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Newspaper
The Vinita Daily Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
4
A breezy note invites readers to consider tempting dishes and refined table settings. It suggests guests may choose based on personal taste and promises courteous service to aid selection. The message reads as a friendly inducement from a catering or dining provider.
Quotations from Vinita produce market appear altered in transit causing garbled text and unclear pricing signals for wholesalers. The fragment hints at a pricing or supply note but readable details are limited and cannot be confirmed.
As William J. Bryan prepares for an August 27 Topeka address on bank deposits, Kansas bankers show strong support for a guaranty law. John W. Friedenthal has asked bankers for views. 137 replies indicate 88 in favor, 35 opposed, 17 non committed.
W L Lyons of this city was arrested on a wholesale liquor laws violation by orders from Muskogee Deputy U S Marshal J C Wilkinson. Witnesses are named for the case and a preliminary hearing is set for tomorrow at 10 o clock before Commissioner Smith.
An eastbound Frisco freight wrecked near Albia delaying trains today. The caboose and oil tank left the track just east of Albia and damaged the track for some distance. The wreck was cleared and traffic resumed later.
The Harlan murder case dominated today's district court session as attorneys argued a motion for dismissal. Defense lawyers Rider and Brady clashed with W. H. Kornegay who pressed to have the case thrown out.
An elderly man in a woods near London has survived twenty years under an umbrella as his roof and claims no illness. The piece then contrasts with public views on dishonorably discharged service members, questioning respect for the uniform while defending the dignity of soldiers and sailors.
The Vinita Daily Chieftain, now received by D. M. Mars & Sons, is praised as neatly edited and the best Vinita enterprise. The piece urges Greater Vinita businessmen to support it and recommends reading for Delaware county readers. A temperance meeting is set at M E church south on Tuesday at 8 00 p m with Mrs Lilah D Lindsey of Tulsa as president and two other ladies in attendance.
Ordinance 389 levies a 92 dollar special tax on Lots 7 and 8 in Block 29 to cover M B Steiner’s sidewalk construction in front of the property. The City Clerk is ordered to issue a tax warrant, publish notice, and place the levy on the 1908 tax rolls. The measure, approved August 19 1908, follows prior notices and contracts.
The Whiteside Sentinel praises A. T. Skelley of Vinita and son in law of J. R. Harris for twelve years as deputy circuit clerk and four years during the Clerk Tut tle’s illness, urging his election as Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Deeds for Whiteside county. Mrs. Mattie Schlicht visits brother John Walker then leaves for Scipio.
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