27 May 1909
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
1
Local notes report John Savage losing a driving horse and a Beaver County meeting set for May 31 to organize a Rural Life Club with T A Young district organizer present. Also listed are sales ads, property rentals, a marriage and birth notices, and local improvements including paint and gasoline ads.
The town gossip notes Townsend and Englewood readers recall Miles selling cattle after 20 to 25 years in stock raising at his Cline area ranch. Foley's Honey and Tar is endorsed for throat relief. Mrs Smith, register of deeds, heads to Coldwater Kansas for a visit with sons Oscar and Orville and to help with an automoble purchase by her brother Charlie Sickler.
Huntington West Virginia pastor Rev I W Williamson testifies Foley's Kidney Remedy eased nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble. He asserts the product restores health and strength, adds it contains no harmful drugs and is pleasant to take. Sold by F Tracy.
Inclement weather forced the Odd Fellows memorial exercises to be postponed from Sunday morning to a new date. The ceremonies will be held Sunday May 30 at 4 o clock at the Court House and all are invited to attend.
Memorial exercises at the Court House Sunday morning and Decoration ceremonies on Monday mark the G A R observances. Rev Coffey will lead, with an invitation for all to honor those who served. A note urges participation and reflects on thinning veteran ranks.
An advertisement extols a pleasant profitable economy powered by Quaker Oats claiming it is the best strength maker and the cheapest food. It asserts a family of four can enjoy wholesome breakfasts for less than the cost of a greasy alternative, urging consumers to ask for Quaker Oats in tins.
A Decoration Day program on Monday May 81 assembles at the G A R Hall at 10 o'clock for a procession to the cemetery to decorate graves. Automobiles are prohibited in the procession for public safety. Members of G A R W O Spanish American War Confederates and various fraternal groups attend, with a full program of speakers readings and music outlined by appointed committees.
State education officials hold Guthrie hearings with B D Cameron J D P Cannon J H Connell to select sites for new agricultural and industrial schools in six Third district towns eight in Fourth district fourteen in Fifth district and one in the Panhandle Goodwell is favored though opponents in nearby towns are noted Hooker and Clayman show interest while Goodwell’s backers claim little opposition.
The editor recalls battling Russian thistles on a Texas county farm. A summer wheat crop failed after drought, while thistles returned each year. The land will be listed for sale, then replanted with broom corn. The paper vows to share results and lessons with readers, warning about possible mistakes.
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