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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
4
The article recalls Roosevelt sailing for Africa on March thirteenth and mentions the first Vinita presidential election passing peacefully with no corruption charges. It contrasts Vinita with other elections tainted by whiskey and money and notes declining hot shot and oldatorne redemptions.
The electorate delivered a crushing defeat to the Agency system in Oklahoma. Gov Has kell could not avert the loss, and the school land grab was rejected as well, preserving inheritance rights for future generations and denying both major parties the chance to back the measures.
The Chieftain criticizes pro saloon sentiment and calls for balanced government in Oklahoma. It argues the republicans will win next time, while Roosevelt's presidency is labeled a fragile influence and Bryan’s reforms loom. It condemns Haskell’s drive to vindicate himself, and notes a failed, divisive campaign tour that dampened Democratic prospects.
Aarker remark asserts the American people can meet the strain of national campaigns and then return to everyday life. It praises civic duty and the virtue of submitting to majority rule as a path to great achievements.
Quoted passage warns that unseen germs surround and invade daily life in air water food and touch. It emphasizes bacteria thriving in mouth nose and internal organs, asserting death lives among us and within us as a constant threat. The excerpt attributes the idea to Michael Williams in Success Magazine.
A Librian commission attaché opens an ice cream and ice production plant in Monrovia using an American Made New Brunswick Refrigerator machine with one ton capacity, producing 600 pounds of ice and ten gallons of ice cream daily. The project aims to expand with cold storage. Ice currently sells for four cents per pound and ice cream for 240 dollars per gallon, a price seen as a tropical rarity.
In a stark scene Mr Platte laments inability to pay rent and move, pawned belongings, and lack of cash or a clean collar for a show tonight. He confronts a bystander’s fatal curiosity as the desperate man faces his crunch point.
Croker asserts two thirds of visitors to Egypt come from America and $ backsheesh drives life there. He notes Americans fund hotels and street life, while begging persists among Egyptians, including newborns, as observers tally money needs.
A Boston Transcript line recalls a stark scene where a burglar entering Mrs Gadley’s room provokes speechlessness and nervous chatter. The quip hints at a woman once silent amid a tense intrusion, capturing a vivid moment in a local voice.
In a California camp reminiscence Senator William M. Stewart recalls a female visitor who caused a rush along four miles of Coyote diggings. Two to four thousand miners contributed gold dust, presenting a buckskin bag of about 2000 to 4000 dollars to the woman, who ultimately vanished with the wagon and its contents.
A quoted engaged couple discuss traveling to London for marriage. The piece notes more American couples wed abroad, finishing ceremonies quickly and cost effectively, with London ceremonies seen as prestigious yet simpler than lavish New York affairs with bridesmaids and vaults of presents.
A youth out sailing with a companion mispronounces terms in a humorous malapropism. Facing a dead wind, he quips that it is better to have buffed and lost than never to have luffed at all, a line echoing a joke from Youth's Companion.
In a playful exchange Mr Spooks admires architectural plans while the architect explains a fifteen hundred dollar bungalow would cost about 96000 to build, prompting Mr Snooks to ask for the total. The judge confirms the estimate.
In the early New England settlement, neighbors mailed parcels as travelers journeyed, a custom noted in Joseph Hawley’s notebook. Accounts from Abbott and Mrs. Lesley describe Judge Lyman’s era, with villagers packing trunks to Boston. The scene shows packed trunks, a crying driver, and communal trust.
The refreshment and music hall manager berates the new orchestra leader, saying their performance last night was superb but unprofitable. He orders them to lower standards to boost orders, noting sales fell about ten percent despite a record crowd.
A humorous old tale ponders kinship links as a genealogist and a friend discuss marriages and divorces. They joke about how a man named Billy Bowen responds to the deaths of his wives or their first husbands, suggesting motives and mourning customs in a playful, figurative debate.
Mr Halloran lists nations after a political meeting in a ward noting Irish Finnch Agetalans Poles Germans Rooslins Greeks and more with mispronounced echoes and a joking guess at Americans as the crowd laughs and the memory fails. The Youth's Companion era snippet captures muddled immigrant names and a domestic moment.
A garbled excerpt raises questions about flying machines and their significance. The incomplete text suggests a debate on whether the topic is worthwhile, reflecting confusion and curiosity rather than a clear stance.
President Hadley warns that selfish pursuit of happiness endangers citizens, institutions, and the nation’s resistance to danger. He argues the fate of Americans and the civilized world hinges on sustaining a Christian philosophy of life in crisis and progress alike.
A witty exchange unfolds as a character asserts intent to marry, with suspense about consent. The admits a string of suitors and an unexpected resolve from the daughter, hinting at firm commitment as the dialogue progresses. The scene centers on a social verdict rather than a formal agreement.
In a witty exchange, one character asks if a daughter’s match to Count Puchashi is a matrimonial alliance. The reply reframes it as a patrimonial alliance, prompting amusement and social commentary on alliance meanings within the tale.
In Nicetown lane, a stove fire disturbed a beehive inside a stovepipe. An octogenarian father Jacob Parker and his son Charles, 23, were swarmed and stung many times. They sought treatment at Dr. J. W. Pinero’s residence and face days of swelling before recovery.
Sir Claud de Crespigny organizes a four balloon race between the Valkyrie and the Lotus despite a history of multiple injuries. He has broken leg bones during ballooning, smashed arm bones while hunting, fractured ribs from steeple chasing, a broken rib from a cab accident, broken fingers from riding, and injuries to his scalp from a monkey attack.
The Vinita bar met to decide actions on the death and funeral services of Louis Clinkscales. A committee chaired by A A Brown to draft resolutions of respect and eulogy. Pallbearers named include A A Brown G N Bebout Wm T Rye Guy Patten and Caldwell with Pat Mahoney.
First published Oct 30 1908. State of Oklahoma Crow County record notice details the county status and official recording actions. The document references county borders and administrative steps within Crow County as part of the public record.
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