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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
4
A mixed fragment from Vinita Oklahoma circles quotes on the Maine incident, tax levies, and education reform. It mentions Governor Cruce, Oklahoma capital issues, bank loan policies, and remarks by figures like Hussey and Clarence Darrow, reflecting early 20th century political and social concerns.
The item compares Arizona's political retaliation to Oklahoma's first post statehood election. It notes proposals to relocate the state university and capital facing strong opposition. By week’s end Congress had two presidential messages and more expected.
Visita boasts strong financial institutions as local banks show healthy condition. The paper was not printed yesterday due to a power plant breakdown affecting production. Guthrie district attorney’s office notified of a circuit court ruling implying the old federal ban on liquor imports into Indian Territory remains in force. Lawyers will study the opinion in context with the enabling act capital clause.
Vinita boasts four banks with capital and deposits over 1 million, a steam laundry, and a Harvey eating house employing about 25. The town is county seat of Craig County, with a thriving economy including Wright Mercantile, an oil refinery, a machine shop, telephones, and railway lines. Population around 5,000, strong schools, churches, and public works.
A collection of fragmented civic items lists institutions such as Sacred Heart Institute, a Catholic school, and various city facilities. It mentions 24 teachers, 1 165 pupils, four drug stores, five police officers, and a property assessment of 14 600 000. The city spans two square miles with municipal water works and electric plant, multiple hotels, factories, post office receipts, and garages.
A mixed page from the Frisco time table includes the North and East bound schedule and a long collage of editorial items. It references tariffs, schooling in Oklahoma, a mother’s love, quotes from Ed Hoch, and various anecdotes with names like Taft Granger Sunday and a Texas newspaper note, all presented in a vintage newspaper voice.
Guthrie Okla Dec 13 The circuit court of appeals decision holds federal liquor laws in force for old Indian Territory prior to statehood making the region absolutely dry. Express companies may be liable for shipping liquor into the territory. The United States Express Co refused to accept liquor at Fort Smith and appealed after Judge Rogers ordered acceptance. Orders from the War Department may be required in the future.
Captain G S White reports receiving a small quantity of cherry seed from S H McBrier of Millersburg. The seed comes from a four generation family stock, propagated in New York and carried through Pennsylvania to Ohio. The variety is described as extra fine and hardy, known in Ohio as the New York cherry.
The article recalls how civil war era loyalties shaped party power in the north and south, but fifty years later new issues emerge. Gifford Pinchot warns that a party loses power when a greater than party is at stake, namely social justice, and that voters must be won on modern issues. The Chicago speech highlights the need for parties to earn public confidence through addressing contemporary concerns.
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