Voters set for nationwide election amid party hopefuls
Washington D C Oct 23 One week from next Tuesday voters in forty eight states will choose president and vice president. Forty six states elect members to the sixty third Congress and twenty nine states vote for governors and other officers. The Progressives Socialists and Prohibitionists list nominees in many states with contests in several districts.
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Washington, D. C
Union
United States
Maine
Vermont
Arkansas
Georgia
Prohibition Party
Socialist Labor, Independence, Populist
Congress
Progressives
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Rhode Island
Texas
Utah
Washington
Socialist Party
Kansas
Nebraska
South Carolina
South Dakota
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Social Democratic Party
Oregon
Arizona
Wis
Marshall Sends Troops to Race Tracks
Indiana state troops under Gov. Thomas R. Marshall seized Mineral Springs track at Porter to prevent gambling on races. Three companies set up at the gates and halted the first race. spectators were detained and many horsemen began shipping their stables away. A owners conference considered court action but did not decide.
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Chicago
Ill
Mineral Springs
Porter
Ind
Indiana
Thomas R. Marshall
Burrell Oates Scheduled for Execution November 29
Burrell Oates, a Black man, is to be executed November 29 in Waxahachie Texas for the murder and robbery of Sol Aronoff in Dallas eight years ago. He was sentenced by District Judge Hawkins at 4 PM after eight trials including hung juries and repeated reversals by higher courts before the final verdict stood.
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Berrell Oates
Waxahachie
Tex
Sol Aronoff
Dallas
Burrell Oates
Oates
Hawkins
Coal County Fair Opens Amid Wet Weather
Coalgate Oklahoma reports the Coal County Fair opening this morning with strong attendance despite rain. Exhibits compete for prizes totaling between 15000 and 19000 dollars across the fairgrounds.
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Coal County Fair
Coalgate
Coal County
Herbal Liver Purifier Herbine Offered by Ramsey Drug
All readers with sluggish digestion or constipation are urged to take Hepburn type remedy Herbine described as the cure for season germs. The ad asserts Herbine purifies liver stomach and bowels and notes a price of 50 cents sold by the Ramsey Drug Company.
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Ramsey Drug Company
Vaness cotton crop expected to average near a third bale per acre
R. L. Walker predicts the Vaness area cotton crop will yield well above early season expectations. He estimates an average around one third of a bale per acre, indicating stronger returns than first anticipated.
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R. L. Walker
Vaness
Power paper cutter speeds up newsroom work
The News reports the new power paper cutter was installed today. It notes a three horse motor can cut paper much faster than human effort with a long lever, signaling improved efficiency in the press room.
Direct Passes Highlighted by Harvard and Yale
Harvard shows limited use of the direct pass for rushing from scrimmage this fall. Yale and Princeton frequently employ the direct pass but have not achieved notable success this season.
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Harvard
Yale
Princeton
White's Cream Vermifuge Promises Child Health
The ad claims a child with sleep grinding teeth, nose picking, bad breath, poor appetite, pale complexion and dark circles has worms. White's Cream Vermifuge is advertised to clear worms, strengthen the stomach and bowels, and restore health and cheerfulness for 25 cents per bottle.
California State Officer Switches Support to Wilson
California State Controller A. D. Nye leaves the Lincoln Roosevelt line and endorses Governor Wilson. Nye, a Johnson ally and Lincoln Roosevelt League organizer, cites Wilson platform and his progressive record while opposing Roosevelt’s recall of judicial decisions as anarchistic. Nye will still back Johnson in state matters.
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California
Tunning
Johnson
Roosevelt
Nye
Wilson
Receiver Sought for Southwestern Farmers Mutual Insurance
Oklahoma City October 18 A petition in Comanche county district court asks a receiver for Southwestern Farmers Mutual Insurance of Lawton alleging insolvency and abandonment of business The company failed to file annual reports reserve fund premiums and comply with mutual insurance laws The petition seeks dissolution of the charter and asserts assets are insufficient to cover liabilities W Swift of Lawton serves as secretary.
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Oklahoma City
Southwestern Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company of
Lawton
District Court of
Comanche County
State Insurance Department
W. Swift
Congressmen Carter Addresses Constituents at Courthouse
Congressman C. D. Carter and wife visited Tuesday afternoon staying with Mr and Mrs S M Torbett. A large crowd attended the courthouse meeting where he discussed national issues and his five years in Congress. He departed for Francis after the talk and planned an evening speech at Roff.
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C. D. Carter
S. M. Torbett
Francis
Roff
Peggy Stewart Day Observed in Maryland
Baltimore observers mark Peggy Stewart day as historical societies recall the brig Peggy Stewart arriving in Annapolis on October 15 1774 with tea cargo. Anthony Stewart owner paid the duty stirring colonial anger over taxed tea and a mob formed. He burned the vessel to the waterline to prevent violence as onlookers cheered.
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Baltimore
Peggy Stewart
Maryland
Annapolis
England
Anthony Stewart
Stewart
Maxwell Seeks Farm to Move to Pontotoc County
S G Maxwell of Myra Cooke county Texas is seeking a suitable farm and hopes to become a citizen of Pontotoc county if he finds what he wants.
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S. G. Maxwell
Myra
Cooke County
Texas
Pontotoc County
Death of Capt. Jack Mills During Hardship and Suicide
An obituary notes the death of Capt. Jack Mills a longtime Ada Democrat associate editor. The piece portrays him as a strong writer with a kind, broad view who sought to do good. A Southwest pioneer he faced great hardships that worsened his health, and his self ending came after years of pain.
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Jack Mills
Perry
Jack
Ada Democrat
Capt
Southwest
Why the Mississippi Earned Its Name as the Great River
The Mississippi, a temperate zone river spanning about 2 500 miles, outranks other rivers in volume and navigable length. Its flood reaches 70 miles wide, annual discharge around 139 cubic miles, and sediment totals 400 million tons, with a drainage area of roughly 1.25 million square miles.
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Amazon
Mark Twain
Volga
Globe
Lake Superior
Paris
Kamchatka
Alaska
United States
Germany
Austria- Hungary
France
Italy
Railroads to refund freight charges to Oklahoma shippers
Oklahoma City reports the Corporation Commission will distribute four hundred thousand dollars to freight shippers as excess freight collections over the commission scale are refunded. Railroads drop appeals and implement rates, with claims to be filed by shippers who paid carload freight in the past year. The two cent passenger fare case remains before the courts.
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Oklahoma City
Love
Henshaw
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Corporation Commission
Supreme Court
Rehearing Denied in Hart Local Option Case
In Austin the Court of Criminal Appeals overruled Ira Hart's motion for rehearing. Hart of Grayson County was convicted in district court for violating the local option law and sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary.
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Sherman, Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Ira Hart
Graysonounty
Hart
State Penitentiary
Lake Mohonk Conference to debate Philippine and Puerto Rico affairs
The Lake Mohonk Conference opens in Lake Mohonk New York for a four day session to discuss conditions in the Philippines and Porto Rico and hear papers on Alaskan natives and Indian grievances in Colorado California and Oklahoma. Governor General W Cameron Forbes and Frank Pedley deputy superintendent of Indian Affairs are among speakers.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Philippines
Porto Rico
Balkan War Progress Amid Adrianople Front Lines
London reports a veiled view of key actions near Adrianople with no official statements. Sofia papers claim heavy fighting, forts captured, and massive Bulgarian casualties outside Kirk-Kilisseh while reports of fall or cut communications with Constantinople are denied.
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London
Adrianple
Sofia
Adrianople
Kirk-Kilisseh
Kirk-Kilissek
Constantinople
Kumanovo
Zekki Pasha
Scutari
Podoritza
Taraboseh
Lemnos
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Australians will have none of Johnson
Sydney authorities report Jack Johnson will not fight in Australia. Hugh McIntosh offered 50 000 for a Johnson Langford bout but canceled after Johnson was linked to the Chicago abduction case. Australian sport publics and promoters opposed the match.
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Sydney
Australia
Jack Johnson
Hugh McIntosh
Johnson
Sam Langford
McIntosh
Chicago
Ada Visit Highlights Local Attorney’s Texas Ties
W. S. Farmer, a respected Atoka attorney, was a Ada visitor today. Mr. Parmer and W. T. Cox are longtime friends from Texas, renewing memories of earlier days.
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W.S. Farmer
Atoka
Mr. Parmer
W. T. Cox
Texas
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A. D. Nye
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