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Newspaper

The Vinita Daily Chieftain

Location

Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1908

Page

2

Oklahoma State Prohibition Stance In Billups Debate

The Vinita based piece argues against the Billups bill enabling state saloons in Oklahoma Territory, citing broken faith with Congress and harm to Indians and the state. It invokes constitutional aims, public sentiment, crime and drunkenness, urging enforcement of the liquor law and opposition to state dispensaries.

Oklahoma Congress Indian Territory Billups Conneas Niote Oklahome Sunny Brook

Democratic Congressional Ticket Names and Districts

The article lists candidates for the Democratic ticket across districts including Noble, Oklahoma, Cenig, Carter, Camanche, and Pounwatanle counties. It names Henry Johnston Elmer Fulton James Davenport Charles Carter Scott Perris AP Watson and also cites Roberto L. Williams and Samuel L. Hayes for Supreme Court positions.

Pleat Dintriet Henry Johnston Noble County Beconid Dintriet Elmer Fulton Oklahoma County Corporation Commuunisiai AP. Watson Pounwatanle County Supreme Court Robert L. Williams Bryan County Samuel L. Hayes

Oklahoma booze law spar over local option debate

In a Saturday Daily Chistaly piece Rev J B McDonald argues for Oklahoma dispensary law while attacking local option. He notes both sides claim to curb liquor, cites Missouri and Southern state histories, and critiques bishops bill copying local option.

J. B. McDonald Chistaly Oklahoma Billups Okla Homa McDonald

Vinita groups discuss bond issue for high school plans

Local Commercial club committees meet tonight to hear protests from property owners on Foreman Vana and Scraper streets. Vinita经理s urge attendance as business leaders plan a bond issue to fund a new high school estimated at 40 000 to 60 000 dollars and address indebtedness.

Commercial Club Foreman, Vana Scraper Vinita

Colonel Douglas resigns as Muskogee Phoenix editor

The long-time Muskogee Phoenix editor Colonel Clarence B. Douglas resigns, leaving a noted gap in Oklahoma journalism. The write-up cites his forceful style and calls his departure a disjoint loss while hinting at political debate and court decisions stirring Oklahoma.

Clarence B. Douglas The Muskogee Pheonix Douglas Oklahoma

He Would Return to Speed Race After Cash Bribe

The scene shows a magistrate scolding a man who tries to bribe a clerk with sixty dollars. The conspirator leaves in a 90 horsepower racer, vowing not to return, while the clerk notes the audacious act and the speaker’s evasive stance.

Mio Tooring-Karr

Contradictions Seen In Man and His Higher Aims

A reflective piece recounts Edmonds arguing that shady paths and noble arts often run parallel. It cites Bret Harte, Dick Canield, and figures like J Pierpont Morgan and Edmund Clarence Stedman as examples. The column details Rogers rare gold note relics and a Banks of England note, highlighting finance mingling with poetry and art in a New York Press feature.

J. W. Edmonds Paddy Pig Bret Harte Jack Hamlin John Oakhurst Dick Canield Edmonds Gibbs J. Pierpont Morgan Edmund Clarence Stedman Samuel Rogers Rogers Bank of England Treasury of the Muses England Morgan John Millen Simmonds Rothschilds Mr. Coutts Victor Smith New York Press

Neglect of Wounded by German Army Highlighted

Army and Navy Life notes that while the German army is seen as a model force, its treatment of wounded and dead is poor. Reported instances in the Karras mountains show wounded left for hours with minimal protection, and unburied bodies exposed to sun and predators, risking harsher outcomes if captured by the Hottentots.

Karras Jacob Morenga

Rector sets intercollegiate sprint record in Charlottesville

James A. Rector won the Weyarnd dash in 25 seconds at Charlottesville Virginia in the Southern Intercollegiate races, breaking the all-time mark by a fifth of a second. He received hundreds of congratulatory telegrams from University of Virginia alumni including a message from his father in Hot Springs Arkansas. Rector studied the telegram with trainer Pop Lannigan who praised his speed and joked about beating Salmon.

James A. Rector Charlottesville University of Virginia Hot Springs Ark Virginia Pop” Lannigan Weil Solsmon

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