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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
3
Rail appointments and timetable shifts in the Indian Chieftain item hint at evolving cross state railroad ties, referencing Kansas and Texas routes and the broader impact on regional transportation. The brief notes changes in schedules and potential economic effects for nearby communities.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a schedule or event with times and locations but is garbled. Readable items include a reference to a 3 am and an express service or event marker. No clear names, dates, or places can be confirmed.
Community news items from Vinita and surrounding areas. Notes include moves and jobs for Lee Barrett and Claude Clawson, postmaster appointment for Tahlequah, theatre and church events, family visits, weather and crop prospects, local commerce, minor incidents, and civic notices.
The report recalls Tor Thos. M. Bullington, a popular Cherokee figure, who served as acting chief for a day after the deaths of Chief Joel B. Mayes and Assistant Chief Cham- Were, while the Cherokee Senate president. The episode occurred about six years after those events as the council organized.
Miss Carrie Goodykoontz hosted a lively Tuesday whist party for about twenty four guests including Miss Nelson from Lebanon Missouri. Strawberry cream and cake followed six tables of play in what attendees called one of the season’s most delightful entertainments.
A man named Ed Thompson, claiming Garnett and Greeley Kansas origins, wandered near W. E. DuPree's field early Friday. He spoke of being pursued and believed everyone planned to kill him, and he identified Mr. DePree as someone he had seen at the depot. He appeared fearful and spoke of death as his fate.
An editor recalls a familiar annual encounter as a man approaches with a message about the local band fundraiser. The memory centers on a recurring figure and the community task of paying for the newspaper, framed by a sense of routine and local culture.
The elocution and music class at Willie Hassell College staged a Tuesday opera house program featuring The Dance of the Flowers, readings by Grace Butler and Lizzie Dickey, a mandolin and guitar club performance, and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream. The event impressed patrons and reflected credit on the faculty. Also noted are local crime and prison recollections including Soldier's boy larceny case and Andersonville veteran J L Sherman.
Closing exercises at Willie Halsell college in the chapel featured a literary address by Attorney Luman F. Parker Jr and piano by Dot Fay Trott. Gold medals were awarded for penmanship music art readers and housekeeping as the college announced a September reopening with similar faculty. Cattlemen eye western Kansas and Colorado as new pasture options while Pumphrey’s outfit ships 2300 head to Garden City. Poet Laureate tribute follows with an ode celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday and a reflective lines on empire fame and memory.
A faded notice extols the Katy Flyer train known for speed across the western routes. The piece mentions engineers, coaches, and the gleaming Wagner car lines running from Michigan to Texas gulf coast, with references to cities and officials.
The One Store in Vinita offers affordable men’s suits at 10 12.50 and 15 with no high pressure prices. Men’s clothing includes boys suits from 1.50 to 6.40 and a large dry goods selection with many low prices on lawns linens prints and notions.
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