Cherokee Nation politics stir at large in Kansas City race
Preston Davie seeks Cherokee Nation endorsement for delegate at large while seeking district delegate support. The Indian Territory status, Dawes commission actions, and potential treaty ratification loom as factions argue over endorsements. The Chieftain aims to report without hindering progress, noting internal scrutiny of tribal appointments and the Ardmore convention mood.
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Kansas
Indian Territory
Davie Hill
Vioira Club
Hill
Kansas City
Clube of the Cherokee
Hin
Vinita Ie
Aioh
Preston Davin
Globe
Vinita
Mr. Hill
Ell
Preston Davie
Fdarge
Todian
Vinije
Eule
Hillie
Endor Hiwe
Ardmore
Thorn
Secretacy of the Interior
Dawe Commission
Charoken
Thie Hine
Curtis
Interior Department
Washington
Dawes Commission
Orphans Entertain with Elaborate Cherokee Program
The Cherokee orphans presented a multifaceted program with music, Greek posse, and a cantata Strange Visions. Miss Browning supervised the physical culture class declaring it the best yet. William P Drew of Tahlequah won the declamatory medal. Johnson McDaniel the scholarship medal. Nettie Ratley the department medal. Noah Cloud won the prize in the afternoon drill. Claud Payne named roughest. Visitors came from Vinita, Tahlequah and other points.
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Physos
Miss Browning
Hop Sing
William P. Drew
Tablequab
Board of Education
Coppock
Johnson McDaniel
Nettie Ratley
Luoch
Noah Cloud
Parks
Claud Payne
Vinita
Tahlequah
Pointe
Cherokee census dates shifted across Cherokee Nation
The Dawes commission cancels prior census dates and lists new census sites with specific July to November windows. Locations include Fairland Westville Sillwell Buneh Salina Muldrow Ft Gibson Pryor Creek Vinita Welch Bartlesville Nowata Oolagah Claremore Catoosa Chelsea with assigned date ranges for citizens’ census filing.
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Dawes Commission
Department of the Interior
Cherokee Nation
Fairland
Westville
Sillwell
Afton Democrats Call Friday Club Meeting at Union Hall
Afton Democrats schedule a Friday meeting at Union Hall at 2 pm with speakers John B. Turner W. B. Thompson of Vinita and D. W. Talbot of Miami addressing the audience on party lines. At the 5 pm regular session Hon. Thomas Marcum of Muskogee will speak as the state Democratic committeeman. All surrounding Lawn clubs and the public are invited to participate in the day’s exercises. Cherokee warrant payments progress slowly with $15005.68 paid on school warrants to date and next week’s disbursements from jail funds. about $800 000 in warrants remain outstanding across 6000 warrants.
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Afton Democratic Club
Union Hall
John B. Turner
W.B. Thompson
Vinita
D. W. Talbot
Miami
Thomas Marcum
Muskogee
Mion
Exid Hob Taylor
Wanted Kansas Girl Essay Clipping Promises Reward
A Nebraska man offers six dollars for the identify of a Kansas girl who wrote a quoted essay. The piece mocks a graduate’s bold humor about education and marriage, noting she prefers practical love over lofty verse and jokes about grammar and domestic life.
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KE. B. Witaeny
Akron
Nebt
Kansas City
Kaneva
Eho
Alpe
Italy
Alps
Missouri
Andronte
Death note near Coffeyville sparks joke claim
A corked beer bottle note found in the Verdigris River near Coffeyville warned the finder to seek the writer’s body below the dam. The city marshal investigates while officials suspect a hoax as no body has turned up. Separately Osage Oil Co ships 300 barrels to Stand Oil refinery at Neodesha Kansas, with mixed drilling results in the region.
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Verdigris
Coffeyville
Poreum Creek
Coffeyville Dam
Caw
Meg Wage
Osage Oil Company
Bartlesville
Stand Oil Company
Neodetha
Kas
Osage Company
Treaty Delay in Washington Highlights Indian Territory Woes
In Washington the Indian Affairs week sees little legislative progress on Indian Territory matters. The House and Senate slow to act on treaties and bills, with divisions over Curtis amendments threatening passage. Cherokee and Delaware tribal suits face hurdles, while Col. L. B. Bell advocates territorial governance amid chaotic conditions and a vast population lacking stable political structure.
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D.C
Indian Territory
Representative Park
Jersey
House
Senate
Curtis
Curtie
Senate Committee On
Moon
Tennessee
Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
United States
Committee On Territories
Col
L. B. Bell
Cherckes
Washington
Mr. Boll Ids
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Union
Oklahoma
Claremore
Medical
Hoop
Secretary of the Interior
United States Supreme Court
Legacien
Bilwell Timers
Tablequah Sentinel
Bentinel
John W. Patton
National Iater
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South McAlester
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Democratic Club
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Ardware
Suny Hot
Afton Democrats
Interior
Committee On Indian Affairs
Muskogee Tinea
Jean Hurst-Redferu Produce Co
D. B. Carga
Washira
Mra. Brower
Scrofula
Peoples Drug Store
A. W. Foreman
Chapman and
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