Vigilantes Turn to Law and Order League in Watonga
In Watonga Oklahoma the old vigilante tradition resurges as the Law and Order League forms to purge bootleggers. A townwide mob raids 50 suspected spots, 60 suspects arrested, and Garfield county jail crowded. threats of rope and lynching accompany the crackdown amid a tense, fear-filled atmosphere.
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Watonga
Okla
Oklahoma
Law and Order League
Walter Ferguson
Klu Klux Klan
Sutherland
Emery
Garfield County
Citzens
Fisher
Tom Ferguson
State Election Board
Pineal
McArthur
Alf Hunter
Republican
Winchester
Saturday Ends Governor's Time Ends Saturday Ends
Oklahoma City March 24 Governor Crace’s time for signing bills will expire Saturday night and all in his hands unsign ed will die. Key measures include appropriations school land sale county assessor tax and health department acts. Major appointments await action including the state board of education district judge for the twentieth district and health and prison officials.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Crace
Supreme Court Commission
Muskogee Court
State Health Department
National Guard
State Board of Education
Penitentiary and Reformatory
Medical, Dental, Pharmacy and Embalmers'examining Board
Peace Provision Hopes Rise From Limantour Statement
Associated Press reports in El Paso on March 24 that Minister Limantour's modified statement satisfies insurrecto leaders and refuels hope for a peace provision from Mexico City. Revolutionary officials expect reforms demanded by Limantour and Diaz to be granted.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Limantour
Mexico City
Diaz
London Faces Impending War Alarm
London reports disturbing private cables from the Far East. Business houses fear Russia will declare war on China soon. Lloyds rates to cover risks of hostilities jumped from five to ten guineas per cent as tensions mount.
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London
England
Far East
Russia
China
Lloyds
Taft warns California lawmakers over anti Japanese measures
President Taft, after returning from the south, pressed California delegates to honor pledges supporting San Francisco for the Panama International Exposition location. He warned he may invite foreign governments to withdraw invitations if anti Japanese legislation continues in Sacramento. The legislature debates actions targeting Japanese residents, risking international exhibits and Taft’s influence over the fair.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
Califrrnia
Congress
California
San Francisco
Sacramento
New Orleans
Indian land titles hit by state supreme court ruling
Oklahoma City March 24 report surveys the state supreme court Parkinson v Skelton ruling on Creek Nation heirs and five tribes citizens removing restrictions on inherited lands and inalienability. The decision affects thousands of acres, unsettles many deeds, and may go to the US Supreme Court for final ruling. It also bans wills on Creek lands before August 1907 and invalidates related conveyances, while noting voided indemnity notes for full-blood Choctaw land sales.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Parkinson Vs. Skelton
Okmulgee County
Oklahoma
Nate Gibson
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Secretary of the Interior
East Side
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Hooks
Kennard
Warner County
W. H. Howard
W. B. Farrar
Choctaw
Curryville Bank Robbery Claims Four Thousand Dollars
Curryville Missouri March 24 safe blowers detonated five dynamite charges at the Bank of Curryville wrecking the building and safe then escaped with four thousand dollars authorities searched for the culprits and reviewed security footage and warrants have been issued for suspects
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Associated Press
Curryville
Bank of
Supreme Court voids pre restriction land deeds to Indians
The opinion holds that agreements by east side attorneys say the ruling applies to other tribes selling lands before restrictions lift. It notes many title transfers in former Indian Territory occurred through deeds with buyers securing future conveyance. Some notes indemnified purchasers for failure to perform. All such transactions are void by the Supreme Court decision.
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East Side
Supreme Court
Mrs Cleveland Not Engaged Says Executor
New York March 24. Hastings executor of Grover Cleveland's estate and in charge of Mrs Cleveland's affairs denounces a society column claim of an engagement to Professor West of Princeton. He notes Dean West has a wife and a son at Princeton University, and the paper admits a serious error.
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New York
Hastings
Grover Cleveland
Princeton University
Associated Press
War clouds loom as Taft warns May 1 deadline
San Antonio March 24 A fresh push for six to seven thousand troops and a rapid mobilization in Chihuahua haunts the border. Dr Caveristi, a key revolutionary planner, reports to Madero that Taft will not wait beyond May 1 for stability. He urges a decisive victory to avert U S intervention, asserting federal and revolutionary forces could unite against an invader if order fails.
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San Antonio
Tex
Carter
C. PF. Careristi
Mexican Revolutionary Junta
United States
Mexico
Carerist
Francisco I. Madero
Chihuahua
Careratl
Ingurrecto
Taft
Madero
Caveristi
Revolutionary Junta
Paris
Limantour
Washington
Senor Madero
Rio Grande
The Comforter of Promise and the Path of Love
A reflection on Christian Science teachings describing love as God and a guiding shepherd. The piece asserts daily living aligns with do unto others, seeking others’ good brings divine joy, and the Shepherd leads to eternal life. It emphasizes spiritual perfection now and the ultimate awakening in heaven.
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Heaven
Special Detectives Sent to Trace Lenapah Robbers
Coffeyville Kansas March 25 The Sheriff of Montgomery county and the sheriff of Nowata county Oklahoma along with three Pacific Express company detectives are tracking the hills around Lenapah where the Moon Mountain train was held up yesterday. No trace of the bandits found. The robbery total remains a mystery with the express company saying losses were likely below twenty thousand, though the dispatch of detectives hints at a larger loss.
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Associated Press
Coffeyville
Kans
Montgomery County
Nowata County
Oklahoma
Special Pacific Express Company
Lenapah
Express Company
Cambridge and Oxford clash at Queen's Club meet
Cambridge defeated Oxford in the annual inter varsity competition at the Queen's Club in London. G. E. Putnam of Oxford, a Rhodes scholar from Kansas, shattered the hammer throw record with 158 feet 3 inches. KR. Lange of Oklahoma was edged by MacMillan of Cambridge in the 100 yard dash by a half yard.
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Associated Press
London
Oxford
Cambridge
Queen's Club
G. E. Putnam
Kansas
KR. L. Lange
MacMillan
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Craig County Oklahoma
In Craig County Oklahoma County Court order the guardian will privately sell the estates of Gertrude Washington and Hannah Washington minors. The lands include 110 acres in sections 17 and 18 township 25 north range 19 east and 10 acres in section 17 township 25 north range 19 east. Sale subject to court confirmation and terms require written bids with certified checks.
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Craig
Oklahoma
Gertrude
Hannah
Washington
Legee
Craig County
Gertrude Washington
Hannah S
Minora
State
Guardian seeks bids for Craig County guardianship funds
Bids may be filed with the County Judge of Craig County or with the guardian’s attorney. All bids may be rejected at the court’s discretion if deemed insufficient. Dated March 21, 1911. Cyrus Washington guardian, with Alert B. Marks attorney, Vinita Oklahoma.
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Craig County
Guardian
Court of Guardian
Cyrus Washington
Notice of real estate sale in Craig County Oklahoma
In the matter of Mamie L N Allen minor guardian will sell at private sale for cash subject to county court confirmation. Auction set for 3 April 1911 at 130 pm at the Judge’s office. Describes The East Half of the Northeast Quarter Section 9 Township 24 North Range 21 East totaling about 80 acres. Bids in writing with a certified check for one third of bid. Hiram R Alben attorney A Brown agent date March 1911.
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County Court
Craft County
Oklahoma
Muie
Mamie L. N. Allen
Craig County
Hiram R, Alben
Guardian
Cherokee County
Eewin Woodard
Edwin Wooward
Ride
George Woodard
Parker, Rider & Brown
Bruce L. Keenan
Mary Woodard
North
Easf
Section
Notice of guardianship sale of Edwin Woodard estate
Guardian George Woodard announces a county court sale of Edwin Woodard minor's real estate in Craig County Oklahoma. Bids open April 3 1911 at 1 30 pm in Cherokee County Court room with certified check of one third of bid. Property includes described portions of sections 8 and 9 township 25 north range 20 east.
Sale Notice in Mary Woodard Estate Guardianship
County Court announces a bid by cash for the estate of Mary Woodard, minor guardian, with sale on April 3, 1911 at 1 30 pm. Property to be sold is the east half of the west half of the northeast quarter in section 17 township 26 north range 20 east Craig County Oklahoma, acquired by the minor. Bruce L Keenan, attorney.
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Curryville Bank
Cleveland Ls
the Chieftain
Alert B. Marks
Vinita
Fen A. Brown
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