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Newspaper
The Vinita Daily Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
1
A countywide tax levy announcement outlines proposed rates for districts across the region. Officials say the levy funds essential services and infrastructure, with public input expected during upcoming meetings and hearings.
A small crowd enjoyed Quentanio's Royal Italians at the Vinita Auditorium last night. Musicians called the performance the finest entertainment in the city, with plans for a likely return next month amid ongoing flood recalls affecting Oklahoma towns.
Guthrie Okla Oct 23 P J Ryan claims Wagoner city status and police chief role before statehood seeks to oust Casaver as police judge. William W Calhoun fights exclusion from police judge post after Applegate’s election. court to decide legality of April 7 1908 vote and seatings.
A correction updates yesterday’s premium list stating that J B Crouch was listed as 1st prize winner and J Thomason as 2nd. The accurate result is that Thomason won first prize.
Associated Press reports frequent snowfall across northern Kansas with about four inches fallen by evening, much of it melted. Weather director Jennings predicts fair weather and frost tonight. Additionally, Leavenworth and St. Joseph note heavy early snow in the region on October 23.
A large Wilmington crowd gathered to see William Jennings Bryan as his train was late. He made only a brief start talk and continues to New Jersey to give numerous speeches reaching Newark tonight.
A report claims gas supply near Vinita is not endangered and a cutoff is unlikely. Nowata has lacked gas for one or two days due to a Verdigris River line washout, with wells on this side of the river not at risk. The main concern is a washout at Big Creek or a smaller stream, but gas flow was rising at noon and shutdown risk appears minimal.
The first of several Vinita men’s social gatherings occurred Thursday evening at the Episcopal church rectory. Rev. D. C. Beatty hosted supper and a smoker. The gathering featured earnest discussion of local moral and social problems and nonpartisan policies.
A mail pouch stolen Wednesday night was recovered yesterday in Gunter's park on the east side. The pouch had been opened and it is unclear if any mail was taken. Several letters showed entries of checks and drafts, but none of the checks or drafts were removed.
The commercial club holds its regular weekly meeting tonight with full attendance urged. Reports from committees on the Farmers Institute and stock show are among the important matters on the agenda.
The Vinita region reports the heaviest rainfall on record with 4.3 inches in 36 hours. Floods threaten bottom lands and rail traffic is hampered statewide. Coffeyville and Bartlesville suffer rising rivers, damaged bridges, and isolation. thousands face displacement as the Verdigers, Caney, Cimarron and Cottonwood rivers overflow.
A correspondent recalls the dwindling art of fine writing after viewing illuminated manuscripts at the Burlington Fine Arts club. He describes seeking a master scribe to craft a restrained illuminated address, aiming for monastic scriptorium quality rather than showy flair, locating a suitable draftsman in a small shop near Chancery Lane run by a stationer likened to a Bleak House figure.
Dy. Thomas Claye Shaw of London discusses the special psychology of dress arguing that clothing makes a person appear as they profess to be. He asserts that women dress to please others and men, and that attire is chosen to suit personal ballads of action.
Dr J Le Swayers Centerville's leading physician was summoned to Paris to assist the Duchess of Chaulnes who is due to become a mother soon after November tenth. The Duchess, daughter of T P Shonts and formerly a Centerville girl, drew the town into international notice.
Tokio report says the American fleet begins departure from Japan this afternoon with officers and men moving toward Yokohama for final farewells ahead of the ships’ departure.
A gasoline speeder crashed into a freight car on the Newton to Northwestern line four miles northwest of Gowrie Iowa last night. Two men, John Shiver and Ed Guinn of Ringsted, were killed, one person fatally injured, two seriously hurt, and one slightly hurt.
The thirty seventh annual convention of the National Womans Christian Temperance Union opened in the Auditorium, Denver, with three daily sessions excluding Sunday. Morning address by Mrs Lilian M Stevers, president, and afternoon report highlighted the day.
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