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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
8
In Beaver this week visitors include Rev J D Niles of Cherokee and Chas Gregg of Kokomo. Local residents in town or shopping include Fred Ginter from Balko, Low Gosnay manager of Beaver Store, and others such as Mrs Apple, teacher at Blue Mound, and J G Kraus and daughter from Riverside. Several locals traveled for business or wheat road work while residents like Andy Overstreet and Ross Spurrier were noted in town.
Harrison Swiger, visiting at his son ER A Swiger’s home, died last Friday morning in Perryton Texas from gall stones. He was 81. Interment took place at Beaver. Several Beaver residents and visitors are noted, including Lane changes, travel to Kansas, and local farm plans. a Perrytom contractor involved in a truck accident also reported.
Frank Jones and Wrether formerly of Natko vicinity now in Duran go Colorado were in town on business last week. W A Thoman of Tracy Hardware was briefly able to attend a meeting despite rheumatic troubles. Norma Irambaugh District Home Demonstration Agent visited Beaver and Stillwater areas then returned to Stillwater. 4 H Stalling and Beulah Mall drove to Lakemp to fetch Mia Maude Ryan and Katherine then proceeded to Amarillo. Rev B H Murray of Beattie City was delayed while en route to serve at the Christian church. A near-miss occurred at a railroad crossing while traveling with his wife but no serious damage ensued.
Jenne Mathis and Mise Mecle Allman were married Sunday the 9th in Parryton Texas with Rev Hitchenek officiating. The couple belong to a prominent local family and were joined by many friends in the ceremony.
James Keating of Oklahoma City, a Remington Repeating Arms representative and champion marksman of Oklahoma and Texas, stayed in Beaver last week as a dinner guest at Mr and Mrs Stacy Wells.
Mr and Mrs Roy Michael and Mrs E E Peckham traveled to Gray for a short visit with Basil Peckham and family. They plan to return to Wichita Saturday after a two week vacation with relatives. E W Snoddy Alva lawyer visited town renewing acquaintances and noting his Republican candidacy for Judge of the Criminal Court of Appeal northern district Oklahoma. Mrs OlN Decker Clayton New Mexico passed Beaver to visit her parents near Lakemp with her husband joining shortly.
A petition filed at the county superintendent's office requests a meeting to vote on forming a union graded district for 7th through 12th grades. The meeting is set for July 19 at the Twin Mound School house, covering districts 56 Twin Mound 54 Sand Creek 47 Logan and 45 Victory.
A D Henry wife and baby traveling from New Mexico to Anadarko halted near Elmwood when the child fell ill with convulsions from mandraines. Dr Munsell treated the young patient. Neighbors provide support as the family, in hardship, plans to continue to Anadarko where relatives await.
A Woman's Missionary Society meeting at Mrs P J Thomas Inez Thiraday's home recounted a trip visiting Japan. Members viewed pictures of the country and its religions, learned about culture, and enjoyed ice cream after the tour. Guest Bro E A Murray from Irwin City spoke, with plans for next church events noted.
A damaged reminiscence links Sir Rider Haggard to a ring taken from a Peruvian mummy. The tale, tied to a schoolmaster, refers to vivid memories from fifty five years earlier and hints at a proposed public release via a renewed contact with the schoolmaster’s family and a visit to the British Museum.
The text notes that crab eating and emperor penguin diets include stones, likely swallowed deliberately for grinding or digestion. It suggests the whale Rorqual feeds on minute crustaceans with a method that makes sea-floor scooping unlikely, so stones in its stomach are probably intentional.
The piece discusses romance in foreign trade and industry through Joseph Pennell’s depiction of an electrical supply firm. It notes his vivid, cinematic framing of mills, viaducts, and machinery while hinting at a famous line about a spider and the extreme precision of a wire diameter described as twelve thousandths of an inch.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt discusses a fresh urban trend named finale-hopper sweeping Manhattan from Riverside Drive to Morningside Park. It notes youths adopting ultra-modern styles in music, art, dance, dress, and slang, then discarding trends as soon as they become common.
An American company develops a motor operated rubbing device for wood surfaces. It runs on a fractional horsepower motor and uses adjustable rubbing blocks moved evenly. A regulator varies speed to match work, with weight and loading details noted in the design.
A garbled OCR style passage features stray phrases about a bar, jokes, and unclear dialogue. It mentions a bar keeper, tides or taxes, a person named Sai, and references to girls. The overall context remains unresolved, with several nonsensical lines and missing connectors.
Washington July 13 The National Education Convention in Boston urged improvements in rural schooling with a proposed Oregon initiative requiring public school attendance for ages 8 to 16. Exceptions cover physical inability, completed eighth grade, or distance. annual reports to be filed, with a September 1 1928 start if enacted. Dr Sean Long and family visited Bob Maple ranch with M C Green and family.
The Registration Books will open July 12 for ten days. Our best efforts must be put into action in order that every voter may be properly registered.
The Ozark Hotel announces its move from the Bogue Hotel to its new location. Rates by day and by week, with meal tickets offering two meals. Transient meals 40 cents. All electric lighting, best beds in town. Open to all. late meals welcome. Phone 150. J. P. Dillow, proprietor.
For sale a threshing outfit featuring a 36 60 Avery Separator, Cook Shack 10x18 with wagon, stove and cooking utensils, steel water tank and wagon, plus belts for the machine. Inquiries at Laverne or Beaver, Oklahoma. Contact Will Meeker. T8720 at.
F. B. Howland travels to Kiowa Kansas following his daughters extended stay during their summer vacation.
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