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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
4
A local notice urges residents, led by M C Green near Tow s, to stop dumping dead animals and filth along roads. It condemns trash disposal near homes and calls for burying or burning waste rather than moving it to neighbors’ lots.
A visit to Forgan shows a local cleanup drive led by Mra O H Cathyata Mra N K Duncan and a corps of workers. The campaign aims to make Forgan a cleaner, more attractive town with calls to Clean Up Paint Up and Keep It Up.
Meade county Kansas officials awarded a contract last week for a new bridge across the Cimarron River near Perenn on the Beaver county line. The project gains support from the county, local towns, and prior appropriations tied to improving an impassable ford, with funding boosted by Beaver county and nearby communities over recent years.
The program lists a Parent-Teacher Association event at the Methodist church on May 5 featuring a children's concert and readings by Carrie Suit. Highlights include a Maypole performance by primary grades and an orchestral reading by Miss Carrie Suit, with high school entries and a general meeting of the association.
Residents urge immediate work on a sidewalk in front of properties to improve safety. They claim past delays harmed progress and press Mr A Trust to ensure builders begin soon and require adjacent landowners to participate. Public support and concern from neighbors are noted as plans move forward.
Reports from Guymon detail two major disasters on a Saturday including the destruction of the Guy Light and Water Company plant by a gasoline cap explosion and the oil station after a robbery. The fires left the town with no water and a total loss for both sites.
Harper of Booker Texas talked about Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a cure for whooping cough in children under five when no other medicine is suitable. He discussed highway plans for the Bee Line route from Stratford to Woodward and met with Woodward Chamber officials to review the Beaver to Liberal leg.
An accident near Maine, Liberal Kansas, left Mr Harrison and Cuffeg Mahony injured as their car overturned after losing control while speeding to a gathering in Burklim. The windshield broke and parts were bent, with both occupants walking away with injuries.
Mr and Mrs F P J McKiermen and B O Arterkle of Hutchinson were in the Breese Arterkle car near Spearville when a tire blew out causing the top was overturned. They traveled about twenty five miles per hour. all occupants suffered minor injuries and none seriously hurt. Mrs McKiernan required a bandage but is recovering. others are improving.
Mary Bethel Main youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Main born December 18 1918 in Riverside Beaver County Oklahoma died April 24 in Las Animas at age ten years three months and twenty two days She spoke of seeing Jesus and Heaven in her final hours Beaver friends mourn the loss Mr and Mrs Main and relatives mentioned Also notes about local residents and court clerk staff changes
Local News recounts near road encounters as two women and a man faced would be robbers. One incident near Gil bert Hersey Sineae drove away and sought aid while another family surged forward to escape. Officials note several similar reports in the past week urging caution after dark.
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