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Newspaper
The Vinita Daily Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
4
The notice extols inviting displays of eatables and emphasizes cleanliness and high quality across stock. It invites customers to visit, order conveniently, and experience tempting offerings, urging an early response.
Vinita Produce Market quotes farmers and buyers with price notes for various commodities. The fragment lists shipping and market terms, indicating bid and ask ranges though details are incomplete.
Sunday School times listed for Congregational, Presbyterian, Baptist and Christian churches. Morning sermons at 11, or 9 45, 10, or 11 depending on church. No preaching at Presbyterian church. Baptist adds BYP at 7 30 pm. Christian church advertises both morning and evening services with good music.
Harden Realty Co and Cherokee National Bank announce the College Addition project in Vinita. Proposed macadamized pavement, cement sidewalks, a 25 foot parkway, and homes under construction. Open about Sept 10. Lot prices start at 10 dollars down and 10 dollars per month per pair.
Consul General Rayndal writes from Beirut that carobs or locust beans, also called curobutor, are extant in Mediterranean countries. Arabs and Moors eat them while southern Europe uses them as fodder for horses, cattle, and swine. Cyprus yielded 69,000 tons in 1906. A Cyprus variety named apostolike means sent by God or self sown.
Mr Sirius Barker urges action for literature while another speaker emphasizes library work as architecture not literature, highlighting a debate over cultural funding and priorities.
Gentry Baus presents an extravagant showcase featuring large-scale pageantry including trains of cars, bands, 200 ponies, 200 dog actors, 100 monkeys, baby elephants, camels, and aerial displays. Free annual reception invites public to witness a prodigal display of equine, zoological, and musical entertainments.
A quotation attributed to Edmund Burke extols two guiding principles of civilization. It argues that manners, culture, and learning survived through the combined forces of nobility and clergy. The passage contends that noble and religious patronage sustained knowledge even amid war and political upheaval.
A Massachusetts congressman aboard the Hyde Park train wreck recounts a passenger being pitched forward as the shock hit, soaked by ice water from a water cooler. A frantic traveler urged him to keep cool, and he replied he was the coolest man aboard having just endured two buckets of ice water poured down his back.
A Boston area minister's wife employs a recently hired colored cook. The wife remarks she wishes the cook to prepare Gatmek for breakfast, noting her husband is Scotch and enjoys oatmen. The cook questions the claim, doubting the Scotch identity.
A historical note recalls how, twenty years ago, squatters dug pits at paddock corners to trap kangaroos, driving them in to be clubbed. Kangaroo skins had little value then, but now with their near extinction there is a renewed demand for them and even the meat is described as a prized delicacy.
An exchange shows an objection about a personal income scheme. Senator Sorghum says he has no faith in the argument, asserting that people do not value what they think is being obtained cheaply.
A collection of curious notes on whistling to halt rabbits and antelope, a quip on criminal society leadership, and health tips. Magnesia and myrrh are recommended for dental care, claiming enamel coating and breath improvement, with brief references to hydrogen dioxide solution and dental hygiene routines.
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