Father and Son in Robbery Case at Salina Bank
In Pryor Oklahoma Sheriff Kelley reports two arrests in the Salina Bank robbery. Roosevelt Barton 19 and his father J L Barton 65 of Siloam Springs are jailed. Roosevelt signed a confession naming two other robbers who stole about 2500 dollars. Willis Wainwright and Bill Purdy aided pursuit, with Purdy firing on the getaway car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Barton
Jtiec
Siloam Springs
Willis Wainwright
Bill Purdy
Salina
Kelley
Wainwright
Purdy
Ben Wade
Cherokee County
Bartons
Rose
Auto
South Democrats Repudiate Smith in Dry South Move
Asheville July 20 delegates to a conference of dry southern Democrats pledged to defeat Governor Smith. They criticized his prohibition record and Tammany Hall ties, denounced his wet platform stance, and vowed to use all proper means to oppose Smith as anti-Smith Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Smith
New York
Houston
Democratic National Committee
Tammany Hall
Alfred E. Smith
United States
Leathy
South
John J. Raskob
Nai Smith
President Coolidge Nets Double Trout Spree on Brule
Superior Wisconsin July 20 The national president keeps fishing habits on the Brule river catching two trout on one cast. He fished six days a week four hours daily near Cedar Island lodge averaging six trout each morning and twelve in the afternoon. Indian guide John Larock praises his skill while noting Hoover also fished with him recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Auction Girl to Quit Sale Bargain Race
Beatrice Albert known as the Auction Girl ends her bid to marry the highest bidder to fund her parents. She credits family happiness over wealth and says she will not pursue a marriage for money.
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Milwaukee
Beatrice Albert
W. W. Gaynes
Siren
Miss Albert
Mr. Gaynes
June gasoline license tag revenue tops Oklahoma counties
Oklahoma City July 20. A total of 140230.08 was collected from 77 counties from automobile license tag sales in June. 60 percent will be returned in the apportionment by the highway department. Oklahoma County led with 18930.84. Tulsa County 17008.19. Love County smallest at 116.08.
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Oklahoma City
Ed McDonald
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
Love County
Oie
Comanche Villa
Arcoin
Ictices Encasmiedcecees
Union Alters Wage Policy For Bituminous Mines
Indianapolis July 1919 United Mine Workers officers allowed negotiation on mutually satisfactory terms with coal operators but with all accords submitted to district convention or referendum. The Jacksonville seven and a half dollar base pay and tax bonus were dropped. pending new agreements the Jacksonville scale would still apply. The policy affects about 150000 miners across western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois and outlying districts, many idle for 15 months amid suspensions. Hope was expressed in miners.
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Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Nevada
Temperance Union Attacks Smith In National Campaign
Chicago July 19 The national office of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union launches a nationwide drive to oppose Gov Al Smith s presidential bid. Officials say Smith s record includes years of support for Tammany Hall s saloons and opposition to prohibition. The WCTU argues liquor can t be legalized without returning the saloon and cites Canada s liberal liquor laws as evidence of old saloon evils returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Guv. al Smith
White House
Tammany Machine
Gov. Smith
Canada
Reduction Shown in State Institutions
Oklahoma City July 19 The state board of affairs reports an $87,770.28 saving in six months ended December 31 1927 from penal and eleemosynary institutions. Savings came from combining jobs and bulk purchasing though beef prices rose forty percent since end of 1926. Two institutions have increased expenditures since the board took office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker
Pryor
M. E. Trapp
Western Oklahoma Hospital
Supply
Granite
Pauls Valley
Tecumseh
Boley
Institute For Feeble Minded
Enid
Western Oklahoma
Helena
Deaf, Blind and Orphan Institute For
Taff
Central Oklahoma
Norman
Eastern Oklahoma
Vinita
Oklahoma City
State Board of Affairs
Robert Gillam
Gilliam
Board of Affairs
Indiana Miners and Operators Face Wage Conference Calls
Circles indicate district agreements may restart operations. Indiana operators say they are prepared to meet miners in wage conferences and would seek the 1917 daily wage scale of a certain amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Hoke Smith Calls Georgia Democrats to Militant Campaign
Atlanta on July 19 Hoke Smith former governor and senator and last living Cleveland cabinet member sponsors a call to loyal Georgia Democrats for an aggressive campaign for the Democratic presidential ticket. He sets July 27 for a meeting in an Atlanta theater urging organized action after the Houston convention and criticizes party inactivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Cleveland
Loya Democrats
Georgia
Democratic Party
Oklahoma Declares Toll Bridge Free After Court Ruling
In Eufaula district court Judge C. C. Smith granted a temporary restraining order stopping tolls on the South Canadian River bridge between McIntosh and Pittsburg counties. The action follows an audit showing the investment paid and a $3,700 surplus, with Jefferson Highway Bridge Company contesting state ownership.
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Oklahoma City
McIntosh
Pittsburg
Eufaula
C. C. Smith
Guthrie
Jefferson Highway Bridge Company
Bridge Company
J. Berry King
W. A. Murphy
Berry
Corporation Commission
Maxwell Seeks to Establish High School and Local Education Boost
Maxwell and vicinity celebrate plans for a new high school with a hired teacher and principal for grades and athletics. A weekend gale of community notices chronicles visits, housing shifts, local sports, obits, and social events as residents advance education, church, and family life.
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Maxwell
Mullinax
Summers Chapel
Johnny Lea Brecheen
Dorothy Summers
Oma McGalliard
Mr Holloway
Bessie Brecheen
Hazel Brecheen
Marguerite Burns
Mozel Cavender
Aline Bureh
Edyth Breecheen
Clemmie Summers
Pannell
Alvin Davenport
Wayne
Lloyd Rolland
James Parnell
McGee
E. H. Light
Hampton Northam
Roy
Blum
Texas
Rebee
Void Burnsed
Marie
Yeager
L. M. Woods
Dedication Plans Set for New Aggies Buildings
Oklahoma City July 19 Dedication ceremonies for the new dairy building and the industrial engineering building at Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater will be held August 1. Each building cost 150000 and the events mark part of farmers week beginning July 30. More than 500 are expected to attend including county farm agents and home demonstration agents. The 4-H club representatives annual meeting is also during the week. Camping facilities are arranged for those seeking affordable lodging and short courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma ,A. and M. College
Stillwater
H. G. Bennett
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Local life notes and minor misfortunes in Worstell area
Community snippets describe rain affecting crops, social visits among Burks Walker Duncan Hill and other families. A Friday pie supper at Worstell raised 21 dollars with Sybil Roper winning the cake. Carl Adams suffered an oil well injury but is improving. Additional visits and family gatherings are noted in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Burks
Virginia Lee
W. E. Walker
Thelma
Opal Duncan
Winnie Hill
Worstell
Sybil Roper
Carl Adams
Savage
Amil Duncan
Anderson
Local Families Share Weekend Visits and Travel
Richard and Owen Williams and Mrs Charley Rowe with children spent Friday with Mr and Mrs Walter Wray at Egypt. Velma Duncan visited Effie Pannell Tuesday evening. Pannell siblings headed to broomcorn fields Sunday morning. Hightower family spent a few hours with J A Burks family Sunday night. F E B Duncan shopped in Ada Monday. Jimny Afien and Arkansas relatives staying with Grandpa and Grandma Duncan for a few weeks.
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J. T. Barnes
Galey
Pauline
Claude Barnes
Willis Roberts
Everett Parnell
James Pannell
Dewey Northam
E. H. Light
Alvin Summers
Impson Anderson
Maxwell
Maxwell Boys
Ada
Lindsay Davidson
Mack Fleming
S. E. Evans
Bill Odell
W. H. Milam
Snowball
Ark
Milam
Waldo Milam
Randolf
Maysville
S. L. Burns
Marguerite
Lowery
John Barnett
J. L. Hill
W. H. Buchanan
Altus
Chickasha
Tilda Norman
Travis Norman
Summers Chapel
Great
Travis
Shawnee
M. J. Hart
Fort Worth
Texas
H. Bevers
W. C. Norman
Q. R. Bevers
Newton Cole
Glenn
Wamego
G. F. M. Blevins
Alva Evans
E. M. Parnell
Alfred Summers
Miss Flossie
Oakman
Vanoss
George Carter
W. 8S. Hightower
Alex
Marvin Northam
Roswell
N. M
Bob Hunt
Byars
Hunt
Daisy Hunt
Calvin Dunn
Doc Hunt
Paul Carrack
Henry Dunn
Elizabeth
Cottonwood
Orbra Roberts
Wynona
E. N. Pannell
Pannell
J. B. Yarbrough
Grayford
Tex
Columbus Bailes
Cal Barnett
Ray Cumby
Mary Kathryn
Dorothy Yarborough
Mineral Wells
Fon
Florice Bevers
Earnest Summers
Emmett McCurdy
Richard and
Owen Williams
Charley Rowe
Walter Wray
Egypt
Velma Duncan
Effie Pannell
Charley
Gilbert
Frank Pannell
Broomcorn Fields
W. H. Hightower
J. A. Burks
F. EB. Duncan
Jimny
Arkansas
Grandpa
Grandma Duncan
Funeral for Ada woman recalls sainted mother life
Mrs. Rebekah Smith Chapman 71 died after 40 years as a Christian missionary Baptist. Survived by five children including Mrs. Jess Mercer and Mrs. Flora Robertson. Burial at Maxwell Cemetery after services led by Rev. Duppree.
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Rebekah Smith Chapman
John Chapman
Jess Mercer
Maxwell
Loot Mercer
Praiie View
Jessie Morris
Flora Robertson
Ada
Chapman
Missionary Baptist Church
Maxwell Cemetery
Duppree
Cattle Rampage Floods City Streets in Kansas City Chaos
More than 150 Hereford cattle flooded Kansas City's streets cutting through downtown, battering doorways and lawns as police and residents struggled to corral them. A Santa Fe freight wreck in the terminal yards released the herd, while crews worked to clear tracks. Separately, a sheriff sale in Pontotoc County Oklahoma advertises land foreclose proceedings tied to a John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance mortgage.
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Wistinen
C. C. Clancy
Nearest
Union Station
Clancy
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Court sheriff sale notice Pontotoc County Oklahoma 1928
The sheriff will sell for cash the 30 acre tract described as NW of NW and SE of NW of SE in Section 2 Township North Range 6 East Indian Base and Meridian Pontotoc County Oklahoma to satisfy a foreclosure judgment dated January 18 1928 in cause No 8622 Isadore Mott vs E F Porter et al The defendants include Lucile Porter Salvna Smith N T Heard administrator Louis Lea and others The judgment for 642 plus interest costs abstract bill taxes and attorney fees is to foreclose the plaintiff s mortgage The sale was ordered by the court clerk and issued July 24 1928 with McKeown Green as attorneys for the plaintiff 7 25 5tw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentetec County Court House
Ada
Oklahoma
Ney
Indian Base
Meridian
Pontotoc County
District Court
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
J. W. Denton
E. Denton
S. A. Bish
Fannie L. Fish
Portetec County
Pont Y Ga Sy Onda Ee Ontotee County
Aloman
Y. i. Deal
MEK Bown & Green
Attys
Taren
Pontotoc County Court House
Isadore (. Mott
E. F. Porter
Lucile Porter
Salvna Smith
N. T. Heard
Tom G. Smith
Louis Lea
W. B. Walker
Wontotoc County
PF. H. Deal
McKeown & Green, Attys
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