Hill Takes Chair of Speaker in Oklahoma Extraordinary Session
E P Hill of McAlester was seated as speaker in the eleventh Oklahoma legislature’s extraordinary session. Governor Johnston questioned charges and dismissed plans to call further sessions, while lawmakers debated legality and motives amid a crowded chamber and halted roll call.
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Oklahoma
City
House of Representatives
Oklahoma City
Johnston
Capitol
E. P. Hill
McAlester
Supreme Court
Senate
Mack Q. Williamson
Sessin
Austin
Henry S. Johnston
Robert C. Graham
Tom Johnson
H. T. Kight
Allen Field To Quiet The Week
Allen Field shows a temporary lull as operators await crucial test results likely shaping near term drilling. Ramsey expected back from New York to oversee projects. Parker No 2 yields about 150 barrels daily after gas pressurization. Jolly-Ogg to deepen Hunton lime and drill Wilcox sand following 20 barrel wildcat in Bebee area.
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Allen
W. R. Ramsey
New York
Ramsey
Jolly-Ogg Oil Corporation
Hunton
Jolly-Ogg
Bebee
Wilcox
baSelle
Marland Oil Company
Ada
Marland
Texas-Pacific Company
Sinclair
November Rainfall and Sunshine in Pontotoc County
November brought 1.06 inches of moisture and 21 days of sun with four cloudy and five part cloudy days. Temperatures ranged from 81 to 27 degrees, the first killing frost occurring on the 16th and again the 17th, unusually late. Rainfall for the 11 months this year totaled 43.40 inches, compared with earlier years’ records.
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Pluvius
Pontotoc County
E. A. MacMillan
The Meanest Trick A Wife Plays On Her Husband
A wry observation notes that a wife’s tactic to gain leverage is expanding her husband’s network of family ties. The remark highlights social dynamics in marriage and kinship.
Coolidge Plans for Nation Wide Economic and Defense Policy
President Coolidge outlines a broad program including a federal farm board to fund co operatives, flood control on the Mississippi, moderate tax cuts with retained excise taxes, a large navy, strict prohibition enforcement, and measures on coal strikes. It calls for congressional oversight of Philippines revenues, a Panama Canal dam project, and reallocation of merchant ships to private capital while pursuing inland navigation links.
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Federal Farm Board
Mississippi
Treasury
ARMY
NAVY
Philippines
Panama Canal
Alhajuela
Gulf
Atlantic Waterway
St. Lawrence
Allen Field Move Near Ada Opens New Highway Route
The Ada Lions club announced that the Allen oil field is moved eight miles closer to Ada, now 17 miles from the city center. Harry E. Morris secured right of way for the cut off north of Steedman with County Commissioner Chess Roberts helping build the new road. The Kiwanis and Lions programs featured leaders including Thom as P. Holt Bill OConnell Hugh Norris Professor Freeman Miss Waits and Dr M C McNew. Francis officials seek to reroute State Highway No 12 via Francis and appeal for Ada aid.
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Ada
Francis
Allen
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanian
Thomas P. Holt
Bill O'Connell
Hugh Norris
Professor Freeman
Miss Waits
M. C. McNew
J. F. Norman
Five Year Old Dies After Red Ball Bus Crash
Dorothy Burpo, five, died at Breco hospital after a Red Ball school bus struck exposed pipe from a rear plural of a Smith and Chilcutt plumbing truck. Jack Burpo said he did not see the pipe and no warning flag marked it. The accident occurred on Johnston avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets when the bus backed into the street.
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Dorothy
Jack Burpo
Breco Hospital
Smith & Chilcutt
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Johnston Avenue
Washington School
Burpo
Kirby named commissioner to fill Carter county term
Ardmore reports Governor Johnston appointed Jess Kirby as commissioner for the first district of Carter county to complete the unexpired term of J D O'Brien who died. Senator Tom Rexroat and Earl Brown recommended the appointment.
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Ardmore
Jess Kirby
Carter County
Johnston
J. D. O’brien
Tom Rexroat
Senate
Earl Brown
News Want Aa Classifieds Inspire Local Readers
Classified column offers buy rent and sell options guiding residents to affordable housing rentals sales and services. Readers discover listings for everyday needs including furniture tools vehicles and job opportunities.
West Texas pools Roost as flow continues in oil region
Tulsa, Dec. 6. West Texas oil area led by a world class pool increased daily production by 16 512 barrels last week while Greater Seminole pool fell 17 175 barrels. Overall crude output rose 18 033 barrels for the week ending December 3 to 2 507 151 barrels. West Texas averaged 249 001 barrels daily. Seminole 424 235 barrels. California gained 4 000 barrels with Texas Panhandle and southwest Texas up, while Arkansas, Louisiana and Kansas stayed steady.
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Tulsa
West Texas
Seminole
Oil and Gas Journal
California
Texas Panhandle
Southwest Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas
Youth Charged After Dynamite Blast Hits Schoolhouse
Iola Bradford, 23, a country school teacher in Ottawa, lay near death while Hiram Reed, her fiancé, was held on 45000 dollars bond for assault and bombing. Police say Reed placed dynamite in the stove to avoid marriage. Bradford was kneeling beside the stove when it exploded. The blast could have decapitated her if she had been standing. Reed faces assault with intent to kill bombing a building and injuring a person by bombing counts.
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Ottawa
Ill
Iola Bradford
Hiram Reed
Reed
Miss Bradford
Milner Gasser 5 Ramsey Well
Milner Gasser 5 Ramsey Well reports a notable outcome from a Sunday event. Details are scarce but the scoreline suggests a decisive result and local interest in the matchup. Further specifics are unavailable in the provided text.
Allen field oil activity surges in Pontotoc county week
Milner No. 3 Ramsey well touched off a strong finish to the week with gas sand flowing late Saturday night and oil presence noted. Parker No. 2 Ramsey well also flowed oil, while several offset wells in the Conservation area north of Ada offered renewed hopes. New operations include Miller No. 1 near Ada and McElroy well deepening, with a six inch pipeline from Wewoka to the Allen pool under construction by Sinclair Pipe Line.
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Allen Field
Pontotce County
Milner No
Ramsey
Milners
Conservation Oil Company
Ada
Texas-Pacific Company
Louisiana Oil Refining Company
McElroy
Snowden & McSweeney
Gilmore
Wewoka
Allen Pool
Pontotoc County
Sinclair Pipe Line Company
November Building Permits Run High in Adu
November permits issued by Commissioner Dages totaled 71 050 dollars, with the Nazarene church worth 12 500 dollars among several large residences. The number of permits fell slightly to 21 in November from 29 in October, while paving operations progress satisfactorily and 1927 is seen as a banner year for improvements.
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Adu
Dages
Nazarene Church
Oklahoma City Universities Battle Ends In Scoreless Tie
Oklahoma City University and Oklahoma Baptist University played to a scoreless tie in the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference championship dispute.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Baptist University
Oklahoma Collegiate
Rogers Jestingly Visits Mexico on Calles Tour
Will Rogers travels with President Calles during a northern Mexico tour. He jokes he came to find comedy in Washington not in Mexico and declines plans to write a book, influence policy, or buy a serape. Rogers arrives from Laredo, is greeted by Arturo Laredo, mayor of Mexico City, and predicts rapid Spanish learning.
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Mexico City
Will Rogers
Calles
Mexico
Washington
Texas
Rogers
Laredo
Arturo Laredo
Oklahoma Bar Association moves to block constitutional convention call
The state bar association adopted a resolution to draft a petition law for submission to voters on calling a constitutional convention. It also elected Horace G. McKeever president Mont F. Highly secretary and L. D. Thredkeld treasurer with thirty vice presidents, urging a shorter ballot and smaller legislative committees.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
State Bar Association
Oklahoma
Horace G. McKeever
Enid
Mont F. Highly
Oklahoma City
L. D. Thredkeld
Association
Herbert Hadley Called by Death
St Louis December 2 Herbert Hadley former governor of Missouri and longtime Washington University chancellor died at his home after a long illness He gained prominence prosecuting Standard Oil anti trust suits and served as Missouri attorney general before winning the governorship in 1908 He was named as a possible vice presidential candidate in 1912 and rejected 1914 compromise talks citing duty to the university
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ST. Louis
Herbert
Hadley
Missouri
Washington University
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Taft
Roosevelt
Contempt case against Harry F. Sinclair challenged
In Washington on December 5, Harry F. Sinclair asked contempt proceedings tied to the Fall Sinclair oil trial jury shadowing be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Henry Mason Day admitted employing detectives to monitor jurors at Sinclairs urging to avert an unjust verdict and defended the action as lawful observation. Burns agency and manager denied direct involvement. The debate mentions Burns agency ties and Day’s defense against charges.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Oil
Henry Mason Day
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Burns
W. Sherman Burns
Charles L. Weitsch
Sinclair
Alabama flogging trials end after acquittals in Crenshaw county
The Crenshaw county flogging trials closed when Judge A E Gamble adjourned after Solicitor Calvin Poole withdrew 31 remaining cases. The acquittal of Thaxton Miller preceded Attorney General Charlie E McCall's retirement from the state prosecution, with outcomes left for future terms.
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Laverne
Ala
Krenshaw County
A. E. Gamble
Calvin Poole
Thaxton Miller
Charlie E. McCall
Poole
C. C. McCall
Crenshaw County
McCall
Shelby Gregory
James Easdale
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Ira B. Thompson
Ada Council To Confer Degrees In Blackwell Visit
Ada council will travel December 10 with 18 men to Blackwell for a special meeting to confer degrees. They will depart Ada early Sunday and return after visiting and rehearsals at the Masonic hall planning session at 2:30.
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Ada Council
Blackwell
Ada
Ith
Masonic Hall
Gunmen Struck Sasakwa Twice In Three Weeks
A series of daylight robberies in Sasakwa Oklahoma 18 miles south of Holdenville ends with a morning holdup at the Sasakwa Hardware. Four gunmen tied up the night watchman then blew two safes with nitroglycerin missing one. About $190 in cash a shotgun ammo and other items were taken. Police hunted the professional gang who left a partially burned fuse and an unexploded cap at the unblown safe.
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Holdenville
Sasakwa
Sasakwa Hardware Company
Night Watch
Stora
Vanoss Farmer Attacked by Unruly Mule
B F Gurley of Bréco hospital with a broken left leg and arm after a mule dragged him in a barn lot five miles southeast of Vanoss. He tried to catch the elusived animal, tangled in a rope, as helpers arrived to avert a fatal outcome.
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Ced
B. F. Gurley
Bréco Hospital
Gurley
Vanoss
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