Oklahoma land opening on Kiowa Comanche Apache reservation
Nearly four million acres in the Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands in Indian Territory are to be opened to settlement. About one million acres will be allotted to Indians, three million released for white settlement. Notices will advertise openings with land assigned to qualified applicants. The move could boost Oklahoma’s population and impact statehood debates. Showdowns between settlers and allotment plans reflect competing visions for farm access and land allocation.
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Oklahoma
Indiana Territory
Texas
Interior Department
Ohio
California
Merritory
Asia
United States
General Land Office
Net
Congress
Hheir Tertile
Ehiutacter
Insect Threat Puzzles Texas Wheat Crop
Reports from Texas botanists describe a new pest attacking wheat fields. The olive green insect with transparent wings damages stubble ground wheat, causing withering and death as the crop suffers widespread losses across northern Texas.
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Texas
New Texas
Huge rooftop tank crash rocks Chicago building
A 10,060 gallon fire protection tank on the Galbraith building roof at Franklin and Madison streets toppled through six doors to the ground Sunday morning. The tank wrecked the structure, injured five people, and caused material damage estimated at 1,000 to 40,000 dollars. The large tank had been placed on the roof’s southeast corner of the six story building.
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Chicago
Galbraith
Franklin and
Madison Streets
Madison Street
Franklin Street
Land Openings Drawn as Indians Lose Ward Status
The article discusses planned land openings in Oklahoma and the shift of Indian wards to individual ownership. It notes expectations of August opening, six month allotment periods, and large tracts for pastures, with $2 million paid to Indians and per capita shares.
Bank Officials Die by Own Hands After Vancouver Bank Closure
Charles Brown and C. B. Canby, president and cashier of the First National Bank of Vancouver, died by suicide near the city after the bank was closed by the Comptroller of the Currency. Their bodies were found Sunday morning in bushes, each using the same revolver. Canby died first, Brown followed as he held the weapon.
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Charles Brown
L. Canby
First National Bank of
Vancouver
Comptroller of the Currency
Canby
Brown
Clergy News Notes Annual Reformatory Ties
NOAA ORE CHURCH AND CLERGY. Lane Sarleen reports Bishop Cyrus D. Foss and Mrs. Foss spending weeks in Florida. Isaac Dawson begins duties as rector of St. Paul’s Benicia California. Revs Evans resign from Chippewa Falls church and accept call at Trinity Davenport Iowa. Harvey Lowland of Port Deposit referenced in local clergy notes.
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Cyrus D. Foss
Methodist Episcopal Church
Condition of crops shows cool spell slows germination
The weekly weather bureau crop report notes abnormally cool, wet conditions east of the Rockies retarding germination and farm work from Texas to the Ohio river. Winter wheat progress is favorable but slow, cotton planting is delayed, and tobacco in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky remains backward while Maryland fields thrifty.
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Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain Slope
Missouri Valley
Lake Region
Florida
California
Lake
Texas
Middle Atlantic
Ohio River
Missouri
Oklahoma
Minnesota
South Dakota
Centrral
New York
Kentucky
Virginia
Carolinas
Maryland
Acid Thrower Victim Miss Linvlians Slawikins
Miss Linvlians Slawikins suffers severe facial injury after a cup of carbolic acid is hurled at her, with multiple prior attempts noted. Miss Qillian Hawkins of Ashtabula, Ohio is named in the report as involved or related to the case.
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Linvlian Slawikins
Qillian Hawkins
Ashtabula
Ohio
English nobles eye American heiresses through Paris agency
Circulating from Paris, the agency targets English noblemen, offering monthly subscriptions for details on American heiresses. Subscribers learn who is "in the market" and may receive introductions for a fee. Rumors speak of impecunious men being grubstaked to travel to America to seek wealthy brides.
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Paris
America
Mexico buys all its shears from the United States
Notes of Current Events report that Mexico sources all its shears and sharp edged tools from the United States. Hermosa now features a railway about twenty eight miles long linking Mainan with Takao. High school established in Autoloma Atuilla Samoa under American supervision. Oil exploration stated at Beaumont with vein of sulphur seventy feet thick. Tingmiran government bans hypnotism except by medical men with special permission. Buttons and trimmings valued at 1 683 809 dollars imported from Paris in a single quarter. Wrank Cronk 17 Magnetic Springs, Ohio, burned to death. Brother and sister looked at the town today.
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Mexico
United States
Hermosa
Mainan
Takao
Autoloma
Atuila
Samoa
Beaumont
Paris
Power to Borrow $800,000,000 Sought in British Budget
Budget in the House of Commons reveals a looming deficit and calls for an £60,000,000 borrowing. Taxes rise with new duties on sugar molasses glucose and coal while savings funds are suspended. Reports suggest Britain may seek American investors as the Boer War strain deepens.
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Great Britain
House of Commons
Rlie Thad Hicks-Bench
Mogland
Jte
England
William Vernon T Harcourt
Michael
Miss Sakai AL Queen of the Spring Festival at Chattanooga
Miss Sarah Alexander is named Queen of the Spring Festival in Chattanooga where the main event is the flower parade. festival notes mention Sparks from the Wires and a May date. Additional items include Palmyra City Attorney Mary Anderson’s record and a note on Oklahoma and lotteries.
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Chattanooga
Sakai
Nan
Sarah Alexander
Chattanvooge
Ilegeview
Neb
Kruger
America
Y. Wnapp
Diga
N. Vo
Mary Anderson
Palmyra
Ofice
Supreum Court
Southwest
Boma
Aguinaldo Calls for Peace Under United States Rule
Emilio Aguinaldo issues a manifesto urging submission to American sovereignty and peace in the Philippines. He accepts U S rule and outlines hopes for promised liberties under the United States while noting ongoing hostilities. General MacArthur orders release of 1000 insurgent prisoners on sworn allegiance.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Philippines
Aguinaldo
United States
Liam
Philippine Islands
Bauer
Philippine Archipelago
MacArthur
British War Loan Authorized by Commons Vote
The British House of Commons approved a war loan of 800 million dollars by 171 to 127. Chancellor Michael Flicks-Beach refused to reveal funding methods, noting possibilities including consols, bonds, treasury bills, or exchequer bonds. He also pondered exempting coal contracts from a new export tax, while Newcastle urged excluding existing contracts from the tax.
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House of Commons
Michael Flicks- Beach
Newcastle
Cardiff Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
Senator De Wogack and the Russian Forces in Asia
A historical column extols General Da W as a trusted figure guiding policy in the Orient. The piece praises his long tenure near China, his mastery of strategic power, and his unwavering resolve to wield influence amid global tensions.
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Wnen-Tsin
Orient
Jor
China
Government urges post office care of government funds and stamps
The Post Office Department warns postmasters nationwide to guard government money and postage stamps, keep valuables out of sight, and deposit funds in a national or local bank as required. It stresses postmasters’ responsibility to protect government property and prevent theft.
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Postofice
Ticago
Postminster
Offtla Ray
Transcontinental rail talks and bridge plans dominate meeting
Discussion covers Great Northern and Santa Fe routes, proposed tolls, and a new system for direct gauge shipments. Officials debate expansion funding with sums near 4.6 million dollars, while a long river bridge and toll-rate schemes through New York and westward are outlined for future operations.
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Great Northern
Vanderbilts
Pullman
Central Road
Great Western
Binoual
Buffalo
New York
Santa Fe
Moines
James “ Charlton
San Ira
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Lane Sarleen
Sam
Gondon
United States Treasury
Hingland
J. Pierpont Morgan
Americs
Hxebequer
Commons
London
Lombard Street
Wall Street
France
Louis
Vailland
Mamaroneck
N. Y
le Gale
Borne
St. Louis
Britain
Ivan Warkey
Red Sea
Genda
Kan
Little Rock
Ountry Savant
Sen. DE Wogack
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