Comanche and Apache townsite ruling from Interior
Lawton area notes a Dec 10 1901 General Land Office ruling that affects homestead commutations for Kiowa Comanche and Apache reservations. It bars townsite entries under section 23 and blocks Boswell and others from proving up on claims, delaying their project for 4-6 months.
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Miles Heal
Wood Cow
Interior Department
Lawton
Gee
Department of the Interior
General Land Office
Washington, D. C
Register and Receirer
Secretary of the Interior
Arthur ¥. Boswell
Isw
Beal
James
Pension bill sought for Mrs McKinley widow of president
Washington December 20 Senator today introduced a bill granting a 5000 dollar yearly pension to Mrs McKinley widow of the late president It was reported that senators would introduce a similar bill for ex President Harrison's widow but opposition arose over the marriage after he left the White House
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Washington
Tans Tha
McKinley
In- Minne
Benjamin Harrison
Mudh
Mareheen
White House
Crosland Named Minister to Liberia and Deeds Recorder
Washington selects Dr. J. MR. AL Crosland of St. Joseph Missouri as minister to Liberia and J. C. collector of the port of Wiln North Carolina named recorder of deeds District of Columbia. Appointments favor Negroes amid political chatter.
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Washington
AL Crosland
St. Joseph, Mo
Liberia
J. C
Wiln N.C
District of Columbia
Congress 18 Doing On Naval and Civic Affairs
A chaotic Napoleonic preview of congressional activity lists multiple bills and debates. Key items include naval matters under Admiral Dewey and the army pension provision for Mrs McKinley, with renewed attention to the Philippines revenue and the canal, alongside debates on suffrage and imperial policy signals.
Gas blast kills ten at Jones and Loughlin furnace
In Pittsburgh on December 20 an explosion of gas at the Jones and Loughlin furnace fatally burned ten men who were near the top of the 100 plus foot structure. The blast flung metal and debris, pinning workers on the platform as the elevator failed. Bodies fell to the mill below with many bones broken.
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Pittsburg
Raho Turnin
Jones & Loughlin
Jens
Furmuee
Senate moves to promote three rear admirals to vice admiral
In Washington a bill revived in the senate by Mr. Penrose aims to elevate three rear admirals and a captain to the rank of vice admiral. Representative Pearte of Maryland introduced a companion bill in the house. The move unites Sampoon, Sehley and Clark in advancement and is viewed as conciliatory.
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Weabliyton
Senate
Penrose
Navy
Sampaon
Sehley
Capt
Clark
Pearte
Maryland
Mear
Sampoon, Selsley and
Ademiral
History of fords and traitors in islands report
Washington Dec 20 History af fords no parallel of 8 whole people thus practically turning war traitors and In the genius of 80 other people wan ever found and masterful powers It secrecy and dissimulation bit it is needivm to aay that no powerful wiite was ever erected or ever can be erect on wach iimors and unenlightened foundations This state ment is made by Gen Chatte ry governor of the Phility review of one of a number of martial cases In the Islands
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Washington
Dec
Chattery
Phility Review
Islands
Golden crop and bank loans in new United States trade
An OCR fragment notes gold imports and bank loan figures in a historic United States report. It references Maine and figures around 396 203 dollars imported, with large bank loan totals and governors mentioned in a late year context. The text is fragmentary and contains garbled numbers and names.
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New York
United States Way
Maine
Near
Wedded to a Picture in Peculiar Proxy Ceremony
In Tiega Pennsylvania a wedding by proxy was held with Mina Harr de wee declared bride and Carleen Wells as groom, the groom represented by a large photograph. The bride’s fiancé Wells died of pneumonia. a proxy by Will Solinson was arranged. The ceremony featured the photograph answering questions as if the groom, with Rev. Clements officiating.
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Tiega
Miew Mina Harde Wee
Carleen Wells
de Kall
Mise Harris
Welle
Wells
Meumonia
Caat
Willa Solinson
Johnson
Clements
Mina Harrin
Carleton Wells
Saved Two Cities Civil War Hero Reward Claim
Rev John W Lekine of Freehold New Jersey seeks reward for allegedly saving Washington Baltimore from capture in the Civil War He cites hearing Gen Lee's plan at the Fountain Hotel in Baltimore in 1860 and informing Col Hoffman the port collector Spate is said to have been traced and arrested
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John W. Lekine
N.J
Petites
Rewa
Blington
Baltimore
Fountain Hotel
Light Street
Yaltmore
Spate
Teast
Gen. Lee
Washington
Lekins
Col. Hoffman
Garden of Eden claim spurs Western Canada note
In a May 27 1901 letter from Meltford Saskatchewan James Armstrong writes Reed City MichiganClarion praising Western Canada as the Garden of Eden with wild fruits flowers and rivers urging travel to see for themselves He notes abundant food cattle and horses on prairie land and compares fruits to Michigan produce while promoting settlement opportunities and wireless telegraphy predictions.
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Reed City
Michigan
Clarion
James C. Armstrong
Meltford
Saskatchewan
West
Canada
Peruna Medicine Promoted by Sister Superior Harman
A fragment praises Peruna as a favorite medicine for influenza, catarrh, cold, cough, and bronchitis. Sister Superior Dr Harman, a renowned physician and surgeon, is noted as among the first to formulate Peruna.
World industrial boom themes sweep across coast and inland
A fragmentary industrial survey shows plans for a Diesel engine plant at South Worcester Maui and a shipyard on Lake Michigan at St Joseph, plus a $2 million silk cargo reaching San Francisco. Large forging plants, cane land work programs, a new coast to river canal, and a California railroad surge are hinted amid garbled dialogue and incomplete names.
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South Worcester
Maui
Lake Michigan
St. Joseph
San Francisco
Orient
Carnegie
Cihoritins
California
San Joaquin
Oiler
New Cure for Rheumatism Reported in Hester Mo
Mrs Eleanor Guardhouse, long plagued by rheumatic pain, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with dramatic relief after months of misery. After eight boxes she claims all pain vanished and health returned, shocking local doctors with the sudden turnaround.
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Hester, Mo
Mra
Ellenor Guardhouse
Dodd
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