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Newspaper

Wichita Eagle

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1889

Page

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MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT IN OKLAHOMA MOVE AFLOAT

Special Dispatch from Guthrie Oklahoma details distress among homeseekers across the country as food grows plenteous and Guthrie gains business, with postmaster Flynn arriving and Guthrie’s government organization under debate. Reports recount suffering, claim disputes, suspicious land grabs, and a tent city rising with banks and new frame buildings amid dust and crowded depots. A tragic incident at the land office and rising town lot tensions punctuate the unrest while Guthrie and Oklahoma City show early signs of growth and optimism.

Datty Regie Gothrix Oklahoma Guthrie Cimarron Earli Oklahomas Arkansas Pottowatomie Sure County Jist Day Plyns Guterie DT. Flynn Arkansas City Ptl Suipis Commercial Bank Bank of Guthrie Iine Cottonwood Oklahoma Country Frank H. Eberly Newton Kinney Mul Belix Lauosta City Ute Sante Fe Howard Harper's Weekly Ridderbarger Summer Astair Adair Poe Olahoma City Oklahoma City

Government to Probe Oklahoma Land Frauds Officials Inland

Special Interior Agents in Oklahoma will investigate alleged land frauds by government officials and others in tenure. President and Secretary Noble vow prompt, decisive action if injustices to settlers are proven, with General Merritt prepared to defend the Cherokee Strip as land contests loom large in Oklahoma.

Special Interior Oklahoma Merritt Cherokee Strip General Land Office Noble Secretary of the Interior Brie Washington Force Wastiseros Stockslager Elarged Aronen

Aweful Affray Near Purcell Reported

Reports detail a deadly conflict near Purcell in which a man named Grant killed a stranger with a hatchet and another shot was fired by Cromman as the victim’s party fled. The murder victim was from Tennessee and the case is under investigation amid frontier tensions and troop movements.

Negro Woods Lincoly Neb Old Man Woods Farragut Post GA K Curtis Taylor Woods Merrick Ees Iit Curtis Air Powert J. T Fa Mick Man Banndrant Purcell Crommall She Creek Sante Fe Grant Tennessee Chase Claire

Kingfisher town forms amid squatters and murders

A rough town organization forms at Kingfisher with elected officers and a separate North Kings Saher municipal government. Reports include a murder by a squatter and growing northbound travel as settlers crowd into the Chewakew strip while land remains open to future settlement. Mood Creek to Ringflaber transport is adequate for passengers and freight.

M M. Capeas John Gravely J. H. Haff W. A. McCarty Kingfisher North Kings Saher Chewakew Strip Mood Creek Ringflaber

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