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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
2
Dr Price Cream Baking Powder offers purity and consistency. Manufacturers test every ingredient for purity and strength. State investigations show other powders often contain alum, leading consumers to avoid them. Each can is uniform and reliable. The Best is Always the Cheapest. Awarded World's Fair honors and other gold medals.
Cherokee Nation citizens weigh the Muskogee agreement on land allotment and freedmen rights. Critics warn the plan undervalues high quality lands while overburdening honest allottees, urging voters to decide in a tight campaign.
In the dry goods department, half wool dress goods sell for 6¢ per yard. 36 inch all wool French serge 21¢. 50 inch sacking flannel 45¢. calicoes 2¢. muslins 3 to 5¢. bleached muslins 4 to 7¢. flannels and linseys listed at low prices. cloaks and capes for ladies and children. trunks and valises discounted with metal covered trunk at $2 and a Beauty trunk at $3.00.
Local store promotes deep discounts to clear unseasonable stock. Suits from 37.50 to 15, storm coats down to 3.95 or 4.05, Boucle Kersey Melton and Beaver cloth dress coats offered, remaining Mackintoshes to be cleared regardless of cost.
Local retailer highlights a large stock of broken sizes and odd lots in boots and shoes. A bargain counter showcases choice goods sold at deep discounts including 100 pairs of men’s shoes, plow shoes, children’s school shoes, and ladies’ fine shoes, all priced well below former levels.
The document critiques allotment cash vs land value disparities with named stakeholders Poorbear Mayes Rogers Co and Mesers Mayes Ross and cites a U S court term in Muskogee. It notes grand jury duties under Judge Springer, banking depositories for bankrupt estates, motions hearings, and a habeas corpus ruling on Cherokee law and Dawes treaty implications.
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