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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1889
Page
1
In Grane Missouri tension rises as authorities guard convicts and a political clash hints at governor intervention. A separate New York note reports Mayor Grant ordering removal of telegraph lines and poles, with lines of the ship Wieland bound for New Orleans and Azores passengers.
Special dispatch reports Guthrie Oklahoma on May 21 as 10 000 boomers camped in tents and competed for town lots amid rising tension. Contested claims sparked occasional violence while street jumpers clashed with residents over 3000 plus lots at the new county seat site. The scene mixes rapid construction, rail freight swell, and a profound rush to secure real estate as authorities organize police and surveying to stabilize the fledgling town.
Special dispatch from Dalk Eagle Posy I. T. April 2 reports two thousand wagons and mounted men advancing to the Oklahoma line under Captain Woodson for a grand prairie race. Fatalities occur amid rapid homesteading as Kingfisher grows, with numerous claims and unsettled titles, while crowds fill Pond Creek and the Caldwell trail area.
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