13 Sep 1900
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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
1
In Beaver Oklahoma this week many locals visit, court sessions, and political maneuvering draw crowds. Names include J B Cullom, Dick Quinn, Herman Bockhorst, and J Parsons among others. Rain slows Meade mail. bids, dances, and public events fill Beaver with weeks of activity plus a whisky fight coverage from Meade.
Publisher ads trumpet Posky Diamond record for 25 cents and urge purchase. News notes FD Healy visits Woodward, Beavers braces for court. local figure Charles accompanies. Lane leaves Beaver for Pacnia, then Colorado and California. Ford returns, faces district court. plans large-scale western Oklahoma town near Panhandle railroad. prospects of growth, jobs, and a grand Jubilee urged to settlers.
A playful ad invites participants to bring melons for prizes. The largest watermelon earns a one year subscription to the Hermann or a friend’s gift, the second largest gets six months. All melons are weighed and noted with the bringer’s name.
Hardesty and surrounding areas see multiple announcements to run in county races. Salter seeks county clerk renomination under Democratic convention. Tracy Hod and others seek sheriff probate judge reelection or nomination, with various county convention references. Also notices of debt collection, loan offers, livestock trades, and commercial ads fill the page.
Day or night events include foot races sack races wheelbarrow races and est races plus a literary programme. Good seats shaded water minis offered.
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