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Newspaper
The Vinita Daily Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement details a mid-summer sale with low prices on wash goods Percale and Portiers, plus men’s suits and boys wear. Items include wool Portiers, wash goods, linen vests, knee pants, and suit sets with discounts up to 26 percent and bulk lots priced from under a dollar to several dollars.
Fim Taylor visits with family while Emma Thompson from Labelle returns for a visit. Cherished local items include a new 26 by 48 foot schoolhouse contract, Adair hay market activity, and a budding bluejacket challenge for the local basketball team. Senator Landrum to Pryor Creek post, Cherokee funds questions linger, and farm life notes cover rains and hay prices.
A Philadelphia printer clerk named McCurdy proposed an illustrated postage stamp system decades ago. The concept gained favor, prompting the U S post office and later a presidential secretary to acknowledge and forward the designs for consideration.
The piece credits Lord Kelvin with solving Atlantic cable challenges through his calculations and experiments. It notes initial doubts about signals and current, the missteps of early attempts, and Kelvin’s insight that allowed successful undersea communication using strong electrical impulses and proper instrumentation.
South Harpawell correspondent recounts Edward B H Moody near Bargo's Stint Cove on a Friday afternoon as a wild goose sat on the edge of the water. Moody grabbed the bird by the neck and endured a painful strike but carried the bird home as proof of his capture for friends.
Fragmentary report discusses an Austarption paper proposing that native families pay a yearly tax of 41.65 per acre or 34.5 per vent of the crop. Foreigners and land companies hold 655,000 acres, raising concerns of solvency and equity. the resulting deficits suggest possible gold hoarding.
The Sequoyah Hotel in Syracuse Kansas, named for the Cherokee chief, is planned to open around July 15, 1908 under Pred Harvey. The Santa Fe station hotel features reinforced concrete Mission style arches, broad porches, and sixteen guest rooms with telephone and electric light including some with private baths. The lobby offers red walls and Mission-era furnishings while the dining room seats seventy and the lunch room serves forty. the kitchen and pantry are fully equipped. J M Connell, General Passenger Agent.
An advertisement seeks a manager to run a branch office in Vinits. Applicants should include one dress reference and contact The Morris Wholesale House, Cincinnati Ohio.
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