed by the County Central Committee. The candidate with the most votes would be the party nominee. expenses are borne by candidates. No date for the primary was set.
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