Vinita Normal Held Unfit For Pro Rata Plan
In Vinita Oklahoma March 28 1912 the county superintendent I W C Shelton declines sponsoring a Summer Normal there. He cites expenses salaries janitor and other bills plus a two dollar enrollment fee and another for exams. He argues Vinita should not fund those not informed and insists on keeping local control.
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Okla
Honorable Board of Education
Nita
Oklahoma
Daily Chieftain
Nty
Paolo
Craig
W. C. Shelton
Clergyman Gets Ice On Printer Case At Hotel
A Maine clergyman staying at a town hotel ordered a typewriter. It was delivered while he was away and the proprietor kept it. Upon return the proprietor whispered that the case was on the ice and should be fine by dinner.
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Maine
Bill Cross Grave To Be Marked In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City march 28 if any one desires to contribute toward a monument to be erected over the grave of the late Bill Cross they may mail it to Leo Meyer state auditor Cross died the day following the last primary election at which he was nominated for state auditor The state central committee named Leo Meyer to fill the vacancy on the ticket Bill Cross was elected secretary of state by a larger majority than any other democratic candidate His grave in an Oklahoma City cemetery remains unmarked
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Law School
Mariano Badillo
National University of Mexico
Boyd Field
Edwards
Olustee
Harry Diamond
Holdenville
Diamond
Sooners
McIntosh
Checotah
Claude Reeds
Norman
A. ©. Reeds
Wantland
Boston Post
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Chicago
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Oklahoma City
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Leo Meyer
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B. F. Harrison
Meyer
Oklahoma
Harrison Stock Company Delights Vinita Audience With June the Gambler
A huge Saturday crowd in Vinita crowded standing room as Harrison Stock Company presented June the Gambler a four act western comedy drama. Charles Harrison praised for realism and strength in portraying mining life with Gertrude Harrison in the title role and Bert Hedden Guy McDonald Ren Watson and Taylor in supporting roles. The company stays for another week opening tonight with The Love of a Thief a wholesome daily life comedy.
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Vinita
Charles Harrison
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Winters
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Missus
Ren Watson
Mr. Taylor
Big Foot
Bold Robbery Attempt Aboard Berlin Taxi
A bank messenger and a clerK were in a taxi when the clerk attacked with a wire noose in broad daylight on a Berlin thoroughfare. The messenger freed himself, shouted for help, and the chauffeur and constables halted the assailant. The clerk admitted intent to steal a sizable sum.
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Berlin
Screws Made in India by Hand Winding Tradition
Winding two soft wires around a mandrel and soldering them into a tube and rod, Indian screws are still produced by hand. All sliversmiths work left handed, winding with the right hand. European screws and cotton presses once dominated exports, but primitive wooden screws remain in remote districts, cut by hand with ropes guiding pitch.
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India
Working In the Dark and a Mules Cow Harness Tale
Secretary MacVeagh at a Washington dinner urged scientific financial laws and cautioned against working in the dark. A rural tale recalls Cornelius who, going out at dawn to harness a mule, failed to light a lantern and failed to notice a cow in the stable. His father called out Corney noting the mule’s headgear would not fit because the cow’s ears are frogen.
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MacVeagh
Washington
Cornelius Husk
Cornelius
Corney
Furs and Feathers in Mme Maeterlinck's Talk
Mme Maeterlinck argues there is no feminine cruelty noting women wear birds' feathers yet claim indifference to animal suffering. She cites eye and heart adage, contrasting men's oblivious slaughter of cattle with her own use of fur despite dealer knowledge.
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Mme. Maeterlinck
Boston
Tree Valuable in Commerce
A Cinnamon tree from the Cinnamomum family found in New South Wales yields leaves that produce an oil used in camphor manufacture. From one Australian tree comes an oil distinct from Cajaputs, containing a substance that could yield vanillin with a small chemical adjustment, the flavoring in vanilla ice cream and chocolates.
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New South Wales
Boston wood carver Hayes famed for brass hammering
Commissioner Hayes of Boston is recognized as an expert wood carver and hammerer of brass. In his Cambridge home he maintains a notable collection of carved wood and hammered brass designs, among the finest in the state. Friends deem themselves lucky to receive his handiwork.
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United States
Hayes
Boston
Cambridge
Perhare
Man Injured After Collision On Steep Descent
A college graduate cycling downhill loses control on a steep gradient and crashes onto a hard macadamized road. Two bystanders find him unconscious, and when asked the cause he quips he lost his central gravity at high velocity, prompting a remark that he is a foreigner.
Elderly but Still Good Skater at Woburn Pond
P Elverton Bancroft, aged eighty five, claims to be the oldest ice skater in the United States. He appeared in an open air exhibition at his Woburn, Massachusetts home, skated for an hour on the pond performing intricate evolutions. Bancroft is a former Woburn businessman and has not taken up winter sport for seventeen years.
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P. Elverton Bancroft
United States
Woburn
Mass
Democratic campaign denies Wilson unity charges
Washington March 29 vigorous denials by Wilson campaign managers rebut the charge of a candidate combine opposing Wilson in the Florida primary. Bankhead says the accusations of trades are untrue while Underwood and Harmon aides stress focusing on their own candidates and dismiss the broader alliance claim. Clark headquarters offered no new statement beyond reiterating Speaker Clark’s earlier malicious charge.
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Washington
Wilaoh
New Jersey
Underwood
Wilson
Florida
Bankhead
Senator Bankhead
Gordon
Harmon
Woodrow Wilson
Clark
Speaker Clark
Fifty head of breeding cattle sell in Fredonia auction
The sale in Fredonia Kansas on April 10 1912 features fifty head of selected breeding cattle from three established Shorthorn herds. They descend largely from Imported Coligniac one of America's famed bulls, representing the cream of the stock.
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Fredonia
Kansas
America
Trade sought for land or income property near Vinita
An up-to-date stock of general merchandise to trade for good land near Vinita or income property in Vinita, Inquire at Chieftain office.
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Vinita
Chieftain Seeks 3100 Subscriptions in Craig County
The Weekly Chieftain proclaims strong subscriber growth and urges Crate County families to subscribe. A 50 cent prepay secures the paper through January 1, 1915, as the paper aims for 3100 Craig County subscribers by August 1912.
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Chieftain
Oklahoma
Crate County
Craig County
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