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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
3
A brief item notes city residents access new fashion styles with updated cassimere suits and odd pants offering fresh effects and colors. Shoppers test fabrics, colors, and tailoring options at local shops.
Vinita 1899 news items include illnesses of Mrs M L Butler and Mrs Felix Cowan, court sessions by Judge Dom Carlos in Purland, visits from Prof G F Clark and families, lap robes at Lee Barrett’s, telegraph line trouble at Wagoner, Maroons wins at Chanute Coffeyville and Parsons, and a political social planned at Worcester Academy. The Indian Territory press association meets in Ardmore Sept 27 with excursion plans to Galveston and Dallas fair on press day Sept 30.
Miss Halle Thompson hosts a Klondike party at the Academy dormitory with a Gypsy fortunes, a partner digging game, lemonade by Miss Louise Chandler, piano by Miss Graper, and a graceful Alaska recitation by Miss Grace Butler. A fine supper followed as guests left pleased with Vinita first of its kind. A lunchtime mishap on a Katy flyer near Welch involved a cattle herd. one steer fell from a bridge but recovered and fled. The piece also recalls a past Kelso mule incident and notes clerk John Anderson’s marriage-licence scare, with The Daily Chieftain aiding by printing licenses.
A Monday evening gypsy tea near Vinita drew a merry crowd of youths and neighbors who enjoyed a full spread amid a calm, ideal night. Attendees included E Goodykoontz, Ray Miller, Lenora Gray, Bessie Brae, Maud Miller, Tot Foreman, and many others. reports mention sickness, travel plans to Central America, and local farm sales.
Synopsis of Sunday sermons by F. Church Booth argues life's core is spiritual birth through Christ. He claims true manhood lies in the unseen, warns against mere appearances, and asserts knowledge of God equals eternal life now. Physical death becomes a gateway to eternal joy in Christ.
The Vinita city council met Tuesday with Mayor Sheehan and aldermen present. Dr Fortner reported one smallpox case and active precautions with six people confined, while Dr Owen vaccinating exposed residents. Ordinances on franchise management and weed control were passed or referred for reconstruction, and streets and alleys drainage were discussed.
Dr R O Owen under health board orders tried to vaccinate Phil Buford and family near the pest house. Buford refused and threatened the officers with a pistol while Mayor Sheehan and Marshal Ledbetter restrained him as the operation was completed. He vowed retaliation against Owen and others. The Muskogee case mentions Inola's anticipated incorporation and local growth led by Oscar Jeffiers.
A local ad offers repair services for watches clocks and jewelry with one year guaranteed work. It notes prompt neat service by A. W. Foreman and invites customers to call for repairs.
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