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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
8
A Kansas Town paper defends its role as the town’s lifeblood, noting weekly free space for community advancement and public service by the publisher. Merchants are urged to support local advertising to compete with mail order houses and sustain local news and trade.
Odd Fellows Lodge members traveled to Hooker for the Cimaron and Texas County meet Friday. Participants included A J Kimball A D Humphires LA Brooks Rey Wroth Leer Gilbert and others. A local talent show followed with a minstrel minstrel performance and a fine time reported.
The Beaver community prepares for a major religious event at the Christian church May 14 led by Evangelist Mathie and a team, following a successful Guymon revival. The open-air opening aims to unite residents spiritually, with plans to move services if crowd size grows. Local notices include callers from Elmwood and Balko, and various community updates.
Beaver county voters see Sheriff H U Bridgewater and J W Renfrow seeking re election as Democrats. The editorial praises their past service, notes not all offices can be Republican, and urges voting for capable candidates regardless of party, while favoring efficiency and progress.
Mrs Lucy Ford announced this week as Democratic candidate for court clerk. She has clerical experience in the court clerk's office and county residency of seven years. Ford is active in county affairs and the suffrage campaign, praised for faithful work and loyalty to the party platform.
H L Wallenberg of Clear Lake announces his candidacy for trustee of Benton township. A young ex service man, he pledges to serve voters with effort and reliability, urging Bea to support him as the nomination in Benton township essentially amounts to election.
Mrs Margaret Yost, domestic counselor for the Community Institute, will conduct a program here under the University of Oklahoma extension division. Her experience as a wife and mother informs her approach to family and home life education.
Mrs Mia Yost, a former San Francisco primary education supervisor and long time Cheney Washington State normal school faculty member, will headline conferences on child training and home problems. She has aided educational campaigns along the Pacific coast and worked with Mrs Josephine Corliss Preston. She will also participate in school programs in the city.
Beaver shoppers and callers frequent the region with Tuesday and Monday trips. A nine pound baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs John Spangler on April 20, 1922. New business space and renovations are planned for the Beaver Store. Births and moves express local life and humor in the community page.
Mayfield Messenger laments societal shift naming the term mapper used by public as demeaning. It urges mothers and fathers to train girls in homemaking to preserve innocence and duties, arguing childhood values and feminine roles must be restored for society’s welfare.
The church hosted a series of services after a ten day period with revival attendance rising. The Methodist chapter was reorganized with 22 members and pastor F H Neff will preach biweekly. Attendees enjoyed a Mother’s Day program after Sunday School and a prior service featured a sermon by Bro Stipe.
A fragmentary local item notes Daley and Morris League at home of Mr. Mire where a chicken pen is being built. Mentions Gentry Hilderbrand April Sch and others including Dorly. Weather delays keep work on ten young stock and damp conditions affect the poultry care. spring is hoped to arrive soon.
Mattie Gregg Mro completed a successful term of school southwest of Beaver last week and returned home Monday. She expects to depart in two or three weeks for Arkansas to spend the summer with her mother.
W B Leonard returned Friday from a two months visit with his parents in Seattle Washington. On returning he called on W G Fielda and wife in San Dimas California and stopped in Tucson Arizona to visit the W F Carson family.
A Minnesota short essay from Spring Valley's Mercury explains how two farmers used ads to sell cattle. John Smith posted Cow for sale stories with little detail and failed to engage buyers, while Tom Jones wrote a stronger notice describing ten cows with age, price, and sale reason. Tom sold all cows quickly for more money, illustrating how clear ads attract interested buyers.
A new weekly feature will explain radio instructions and economical home outfits. It notes rapid growth of home installations, with farmers and city listeners enjoying markets, opera, and entertainment from Kansas City to Chicago. Readers are urged to install radios and collect clippings for reference.
The report from Bucklin notes strong local enthusiasm for coal development after officials from Rockland land, FD Autis, and others survey the field. Indications point to a promising five foot vein similar to Trinidad Colorado, signaling potential regional energy gains.
Hen Stedman and his son Billy arrived from Whitita Kansas and planned to stay for a period while Billy will enter school for the remainder of the term. AD. WITTE visited Beaver on Saturday.
A defense of President Harding and Republican Congress. Mondell asserts rare unity between executive and legislative branches, noting Democrats accuse the president of tampering while claiming the administration seeks stability. The piece argues Democratic editors push guilt by association to undermine the GOP agenda.
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