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Postage Stamps and Desert Land Acts in 1883 Dixon
In August 1883 the Dixon Sun reports on Desert Land Act concerns favoring cattle interests and water rights, changes to postage stamps reducing rate to two cents, and an autopsy of Capt. Webb with findings on death by rapid water shock. It includes a long letter from Mrs. M. M. Tooke defending her husband’s school plans and rebutting local criticism.
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