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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
3
Miscellaneous town items from Claremore and Vinita including staff changes at the Chieftain, local business ads, theater and raffle notes, weatherless farm listings, a bank cashier’s mishap, railroad campaigns, and upcoming press banquet plans with attendees and venue details.
The Vinita Democratic Club calls a meeting for Wednesday night at the United States court room to consider joining the national democratic club, receiving contributions for the national campaign, and deciding on delegates to the Apollo convention. Paxaron S. Davis presides. S. K. Amos secretary.
A fragmented rural column notes visitors and illnesses in a Missouri village. Entries mention residents like W. Propp planning to move to town, Frank Amersons sick child, Typhoid affecting Mack Whitney, and a newborn girl for Mr. and Mrs. Ligh Mouton. A party at Wes Murrie’s and various local travels are referenced.
Over the telephone, Henry Martin reports his family has returned from Texas. Mrs. K A Brewer, wife of Prof. Brewer, died at her home after a lingering illness. Mrs. Small, widow of Mrs. G W Beck, has been very ill but improving. Dr. Fite from Muskogee was summoned to see Mrs. Boal. Milton Drake sold fine feeding steers at 4c to Kansas buyers. W M Farmer received an offer for 90 head of 1100 pound steers. The K S L and M Ry special car of Superintendent Hammond arrived last night. he and his party will travel overland from the southwest and are expected in Vinita tomorrow morning.
A fragmented ad style passage touts honesty with customers as a core policy. It emphasizes fair value, warning against overpricing and promising customers they will get worth for their money from a complete stock of goods. The text references a wide assortment and a belief in honest sale practices.
A period advertisement describes dry goods ladies and children's shoes hosiery and bedding offered at deep discounts. It touts 100s of pairs of shoes blankets and fabrics with prices cited from low to mid range and promotes new collarettes and fall fabric selections though readability is limited by OCR errors.
A Vinita store declares its fall clothing stock the largest and best yet, describing cashed-bought stock with advantages for buyers. It promises lower prices and first pick of goods from manufacturers, aiming to double business this fall and urging local customers to act in their own interest.
A clipped ad fragment from Llen's Suits and Overcoats advertises clothing prices for suits and overcoats. It notes stock and investigation by clothing buyers in the vicinity and highlights bargain pricing for menswear.
A clef-like tale describes Mr New Daddy whose weight shifts from 105 pounds to nine pounds zero with the birth of a baby boy. The story blends quirky humor with local scenes as the mother bears the joy, a bum joins, and the family welcomes the infant amid celebratory town chatter. Also listed are Dawes Commission dates for Vinita Bartlesville Claremore Gatoose and Osbies with weekly spans in October and November.
The Indian Territory editors will visit two Cherokee cities this week for entertainment and a Webster Davis lecture, plus a roping contest. They then travel to Claremore, then St Louis for two days of sightseeing and return. A second item notes the 118 males and 13 horses in General Porter's barn lot to support Choctaw and Chickasaw nation appraisal work beginning next month, with tents and surveying instruments arriving from Germany.
The interior department commission to the five civilized tribes cancels sessions at Oolageh and schedules new hearings in Claremore and Vinita Oklahoma Territory. Milestone notes include crop yields from Milton Drake and a tragic lake death mystery reported by fishermen as a distant echo in the fragmentary text.
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