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Newspaper

The Weekly Chieftain

Location

Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1909

Page

8

Oklahoma moves to transfer prisoners to McAlester

Guthrie Ohio January 26 The Oklahoma legislature acts after warning that the Kansas care contract for Oklahoma prisoners expires Sunday The house passes a Redwine bill to sentence convicts to McAlester and an attorney general drawn bill appropriating 80000 to cover indebtedness to Kansas and McAlester costs with transport. An emergency clause makes it immediate. Prison control board outlines removal plans and new McAlester facilities for about 636 convicts. One escape noted Thomas Bailey jailed for two years.

Guthrie Ohio Oklahoma Kansas Haskell House Redwine Senate McAlester Dunn Oklahoma City Redwine McAlleter Ronda Jolla Vinita Atoka Iann P Reputiog Board of Prigot Control Kanaas Penitentiary RW. Dick Oklahoma Penitentiary Forent Conners Prison Control Board Lansing Prison Abs Cod Thomas Bailey

Confesses Robbery of Fairland Post Office

Muskogee Ohio January 27 A man identified as J A Miller admits in writing to robbing the Fairland post office last June. A federal jury in Judge Campbell's court found him guilty, with Miller fronting about 187 dollars. Andrew Taylor was also convicted of violating federal revenue laws during the same proceedings. Government case hearings continued against Joel Stansel Elias Tieak and Jim Downing, Indian youths indicted for robbing the Barron post office.

Muskogee Ohio Butl Pateland J. A. Miller Judie Campbell Miller Fairland Andrew Taylor Joel Stansel Elias Tieak Jim Downing Barron Post Office Beglan

Johnson Charged With Maintaining Nuisance In Pool Hall Case

In Big Cabin county court, Jolson is charged with maintaining a nuisance in a pool hall. The case may occupy the day’s session. Bond for Bert Hughes was forfeited but likely to be reconsidered as the defendant appeared in court. The hearing is set to begin tomorrow.

Oalevin Jolson Bert Hughes

Night Rider case jury unable to agree in Union City

The Associated Press report states the jury in the Night Rider case of Exi Marshall failed to reach a verdict this morning. Representatives Ratcliff and Coyne of Craig County introduced a bill to relocate the state hospital to Vinita in eastern Oklahoma. The measure has emergency clause and gains legislative favor.

Associated Press Union City Tenn San Exi Marshall Ratcliff and Coyne Craig County Oklahoma Vinita

Roosevelt backs Maine wreck removal appropriation

President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress approving Governor Magoon's recommendation for an appropriation to remove the wreck of the battleship Maine from Havana harbor. This moves ahead with the long awaited cleanup following the 1898 incident and aligns federal and territorial actions to clear the harbor.

Associated Preas Washington, D.C Roosevelt Congress Magoon Maine Havana Harbor

August Belmont Undergoes Operation in New York

August Belmont, the well known banker, underwent an appendicitis operation at Memorial hospital in New York. The procedure was successful and prospects for recovery are favorable.

Associated Press New York Belmont Memorial Hospital

Walester Man Hurt In Wyoming Railway Wreck

A. S. Smith of McAlester Oklahoma suffered a broken right arm and 4 Barber of Junction City Kansas hurt as Union Pacific wreck victims were listed in Dana Wyoming. The Associated Press report from Cheyenne dated January 27 notes injuries including arm and shoulder damage.

Wyoming Associated Press Cheyenne Wyo Union Pacific Dana A. S. Smith McAlester Okla 4, & Barber Junction Cry Kansas

Best Wrapping for Butter Paper Preserves Sweetness Longevity

A claim that aluminum foil wrap keeps butter fresh for a long time. The text also includes a proverb about women’s rights and autonomy, phrased as Simple Justice. The combination presents a historical adage alongside a modern equality sentiment.

Freak Photography Puts Sphinx Face Into View in Egypt

A new photography trend in Egypt uses cardboard cutouts and molds to alter faces, creating eerie scenes. Photographers display eerie portraits with hollow sphinx faces while viewers glimpse American faces peering from the vantage point.

Egypt

A Look Into the Future for South African Rail Travel

In South Africa the dream of Anan clove and railroad builders envisions travelers reaching Pormantueo and crossing the continent to Valparasey in under four days with no car changes, offering a rapid, seamless journey.

South Africa Pormantueo Valparasey Lees

Among Indians of Louisiana Rediscover Primitive Customs

M R Harrington describes Koasutl practices in Louisiana including a six foot cane blowgun for hunting small birds and the craft of weaving Spanish moss into blankets. He notes preserved handmade pottery, a cypress knee drum, beaded items, and coin hammered ornaments as relics of eastern tribes.

Louisiana Nps M. R. Harrington

Radium Study Advancement At Vienna Academy

The University of Vienna through the Vienna Academy of Sciences receives an anonymous donation of 500000 Kronen to support a radium institute. Sir William Ramsay is highly honored for experiments suggesting radium mutates into bellum and other elements, aided by a gramme of radium loaned for ongoing research. A gramme of radium stores energy comparable to a horse power for 15 days and decays so slowly it would take about 10000 years to exhaust it.

University of Vienna Vienna Academy of Sefences Willam Rameuy

Local street name style sparks card mockery on Fifth Avenue

A humorous note from The New York Times reports tailors and tradesmen increasingly render street names like Vth, IVth, and Vil avenues on business cards and ads. The shift draws amused reactions as Fifth Avenue branding leads the trend, with other avenues slowly following.

Vth Avenue Naxgau Street Fifth Avenue New York Times Rehan RuMers Ixth Avenue

Christmas High Finance Tale Reveals Bank Theft Plot

A fragmented ancient text fragment mentions a bank event during Christmas. It references a clergy man, a banquet, and an attempted scheme where a president and detectives confront a suspect over missing funds. The readable parts imply a crime and a payoff scenario.

Going the Limit in Rural Barroom Fable

Fragmented OCR prose describes a rural resident's evening with a city cousin in a barroom setting. A plan for more drinking emerges amid awkward dialogue and chaotic rural imagery, hinting at misadventures and societal tensions in a comic, archaic voice.

Claremore Druggist Begins Serving Sentence

J W Hale a Claremore druggist and physician prominent in the town was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to concealing bankrupt goods. Authorities allege he moved goods valued at 2500 to Mexico following a bankruptcy petition. He admitted guilt and was brought back for trial. Hale began serving the sentence at noon yesterday.

Muskogee Ohio J.W Hale Claremore United States Hale Mexico

Wisconsin Senator files charges against Temple

Madison Wis Jan 26 Senator Blaine filed charges alleging United States Senator Isaac Temple as a candidate for reelection gave Republican State Chairman E A Edmunds over a hundred and a thousand dollars in relation to the recently held primary election.

Associated Press Madison Wis Blaine United States Issac Temple Charman A. Edmunds

Governor Gillett backs Oklahoma land law in California

Sacramento dispatch reports Governor Gillett approved Oklahoma's land tenure measure and Senator A. M. Drew asked that the California senate bill prohibiting aliens from owning land be held for further action. Drew intends to amend to align with federal wishes.

Associated Press Sacramento Calif Senate A. M. Drew Drew Gillett Oklahoma

Fire Claims Four Children In Dunbar Home Tragedy

Four children were cremated and their parents seriously injured when a Dunbar Pennsylvania residence burned. The blaze began from a gas stove in the home of A M Kendall, near Pittsburg, on a frigid day.

Pittsburg A.M. Kendall Dunbar Pennsylvania Here

Legislature ratifies Bristow election in Kansas joint session

Topeka Kans Jan 27 The legislature ratified the election of Joseph L Bristow United States Senator succeeding Chester Long in a joint session The vote stood Bristow 115 Farrelly 46 Local officials reported Bristow carried the legislature by a commanding margin in the confirmation vote

Associated Press Topeke Kans Joseph, L. Bristow United States Chester Long Bristow Hugh IP. Farrelly

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