Curtis law suspension and townsite survey plans noted
Curtis act provisions trigger tribal rolls for Creek and Cherokee nations and possible delays. Recovery Hitchcock backs Quine act use to avoid full enforcement, while surveyors and townsite appraisal boards prepare to map and value tribal lands, with work to begin after town surveys and plats are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interior
Congress
Department
Ryan
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
Recovery Hitchcock
Courve
Lawes Commission Des Prem
Interior Department
Towne Lo
Secretary of the Interior
Ebel
Corpniot
Towan
Waganor
Mushoger
South
McAlester
Ardmeray
Musi
Wagoner
Full Blood Cherokee Rights Dividing Lands and Money
Attorney J Boudinot argues final Cherokee land division should favor those with inherent rights to the lands and proceeds, not adopted citizens, with the final settlement to lie with the U S Supreme Court. He cites Senator Stuart and says the lands belong to the Cherokee people and will take years to resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Boudinot
Cher Cokes
Washington
Topaday
Thomas
Congress
Interior Department
Boudinot
Stuart
United States
Supreme Court of the
Dawes Commission
Ft. Gibson
Crowds Witness Parson's Win In Oklahoma Rally
Report of a large attendance in Vinita for a Chicago style game between the M and Dallas. Weather cleared dust, parade to the bazaar, and a disciplined crowd with a strong temperance message urging boys’ reform and saloon opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Sunor Il
Cnet
Markegee
Wagoner
Selven
Winkal
Judge Lews Alive and Denies Wolverton Link in Contested Seat
A Muskogee letter from Yancey Lawts objects to a dispatch claiming he said Wolverton’s defeat meant his own political death. He states no such remark was uttered and explains his Texas law faculty offer followed his Kansas City retirement. The note also mentions Texas extension of the St Louis and San Francisco line reaching Okmulgee, and a prophecy about rain and corn yields on the prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth McAlenter
I. T
the Star
Kannan City
A. J. Wolverton
Col
Thomas Marcum
National Democratic Executive Committee
Indian Territory
Wolverton
Muskogee
University of Texas
Kansas City
Democratic Party
Club Rolle
Texas
Yancey Lawts
St. Louie
San Francisco
Okmulgee
Sapulpa
Sherman
Dennleon
Janiuary
Passing of Geronimo at Fort Sill
Geronimo, famed Apache leader and longtime foe of settlers, dies after decades as a prisoner of war. Captured after a brutal career, he and his band endured hunger and confinement before ending at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where the climate proved deadly for many survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geronimo
Holeo
Ft. Silk
Oklahoma
Jock
Key
Sill
Geroniio
Southwest
Victoria
Milew
Lawton
Four Ponty Basin
Prescot
Arizona
Mount Vernon
Alabam
Ft. Sill
Gathrio Loader
Irish Will Fragments Reveal Family Claimed by War and Ground
A garbled historical will from Ballydownderry describes J Timothy Doolan arranging burial near his parents and godfather. He bequeaths land to eldest son Tim pending his mother’s death, gifts to daughter Mary and husband Maddy O Regan, and to son Teddy the poultry and other possessions. The text includes stray phrases about potheen and a cipher message from Peking with unrelated content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Doolan
Ballydown Dery
Ballydowndery Chapel
Altngether
Tim
Mary
Maddy O'Regan
Teddy
Mersky
Wify
Temperance Thoughts and Farmers Warned on Drunken Luxury
A fragmented 1809 article mixed with temperance critique, farmer appeals, and brewing industry notes. It argues moral duties of Christian politicians, contrasts fruit abundance with artificial appetites, cites the United States Brewers Association convention, and urges farmers to heed diligence and restraint amid market temptations. The piece links temperance to economic and social welfare, weaving in advertisements for King’s New Discovery and watermelon season notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Brewers Association
Auania City
N. J
HN. Reuter
Committe
Walt
Lergely
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curtis Law
Frank Boudinot
Touriel Department
Curti
Vinita
Vinna
Roel
Parsons
Balog Ty
Bazark
Violte
DALEA
Wits Vel
Opater
Pela Frather Lott Pimid
Little
Lennon
Indiap
M.U
Judge Lewis
Marcum
Vanesy Lew
Couron
China
W. W. Miller, Vinita, J. T
Peking
Ohios
Legation
Temperance
Ebetas
Arce
Tomy
Chear
M. Curry
Kauwing Ik
Poppia
pePietce
Weamae
August Schliecker
Optician
Wilburton Lumber Co
Singer
Boy & Singer
A. M. Brock, Raymond Fld
Sam R. Frazee & Co
Davis Mill & Co
Memphis
East
Henry Wood
P.rodem
Twetigeree
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