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Newspaper

The Weekly Chieftain

Location

Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1910

Page

3

Kansas City Stock Markets Report from Oct 17

Cattle shipments into quarantine rise with 1025 to 1100 pound Russell steers at 4.70 to 5.10 while overall steer demand stays steady. Hog prices advance about 10 cents as light hogs gain premium. heavy hogs 6.55 to 8.80, mediums 8.75 to 9.05, lights 8.90 to 9.05. Sheep and lambs hold near steady but prices dip 15 to 25 cents amid big runs. best lambs 6.65, feeders 5.60 to 6.00, yearlings up to 5.25, wethers 4.50, ewes 4.00. Receipts remain large but are expected to taper and lift markets.

Kansas City Russell Osage Kansas Welch

Standard Oil Cuts Refined Petroleum Price

The Standard Oil Company reduced the price of refined petroleum in cases from 9.40 to 8.90 per gallon as of October 14. The move lowers costs for distributors and consumers amid ongoing market adjustments.

Associated Press New York Standard Ol Company

White Oak School Friday program earns praise and updates

White Oak School highlights a lively Literary Friday with strong fourth grade debate, new six week officers Willis Underwood as president and Calvin Goforth as secretary, and a seventh year grammar class tackling participles. Attendance notes include Miss Harman’s trip to Joplin and Wain Jones rejoining after a day.

Willis Underwood Calvin Goforth Eae Miss Harman Joplin Lester Rafferty Vinita Miami Emmett Lester Shearhart Asia Prof. Bell Mre Baker and Daughter Wain Jones

Burgess Elected Missouri Chief Justice

The Missouri supreme court today elected Karen P. D. Burgess as chief justice to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James K. Fox. The decision was announced in Jefferson City on October 14 by the Associated Press.

Associated Press Jefferson City Supreme Court of Missouri Today Karen PD. Burgess James K. Fox

Fraternities 10 Hold Reunions for Rival Football Game

Norman Oklahoma reports the Missouri Oklahoma football clash set for October 28 in Joplin Missouri has stirred strong fraternal interest. Fraternity reunions from Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri will join Greek lettermen to renew college ties and witness a highly anticipated southwestern gridiron battle. Enthusiasm grows as plans include rail deals, a band, rooters sections, and a strong Oklahoma squad under Coach Hallenbach. Missouri fans foresee a hard fought contest with the Tigers aiming to challenge the Sooners while potential yearly rivalry is planned. Meanwhile a Springfield mob scare surrounds John McCord a slayer tied to a six year old May Carpenter case prompting jail guards and ongoing public fear. The Ketchel murder previously fueled public unrest.

Missouri Joplin Oklahoma Missouri Tigers Crimson and Cream Hallenbach Columbia Monmouth College Rolla School of Mines McCord Associated Press Springfield John McCord May Carpenter Ketchel

SOME COUNTY OFFICERS TO SERVE LONGER TERMS

Guthrie Okla Oct 15 An unusual statute mix gives county treasurers and superintendents elected this fall six extra months of service. Their terms expire July 1 1913, aligning with fiscal and educational years, while other county officers keep standard terms. The new law also extends the first statehood officers to January 1911, ensuring they start with the extended period.

Guthrie Okla Lomcers

Ketchel Dead After Ranch Shooting Near Conway

Stanley Ketchel world middleweight champion was shot and died Saturday night at 7:05 in Springfield Missouri. The killer was Walter A. Hultz a ranch hand who shot Ketchel on R. P. Dickerson’s ranch near Conway about forty miles east of Springfield.

Springfield Stanley Ketchel Pugiat Walter A. Hultz R. P. Dickerson Ketchel Conway Here

Tulsa Banking Circles Anxiously Await Outcome

Tulsa residents await results of a $5,000 bank robbery case linked to Colonial Trust company. Floyd Crichton, ex clerk, sues the bank and J W Orr for false arrest after his arrest and release when detectives ruled he knew nothing.

Tulsa Okio Floyd Crichton Colonial Trust Company J. W. Orr Kansas City Colonial Bank Ja W. Orr First National Bank Trust Company

Parker 10 File Friendly Suit

The case Parker 10 File Friendly Suit, Parker vs Paul B Rowsey, will be presented to Judge Brown this week. It centers on the will of Jane Patton who died at Muskogee about a year ago and who left a one third property interest to Dr B F Fite and B L Hassell for Paul Rowsey at age twenty one, with no provision for income or guardian authority. The issue is whether the trust is valid under common law and Oklahoma law on inactive or dry trusts. If valid, Fite and Hassell must deed for the guardians. if invalid, the property passes to Paul Rowsey, via natural guardian. The case also covers two thirds of Patton property in Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Georgia and will decide who must execute the deed depending on trust validity.

FP. Parker Paul B. Rowsey Brown Jane Patton Muskogee Oklahoma Parker Patton City North Carolina Georgia Fite and Hassell Rowsey Paul Rowsey Craig County Theo D. B Frear

Prohibition and Saloons Divide a Town’s History

A resident recalls a town with licensed saloons only two years of its existence and no saloons in the last two years. Before prohibition there were nightly drunken disturbances, now a minority still stealthily drink, while others praise the absence of liquor as saving county debt and reducing crime compared to counties with saloons.

Estate matter in Tulsa County for minor Sarah Katle Smith

First published in the Chieftain on October 7, 1910. In the County Court within and for Tulsa County Oklahoma in the matter of the estate of Sarah Katle Smith a minor Charley.

Chieftain Tulsa County State of Oklahoma Sarah Katle Smith Charley

Probate sale notices and guardianship orders in Craig Oklahoma

Probate notices from Craig County Oklahoma detail sales of minor estates and guardianship actions. Charley Smith seeks private sale of Sarah Katie Smith minor estate in 1910 with written bids and twenty percent certified funds. Luther G Rowe and Jeremiah Zeigler minors also face sale petitions with hearings set. notices include posting in three public places and mailing to guardians, heirs, and nonresidents per law.

Tulsa Tulsa County Oklahoma Sarah Katie Stith Craig Craig County State of Lawrence & Lawrence Drew Tulson Charley Smith Sarah Katie Smith Guardian

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Professional Directory D. H. Wilson Empire Block Vinita - Okla James S. Davenport Holse William T. Rye Scott A. W. Herron Ice Barrett Building Wilson Street Lone Adair St F. L. Marney Riddle's Barn Gaylord N. Rebout Telephone Eedical C. Heidtman Fimer W. B. Depue Fhce Court House A. Stubblefield C. M Scott Building Hugo Nto le the Nai Vinita Creamery Co Rogers & Pritchett Undertaker Tobr C. Houck Ndertaker and Embalmer South Wilson St J. A. Rickart Corres White Oak School Burgess Southwest Prohibition Luther G. Rowe C. Roberts Roberts Thie Samuel Zeigler Charlotte Zeigler Jeremiah Zeigler Henry W. Zeigler J. T. Ragan & CO U.S Osame Pune Mutisi Maine Moise J. L. Mead Cycle Company Chicago Ill
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