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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
3
SACS offers Bolton Shoe Company and Streetman products with prices from 1.00 to 3.00. Boots and children's shoes use solid leather insoles and counters with a guarantee. The store proclaims quality over low price and promises durable wear, especially for wet conditions.
A local ad claims SELZ stamped soles prove genuine value and wear. It promises satisfaction and, if not, the store will make it right.
An old fragment advertises Foley's Honey and Tar for bronchitis and colds. It quotes Alfred Bee of Wel fare Texas praising the product and mentions Miss Dora and Minerva Smith of Danville who claim long Bronchitis relief after using the remedy sold by People's drug store.
Local notices report frequent visits and travels of residents such as Edgar Marre, A J Degarment, and Mrs. Newel, plus trade at Balentine’s. Cough remedies and tonics from Foley’s Honey and Tar are advertised at Peoples Drug Store. A typhoid death is noted in the city and funerals planned for Greensburg Missouri.
A patchwork of medical cures and personal notices amid community life. Advertisements tout White's Vermifuge and DeWitt’s remedies with testimonials, while local church events, announcements of marriages, and social gatherings fill the page, including a surprise party for Rev. Wolfe and a fall safety warning.
Special to Deadly Abieftain Muskogee Oklahoma Territory dispatch notes the Interior Department affirms the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes rejection of citizenship applications from listed Cherokee Nation individuals and families. The notice includes names such as Cordelia Myers Holley John Pogue Maggie B Price and others.
Washington reports the long delayed land allotment plan for the Cherokee Creek Seminole Choctaw and Chickasaw nations is nearing completion. Secretary Hitchock leads Interior efforts to finalize independent land ownership for about 240000 Indians, shifting guardianship to individuals with titles to parcels.
Final notice requires birth proof for children born up to September 1 1902 to be filed with the Five Civilized Tribes Commission in Muskogee by October 1 1902. Failure to provide proof may bar enrollment on the Cherokee Nation final roll and affect eligibility under the 1902 act. The roll provisions specify eligible persons as of September 1 1902 and exclude later-born children.
A regional lumber concern advertises a full stock of lumber graded from best to knot holes. It also touts plastering materials Acme, sharp sand, Portland and Louisville cement, and notes prices are unusually low. The piece invites readers to inspect the yard and highlights generous stock and bargain pricing.
An expiring contest offered a cash prize for an ideal name for a new Rosieland train to California via Kansas City and El Paso Texas. Names from across the United States were submitted, and the winning title Golden State Limited was chosen. The feature ads promote related services and travel rates via the M I T Beltway, plus endorsements for digestive tonic Kodol.
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