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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
8
Uncle Sam moved the clock forward one hour to give more light. Samuel P. Colt of the United States Rubber Company urged Americans to use cars more, saying autos are essential alongside railroads for distributing goods and increasing economic value.
Farmers report wheat lighter than expected as harvest ends and fields are prepared for raw crop work. Local families travel to Morrison and Hartwell to visit kin while talks of a new mail car and school term surface. Community updates include sweaters knit by Red Crows, Navy calls anticipated, and a medical tip for a lame shoulder using Chamberlains Liniment.
Sunday gatherings at Boothe and Young homes plus visits by Mrs Granddaughter from Oklahoma City are noted. Harvest activity nears completion with threshing set to begin next week near Otis and Wells. Open air meetings continue at Clear Lake with Rev Perkins assisting Rev Wells and a Twin Mounds church league event scheduled each Sunday night.
Local notices detail people harvesting in the area with references to farms, travel to Knowles and Battle Creek, furloughs, and health notes. A community club meeting reviewed name changes and roles, plus a reader mail note on Chamberlain’s Tablets and a family letter from Savannah Missouri about dysentery remedies.
Want ads offer two good second-hand Fords in sound mechanical condition with good tires. Also selling poultry supplies fixtures and a cash register at wholesale prices. Hiram C. Shafer of Shattuck Oklahoma lists $500 as the handling amount and planning to move to New Mexico.
Lorena update reports harvest nearly finished as David McNew travels to Colorado for a questionnaire. Lloyd Hague Charlie Pachta Hobart Williams receive questionnaires. A Council of Defense meeting at Friendship schoolhouse Friday evening. W 8 8 at Friendship pledges vary. Holland's grave to hold an Everybody's Point Friday July 12. Independence Sunday school asks for rain for row crops.
The article touts a tonic for all ages claiming to purify blood, enrich the system, and boost strength. R. E. Judd visited his father recently and is now in Tulsa. Artinne Ellington of Mutual is in Beaver receiving cataract treatment from Dr. Nobeil.
Fragmentary court document shows a cashier and notary public sworn on a July day in 1918. Names include Elmer L. Fiexer and W.H. Thomas with F.G. Taney signatories. Text references cash amounts and a legal attestation.
The master lecturer Mattison Wilber Chase is hailed as a supreme audience favorite with a blend of preacher actor and orator talent. His consistent success and popular verdict reflect strong public esteem for his lectures and appeal across diverse listeners. Boys Field Meet part of the event invites all ages to train and compete in four events for medals.
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