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Newspaper

The Weekly Chieftain

Location

Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1912

Page

8

Campaign system touted as clean business method

Chicago and New York Democratic headquarters implement a detailed accounting and approval process for all money received and disbursed. Secretary Davies oversees about 140 staff in Chicago with checks, requisitions, and signed approvals ensuring transparent funds use. The piece extols the dedication, low salaries, and long hours of all staff, praising the campaign’s financial discipline.

Chicago United States Senate Morgan Democratic Campaign Committee Democratic National Democratic New York Joseph J. Davies National Democratic Committee Davies Irving Shuman Mr. Shuman E. M. Grossman O. K Mr. Grossman

Boys Caught, Team Recovered Near Vinita Hotel

Deputy Sheriff Steve Edwards and Bob Wilson with Lee Wilson and Gritt Marley brought in two fourteen year old boys who took Dr. F. L. Marney's bogey and team from a Liteh post by the Vinita Hotel Saturday night. They rode to the Wilson farm near the Arkansas line before being captured. The youths claimed they fled to avoid testifying in a whiskey case. The Marley boy’s father aided them in planning to leave the country.

Steve Edwards Bob Wilson Lee Wilson Gritt Marley F. L. Marney Vinita Hotel Bucha Wilson Farm Arkansas Line Marley

Local notes and moves across towns in Indian Territory

George Couch and Samuel Layton traveled to Kansas City to learn street car operations. Mrs. Tina West moved to Muskogee to place her daughter Nola in a live business college. The commissary plans a large store three and a half miles east. Dave Kay leaves for Big Cabin with 5150 pounds of cotton, expecting 4 cents per pound. Lee Lake and Miss Anna Barber wed at Jay last Tuesday. Ervin Alexander and Mini Gates wed this week. Bill and Tow Barber move to Asylum Hollow to farm for the season. D F Clark and wife attend funeral in Vinita for their niece’s child killed by a train. Fifteen wagons head to Adair Sumany for cement for the M. O. & G. railroad. Piers set on the Grand River bridge. work begins on the Spavinaw creek bridge amid swift water.

George Couch Samuel Layton Kansas City Tina West Muskogee Nola Uve Business College Tlecommissary Dave Kay Big Cabin Lee Lake Anna Barber Jay Ervin Alexander Saline Creek Mini Gates Tow Barber Asylum Hollow D. F. Clark Lynches Prairie Vinita Adair Sum Grand River Bridge Spavinaw Creek

Keystone Bank Robbed Again in Oklahoma City

Tulsa dispatch reports the First State bank of Keystone Oklahoma was robbed at 3 a.m. by five men on horseback. Three nitroglycerin blasts blew the safe, yielding about 2500 dollars. This is the second robbery in the past year and third attempt. Earlier, a 1911 attempted hold up by Tom Jordan near Collinsville ended in a shootout. Authorities suspect a Tulsa-based gang using nitro from nearby air magazines.

Tulsa Okla Yege First State Bank of Keystone Tom Jordan Collinsville Jordan Krenlin Enid Douglas

Big Cabin Items

Mr and Mrs W Bell went to Vinita yesterday Miss Mary Langley was shopping in Vinita G W Leathers went forth this morning W E Bell returned from Kansas City where he had been on the hay market Monday Arthur Huffman went to Vinita this Mrs E J McBride of Vinita was calling on her old Big Cabin friends yesterday Our new Christian church is progressing nicely

W. &. Bell Vinita Mary Langley G. W. Leathers W. E. Bell Kansas City Arthur Huffman E. J. McBride Big Cabin

Thanksgiving Night Operetta at Gabriel's Theater

Vinita prepares a Thanksgiving night operetta featuring top local talent directed by Mrs. W. H. Talmage and Mrs. Neva Moss. Elaborate stage arrangements are under way with experienced coordinators guiding the production.

Vinita Gabriel W. H. Talmage Neva Moss

Wilson Leads Taft Roosevelt In New York Polls

New York Oct 10 The New York Herald straw poll shows Governor Wilson leading Roosevelt and Taft across twenty nine states. Wilson tallies 30 261 Roosevelt 20 748 Taft 13 055 from 69 046 votes with net GOP losses and Dem gains.

New York New York Herald Taft Woodrow Wilson Roosevelt The Herald Wilson Cane New England Far West Bull Moose Utah the Herald Missouri

Moose campaign shifts to social reform themes in Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Oct 10 The Bull Moose campaign in the state veers from tariff and constitutional issues to social reform. Nels Darling argues for a graduated income tax and inheritance tax to fund government, rejects a free trade scare, and denies any deal with political machines. He stresses industrial policy and an industrial commission to regulate monopolies, while asserting the Bull Moose only seeks nine electoral votes for Roosevelt and allows free choice on other offices.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Debbs A. Berger United States Berger Republic Oland Bull Moose Darling Darlis Democrats Bull Moose Morris-McGuire-Morgan Theodore Rooseevelt Pla Bul Congress Devel

Wind Storm Flips Buggy Near Cabin Creek Bridge

Yesterday evening around six, Frank Tyner his wife and baby and James Tyner were driving from their farm near Milea when a hailstorm and high wind struck. The buggy was blown through a three wire fence, drenched and shaken but unharmed. The storm hit near Cabin Creek bridge about miles northwest of town as Pryor Farley headed to Talala to finish preparations for winter.

Frank Tyner James Tyner Milea Jone Cabin Creek

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