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Newspaper

The Weekly Chieftain

Location

Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1908

Page

6

Kinnison Items From a Local Weekend

Sunday visits shared among residents including Mr and Mrs Witsgerald and daughter Mrs Pat Eridson. Morrisis Brown from Bartjes Ville arrived this week aiding old land matters. Several neighbors, including Mr and Mrs J McGee and W W Smith, spent Sunday together. Virginia Jones is very sick this week and Miss Mary Jones visited home folks Sunday. Local farming notes report wheat salt cur and corn looking fine while Mr Cline plans to start a day baler project this week. Lakey averages three trips weekly west of Kinn son.

Wm. Moore J. R. Moore Virginia Jones Lakey Kinnson

Ruling Lets Editor Not Save Political Editorials

Assistant Attorney General Lewis declares editors need not preserve articles on political candidates in editorials. He says the new primary law is ambiguous and that the bill of rights permits newspaper men to express comments as they wish.

Lewis Tiat

Reverend Leonidas Dobson Dies at Tahlequah Home

Fr Leonidas Dobson known to settlers as a Presbyterian minister and former Vinita pastor has died at his Tahlequah home. He served in the Cherokee Legislature and was a respected community figure. The report notes local offices and sheriff activity around Vinita amid other brief items.

Leonidas Dotson Tahlequah Dobson Vinita

Russian monks train as defense against invasion

An aged dispatch notes the Glinski monastery under Sir Walter Beott descendant authority near Putiel as mobilizing in wartime. Monastic brigades wear Cossack style uniforms, guard churches, and store lifters, ammo, and a powerful spray device for repelling invaders.

Ruissia Russia Henry VII Walter Beott Glinski Putiol

Statue praise and Poe cottage move debate

Edward Hageman Hall of the American Society for Historic Preservation argues for a statue honoring Poe and warding the transport of Poe’s cottage to Poe Park in New York. A historian, Mr Mall, adds anecdotes about fame arriving late for the poet.

Edward Hageman Hall American Science and Historic Preservation Society Wan Din New York Poe Poe Park Mall Plautun Nimeris

Music in Heaven and the Dream of Divine Song

A reflective verse piece wonders if music will endure in heaven. It contrasts mute earthly harps with a dream of celestial harmony where souls and instruments unite. The piece references Patti and Jean de Reszke in a brief anecdote about teaching methods in Paris.

Fragmented Quote Reflects Deforestation Grievances

A garbled passage presents a citizen critique about trees and home travel, with inconsistent phrases like opty trees and deplore the deforestation of our fair land attributed to Etchenge. The historic context remains unclear but signals environmental and civic frustration.

100000 Seek Homes Here in Oklahoma Town Promoter Says

Robert D. Yoakum of St. Louis promoter and Yoakum town founder predicts 100000 settlers will move into eastern Oklahoma in 18 months aided by railroads. He cites bumper crops, 14000000 bushels wheat, favorable cotton growth, and floods as less damaging than last year, noting Yoakum town near Ft Smith borders Oklahoma and built with Ivano T. Cooke and James Black project leads.

Oklahoma Rock Island Frisco Robert D. Yoakum St. Louis Yoakum Mr. Yoakum Ft. Smith Oklahoma State Line R. D. Yoakum Ivano T. Cooke James Black Wright Middle West

Local Projects and Social Notes From Craig County

Local items from Adair and Big Cabin include hay barn work by Madison & Stuart and first hay delivery by Stuart & Alard. Widespread social mentions cover initiations by the lodge, visits by residents from Missouri and New Mexico, and a Trotter ball game result. Probate notices in Craig County discuss guardianship and a proposed sale of wards real estate with court hearings set for July 26, 1908.

Madisbo & Stuart Adair Stuart & Alard Big Cabin G. W. Brown C. V. Carselowey John Freeman W. Orr Albert EK. Webber Maudry Webber Winita Craig County Craig F. J. Bannert

Inherited Lands Sale Notice for Five Civilized Tribes

List of allotments of deceased citizens announced for sale by heirs with bids to be opened on specific dates. Descriptions cover numerous tracts across sections in multiple townships, with 20 percent bid deposits and sealed-bid procedures at Union Agency Muskogee Indian Territory. Information on regulations and contact details provided by United States Indian Agent Dana Kerany.

Five Civilized Tribes Nancy Campbell Tis N Aloy Johnson John Ashes Annie Swimmer Laura Tanner Colonel Jackson Annie Dry Samuel Bunch John Rock Ella Downing Danial Daugherty John &. Stout Eliza Blythe John Kiley Aley Johnson R Lie Commissioner of Indian Affairs United States Indian Agent Union Agency Muskogee Indian Territory Evening News McAlester Chickash Dana H. Kerany

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Scott Fidelity Farm Loan CO Vinita, Oklahoma Kinnison Miss Mary Jones Howe Folks Leonidas Dobson L. Axtell Coffeyvile J. W. Marks Bsage Music Heaven Earth Hearta Patti Jean de Resrke Pattil Jean de Resske Jean Parle Pattl Adelina Mophinto Musical America 1. O. C. F. Lodge John Sturdie Waldrop N. Williams New Mexico J. H. Yoats Srare Albert EB. Webber Onyma Ren Uh A Mary Downing Mary Batt Nes Dobkin Fallingpot Ned Fae Wares Daniel Weegee Symstate Serene Et Meiptal Theenal Berm Pete Tm Lee Henge Aline Hhrwe Alan Mrtley Pdielen Warld Lee Thrower Gaerne Delton
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