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Body 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:

Body 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.

Body Bucky Wright

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body MUSEUM HAPPENINGS

Body 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.

Body “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.

Body 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.

Body Canadian Pet of the Week