Community

I am coming in to check email, mail, and clean my desk (not going well). I am offering the following article from the Oklahoma Rural News, October 1975:

It’s been said before, but I’ll say it again. Small businesses are the backbone of our community, our state, and our nation’s economy. According to sba.gov, two-thirds of jobs in the United States are generated by small businesses. Small towns specifically are largely impacted through these locally-owned businesses. From sponsoring Little League baseball teams to creating jobs, the impact Alexander’s, The Cattle Exchange, and many other businesses have on our community is limitless.

Bucky Wright

Wednesday evening, the citizens of Canadian met in a mass meeting in the court room and discussed the best method to prevent the recurrence of the “Flu” epidemic. Mayor Taylor presided and various things pertinent and impertinent were discussed. Among other things was a statement made by the mayor that word had reached the City Council that some lawyer had advised some of our citizens that the council has no power to enforce any “of its orders or regulations and that the citizens do not have to obey unless they please.” No reason for this advice was given, so we are left in the dark as to where the alleged weakness lies, but in our opinion a test should be made and if some loop hole exists in the organization of the City, the defect may be remedied. It is a dangerous condition if true, and if not true all citizens ought to be taught to respect an ordinance.

As discussed in last week’s Museum Notes, the 1918 influenza pandemic ran from spring 1918 to spring 1919. We know that the 1918 virus affected Canadian, but we do not have many firsthand accounts. None of the biographies, recollections, personal papers, or newspapers in the museum’s collection document the pandemic while it was happening. Furthermore, there are no known copies of The Canadian Record from 1918 and only June-December of 1919. Oh, how I wish we had those newspapers! However, we do have a few primary sources upon which to know how Hemphill County was affected during the pandemic.

MUSEUM HAPPENINGS

From time to time, we have an abundance of deer meat, and it’s been a challenge to find different ways to prepare it, at least until we discovered the cookbook, Buck, Buck, Moose. So, if you have a hunter in the family, you might want to check it out. Here’s a delicious recipe that is sure to please even the most discriminating palate. The following recipe uses venison, but it can be prepared with beef steak as well. Enjoy!

“Palmer Bros. World’s Greatest Three Ring Wild Animal Show will exhibit in Canadian on April 23. It is enough to justify anyone taking an interest in this event, for the show contains, nothing but the highest class acts. One act alone, that of the full grown, jungle bred African Lions, would more than repay you for a visit to this mammoth enterprise. Then the bears, in their fun provoking and roller skating act, is another that should not be missed.

In 1918 until spring 1919, the “Spanish flu” circled the globe. It is estimated that 500 million worldwide were infected, which was about a third of the world’s population at the time. An estimated 50 million worldwide died from the virus or from complications of it. The 1918 pandemic killed approximately 3 percent of the world’s population, including a staggering 675,000 in the United States.

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