Prohibition Agenices Close After Vote Repeal
Gov Haskell proclaims Section 1 of the Billups law repealed after the Nov 3 vote. State agencies and local offices in cities over 2 000 population halt liquor sales to doctors on prescription. Alexander Drug Co seeks mandamus to buy alcohol. Logan County court to hear case, likely to Supreme Court.
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Haskell
United States
Alexander Drug Company
Oklahoma City
Logan County
Huston
District Court
Supreme Court
Destructive dynamiting wrecks Pine Bluff dike
In Pine Bluff Arkansas the government dike at Alabama street was washed away by floodwaters after last night’s dynamiting. The river’s force caused rapid bank collapse and the destruction of an entire block of business houses. East Barque street near the Arkansas River is desolate as stocks and goods are moved to safety. Dynamiters continued work to divert the current and ease the danger.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Alabama Street
Barque Street
Arkansas River
Ex-Bandit Emmett Dalton to Write Life Story
Bartlesville Oklahoma December 3 Emmett Dalton last of the American outlaws says he is writing his life story He was pardoned by Governor Hoch of Kansas for the Coffeyville raid fifteen years ago Dalton plans to reveal the outlaw trade in the Southwest and hopes his tale teaches the business pays no dues and the devil asks for his due.
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Southwest
Bartlesville
Emmett Dalton
Dalton
Hoch
Kansas
Coffeyville
Prisen
Four Thousand Days Initiation At Woodmen Auditorium
Mayor Scales welcomed Woodmen members at the auditorium as Governor Haskell completed his initiation into the Woodmen of the World. Silver cups were awarded to Sovereign Commander Joseph Cullen Root and Emma Manchester while Haskell praised fraternal work and the lodge’s role in civic life.
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Henry M. Scales
New States
Joseph Cullen Root
Emma
Manchester
Haskell
The
Woodmen of the World
Omaha
Oklahoma
Engineer Drowned On Red River Steamer Wreck
The steamboat D Cawley owned by Ames Shorel and Tool company of Paris wrecked on Red River near Hugo. Engineer Ed Holden drowned as the vessel overturned after striking a pier of the Frisco railroad bridge. Captain E E Buzbee and several passengers survived the disaster.
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Hugo
D. Cawley
Ames Shorel and Tool
Company of
Paris
Red River
Ed Holden
E. E. Buzbee
Frisco Roalroad Bridge
Buzbee
Buzbee D
Erie
Death of James Burton Found Shot Near Stigler
The body of wealthy James Burton of Stigler was found two miles north after a week long search. He was shot in the temple with other injuries and $700 with him is missing. Police seek a hunting companion who testified at the coroner's inquest and then vanished. Relatives had started a search when he failed to return from a quail trip.
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James Burton
Stigler
Here
Burton
Bryan and Mrs Bryan Arrive in Brownsville After Mexico Trip
William J Bryan and Mrs Bryan reached Brownsville Texas late yesterday returning from Mexico where he hunted for weeks. A large Rio Grande Valley crowd greeted them and he gave a brief address before visiting the La Para branch. At Mission he bought land to plant fruit trees.
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Bryan
Texas
Brownsville
Tex
William J. Bryan
Mrs. Bryan
Mexico
Mr. Bryan
Rio Grande Valley
la Para
Mission
New Penitentiary Superintendent Named in Oklahoma
The state board of prison control appointed R. W. Dick of Ardmore as superintendent of the Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester to succeed the late C. E. Coles. The action was taken in Guthrie on December 3.
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Guthrie
Okla
State Board of Prison Control Today
R. W. Dick
Ardmore
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
C. E. Coles
Watkins Faces Charge After Fatal Fargo Quarrel
Otis Watkins night operator for the Santa Fe at Fargo is jailed in Ellis county and denied bond on a shooting death of Frank McCullough a Santa Fe carpenter at Fargo. The men quarreled and McCullough was found dead with his revolver. Watkins surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Bauley and pleads self defense.
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Arnett
Otis Watkins
Santa Fe
Fargo
Ellis County
Frank McCullough
McCullough
Watkins
Bauley
Democratic Plurality Declared in Oklahoma Vote
Secretary of State Leo Meyer announced the Democratic plurality of the presidential electors as 11 484 after official count. The Supreme Election Board had shown Bryan’s plurality higher, but the secretary’s figures will be submitted to the legislature for canvass. totals: Democratic 122 406, Republican 110 558, Socialist 21 779.
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Guthrie, Ok
Leo Meyer
Latte
Supreme Election Board
Bryan
Secretary of State
Muskogee Policeman Norwood Shot in East End Raid
Muskogee Oklahoma police chase on Frisco tracks ends with Officer Link Norwood shot in the right hip during a raid. Chief Kimsey and Officers Thayer and Smith chased the gunman who fired first. suspect Ben Harrison, a colored man about 30 from Texas, was arrested. Norwood’s prognosis is hopeful.
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Muskogee
Okla
Link Norwood
Norwood
Kimsey
Thayer
Smith
Ben Harrison
Policeman Radley commits suicide after theft charge
In Chickasha Oklahoma on December 3 policeman L M Radley shot himself after being dismissed on charges of taking $20 from a negro prisoner. He left a note denying guilt and stating I am not guilty. He had begun to drink after dismissal and was survived by his wife.
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Chickasha
Okla
L. M. Radley
Emmett Goodwin
Radley
Lawton
Governors Meet in Washington on Natural Resources Progress
Governors and territorial representatives from most states gather in Washington to hear reports on conservation progress. The National Conservation of Resources commission, formed at a May conference, plans to organize and discuss future work with governors. Reports reflect significant state activity and growing regional conferences on resource preservation.
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United States
Washington, D. C
Washington
National Conservation of Resources Commission
Pacific Northwest
New England
Commonwealths
National ‘Commission
Typhoon Wipes Out 350 Fishermen Near Hatsu Island
Twenty Japanese fishing boats were swept to destruction by a typhoon off Hatsu Island in Kawatau bay. Three hundred fifty fishermen are reported dead, marking a catastrophic maritime disaster.
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Tokio
Hatsu Island
Kawatau Bay
Married man favors wife talk about neighbors over ignorance
A husband expresses a preference for his wife discussing neighbors rather than discussing topics she claims to know nothing about. The remark hints at domestic conversation priorities and possible humor about misunderstanding and curiosity.
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Cimarron County
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Eaan
Chandler
Unger
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Fah
Frisco Bridge
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Shreveport
Louisiana
First National Bank of Ada
W. L. Reed
Pres
H. T. Douglas, W. P
C. H. “Rives
M. D. Timberlake
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Natural Resources
Frisco
C. C. Jackson
Alabama
Cuba
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
New Mexico
South Carolina
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