03 Sep 1908
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists eastbound train numbers and station names including Meade and Eaglewood Kansas. The text shows No. 4 and No. 1 Eastbound designations with scattered times and destinations, but details are garbled and incomplete.
A catastrophic oil explosion and blaze at the Haileyville Hailey-Ola mine No T in Haileyville killed 26 men from suffocation and left others missing. Fire trapped workers, families gathered in sorrow, and rescue efforts continued under police protection as authorities noted foreign workers and several Americans among the casualties.
Oklahoma buyer George Strayer confronts wife Maybelle Strayer and Colorado brakeman Daniel Comer after she deserts home with their children. Detectives assist as Strayer demands custody, while Maybelle shows no remorse and plans to return to Oklahoma with the kids. Strayer laments $1800 spent on travel and vows to end the marriage.
A thoughtful critique warns that genuine deception thrives as fact is sidelined. The piece decries stock schemes in the southwest, where agents push dubious mining and townsite investments, promising vast profits for a few dollars. It urges prudent, local investment and cautions against foreign ventures and ever-shifting get rich quick promises.
A reflective passage urges cheerful self denial and sunny outlooks to illuminate both dark and bright things. It suggests daily life can become marvelously beautiful, as ordinary, practical details are seen in a new, glorified light.
Doby Springs crowd faced fines for gambling after a fortune wheel was deemed a gambling device by Beaver County authorities under Oklahoma law. Picnic managers blamed county officers for a connived crackdown, leaving attendees saying the pleasure paid not half the pain and vowing not to attend future Beaver County events.
An article traces Princess Alix of Hesse known as Sunny in youth to becoming Tsaritsa of Russia under Nicholas I. It also reports Oklahoma readers eager for both sides of the Haskell West controversy, with Omar Benedict and The Daily Times offering a mail subscription deal. A Washington mail law punishes misdelivered mail, including newspapers, with penalties.
A deaf man walking on a rail from track with a friend hears a train whistle as it rounds a curve. He smiles and tells his friend that it is the first robin he has heard this spring.
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