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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
4
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Vinita Oklahoma notes discuss Governor Marshall campaign momentum and local politics. Weather and crop outlook boost confidence for a bumper corn season and upcoming August 6 primary in Craig county with appeals to voters and merchants.
The Kansas City Star reports William J. Bryan’s Missouri visit drew 2,000 cheerers at Independence despite warnings from the Kansas City Journal. The piece notes Bryan skipped lines about the Chicago steam roller and Taft to avoid Mrs. Taft embarrassment, and discusses broader GOP infighting, Lorimer’s ouster, and Iowa convention impacts on Taft Roosevelt and Wilson prospects.
A funeral oration extols belief in immortality, arguing that a divine power makes living things endure and that the mortal remains are gathered by a generous spirit. It contrasts the indestructibility of matter with the eternal soul and calls readers to trust in continued life beyond death.
Oklahoma farmers predict a corn crop exceeding 87.6 million dollars as the state expects a record harvest, while the University of Oklahoma News Journal lauds Sooner spirit, staff, and plans a new law building. It highlights Sooner teams, faculty concerts, and the push for broader support of higher education to shape Oklahoma's future.
The piece reports Colonel Roosevelt’s decision against joining a single ticket with Taft, signaling a split among Roosevelt allies. It notes Kansas figure Mr. Stubbs’s ambitions for the U.S. Senate and describes tensions between progressive and party loyalists amid the 1912 political realignment. The article frames the stance as crucial given immediate electoral prospects and future plans in the Barkow year of 1912.
A reflective note cautions against airing private troubles and urges burying sorrow. It likens public exposure to scattered coals and warns that once spoken, harm may persist, while healing comes from silence and discretion.
Oklahoma City observers forecast a booming corn year with five to six million acres planted and yields ranging from twenty five to eighty bushels per acre. If rainfall averages, the crop could reach sixty to eighty bushels, valuing the season at up to two hundred ten million dollars at seventy cents a bushel. An Oklahoma City banker and farmer recently returned from state work.
At the Baltimore Democratic National Convention a plank on banking calls for a systematic revision of banking laws to relieve panics and unemployment without centralized control. It condemns deposits in favored banks tied to Wall Street and pledges law to deposit government funds by competitive bidding in national and state banks, with safeguards for public security.
The Republican National Convention at Chicago endorses a sound currency and safe banking. It backs the gold standard, resumption of specie payments, and banking reform to prevent panics. It calls for stable currency tools for moving crops, and foreign trade under American auspices while protecting bank independence.
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