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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1900
Page
5
Focus on early chores and divine services with gratitude to the Creator. Do not be cranky or say you will forgo other days. Maintain good humor at dinner and avoid unkind words. At 3 20 PM attend the football event with wife or guest to the ball.
A jumble of brief motion and travel notes from Oklahoma towns. Mentions J OlGray in Troup Texas, Mrs B Crockett in Bluejeken, A Charebill to Oklahoma City, various visits to St Louis and Adair, Thanksgiving plans, court sessions, and local business updates. Also notes improvements in telephony rents, railway routes, and regional weather impact on farming activity. Observers include Waner, Pryor Creek, Tuscaloosa, and Dewey areas with mentions of notable residents moving or visiting.
Local society plans a New Halsell building ball with the Chetopa orchestra and a large turnout expected. Also notes rail traffic, Thanksgiving travel, and regional events including vaccination advice and a Kansas City Medical college game.
A morning sermon at the Church of the Holy Great will be delivered by Bishop Meershaert, famed for eloquence. The program includes music and sport notes, with attention to tennis, golf, and fall events. Gentlemen players and courteous conduct are emphasized. no harsh words expected on the field today.
The interdenominational Thanksgiving service brings together Protestant congregations. It begins at 10:30 this morning at the Baptist church with organ music, hymns Holy Holy Holy and America, a sermon by Rev O L Browning, offertory, desolagy Old Hundred, and benediction by Rev W G Patterson.
Local chatter denies rumors of no game and predicts a lively match featuring Couchdowns scrimmages and kicks. Telegrams received Tuesday suggest a Tuesday or Saturday event with robust play, husky Tule boys facing an impregnable Main squad and Pablequeb notable for solid defense and strong offense.
The article reports corn rising to 50 to 51 cents a bushel in Chicago on the exchange. A young trader named Phillipe is blamed for cornering the market, having shown savvy against older brokers and accumulating a three million bushels stake. He claims he can maintain prices near 50 cents all winter, citing good grade corn still in the field.
Fragmented foreign gossip notes vast capital debt in Scotland and varied trade undercurrents. Mentions London underground traffic, mushroom production in France, Belgian Ghent’s large workforce, and Paris mushroom trade. Describes Chinese imperial policy, Persian themed gold casket for London, and war impacts on Cuban sugar plantations and cattle. Ends with a quirky dialogue about church duties and weekly offerings.
Edward Arnold, now a millionaire, tells the Chieftain of his arrest for murder and a nineteen year separation from wife Evelyn Paynt. The Cincinnati bank owner recalls a tragic Thanksgiving 1880, a snowbound night, a pistol, a policeman’s death, and a high profile legal fight amid elite society.
A cluttered sale listing offers men’s fine suits in worsted and cassimoro fabrics with round and square cuts priced from 8.50 to 12.50, plus hundreds of trousers and diverse outerwear and boys’ suits across multiple price points from Widely noted brands.
Weekly sale highlights heavy beaver jackets and long styles at reduced prices. Includes beaver cloth capes trimmed with braids, children's jackets from 1.50, and flannelette wrappers offered at 1.00 to 1.25. Limited stock, prices quoted to attract shoppers in Vinita.
In first person narration Mr Arnold recounts eluding guards to steal a bank sum, then fleeing at night to reach family and flee justice. He details disguises, treks by train, and a long journey across states to Kansas City and Seattle before learning of family poverty and continuing to Claremore by Katy to meet relatives. He claims to have become a millionaire through a Chicago era mining venture and reports a new plan to seek recovery with aid from trusted kin.
A seaside near Pablo Beach sees a man pulled under by waves during a bath. He was carried out repeatedly and state reports note the victim regained breath to shore with the aid of his son. An extensive account links the event to currents and a recovery effort.
Indian inspector Wright outlines suggestions in his annual report, highlighting administrative improvements, policing methods, and community outreach strategies for local districts. He emphasizes transparency, training upgrades, and stricter oversight to enhance public safety.
Indian Inspector J George Wright urges Congress to require payment of tribal taxes and to tax lands held by five tribes. He notes about twenty million acres owned by citizens and four to five thousand five hundred a year income per person, with 350000 white non-citizens lacking property or representation. The report flags legal confusion, calls for penalties for nonpayment and for enforcement methods, and discusses suitability of state like penalties.
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