Wilson Leaves for Pensacola and Busy County News
Saturday's Daily details travel and local events with names including Wilson, Geo Davis, Willard Voyles, Robson, England, Crawford, Bottenfield, Gage, and more. Reports adjournment of county court, visits to Welch, Joplin, Tulsa, Miami, and Oswego, plus Epworth League conventions, barn fires, a Julyy crowd in Vinita, and political notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Pensacola
Geo. Davis
Welch
Jonas T. Pollock
Alta B. Haggard
Needmore
Ed Stanley
Nellie Brown
Myrtle Taylor
Lou Housley
Imogene Searm
Ethel Wolfe
Fronia Webber
Chas
E. Hoole
T. C. Calhoun
Herschel Taylor
John Housley
Chas. Snider
Geo. E. Davis
Vinita Epworth League
Vinita
Chas. E. Hoole
Miss Byrd Young
Weather and Society News From Wednesday’s Daily
Light frost tonight then fair Thursday. Claud Chandler in Chelsea today. No frost expected nearby tonight. Small town bus hard day. Miss Flora Thompson of Claremore visiting Mrs. G A Alexander. Dr Herron and Ross Thompson bought lots in Pensacola. Dr Neer ill with typhoid but slightly improved. Garland Marre left for Wichita then Texas. Mrs Marks visiting Tulsa parents. L W Marks with Louis Alexander seeking Osage leases. Rev J M Stubblefield married to Verna Weaver of Salina Kans. Stubblefield located at Klamath Falls Oregon. Twenty grading outfits on M O G between Miami and Wagoner. rail bed ready by mid June. J M Miller back from Diamond Mo. father operated on for cancer and doing well. Ladies Aid dinner April 24 1912 from 5 to 7 at Wimner home. Weekly Chieftain invitation to church members and wives for 60 cents. The Kitties come to the Grand Tuesday April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Thompson
Claremore
G. A. Alexander
Herron
Ross Thompson
Pensacola
Neer
Garland Marre
Wichita
Texas
Stubblefield
Verna Weaver
Salina
Kans
Klamath
Falls
Oregon
Miami
Wagoner
J. M. Miller
Diamond
Miller
Ladies Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
T. T. Wimner
Chelsea News Briefs Flag Changes And Local Happenings
Local notes report early week visits by Leo Spalding Grover Gordon and others from Muskogee Elk City Todd Columbus Kan and San Antonio Texas. The Spalding implement house nears occupancy the Commercial Club band plans an open air concert and Chelsea residents arrange a reception for Mrs Crawford and pupils. A Cherokee man Charley Christy stabbed Frank Smith to death at a county dance in Adair county after a drunken quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples
Grovery
Leo Spalding
Muskogee
Grover Gordon
Elke City
E. J. Meliride
Big Cabin
Berry Rich
Rogers
Ark
Ola Donaldson
Todd
J.N. Cook
Columbus
Kans
M. FP. Knight
San Antonio
Tex
George Costley
Centralia
Grant McDonald
Afton
Frank Connor
Fairland
Spalding
Commercial Club
Court House
Jim Wilkinson
John A. Chandler
Patton
Jim Felts
Raymond
Ladies of
Chelsea
Crawford
Vinita
Charley Christy
Frank Smith
Adair County
Sequoyah
Smith
Warning to Indigent Consumptives Warned at Waco Tuberculosis Conference
The Southwestern Conference on Tuberculosis in Waco Texas urged doctors in northern and eastern states to stop sending indigent consumptives to the southwest. Plans to convert military forts into tuberculosis hospitals were adopted, along with publicizing the lack of free hospitals and charity funds. The meeting urged railways to withhold charity fares unless passengers could prove they would not become public charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Frank Paschal
San Antonio
Wm. Brumby
J. 8. Lankford
Theo. Y. Hull
Woodrow Wilson Leads in Democratic Primary Returns
Washington reports a sweeping Wilson victory across Pennsylvania in the Democratic primaries, with 70 of 76 delegates expected to back him and New Jersey’s governor likely to command a full 76 votes. Clark’s ticket suffers defeats in Philadelphia. Hearst fails to rally support for Clark. Wilson’s support expands from Maine to Oregon, while Clark’s strength centers in Missouri and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Woodrow Wilson
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
New Jersey
Clark
Philadelphia
Wilson
Harmon
Underwood
William Randolph Hearst
National Democracy
Keystone
Wilson Becaues
Migsouri
Iinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Marshall
Burks
Indiana
North Dakota
Southwest
Middle West
Maine
New England
Oregon
Atlantic
Pacific
Portland
Porum feud claims another victim as Maxwell dies
In Muskogee Oklahoma April 18, Jesse Maxwell died in a Baptist hospital after being shot Monday afternoon by Jack Davis leader of the Davis faction. Leonard McCullough wounded in the same attack remains in a hospital with good prospects unless blood poisoning develops. Davis’s ranch near Porum was said to have burned Wednesday night, narrowly missing a resident, as the feud intensifies with talks of retribution spreading through Porum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Oklo
Jesse Maxwell
Baptist
Maxwell
Jack Davis
Davis
Leonard McCullough
Les
Porim
Jewell
McCullough
Porum
Oklahoma News In Brief Highlights Local Governance And Proposals
Oklahoma Governor Cruce approved the Okmulgee charter establishing the commission form of government and proclaimed an election in Madill on May 28 to decide if it becomes a first class city. The Banking Board authorized a 0.2 percent assessment on daily bank deposits for the state guaranty fund, totaling about 376000. A hearing notice was issued by the Corporation Commission regarding a tariff amendment adding a carload rate for cider and vinegar. The Oil and Gas Inspectorate reported March totals of 724,283 gallons of oil and 96,450 gallons of gasoline with 2296.35 in fees, of which 525.28 went to inspectors. In Oklahoma City the First Methodist Episcopal church hosts a debate April 29 between Dr. A Scott and Dr. Thomas H. Harper on evolution and the Genesis creation account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma News
Cruce
Okmulgee
Madill
State Banking Board
Corporation Commission
State Oil and Gas Inspection Department
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Oklahoma City
A. ©. Scott
State Board of Education
Thomas H. Harper
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Katy's New President Now on the Job
Charles B. Schaff arrived in St. Louis to become president of the MK and T railroad elected April 10 and planned a general inspection tour of Katy lines. He and Mrs. Schaff will reside in St. Louis. Schaff, 65, has held top posts in New York Central and Big Four railroads across 8500 miles. He has two sons, Howard and Elmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
St. Louis
Charles B. Schaff
New York Central Lines
Buffalo
MK. & T. Railroad
Western Lines
Michigan Central
Hie Sona Farmers
Schaff
Howard EL
State Board Lowers Express Valuations in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City April 16 The state board of equalization cut express company valuations to Wells Fargo 160 American 14 and United States 120 dollars per mile about one third of the year total. The large cut results from a court decision and will cause a deficiency for 1911 in nearly every county served by the firms. The board also ordered higher valuations for 1912 for Okmulgee Gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Board of Equalization
Wells
Judge Urges Tough Stand on Gun Toting and Gambling
Macon Missouri April 17 Judge N M Shelton in his annual charge to the grand jury condemned concealed weapons and gambling saying only cowards backmeasured tools are used by wrongdoers. He warned gambling ruins youths and homes and urged an iron hand against the industry and those who lure youth into play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
N. M. Shelton
Second Judicial Circuit
Shelton
Tke
Tyros
Former Tyler Merchant Tackles Solo Grocery Venture
A visiting Oklahoma paper notes Joe F. Gaston has bought out his partner and is running a lone operation in Vinita. Local grocers say he is the hardest man to cater that he ever bucked and that people will trade with him regardless, sticking to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Joe F. Gaston
Vinita
Courier-Times
Tyler
Texas
Pensacola OK developments invite buyers and subscribers
The notice promotes Pensacola Oklahoma as a new railway town on the Grand river near Big Cabin creek in Mayes county. It invites inquiries about business or resident lots through James S. Wilson or Chas Teenor in Vinita. It touts the Chieftain newspaper, urging 4,100 Craig county subscribers by August 1, 1912, with 50 cents now for a paper through January 1, 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chieftain
Oklahoma
Craig County
Sugar cane farming sons of Tex. Schaff comments
Frederick A. Schaff remarks on two sugar cane farming sons near Brannaville Texas. He notes their technical education and questions why they chose farming, suggesting they may prefer farm life to railroad work. He expresses faith in the southwest and hopes for better climate and health than the lake region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Schaff
Brannaville
Tex
Schaff
St. Louis
Ara
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Willard Voyles
Robson
Tulsa
Ben England
W. B. Crawford
D. W. Bottenfield
Earl Walker
Miss Smiley
Grossclose
J. E. Wolf
J. ©. Tucker
B. W. Crowell
William Davis Spyres
Joplin
Gertrude Hartley
F. L. Hughson
Dan Myers
Craig Cousty Ep
McClure
Brotherhood of the American Yeomen
Mack Landrum
Wyandotte
Roy Goodpasture
Fleming
South Wilson Street
Rev. Gage
Brooklyn Bridge
Enterprise Grocery
W. T. Gibson
North Smith Street
Ethel Fisher
Bessie Upp
Betwen
Epworth League
W. L. Gibson
Dany
P. L. Marney
Olivia Smith
Oswego
Morris Kalga
H. J. Butler
Man
Ruvion
Nermanen
Port Numan
F. W. Taylor
Coleman
D. A
P. C. Berckland
Illinois
Kelso
Htectric Park
Gazee
Vinita High School
Electric Park
Chouteau
Evans
Sipe
Carter
Beard
Vinsta
James Neal
Claud Nugent Ia
Pensaola
Pryor
F. M. Adams
Gus Miner
Webb City
Teddy Roosevelt
Pardons
J. A. Osborn
Wetumka
Daisy Lightner
Ketchum
Silas Clawson
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Claud Chandler
Elronist
Depue
Washington
Offields
Tuberculosis
Hearst Dispatches
Nebraska
Bryan
Kern
Hearst
Hhe
Osage and
Oklahoma Gas
Owasso Gas
Pawhuska Oil and Gas
Purcell Water Company
Portland Gas and Pipe Line
Quanpa Gas
Wichita Pipe Line
Shawnee Gas and Electric
Tulsa Corporation
Winita Gas
Woodward Cotton Company
Missouri
Porum Feud
Jne. F. Gaston
Pensa
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