114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, March April 6, 1911
Democrats Capture Every Office from Mayor To Alderman
Checotah democrats cleaned the platter Tuesday in a manner which fairly took the opposition off their feet and during the coming year democrats will occupy every office from mayor down excepting two aldermen, one from the Frist ward and one from the Second, who are holdovers.
Lost All By Fire
The house on the J.E. Bahnsen farm east of the city occupied by Isaac Boyd was destroyed by fire Tuesday.
The flames were under such headway when discovered that all efforts to extinguish it were unavailing and but little of Mr. Boyd’s household goods were saved.
A subscription paper is being circulated to partially reimburse Mr. Boyd for the loss he has sustained and is being liberally signed.
••••• 100 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, January 22, 1925
Death of a Child
William Edward, the 22-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Vandiver, died at the home of its parents in this city Monday afternoon following an attack of the croup.
Notice
The McIntosh County Stockmen and Breeders Association will hold a meeting on Saturday, Jan. 31 at the county court house in Checotah for the election of officers and the transaction of other important business.
Beauty Work
Call 124 for all kinds of Beauty Work.
••••• 90 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, January 25, 1934
Local Grid Players to Present Minstrel
A minstrel show depicting hardships in a penitentiary chain gang, and which has been described as a hilarious presentation from beginning to end, will be staged by former football players of Checotah high school on Thursday night Feb. 1, under the direction of Miss Claire Harrison.
••••• 81 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, September 14, 1944
Seaman on Leave
Seaman David Owens has returned to the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Owens for a 20day leave following two years of active duty.
Party Honors Jay Blackburn
Seaman Jay J. Blackburn, who has been here on leave from his base at San Diego, Calif, was honored by Mrs. Blackburn at their gracious home Friday.
••••• 75 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, January 19, 1950
DAM PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL
New survey data involving the question of whether one or two dams should be built on the Canadian River near Checotah, has been submitted to Washington, the Tulsa office U.S. Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday.
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25 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, February 6, 1975
John Birch Society Meets
If you would like to know why the ERA was defeated in Oklahoma, it might be interesting to attend the meeting of the Society tonight, Thursday night, Feb. 6, 7 p.m. at the Assembly room of the Sneed Medical Clinic.
A special program is planned to show the true American character of this often vilified Society.
We invite you to attend – you owe it to yourself to learn about the largest anti-communist pro-American organization in the U.S.
••••• 19 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, June 15, 2006
New Jail Design “Tweaked” By Sheriff
Now that the voters of McIntosh County have given their collective thumbs-up on a new county jail, Sheriff Terry Jones said that groundbreaking on the state-of-the-art facility could be as soon as six months away.
“We’re talking with the architect, and we might be breaking round in six months. But we’re still going over things at this point, getting everything lined up right,” said Jones.
••••• 10 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Eufaula grad shares vision with Checotah Chamber James Floyd said it’s great to be back in McIntosh County as he spoke to the Checotah Chamber of Commerce during its monthly meeting.
His friend, Bill Frame of Checotah, who asked him to come to the meeting, introduced Floyd, director of the Jack D. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee.
Although a Eufaula High School graduate, Emmy Stidham, a chamber member, pointed out that Floyd was wearing a blue tie in honor of Checotah’s school colors.
“Some of my best friends are in Checotah,” Floyd said.
