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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
4
The Weekly Chieftain notes urgent street work across the city and anticipates the Buffington hotel's opening with pride. It urges everyone to plant trees now before it is too late, urging landowners to plant trees whether in town or country.
The State Tax League conducts a broad statewide campaign seen as more significant than all campaign activity before the November election, emphasizing tax policy advocacy and public outreach across communities.
Oklahoma voters oppose machine politics calling both Cruece and Haskell machines unacceptable. The public favors true democracy and rejects entrenched party control in the state.
Muskogee county attorney dismisses the murder charge against Reverend H Friar. The writer laments the cheapening value of life in parts of Oklahoma and comments on government form debates, noting politics currently drive decisions in Vinita.
Announcement notes Mrs. H. W. C. Shelton as candidate for county superintendent of schools. She is described as a native of Oklahoma and an educated woman who would perform well if elected to the important office.
The men of the Presbyterian church and congregation will be served a lunch at the church Thursday evening. This has become an annual feature of the congregation and is looked forward to with pleasure.
A Big Cabin Sentinel excerpt laments Stephenson’s close seat win and Lorimer’s cloud, urging durable cement culverts and bridges. It warns against vile campaigning, notes large upcoming primary elections, and contrasts Democratic openness with Republican candidate tangle. It praises Oklahoma’s response to McCurtain mine disaster and stresses civic charity.
A Bryan quote condemns government requirements for public money deposits while forcing private depositors to bear risk. It argues bankers who demand extra security from farmers should accept similar guarantees from banks for deposits, highlighting mutual accountability in finance.
A reflective piece discusses life choices and warns against habitual missteps. It argues advertising can hold dignity when paid and warns against reliance on free offerings. It contrasts freedom versus weariness and notes social judgments faced by a newly married man living with in-laws.
A reflection on editing the press and social letters, noting how money love appetite politics kin and gossip shape public perception. It muses on careful editing, wedding details, and who will be boss, with a wink at a tom boy and the idleness of society pages.
The piece argues it would be poor policy for Craig county voters to try drawing a Mason and Dixon line through the area from east to west, asserting no lasting benefit from such an undertaking.
The nation's chief executive voices faint praise as Dr. Wiley quits government service. He has long opposed fraud in food and drugs, standing against powerful interests and internal political opposition. The Journal of the American Medical Association credits him with advancing public health and hopes for upheaval that ousts corrupt forces from the department of agriculture.
John Marcus surveys defenders of the Bible against Ingersollian infidelity, citing scholars and leaders from Hitchcock to Seelye and Adams. The piece argues faith and religion underpin science, arts, and governance, quoting Henry, Washington, Franklin and others.
One of Oklahoma's oldest Shawnee Indians, Uncle Jim Big Knife, died at his White Big Knife home. He came to the area with Shawnees in 1867 and was nearly a century old. John K. Taylor arranged a casket for the funeral.
A compact moral verse mocks needless worry as readers are urged to stop fretting about future or past calamities. It contrasts sunny skies and thriving crops with constant complaint, urging calm when health and fortune seem good and warning against letting anxiety dominate life.
A compact poetic quatrain urging resilience against life’s troubles. The speaker quips that trouble will strike, but one should not chase it or hug it, instead let it come and “knock them galley west.” The tone is humorous and reflective, channeling Mason’s playful moral stance.
In Paris fake snails with shells from dustmen are sold as the real article. The shells are cleaned and filled with cat meat and sealed with fat after a corkscrew shaped filling. The fabrication was exposed during a lawsuit by a worker who injures a finger on a snails factory machine. The artificial snails find a ready market.
A Minneapolis Journal excerpt argues the healthiest children come from houses with cracks and knot holes. Tight sealed hot water heated homes are unhealthy for kids, while breezy shacks on newer prairies provide a tonic through natural air. The text notes a wall crack, if moderate, saves money and warns against over-sealing, blaming the coal trade for suppression of such features.
The Hiram, second oldest U S schooner, sits at Red Beach nine miles from Calais. Built in Biddeford in 1819, she is 69.6 feet long, 67 tons, crew of three, with her original keel and bottom. Once commanded by the Cook family of Portland, she is now owned by Elmer McDonald of Red Beach.
Real Aristocrat. Seed corn displays a lineage that would stir a genealogist. Corn raised 45 years in succession by Mr. Thompson of Brown county, 12 years by his father, and 14 years by his grandfather. The accompanying history claims 69 generations without a break, making human aristocracy seem pale by comparison.
William Dean Howells discussed the artistic temperament at a New York tea, noting its wayward charm despite flaws. A famous novelist and his wife were lunching at Sherry’s when the wife spilled wine on the cloth and the novelist quipped How like you, only to topple a glass himself minutes later and exclaim How unlike myself.
A farmer and his wife discuss how to celebrate their silver wedding after twenty five years of marriage. The wife wants a special feast with a fattest pig, while the husband notes the pig cannot be blamed for their past. The exchange reveals humor and nostalgia in a rural domestic scene.
An inventor develops stone soles for boots by combining waterproof glue with clean quartz sand and applying it to the leather sole. The resulting quartz soles are described as flexible and nearly indestructible, offering a firm grip on slippery surfaces.
David Belasco notes stage superstition, saying actors avoid speaking last lines in rehearsal while acknowledging belief in superstition remains powerful in all. He also quips that superstition does not prevent anyone from accepting thirteen for a dozen.
A pro Haskell pamphlet accuses Senator Owen of betraying Democratic principles, opposing grandfather clauses and allying with anti democracy forces. It cites Muskogee county population growth, accuses Owen of dodging issues, and urges voters to seek the truth before casting ballots.
Mrs A B Nichols and family extend thanks to friends for kindness sympathy during illness and at the death of A K Nichols.
The old wire bridge on Big Southwest will soon be replaced by a subsistent steel structure by the Kansas City Bridge Company. Completion is expected in about ten days, providing a safe and solid thoroughfare from the productive southwest into town.
The Weekly Chieftain marks its weekly run this year with fifty events noted. Readers are briefed on schedules and highlights across the season, detailing venues and key participants expected to appear at each event.
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