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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
8
A wartime era piece touts a Navy musical entertainment company as a top attraction for a Chautauqua program. It highlights sailors as versatile performers with singing and instrumental skills and sea lore, promising lively humor and songs. The article stresses universal interest in military life among Middle West readers and predicts a joyful night of Marine Day entertainment.
Oklahoma Governor urges patriotic observance of Independence Day uniting native and foreign born residents. Flags nationwide and allied nations honored. call to celebrate with restraint and resolve to seek victory through peace. Dated June 20, 1418 in Oklahoma City signed Governor R L Williams and Secretary L Lyon.
The fragment references laxative effects and a mention of W. GOVE regarding a signature. It lacks coherent context or identifiable organizations, dates, or events to form a solid summary.
The Herald will publish Lieutenant Pat O'Brien’s true World War I tale in installments. He survived a shot down over enemy lines and miraculously escaped a German prison train, crawling 260 miles to freedom across Dutch territory. His front line exploits are recounted as the first installment nears. Mrs. H. D. Truax and Miss Grace depart for Michigan and northern visits.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a blood purifying tonic that restores energy and vigor. It claims to enhance vitality and strength with a medicinal blend marketed to boost health.
A reader questions how legal responsibility is assigned to women and who represents them in court and at execution. The piece probes paternal or male representation for crimes or debts and notes a global lack of female political representation, ending with an obituary of James Hadley Thompson detailing his life, family, and Christian faith.
Reports indicate Beaver county residents rallied for War Savings stamps amid farming activity and civic effort. The piece mentions harvests, a local robbery scare, and a mock plan to buy artillery to drill pro-Germans as part of wartime patriotism.
At the June 22 1918 meeting of the Council of Defense Food Administration and Threshermen and Farmers the group agreed on maximum threshing prices. Independent and dependent machines set per hour rates with variations for location river divides and whether patrons supply furs and crews. The motion approved farmers and threshermen action contingent on all wheat being threshed and no set charges under 100 bushels.
M. A. Shuler of Gray received a Poland China breed hog from Clarinda Iowa to head the Blue Valley herd. The pig traces to Gerstdale Jones and Hercules with Dasher's Grant as sire of the Buster line, a lineage linked to record sales, signaling strong potential for improving the Southwest Poland-China stock.
A list of local names and towns appears followed by a sympathy note thanking friends for prayers and aid after the death of Mrs. Parmella Morary and Morris. A separate update mentions Mrs. Geo. Healy leaving Denver for the summer to enjoy Rocky Mountain air.
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