Waggoner Lease of 532000 Acres in Oklahoma Sets Record
Gutarr Ok April 10 territorial school land department seals the largest lease in the west. D Waggoner Son of Decatur Tex lease covers 532800 acres across Roger Mills Day and Woodward counties for five years at 17 25083 annually about 33 per section. Waggoner deposits 4000 as good faith. Lease adds over 35000 to school fund and 15000 to state tax revenues. Waggoners plan grazing 40000 head. aim to freeze out western Oklahoma cattle barons.
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Territorial School Land Department
D. Waggoner & Son
Decatur
Tex
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Woodward
Waggoner
Waggoner & Son
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Morton
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Kansas
Jasper
Missouri
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Virginia
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Mich
Sixth Street
Morton Hill
Indian Judge Killed in Desperate Pistol Duel
Near Pauls Valley Jamison McClure Chickasaw kills Joe Paul Indian judge after Paul confronts him over alleged theft of his wife. The duel ends with Paul dead and McClure as suspect in the fatal shooting. In Guthrie a separate case Miss Sarah Atred is indicted for murder of her sweetheart James E. Lucky after a dispute over corn.
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Joe Paul
Paul
Tishomingo
McClure
Indiana
Sarah Atred
Guthrie
James E. Lucky
Cleveland
Here
Pawnee County
Murner
Abred
Lucky
Income tax repeal talk denied by secretary Thurber
April 10 report states no telegrams letters or verbal messages were received by President regarding an extra session to repeal the income tax law. Also notes changes in western passenger rates, a fatal fright accident near Warrattoo, Ind, and the Bank of Glen Elder Kan meeting depositors’ claims after closure.
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Washington Evening
Congress
Warratoo
Ind
Eugene
Aldrich
Bank of
R.G Heard
Glen Elder
Kan
Kansas
Kansas City
Eastern Association of Congregational Churches of Kansas
First Congregational Church
Three Omaha Men Die By Own Action in One Day
Three well known Omaha residents, Judge John H. Sadler banker and lobbyist, D. J. Jones lawyer who warned he would die, and Mansford C. Bailey union veteran, all killed themselves by shooting at their homes. Sadler cited Snangist troubles, Jones blamed financial loss to his wife, Bailey cited domestic troubles.
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Omaha
Mansford C. Baily
China
Philadelphia Times
Ching
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Llfe
Venezuela grateful for U S support over Venezuela crisis
Venezuelan President Crespo sent a special message to Congress regarding the U S stance on the Brit Venezuelan question. Congress passed enthusiastic resolutions thanking the United States. Senor Andrade will distribute copies to the state department and the president. The public backs the North American republic with a monster petition.
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Gyn
Washington
Wasnixeron
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United States
Congress
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State Department
Republic of the North
Indian Territory
Rock Island Route to Texas Train Service
Rock Island lines advertise daily 10 50 p m departure from Topeka to Fort Worth with through sleeping car service to San Antonio Houston and Galveston. Also touts Baggy Blood Purifier and Blood Maker as vitality boosters endorsed by W R Kennady, a local druggist.
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Rock Island
Texas
Topeka
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Houston
Galveston
W. R. Kennady
Lost Revenue from Rents and Bonds Under Income Tax
Debate over the income tax shows rents and public bonds could have supplied about nine and a half million dollars. Senator Peffer argues two thirds of the total income tax revenue would come from these sources, if allowed, while officials work to align returns with the Supreme Court ruling and define taxable income from rents and bonds.
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Congress
House
Senate
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Peffer
Supreme Court
Peifer
United States
Miller
Johnson
Income Tax Division
Smallpox Case Reported in Cleveland Rag-Worker
A virulent smallpox case was found on Milford Street in Cleveland. Anna Stetina a Bohemian rag sorter at a woolen mill worked with about 150 colleagues and others may have been exposed as health authorities quarantine the building. The report notes potential disease spread through contaminated rags and strict local quarantine measures.
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King
Cleveland
Milford Street
Anna Stetina
Only Way Objectors to Paying Income Taxes Action
Attorney General Olney says lower courts bind by the Supreme Court on income tax. He argues objectors must pay under protest and sue for recovery to secure judicial action. The Kansas items note church presbytery meetings and a Missouri coatmakers strike, plus sensational claims of Chinese medical bariatric practices and a professor Blackie anecdote.
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Olney
Supreme Court
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