1905 · Spiro, I.T.
by [Oklahoma]
Spiro, I.T., 1905. Very good.. Broadside, 10.5 x 7 inches. Minor wear, old folds, a few chips. Top left corner torn away, not affecting text. An unrecorded wanted poster recording a substantial theft from the Redwine Brothers store in Spiro, Indian Territory. Redwine's was a general mercantile store which also sold farm implements and did undertaking. The partial list of goods stolen in March 1905 includes several suits valued at $12.50 each, mens shirts, two suitcases, some lace and taffeta, three guns, and "about 65 pocket knives branded on blade Rich-Con and written on blade Richardson-Conover Hardware Co." Spiro is a tiny town due east of Oklahoma City near the border with Arkansas, and until rather recently, Redwine Brothers still operated as a hardware store in the town. (Inventory #: 667)