Smith assails Anti-Saloon League and Klan in Baltimore rally
Governor Smith charged the Anti-Saloon League and the Ku Klux Klan with aiding the Republicans to defeat him. He attacked prohibition pressures, warned against church-backed policy, and cited alleged GOP ties to intolerance. Senator Norris reportedly faced league threats over his pro progressive stance.
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Smith
New York
Maryland
Anti-Saloon League
Ku Klux Klan
Fifth Regiment
Baltimore
League
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Nebraska
Norris
Senate
Anti- Saloon League
Klan
Farmer Youth Dies in Ada Train Crash
Carl Wilson a 26 year old farmer was killed when the truck he rode collided with an O C A train at a grade crossing two miles north of Ada. The impact shattered the truck and a head wound proved fatal. Wilson had been working on his father J M Wilson’s house on eighteenth street and was returning home. He was married with no children. Funeral plans awaited relatives.
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Carl Wilson
Ada
Wilson
Katy
J. M. Wilson
Eighteenth Street
Young Wilson
Hoover Stresses Farm Relief Ahead of St Louis Speech
Washington Oct 30 Herbert Hoover pursues a farm relief program featuring a farm board to manage surpluses with federal aid alongside higher tariff protection and improved marketing. The St Louis address, a key campaign stop, shapes his post election plan and potential extra congressional session if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
St. Louis
Congress
Hoover
Farm Board
Coolidge
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California
Cumberland
Louisville
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Ada Builders Push Total Building Receipts Past Million
Ada city building activity continues to climb as weekly receipts top the year’s total. The Aldridge hotel nears completion with opening planned November 5, while the Frank Fleet residence expands. James Patterson gets a $7000 brick business building permit amid weekly permits totaling $19,450, mostly residential.
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Ada
Aldridge
Frank Fleet
East Seventeenth Street
J. H. Fleet
Townsend Garage
C. George Spraker
South Broadway
Methodist Church
James Patterson
T. H. Granger
Z. D. Bennett
C. L. Denham
J. B. McKinnon
Jack Levy
Auto Tax Shows Heavy Increase in Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City reports State Highway Commission records show Pontotoc county automobile license tax collections rose from 49 153 20 in 1927 to 62 006 22 by October 1 1928. Total state collections for 1927 were 5 700 370 08 with 3 420 222 05 returned to counties and 1928 through October 1 reached 5 769 502 91 with 3 460 145 69 returned to counties. The nine month period in 1928 shows an increase of 69 132 83 over 1927.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Pontotoc County
Court Halts With Dismissal of Peck Case In Court Here
District court paused its fall opening session as Judge Earl Welsh in Antlers took the bench due to the dismissal of all charges against W. A. Peck in connection with his resignation. Peck's cases were to be heard today and tomorrow before Judge Welsh. Criminal court resumes Wednesday with three murder cases and other docket items.
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District Court
Earl Welsh
Antlers
Welsh
Orel Busby
W. A. Peck
Peck
Busby
Wewoka
Ada Day in Tulsa Draws 400 Delegation Members
About 400 Ada residents traveled to Tulsa for an Ada Day celebration at the Oil Exposition. The visit featured a parade led by Ada bands and a welcoming reception, with officials Charles Bowles and J C Hynds cited for planning. One minor incident involved A W Parker injuring himself while handling an Ada mascot mule.
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Tulsa
Ada
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. Bowles
J. C. Hynds
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Oil City
Frisco
KVOO
Norris backs Smith for president in midwest appeal
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska announced he will support Governor Alfred E. Smith for president and begin a campaign tour in Smith's favor. He cited Smiths stands on water power and farm relief, and said Hoover would not curb the power trust. Norris will campaign for Smith and the Democratic ticket, departing for the east on the Union Pacific line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Norris
Omaha
Seattle
Middlewest
Hoover
Smith-Robinson
Senate
Democratic National
East
Union Pacific Limited
Duluth
Minn
Joe T. Robinson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Little Rock
Ark
Herbert Hoover
Robinson
Adam McMullen
Congress
Fargo
N. D
Associated Press
Senator Robinson
McMullen
Deputy Brings Down Two Bank Bandits in Oklahoma
Waurika Oklahoma October 27 deputy sheriff W A Fowler shot and killed Floyd Coffey 31 of Fort Worth Texas and wounded Roy Pruitt 35 of Daugherty as they fled after robbing the First National Bank of Addington $629 was recovered on Coffey. Pruitt faces robbery with firearms charges and is jailed in Ardmore. Coffey and Pruitt had fled in a car pursued by deputies and a citizen with a rifle. Coffey was killed instantly and Pruitt wounded but not fatally.
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Waurika
Okla
Floyd Coffey
Fort Worth
Texas
First National Bank of
Coffey
Pruitt
Fowler
Daugherty
Ardmore
Carter County
Frank Driskill
Edwardsville jailbreak frees two murder defendants
Freddie Wooten a Berger gangster and Mike Kurant who was granted a new murder trial escaped Madison county jail in Edwardsville Illinois by simply walking out. The escape involved an open cell and a routine lockdown followed by the pair’s disappearance. Local authorities launched a search for the two fugitives and secured surrounding roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardsville
Ill
Freddie Wooten
Berger
Lory Price
No Trace for Lowly Male in Tulsa Exhibition
Intelligence testers and political bosses recall a lowly jackass guest at the Ada delegation’s oil exposition in Tulsa last Thursday. The creature kicked manager A. W. Parker and balked at entering the Republican headquarters, resisting entreaties from Parker and Harry Morris as they tried to escort it into the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackass
Tulsa
A. W. Parker
Parker
Ada
Tulsd
Harry Morris
Pipe Line Firms Protest Tax Levies In Oklahoma
Oil companies filed protests with the state court of tax review on three counties. Gulf Pipe Line challenged about 10 mills in Okfuskee county. Texas Pipe Line protested levies in Carter Okfuskee and Creek counties.
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Oklahoma City
State Court of Tax Review
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Okfuskee
Texas Pipe Line Company
Carter
Creek
New Oil Location West of Francis Reported by Gillette
Ed Gillette announced a new Royalty Oil and Refining project located in the NE quarter of section 36, township 5, range 6, about a mile southwest of Francis. Work on the cellar has begun with a standard rig ready to drill toward Wilcox sand, or shallower if a worthwhile find occurs.
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Sec
Francis
Ed Gillette
Wilcox
Gillette
Royalty Oil and Refining Company
Cannon attacks Glass as eggs fly in Bluefield meeting
In Bluefield Virginia Bishop James Cannon Jr of Richmond denounced Senator Carter Glass and the Democratic presidential nominee amid an egg bombardment. Two eggs thrown through a window splattered on audience members as Cannon claimed Glass was not in Richmond during legislative fights against saloons. Several people rushed to seize the egg thrower.
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Bluefield
James Cannon Jr
Richmond
Carter Glass
Bishop Cannon
Senator Glass
Senator Mann
Capitol
Assembly
Greatest returns for the amount invested
Classified ad notes emphasize value and smart spending for readers seeking high returns. It highlights bargains, practical investments, and tips to maximize utility from purchases. It frames shopping choices as efficient use of limited money.
Oklahoma and Mid-Continent oil production dips and Robinson campaign stop
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly decline in light gravity oil output across the United States with Oklahoma and Mid-Continent fields down by thousands of barrels. Separately Senator Joe T. Robinson campaigns in Clarksburg and Fargo, challenging Hoover on farm policy and farm relief plans.
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Tulsa
United States
Oklahoma
West Texas
Mid-Continent
The
Oil and Gas Journal
California
St. Louis-Pearson
Cushing-Shamrock
West
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Light
North Central
Texas Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Southwest
Rock Mount
NN Ae
IG A Eigen
Earthquakes in Turkey Felt in Smyrna
A short severe earthquake was felt at Smyrna at 7 45 p m last night. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
UPA
Smyrna
La Follette Sees No Aid for Progressives
Senator Robert La Follette declares in his magazine that Republicans and Democrats show no commitment to progressive principles on water power farm relief labor laws and corruption in public service He distances himself from the Republican ticket and cites Alfred E Smith as aligned with progressive views If Hoover wins or Smith governs progressives must defend national resources and wage rights against power interests and inequities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Robert LaFollette
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Nicaragua
Congress
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Hoover
Coolidge
la Follette
Thrill killing at center of college youths arrest spree
Atlanta authorities disclose a confessed trio of killings tied to a string of HOLdup crimes by two Oglethorpe University students George Harsh Junior and Richard Gallogly. Police cite Roy Dickerson links while detailing the suspects’ families and confrontations in jail.
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George Harsh
Oglethorpe University
A. Lamar Poole
Richard Gray Gallogly
Harsh
Willard Smith
E. BE. Meek
Roy Dickerson
Alabama
Gallogly
Junie’ Harsh
Dick” Gallogly
Worth E. Yankey
Atlanta
Milwaukee
J. S. Dissaway
James A. Gallogly
Miami
Fla
Son of Pauls Valley founder seeks bail
W G Paul of Pauls Valley charged with the slaying of his son Will Paul on July 19 testified in the criminal court of appeals to obtain bond ahead of trial in Garvin county district court. He claimed the killing was accidental and that no ill feeling existed with his son.
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Oklahoma City
W. G. Paul
Pauls Valley
Will Paul
Criminal Court of Appeals
Garvin County
Paul
Sam Paul
Homer Paul
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Pontotoc Co
Metropolis
College Music Makers
Fred Schrieber
Addington
C. C. Stevens
Bank of Hastings
Turkey
Athens
J. D. Wright
National Finance Corporation
Young Harsh
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