New Indian bill prompts debate over Oklahoma native lands
Washington reports the Indian bill includes 320 acre temporary allotments for Chickasaw Choctaw 100 acres for Creek and 120 for Cherokee with aims to curb cattlemen land hoarding and to redistribute warrants. It also covers cashing Creek annuity funds and sale of lands of deceased Indians with taxable proceeds. The measure pauses on moving Okmulgee and Salisaw as northern district courthouses.
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Dawes
Iustane Sas
Treasury Department
Nal
Indian Territory
Okmulgee
Salisaw
Cherok Okmulgee
Notice to holders of Chickasaw Nation school debt certificates
All parties holding certificates or orders of indebtedness against the Chickasaw Nation for boarding pupils or furnishing fuel must appear in person or by mail by March 3, 1902 at the office in Tishomingo to have them canceled and for warrants to be issued in their place. They may also place their script with the Bank of the Chickasaw Nation for collection.
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Tishomingo
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Bank of the Chickasaw Nation
Best Prescription for Malaria and Fever Bottle
A fragment notes a remedy for malaria and fever described as a bottle with tasteless fort six and fifty cents. No clear cure or dosage is provided.
Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab offers a one day cure for a cold with no cure no pay. The price is 25 cents.
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E. W. Gre
Will Hitchcock Resign Over Indian Territory Lease Affair
The article reports probable resignation of Secretary Hitchcock following a dispute with President Roosevelt over grazing land leases in the Comanche and Kiowa reservations in Oklahoma. It notes Roosevelt reversed Hitchcock’s order, extending cattle grazing to July, prompting speculation of Hitchcock’s departure. The piece mixes political gossip with local booster commentary on the World’s Fair appeal.
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Washington
Secretary Long
Naval
Justice Gray
United States Supreme Court
E. A. Hitchcock
Interio
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Bailey
Hitcbcock
Indian Territory appeals in congress and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The piece argues Congress unduly trusts Eastern reporters and sees Indian Territory issues as entertainment for outsiders. It urges Missourians to showcase real conditions at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to win support and resources for better governance.
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Indiana Territory
Indian Territory
Battle with bandits ends in outlaws' deaths two captured
Guthrie Oklahoma Feb 22 A fight with outlaws who killed Sheriffs Smith and Beck at Anadarko a month ago left Walter Swofford dead and Deputy W A Jones of Asher seriously wounded. Three outlaws fired on a posse led by Sheriff Milner of Shawnee as they approached a house near Wewoka. Jones was shot. Swofford was killed. The remaining two outlaws Sam Casey and Bill Watson surrendered. Rewards of 9000 dollars were offered for the three.
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Swoffard
Sam Casey
Bill Watson
Fort Scott Reunion Rewrites Jokes in Local Press
A husband and wife long apart are reunited in Fort Scott. The Monitor's typo accidentally reads the joke of matrimony while the News offers a year for 50 cents. Also referenced are a medicinal tastes form product and a playful ad line about cure and pay.
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Fort Scott
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