Revival Brewer Named President at Willie Halsell College
The recent city meeting of the college board appointed Rev Theo F Brewer of South McAlester as president. A boys dormitory will be built on campus with $11,000 already pledged, signaling renewed support from the Methodist church. The piece discusses church funding, education drives, and the role of the church in Vinita, urging broader community impact and stronger service to the unsaved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Halsell College
Theo. F. Brewer
South McAlester
Methodist Church
South
Educational Board of the Church
Methodist Church of the World
Southern Methodist Church
South Church
Vinita
Gil
Uiese
Sizing Up Horses In Chicago Market See Industry Pace
Frank Burckhalter toured the Chicago horse market the first of last week and praised the system and speed. The city, he said, is the world’s greatest horse market with experts showing horses in moments. Five minutes suffices to assess speed, endurance, and utility as a skilled dry goodsman tests fabric. Unbroken horses are quickly hitched, trained, driven, and tested. A horse is driven to a cart, halted, and jabbed with a cane to test lungs. pain indicates poor lungs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Burckhalter
Chicago
July 4 Sale Ad List With Wide Ranges Of Housewares
A late nineteenth century sale notice promotes July fourth decorations and harvest time bargains. It lists Mason jars, baking powder, fly traps, glassware, tumblers, pins, socks, gloves, thread, clothing, fabric, coffee, oats, crackers, extracts, notes cards, rings, pins, tinware, furniture items, and general household goods with prices. The dense itemized catalog emphasizes deep discounts and a broad assortment aimed at daily use and holiday prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason's
Fairbanks
Williamatic
Lyon Coffee
Local soda shop menu and service notes
A fragmented list shows cold drinks including lemonade Dr Pepper and cream soda with clerks noted as ready to serve. Mentions of artesian notes and town party delivery appear in nearby lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Periniowah
Montes Artesian
Notes
al Joe
Towne Partite
Heck Bruner’s Funeral Held Saturday at Pryor Creek
The funeral for Heck Bruner, found drowned near Little Spavinaw, was held Saturday at Pryor Creek with a large procession led by about thirty Masons and attended by many Vinita officials and friends. Bruner, a longtime Indian Territory lawman, died while serving court papers in the hills east of the river. his graveyard near Vinita holds many outlaw burials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heck Bruner
Keller Walker
John Sheehan
Tomas Monaghan
Pryor Creek
Bruner
Muskogee
Vet Thompson
Siloum Springs
Benton County
Arkansas
Barney Connelly
United States
Marscal Carroll
Jacob Yous
Ft. Smith Court
Connelly
Vinita
Indian Territory
Dick Adams
Broner
West
Rep Queen
Bob Rogers
First National Bank of
City
Widow seeks Cherokee history help for nation book
The wife of the late Chief Dr. Bushyhead seeks documents and letters from public figures to aid a forthcoming history of the Cherokee Nation. She plans chapters by contemporaries and notes many leaders are now gone, urging timely cooperation from Tahlequah. The yarn is 24 per cent stronger.
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Buckyhead
Tahlequah
Bushyhead
Col. Ross
Boudinots
Roundiap Cotton Bale praised by New England mills
Test results from a New England cotton manufacturer, Wm C Lovering, highlight the Roundiap bale from the American Cotton Company as favored by New England spinners and European mills. He notes a 25 percent higher average breaking strain of paras—span over the old base—supported by mill tests and industry praise. Also mentions Oklahoma statehood debates and the Downing district convention in Claremore for senate and national council nominations.
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New England
Wm. C. Lovering
American Cotton Company
Europe
Downing Party
Claremore
Senate
National Council
Moonlight Picnic Hosts Friends Near Brackett Farm
Misses Hill and Molly hosted a moonlit picnic Friday near Brackett's farm in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Crockett. Guests rode boats and enjoyed supper after a creek outing, with lively conversation and plenty of food making it a pleasant social event. Also notes tribal tax efforts in Indian Territory, inspectors to check non payers, agent may remove defaulters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayde Hill
Laura Holy
Join Crockett
Brackett
John Crockett
Joe Conklin
Wilton Ratcliff
Sayde IM
Laura Holly
Baren Burwell
Ethel Goodykoontz
Charley Hunt
Severa Burnett
Mont Crockett
Pearl Drew
Stith Davenport
Bessie Kennedy
Alfred Berger
Dewey Hill
Indian Territory
Phoenix
Department
Indian Office
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Rev. Brewer
Willie Halsell
Willie Halzell College
Cami
Initian
Croinee
Preston Davis
Mitchell
Moberly
Bro’s
Queensware
Burns
India
Tam
Tom
John G. Gray
The
Dawes Commission
Kansas City
National
Tablequah
Cherokee Nation
Tabtequah
Metionel
Oklahoma
Oklahoman
Misses Hill
Molly
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