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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
10
An old serif advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures by acting on the blood. It asserts improvement after short use and urges readers to send for details and buy from a local druggist.
Local want ads list four room rental near Beaver with water and yard. also one man sought for aero housework. Miscellany includes market notices, a silver watch prize, and community updates. References to influenza, school events, and a fair indicate a mid fall town page full of routine notices and small ads.
The Herald editor announces readiness to sell after sixteen years leading the paper. He cites profit and community betterment, notes strong Red Cross work in the county, and seeks a serious buyer with funds to take up war-related activity. The offer touts a solid newspaper proposition, factory assets, and a lucrative opportunity for a live papers man.
Mina Agnes Turner of Chicago Illinois discusses indigestion sleeplessness and health tips. She credits Chamberlains Tablets with cleansing her stomach aiding digestion and restoring sleep. The letter contrasts state government costs and criticizes current administration in Kansas and Oklahoma politics.
In Mondersville Cynthia Higginbotham 65 says Iver does not act well with age. She used Black-Draught for constipation and indigestion and reports appetite, strength, and bowel action improved after a few doses. The ad promotes 70 years of use and urges families to keep stomach liver and bowels in order. Price 2y a package.
Fragments describe social gatherings at Mr. John Anderson home, community events at Bun School, hiring of Bro Davin, and local mischief including theft of lard and a five gallon jar. Mentions of Everett Jenkinson and Kilpatrick seeding broomcorn and other nearby names appear amid uncertain dates and places.
Blue Grass Revival continues at the Dive Grmee school house with the Fair View gospel count leading the 10 Sunday night Oct reports. Local updates mention A V Fuller on business to Beaver City, visitors from Fort Worth, and various community events including a surprise at T. B Benson’s home and neighbors hosting guests and church activities through October 14.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Fairview, enrollments, individuals like Frank Allen and George Dttin, and weekly school routines. The garbled items reference weekly gatherings, trades, and police school events but lack coherent facts, dates, or outcomes to summarize clearly.
In Oklahoma on the 38th day of September a writ of execution issued against George H Healy in favor of H T Poindexter for 654.43 with interest from the judgment date and costs. The lands described in Beaver County are to be sold at public auction at the east front door of the courthouse for cash to satisfy the judgment. The sale is scheduled for the 14th day of October with a potential adjournment, and the process will include appraisal and compliance with mortgaged amounts. Witness the clerk’s notation and seal.
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