06 Oct 1898
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1898
Page
1
Republican ticket listing names for local offices including attorney and assessor positions with several garbled names and districts. It appears as a campaign snippet listing roles such as Attorney, Supt, Mediate Justice, Assessor, Surveyor, Commissioner across districts, with multiple misspellings and unclear districts.
The item lists candidates for local offices including James Br. Keaton for Congress, WA Traugh for council, Chas M Thacher for liveritt, Mary J. Reas for clerk, Fred O. Tracy for attorney, Chas R. Wright for treasurer, Ina N. Brown for superintendent, Mary A. McGee Allen for probate judge, Bue Aseener Weir for assessor, Joe O. Trindee for commissioner, Nuckolls for commissioner, S Stamper for commissioner, with notes on Flynn and a Hong Kong correspondent regarding the Chinese emperor. It also covers a Kansas City hold-up, Cuban army conditions, animal losses, Paris Dreyfus tensions, and local farming shifts toward winter feeding and cattle management in Texas.
A compilation of exhortations on wealth, opportunity, and self-reliance stresses that wealth comes from disciplined effort, timely action, and risk-taking. It cites that luck favors the prepared and that rising from poverty involves frugality, enterprise, and steady progress, with quotes from the New York Sun and local notes on land policy from the Woodward land office.
Fragmented OCR shows an unreliable pitch claiming 50c a year for a weekly paper with bold promises of news and extensive coverage. It suggests a low price and broad distribution, but readability is poor and specifics are unclear.
A Dallas Texas studio section announces a free portrait offer. Readers are invited to mail a photo or crayon portrait to the company at North Texas Highway Dallas with no charge for the sample work.
Public sale announced for a ranch seven miles southwest of Liberal Kansas on Tuesday October 25 1898 at 10 am. Sale includes 750 head of cattle cows and calves yearling steers and heifers saddle and work horses two hundred fifty acres of sorghum bay and other farm tools. Terms: bills over $5 payable in one year at 10 percent with good security. Manager is Far East brandt and process mentions Ohio Machine Co. Worth Texas collaboration.
The Oklahoma Republican platform endorses McKinley era policies and wartime achievements. It pledges tariff, territorial expansion, and free homesteads, condemns trusts, demands fair tax and property assessment, praises military victories, and calls for equal criminal law with broader jury access within Indian Territory boundaries. The document names the party, leaders, and specific reforms proposed ahead of the November election.
A garbled OCR list names multiple individuals across Oklahoma and surrounding areas including Grand OK, Beaver OK, Woodward OK, and Canergo OK. The fragment mentions titles and regions such as Inland, J. MLA Huston, A. Groves, Tony Turner, and P.M. Tomis with scattered surnames and localities. The passage reads like a directory or consultation note, not a cohesive report.
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