Note From Submitter Jan Patterson  glpatter@galstar.com
All of the following entries were found in "The Claremore Progress, Claremore Indian Territory" I've noted the Vol. # and Issue number, day, date as well as the column they appeared in (this paper had no page numbers). JP NOTE= My comments or queries

Vol VI #4, Saturday
March 5, 1898

Oolagah Oozings:

Miss ROWLAND of Ft. Gibson, lectured to a large audience in the M. E. Church, Friday night on the education of the blind.
(JP NOTE: if anyone knows which Miss ROWLAND this is I would be greatly interested)

Vol VI #31, Saturday
Sept 10, 1898:

In the New Country, Brief Bits of General News from the territories-Oklahoma Indian territory (JP Note: from here forward this column will be listed as INC)

Rev. WRIGHT is among the Ft. Sill Indians trying to convert them.
(Again, I would be interested if you know which Rev.WRIGHT this is.)

It takes $1,500 per month to run the City of Guthrie.

Vol VI #32 Saturday
Sep 17, 1898:

Inc:

Claire STEWART, who was a rough rider in the Santiago Campaign, has just reached his Noble County home, worn out in body, mind and clothes. Oklahoma friends, atmosphere and grub will soon bring him around to his old self.

Vol. VI #33, Saturday
Sept 24, 1898

Inc:

And now an Oklahoma woman, to bring suit for divorce, bears down on the complaint that her husband refused to change is undersclothes as often as she considered it necessary. It this thing keeps up a point will be reached where a man will have no right what ever that a woman is bound to respect.

Everything grows larger in Indian Territory. A woman in the Chickasaw Nation presented her husband with a 20 pound baby.
(JP Note: sorry folks no names given on either of these, just interesting).

Vol VI #34, Sat.
Oct 1, 1898

Inc:

Rolla WARRIOR, a Ponca Indian boy has escaped from his parents. They wanted to send him to school.

Vol VI #36, Sat
Oct 15, 1898

Miss PATTERSON, a teacher of elocution of Chesea, will give an entertainment in the Opera house tonight. Admission ten cents. She has established a class here.
(JP Note: there are two more enteries on her following, would love to know which Miss PATTERSON it was).

Vol VI #37, Sat.
Oct 22, 1898

Inc:

Robert CHEYNE of Noble County aged 54, was married last week to Catherine CHEYNE, aged 50, and back of this marriage is quite a romance. 35 years ago this same couple were married in New York, but after a few years of married life were separated. CHEYNE came west and married again, his second wife dying 5 years ago. The divorced wife remained single and a few weeks ago the couple met by accident and the love of long ago was revived.

An Indian named Jack POTT lives in the Creek Nation and has 4 wives.

Mrs. Stuyvesant FISH, mother of Hamilton FISH, Jr. has just sent to the different members of Troop L. of the Rough riders a fine ivory handled pocket knife in a chamois skin case. She does this in memory of her son who fell in a charge at La Quasina. Many of the boys have already received their knives and all will appreciate them very much.

Vol VI #38, Sat.
Oct 29, 1898

Territorial Topics:

Mrs. George WRIGHT who lives near the South Canadian found a mastadon tooth on the sand bar of the River Monday. The tooth is of medium size and is the second found in this section recently, the first being found by Dr. J. D. O'KELLY a few months ago. Also several bones of this large animal, which existed several years ago, have been found in this locality.
Some idea of the immense size of the monster may be gained when it is stated that its teeth were from 12-15" in length and its skeleton measures from 40-60ft. long. If it existed now the elephant would be a pigmy in comparison--Eufaula Indian Journal.

Claremore Progress:
Miss PATTERSON has discontinued her class in elocution here, not being able to secure enough pupils to pay her to come down from Chelsea every week.

Vol VI #42, Sat
Nov 26, 1898

INC:

Some of the girls of Oklahoma are going to organize a society, the purpose of which will be to entirely do away with kissing as a pleasure. Maybe they will make it a duty.

SMITH-JACKSON
A very pretty home wedding occured at the residence of Mr and Mrs W. H. JACKSON on Thursday night when their daughter Lizzie and Mr. John SMITH, of Ft. Gibson, were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony. Rev. W. H. SHANK officiating.
After the ceremony a bountiful wedding supper was enjoyed by the assembled guests. The young people left for Ft. Gibson yesterday morning where they will make their future home.
We with their numerous friends, extend hearty congratulations.

Vol VII #43

Never Too Old To Wed
Golden City, MO. Nov. 28,--A Thanksgiving wedding in which the bride and groom equal 173 years, was a Missouri novelty, this year.
The contracting parties are Rev. William E. PAINE, aged 88, of Peakesville, Missouri and Mrs. Mary RINGER, aged 85, of this city. Neither party had seen the other before they met at Lamar Thursday. The courtship had been carried on by mail facilitated, no doubt, by the fact that the groom was postmaster at Peakesville.

Vol VI #51 Sat.
Jan 28, 1899

Claremore Progress:
Miss PATTERSON, of Chelsea, who gave such a pleasant entertainment in elocution last fall will bring her class in elocution to our city in the near future and give an entertainment at the opera house. The date of her visit here will be given in these columns.

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Claremore Daily Progress

Oct. 22, 1985

Maggie May DENNIS
Services were Monday for Maggie May Dennis, 75 who died  Friday at Claremore Nursing Home. Services were at First  Assembly of God Church. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery,  under the direction of Claremore Funeral Home.
Mrs. Dennis was born May 23, 1910 in Clio, Texas, to  William and Martha (Cobb) McCaskey. The family moved to  the Rogers County area when she was a child. She was a  member of Community Christian Center.
Survivors are her  sons, Jimmie Carl Carpenter of Verdigris and David A.  Carpenter Jr. of Claremore; daughter, Marjorie Montgomery  of Claremore; brother, Bowden McCaskey of Yucipa,  California; seven grandchildren and five  great-grandchildren.
Submitted by Jim Carpenter rcb404@bankrcb.net

Tuesday, July 14, 1998 Page 3

Lorraine Maytum
Funeral service for Claremore resident Lorraine MAYTUM will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 16, 1998, at First Christian Church with Rev. Mark Newman officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetary, under direction of Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Service.
Mrs. Maytum died Sunday, July 12, 1998, at Claremore Regional Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was 88.
The daughter of Daniel Emmet and Cordia Edith VALENTINE JONES was born August 18, 1909, in Wapanucka.
She married Amos MAYTUM on February 28, 1932, and they lived in Tulsa where she was a member of the First Christian Church. In 1954, they moved to a ranch north of Claremore. She took care of the ranch herself after her husband passed away in 1959.
In October, 1980, she was presented a Distinguished Service Award from the church. She had been Christian Women's Fellowship president five times and also served as treasurer, secretary and corresponding secretary. She has been outreach chairman, first woman elder in 1983, representative on the N.E.D.C.C.O board and representative to General Assembly.
Mrs. Maytum is survived by her sister, Gladys;  two nephews; two nieces, five great nieces and nephews and five great-great nieces and nephews.

Submitted by: WendyGayle@aol.com

January 1983

Mittie Mae JOHNSON ABRAM

Former Chelsea resident, Mrs. Mittie Mae ABRAM , died Friday morning, Jan. 14, 1983, at the Claremore .
Mrs. ABRAM was living in Nowata at the time of her death. She was 75-years old.
Funeral Sevices are scheduled for Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Chelsea. Burial will follow at Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Services.
Mrs. ABRAM was born Oct. 31, 1907 in Mayes County, the daughter of James Jefferson & Martha Jane PHARISS JOHNSON. She lived most of her life in Chelsea and was a member of the Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Carl and one son, Olin.
Survivors include: 3-Sons, J.C. ABRAM , Earl ABRAM and Homer ABRRAM ; 2-daughters, Eveline FRENCH & Barbara ROGERS
Submitted by Allison aka2@magiclink.com

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