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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
4
A cryptic message indicates letters were mailed in plain envelopes without printing, stating that Pheree Jeter is freed and that confidential credits are held, with answers to be mailed back in plain packaging.
A garbled list details residents and visitors from Watt land Parry land Newman Muskogee and other places. Mentions Riley Copeland, Lem Long, Hower Clorson, G G Roberts, News Williams, Ming, Deek Clawson, Marekhalter family, Lewis Martin, Chief Kuogtun, Judge Gill, Wm Hallard, Hrils Bills, Gus Muropolus, Lew Mason, Walter Charles, Theoollege students, George Barrett, Harlan and wife, Charley Hidves, Mrs Browning, Mrs Fage Filppin, Kinison democratic club, Preston Waris, Wagoner club, a Tom Knight audit, and Tabiequal inquiry.
The page fragment lists names and places including Clare Chendior, Theenga, Menty Thompson, Vonny Suilin, Spavinow, and Bluejacket with assorted medical cures and drugstore notices. Mentions a public school vacation, teachers, and Mr Davies. Also notes real estate moves, cattle at Katy stock yard, and a Frisco passenger through Oklahoma City.
An OCR filled page lists patent medicine claims by P J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio promising a universal cure with internal use from 10 drops to a teaspoon, offering $100 if false. Other items mention local deaths, a canary, Cherokee commission work in Vinita, farm for sale, and various ads and notices from Vinita and surrounding areas.
A historical program from Cherokee Asylum features students performing choirs, duets, declamations, and recitations. The event includes concerts by Quartette Teresa How do Do, Fannie Hampwood, and Georgia Payne, with pieces from Miss Edmondson and Horne. Attendees heard standards like No Excellence Without Great Labor and a valedictory presented by the Board of Education president H. W. Shelton.
The Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge at Davis adjourned after a two day session. Officers elected for the coming year include E.R. Evans at Krebs as grand chancellor, Alex Hane at Krebs as grand vice chancellor, John Sheehan at Atoka as grand prelate, A. Butte at Chickasha as grand master at arms, Lee Comer at Wynnewood as grand keeper of records and seals, W. L. Chapman at Claremore as grand master exchequer, A. K. Bent at Vinita as grand junior guard, Joe M. London at Ardmore as grand outer guard. The Wyandotte Democratic Club endorses Vinita’s Prenton S. Davis for delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City on July 4, 1900, and instructs Ardmore delegates to support him.
An unsigned plea extols the Semi-Weekly Republic as the best source of news and political understanding. It touts telegraphic coverage, authoritative facts, and appealing features including a Sunday magazine with fashion and humor. Subscriptions offer a bundled rate for both weekly and Sunday editions at a special price.
The Burlington Route offers a new daily through train from Montana to the Northwest, reaching Portland and Puget Sound in about 48 hours to Central Montana. It travels via Ogden and the Pacific coast, with through coaches sleepers and dining cars, advertising rapid service to Kansas City, Omaha, and beyond.
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