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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
4
The Meekly Chieftain prints notices from M. Marrs Printing Company. The text includes publisher attribution and a partially garbled line referencing Murata, He, Matton, and related printing details.
A long, erratic OCR fragment blends political commentary, social notices, and scattered local events. It references elections, female philanthropy, and civic sentiments, interspersed with disjointed quotes about democracy, friendship, and community life. The readable portions hint at Oklahoma politics and a Vinita audience reacting to national shifts.
At Kansas City Stock Yards on November 25, cattle prices showed little change with receipts near balanced demand. Traders note winter prices show strength after February, with stock cattle and feeders moving from western shipments. Prices for steers, cows, and calves varied, but overall tone remained firm amid ongoing stock flow from western markets.
The Vinita High School scene shows plans for girls basketball trip to Miami next Wednesday for a game, a high school debate contest, and a banquet for the football squad after season end. A joint literary program in study hall Wednesday features top talent from four societies.
A reflective piece urges readers to reexamine burdens and realize they are often magnified by imagination. By honestly assessing pain disappointment or injustice one finds that tears turn to laughter and sighs to songs in most cases.
The article notes Woodrow Wilson as the first born south of the Mason Dixon line to win the presidency since Lincoln. It also cites diminishing sectional tensions, Bryan’s dedication address at a Confederate dead monument, and Taft’s remark that Wilson’s election steadies the South with the North, signaling Southern prominence in future national affairs.
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