21 Jun 1906
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
1
A garbled Beaumont era roundup lists residents visiting, farming help across Kansas and Oklahoma regions, school dances, paint ads, house moves, church plans, a new Republican paper in Hooker, and requests to buy or sell land. Mentions include Maude Thomas, Miss Hubbard, Jody, and Rev. Martindale.
The issue of statehood dominates Beaver County items as talks focus on forming a constitutional convention for Oklahoma and Indian territories. Roosevelt signs the act on June 16, framing debates on liquor laws and the acceptance by southern and northern residents, while local officials outline bids for a new county courthouse and a report of a broken wagon wheel incident two miles from Miles post office.
The report cites two local players James Ford and Fred Macy losing to Dr. Long and Wil Neuman in a match amid rough weather. Beav er area notes hail damage, a hall collapse near Beaver, and ongoing wet, windy conditions over the past weeks. John Nichols, a prosperous farmer eight miles north of Beaver, suffered severe crop losses from heavy hail damaging wheat oats and barley on 500 acres. Nichols, long active in local farming, has consistently harvested well in recent years. Also advertised is a French cone houlston stallion Cleren Ciserun, bay with black mane, 16% hands high, 145 pounds. plus offers of young horses and mares for sale.
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