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Newspaper
The Vinita Daily Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
2
The article notes a bold prediction that the current legislature will not only endure but will influence other states and become national law, reflecting a push for widespread adoption and legal impact. It references publishing details and the printing company D. M. Makers Printing Co, with subscription options.
The council demands sidewalks meet engineer specifications and cautions against payment for unapproved work. Officials pledge to ensure first class work for all public projects and to withhold funds until criteria are fully satisfied.
McAlester News outlines voter confusion over dispensaries and the proposed constitutional extension. The piece argues the act could force a statewide system with town and county dispensaries and warns of governors establishing saloons at any “other place” claiming public necessity, risking a broad expansion.
The Home and Foreign Mission society of the Methodist church will host a prayer week starting Sunday evening October 18. The program includes sermons, Bible lessons, discussions on Broad Preventive and Rescue Work, and activities led by Mrs. Soutsman, Mrs. Meredith, Mrs. Ewing Halell, Mrs. Hunt, and Mrs. Collins.
The text lists a general topic Broad Preventive and Beacon Work with devotional lessons from Acts 1 3 and 1 Peter 3 7. It notes Mrs Dunrrough Mrs Browder and Mrs Wan Mund leading discussions on Home Mission School rescue work, with foreign work by Mrs Gatewood and Mrs Gatewood arranging collection and prayer.
An ordinance jevying a special tax directs the City Clerk to draw a tax warrant against Lot No 1 in Block S7 in Vinita Oklahoma to cover the cost of constructing a sidewalk. The ordinance cites prior actions of the City Counsel under Ordinance 263 and the failure of S Nelms to build or pay. The notice to build was served June 8 1908 and the engineer and city treasurer reports record delays and nonpayment. The document outlines legal steps to collect the sidewalk cost through municipal tax warrants.
The City of Vinita Oklahoma approves engineer reports on sidewalk construction in front of property, contracts with Tarrant Bros dated 1905 1908 and related costs totaling 97.81 97.54 dollars. A special tax of 97.84 dollars is levied as a lien on Lot 1 Block 57 for payment, with a tax warrant to be published and collected via the county tax rolls. The measure was approved by the Mayor and City Council on October 1948.
Fragmented OCR text describes a medical practitioner J W Craig M D Purysiciay SurGron with dubious spellings and mentions of cure methods. It references Kleen Prtaine and a disturbing mix of terms including liquor habit treatment and portuition with a request to phone for a visit in Oklahoma.
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