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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
4
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March politics spotlight calendar reform advocate Moses Cotaworth of Victoria proposes a 13 month year with 28 days to ease time, while Governor Cruce faces tax critiques. Watterson’s prose and editorials draw attention as Delaware county battles over county seat location and federal liquor enforcement looms.
A poem by Frank Li Decker of Western Kansas dated March 1 1912 contrasts the plains past with the present. It laments the decimation of the buffalo and the displacement of Native Americans while praising the altered, civilized landscape and enduring mysteries of the plains.
A 1912 Oklahoma page discusses prohibition woes, references to Woodrow Wilson and Col Harvey, and details about enforcement by Kansas inspectors and U S internal revenue. It notes a big land sale rescheduled, court appointments, and state versus state court friction over Jay as county seat. Also includes notices of accounts for settlement in Craig County Oklahoma.
Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi endorses Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic nomination, citing public reasons and Wilson’s electability. Tennessee weekly press poll shows Wilson leading among Democrats. Oklahoma denial of false voting claim linked to Bryan in 1908. Roosevelt remains a force in Republican primaries with Roosevelt and Taft splitting support in several states. Democratic hopes, led by Harmon Underwood Clark and Wilson, loom over the 1912 race.
Oklahoma City on March 4 discusses linking Oklahoma with Southwest cattlemen to boost alfalfa and kafir corn, urging 1913 convention in Oklahoma City. Cattlemen’s Association has about two thousand members across Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Kansas Missouri, focusing on fever tick eradication and expanding markets. Government data credit progress in quarantine relief and new packing plants. Oklahoma’s rail freight reductions and the National Stock Yards bolster cattle industry growth, with Fort Worth meeting planned March 19–21 and Oklahoma City aiming to host the 1913 convention guidance.
Despite one foot of snow, many ladies of St. John’s Guild and friends from other churches gathered. The program featured an old fashioned carpet rag bee and enjoyment. Next meeting is Tuesday with Croninger. A. Downs sought habeas corpus after jail breaking but writ denied by Davis.
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