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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
9
A ragged collection of local observations, jokes, and notices. It mentions advertising rates, subscription price, and references to community figures, court lines, and personal comments about relationships, ambition, and a dare for public interest. The tone mixes satire with scattered ads and opinions.
A paternal virtue piece urges fathers to win sons trust by active involvement in daily life, claiming strong fathering shapes a boy or girl’s character more than peers. It notes confidence building starts at home and extends to family life, with local social notes on neighbors and weather.
The piece notes that continued war could raise toothbrushing costs dramatically, with handmade brushes possibly costing a dollar per brush. It explains French factory output, peasant workers in the Otar valley, and Russian bristle sources, detailing prices, origins, and the impact of wartime scarcity on bristle quality and supply.
Announcement from Robert Veitch of Portland outlines a gigantic shipbuilding venture to produce a vast fleet of wooden vessels for ocean and river trade. Backed by Washington and Oregon groups, the Portland centered project aims to extend Oregon forest product use with ships that will sail and have auxiliary power, each vessel consuming about 2,000,000 feet of lumber.
During the five years ending June 30, 1916, the United States imported an average of 6,164,000 bushels of flaxseed from Canada yearly, 2,116,000 bushels from Argentina, and 1,119,000 bushels from other countries.
The piece praises the return of stringent winter roads and highlights a new push for roadbuilding through community cooperation. It urges every citizen to take personal responsibility for maintenance, suggesting monthly voluntary labor days as a supplement to taxes and public funding to ensure all roads become good roads.
A bright boy asks about memory as a father tours, citing a line from Pub and Frolic in The People's Home Journal February issue. The exchange centers on George Washington and a remark about memory, framed as a curious dialogue between father and son during a monument filled setting.
Two new plans offered for sale by a Braver Oklahoma seller include a time payment option. The Bolin-tian Genin Company announces a carload of Ol Cake available at 2.0 per item, urging buyers to act quickly while on hand.
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