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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
4
Local items report editor T. Walker passing through Saturday enroute home from a visit to Muskogee. Dr. Jackson’s Indian eye salve marketed, W. T. Hutchings back from the Dawes commission trip, farmers listing corn, bacon, and lard for sale, Georgia editor notes price quirks, Hunt’s lightning oil advertised with money-back guarantee.
A garbled colonial-era page mixes street chatter and ads. Dickey jokes about crossing the ocean while marketing mixed hair tonics, German salve cures, and Bellyful of warnings. Local merchants including People's Drug Store feature products like Beggs' Mair renewer and Regge German salve amid railroad right of way notices and barber shop plans.
A historical Toledo advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials about B J Cheney and Woyt & Troux wholesale druggists. It claims quick absorption into blood and throat glands, lists price per bottle, and asserts the remedy as the best family tonic with endorsements from local merchants.
The Pawhunka Journal reports that Osage agency disbursements in June topped $200,000. Regular annuities near $90,000 each, payrolls totaling about $10,000, and overdue Congo government salaries paid that week contributed to the large total. Also noted are local notices of contests, dances, and small ads amid medical and fire notices.
A report from Wee woka cites Judge Gill urging grand jurors to enforce timber laws on Indian lands and reserve areas against unlawful cutting or destruction. Separate items note Interior oil lease approvals in Cherokee country, a $100,000 deal with the Cudahy company, and planned development pending lease clearance. Also mentioned are Rev. R. M. Loughridge’s death, a Creek Nation mission history, a new Nor Din book discovery, summer health remedies, and a historic wheat shipment from the Indian Territory worth attention.
A fragment heavy with distorted phrases and ad copy references includes mock legal jargon about gifting an orange, notes on court moves by judges, and various era advertisements for remedies and medicines. It mentions Judge Gill and Don Carlos, a move of a county court to Miami, and product pitches for pile cures and health tonics.
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