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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
2
The Chieftain declares rapid growth and news coverage will keep pace with town expansion. It promises timely, proper style news, urges readers to seek and pay for a paper women and children will crave, and notes upcoming April city election and local issues from quarantine to Cherokee treaty debates.
The article urges forming a Provident Association in the city to coordinate clothing, food, fuel, and monetary donations. It notes widespread destitution, proposes city involvement for distribution and anti imposition, and mentions seminole indemnity payments and local incidents. It also reports on a mysterious Kansas City check found for Geo B Keeler and the death of John Meigs and Cherokee politics and theft concerns.
Senate probes the Cherokee Nation 400000 appropriation to freedmen and 126000 paid to Robert H Kern and J Milton Turner of St Louis. Inspector McConnell notes possible bribery and a pending investigation by the Cherokee council amid claims of improper fees and witness pressure.
An 1898 affidavit describes disputes over Cherokee freedmen funding and an alleged misuse of a $400,000 appropriation. It details expected attorney fees, misread contracts, and leadership betrayal within Cherokee councils. Judge Springer’s court began with motions, scheduling jury trials for civ il and probate matters as the term progresses.
Miss Helen Gould, guardian of a vast fortune, faced an outpouring of begging letters after offering government aid for the Spanish American War. One day she received 67 requests totaling well over a million dollars, from $5.50 to $400,000, with other pitches for patents and loans. Her Irvington home Lyndhurst became a bustling relief hub, the library transformed into a “comfort shop” where maids and staff stitched pajamas and bags for wounded soldiers while Gould oversaw the work.
A collage of quips and short exchanges from multiple newspapers featuring weary travelers, lovers, editors, and punchy wordplay. Jokes touch on engagements, sunsets, war price jokes, a barber, and poet irritation with rhymes. The pieces reflect light humor and social norms of the era.
About three miles west of Cedar Bayou in Hactis county a 60 year old well called the Singing Well draws eerie sounds from underground. Calmer days bring faint Aeolian harp like tones while strong winds raise water and amplify its eerie moans. The well is about 60 feet deep and a failed attempt to seal it left the sound undiminished despite filling dirt into the shaft.
Tuesday's performance by Gorton's Minstrels drew rave notices for the band, soloists, and Crescent City Quartet, with encores and strong audience reaction. Manager Carter offered returning date and guarantee, while Foreman druggist advertised Bucklen's Arnica Salve and local pharmacy services.
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