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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
4
Readers are treated to a patriotic address lampooning traitors and idle critics. The piece mocks those obstructing government efforts during national peril and questions the honesty of contemporary critics. It contrasts loud talk with practical action and notes a desire to reveal who took the pot from potatoes and eat from wheat.
Fragmented verses speak on the danger of being constantly busy with kindness and joy. The speaker suggests that such busyness can dull awareness of unkindness and prevent noticing the needs and rights of others. The text reads as a damaged poem about balance between action and awareness.
Benton neighbors report Max Bottmeyer ordered to report for military duty with location undisclosed. Jim Shaklee travels to Hutchinson for the State Fair. Walter Rambo buys horses for war, escapes a Mexico mishap with Burkhart and family aid, then moves to Uncle Tan’s. Tara Casey uses a jitney to aid a ford risk near Mexico. Herbert Burkhart’s son ships horses from El Dorado while pulling braymoorn. John Hall plans to settle north of Benton townsite, joining new neighborly mix.
Several residents in Pleasant Valley have been ill this past week including Mrs. W. E. Hasted Miss Lois Hasted Mrs. W. W. Hayden and Mrs. Coulter, but all are improving. Visitors from Oklahoma and Missouri joined neighbors at Hayden and Pritchard households over the weekend.
The column lists many small town happenings. Thelma and the Hay Pen family dined at R. R. Coulter’s. Rev. J B Coulter has been ill. Families from Hugo, Logan, Tecums, and Madison visited relatives. a 3 pound baby boy was born to Burgette Mesner on the 12th. Red Cross Auxiliary formed in Sophia. Mothers Club meets with Mrs McNulty. Kansas City visitations noted.
Local application cannot reach the sea or cure catarrh. The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood-borne remedy from J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It promises wonderful results in catarrhal conditions and offers free testimonials and samples.
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