Mystery ofbad deaths center in chemist report
NID September 19. Oklahoma City chemist Dr. W H Bailey analyzes viscera of Mary Jane Bailey 18, daughter of Rev Charles Bailey, Enid minister, seeking poison traces in two days. Nurse Mary Atkinson and Dan Mitchell tied to syringe findings. no positive leads yet as report awaited Wednesday.
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NID
Oklahoma City
Mary Jane Bailey
Charles Bailey
Enid
W. H. Bailey
Ing
Myre
Adiais
Mary Atkinson
Mary Jane
Miss Atkinson
Mary
Mary Janes Death. Dan Mitchell, Who Took the Syrings To Oklahoma City
Oil field boom drives new well drilling across Ada and Allen districts
In Portotoc county oil development surges with numerous new wells north of Ada and in the Allen district. American Oil & Refining, Conservation Oil, and Texas Pacific lead drilling, while Louisiana Oil & Refining, Rumsey, and Homackla advance deeper targets. Details note Shaf for No. 3 Yoakum and other wells producing. rigs shipped from Tulsa to locations Monday.
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Puatotoe County
Ada
Allen
Portotoc County
American Oil & Refining Company
Conferevation Oil Company
Texas Pacific Company
Adlon
Louisiana Oil & Refinins Corporation
Rumsey
Homackla Company
Lucy Shaffer
Aulles
Conservation Company
Tulsa
Shaffer Oil Company
Louisiana Ol and
Neming Corporation
McElroy
Baw Basn
Crowded Conditions Prevail In City Schools This Week
City schools face worsening crowding as enrollment surges. Washington School reported a record 512 students in attendance, with high school enrollment near 530, the highest on record. Officials fear continued growth as new students arrive daily.
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Washington School
Rancher Mack Lee Not Implicated in Weaver Death Case
Mack Lee a Citra area rancher faces no criminal charges after Ida S. Weaver died from injuries she sustained when she jumped from a car driven by Lee on the Holdenville Wewoka highway. Attorney John Crawford said no complaint would be filed. Weaver, longtime Wewoka Democrat publisher, died in a local hospital shortly after the incident.
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Mack Lee
Citral
Hushes County
Ida S. Weaver
Lee
Holdenvile-Wewoka
Salur- Vany
John Crawford
Crawford
Holdenville
Grawford
Len
Ada
Wewoka
Oslock
Mac Lee
Hushes Couty Sandman
Heldenville Wewoka
Cemocrat
Weewoka
Magnolia Terryleum Company
Casimshtad Sagolne
Seminole County
Williams Funeral Home
Tle
Oklahoma City
Huriak Mra
Weaver
Osborne Lee
Citra
State Supreme Court to Decide Oil Curbs Case
Wewoka Oklahoma September 15 the state supreme court will decide if the corporation commission has the right to issue its recent order curtailing oil production in the Seminole field. District Judge George C Crump dissolved a temporary injunction against the commission and directed Moss a freya ally owner to post a supersedal bond of 1009 and both Moss and the commission were to file their caers with the supreme court within ten days.
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Wewoka
State Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Seminole
George C. Crump
L. Moss
Moss
Commission
Supreme Court
Oklahoma broom corn condition steady near average
Oklahoma City September 10 The broom corn condition as of September 1 stood at 83 percent of normal indicating an average yield of 348.6 pounds per acre and a total production of 19 394 tons according to a report by Carl Robinson USDA statistician and Stuart L Bryan state board of agriculture statistician.
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Oklahoma
City
Carl Robinson
United States Department of Agriculture
Stuart L. Bryan
State Board of Agriculture
Annual Fair in Ada Draws Crowd and Exhibits
The Ada county fair ended Saturday evening with exhibits removed and visitors returning home. Officials sorted awards for state fairs while a two person health booth stressed vital statistics. The University of Oklahoma educational film drew crowds, with entertainment and fiddlers contest awarding Rankin first prize of 10 dollars. Fireworks entertained spectators as organizers prepare a complete awards list to publish in The News.
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State Department of Health
University of Oklahoma
Harry Morris
Morris
R. A. Rankin
Guy Logsdon
C. N. Russell
W. G. Dorsey
Fair Management la
Aged Indian Woman Died at Century Mark
An Indian matron died yesterday at age 100 in Pontotoc county seven miles west of Adu. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM by Rev. Mose Wesley with Indian rites at High Hill cemetery. Interment followed, reflecting long residence before settlement and respect from white pioneers in the community. This marks the fourth centenarian death in Pontotoc county in the past two years.
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Poutome Counnty
Jitney Dishasay
Walton
Adu
Mose Wesley
Flan
High Hill
Pontotoc County
Tmatron Andlioncer
Adndratic
Ian
Oil Wells Drive Activity in Pontotoc County Ada Area
Oil development surges north of Ada in Pontotoc county with three Conservation assets and multiple tests by American Oil & Refining. Heavy truck traffic and on-site rotary rigs mark rapid expansion as casing and dismantling proceed near New Bethel schoolhouse. Cattle and hog market notes from Oklahoma City accompany the rural economy update.
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Ade
Pontotoc County
Ada
Elnidy
American Oil & Refining Company
Texas-Pacific Company
SmithBoler
New Bethel Schol House
Start on Ada Stratford Highway Construction
Work to begin this week on the Ada to Stratford highway. George Toler named resident engineer to supervise a three contract project with grading drainage and bridges. Completion required within eight months amid the Springbrook bottom obstacle and a six to eight foot roadbed embankment.
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Ada
Stratford
George Toler
Toler
State Highway Commission
Springbrook Bottom
Oil production for week shows decline in Oklahoma
Oklahoma weekly oil output edges down across the state with a total average of 2,518,060 barrels versus 2,525,588 last week. Greater Seminole area dips to 456,910 barrels from 451,410. Texas and Mid Continent regions also fall amid curtailment and west Texas cuts. The Oil and Gas Journal notes declines in light and heavy oil amid industry adjustments.
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Tulsa
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Seminole
Oklahoma
Eays
Mid-Continent
Texas
West
Right of Commission to Rule Rates Upheld in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Sept 13 The state supreme court upheld the right of the corporation commission to regulate motor bus and truck lines. The opinion by Commissioner Houston Teehee affirmed Judge Hal Johnson's injunction against A. T. Walker and O. E. Offil preventing flight and merchandise shipments between Oklahoma and Shawnee. The law rests on the principle that private use of state highways must not harm the public.
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Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commission
Supreme Court
Houston Teehee
Hal Johnson
Pottawatomie County
A. T. Walker
O. E. Offil
Oklahoma
Shawne
Techce
Bebee field shows steady flow as LaSelle rests easy
In Bebee County the LaSelle operation remains calm while two wells in the original Bebee area pump 230 barrels daily. A new well is progressing slowly reaching the 150 foot level and expected to strike sand soon. A duel in Athens Greece between Captain Jarino and Capitan Lokis ended without any hits as both fired three shots in a dark room.
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B. A. LaSelle
Iis
Bebee
Shaw
Bebe
LaSelle
Jarino
Capitan Lokis l
Athens
Greece
Hot Check Swindle Uses Fake Drilling Firm Name
A smooth check fraud targets Ada and Allen counties. Operators present checks drawn on Shawnee or Topeka banks purporting to be from a drilling company that only exists on paper. The recipient cashes the check and later faces protest fees as the fraud bubbles to light. Local bankers warn merchants to verify drill company legitimacy before cashing such checks.
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Thia
Ada
Allen
Outlaw Ray Terrill Loots Parsons Jewelry Store
In Parsons Kansas on September 12 a group identified as Ray Terrill and two companions robbed Pfeiffer Jewelry on Main Street wounding no one. They escaped with diamonds and cash estimated at 10 000 while seven workers and a customer were locked in a back room for about 25 minutes. The bandits impersonated Terrill from photos and warned owner Frank Pfeiffer to recognize them. Jess Doyle, jailed for a prior October robbery, claimed the last heist.
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Parsons
Kan
Ray Terrill
Oklahoma
Pfeiffer
Ciue
Frank Pfeifier
Jess Doyle
Doyle
State Penitentiary
Terrill
Indian Land Traits To Become Taxable
Oklahoma City reports that large tracts of Indian land of the Five Civilized tribes in Oklahoma will become taxable January 1, 1928. Homestead and surplus allotments of mixed blood Indians under one half or under three fourths blood will be taxed. Tax date is the first January after 21 years from patent dates, per W. C. Lewis assistant attorney general, in an opinion to Hal Welch Choctaw county attorney.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
W. C. Lewis
Lewis
Hal Welch
Choctaw County
Winners in Hair Contest At Friday Night Event
The hair contest awarded two prizes of 15 dollars each. Mrs. Nora Estes of Pickett community won for the longest hair at 58 inches. Miss Mabel Bailes of Maxwell earned the most beautiful hair prize. Thirty three entries competed in the event, which drew a large crowd.
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Fi Jn
Nora Estes
Pickett
Mabel Bailes
Maxwell
Building Permits Hit Dizzy Total For This Month
City records show Commissioner Lee Daggs approving 17 building permits in September with values ranging from 13 000 to 5 500 and a total value of 52 200. Permits cover scattered locations citywide with many houses under construction or in planning, indicating more substantial projects anticipated.
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Uring
Lee Daggs
Indiana Governor, Officials Indicted in Corruption Probe
Indianapolis documents reveal ongoing grand jury testimony as prosecutors plan more witnesses in a wide corruption case. Governor Ed Jackson, Marion county chairman George Coffin, former Klan attorney Robert Marsh, and Mayor John Duval face conspiracy and bribery charges with Duval also charged under corruption acts. The case traces to former Klansman D. C. Stephenson and follows McCray’s earlier federal fraud-related parole.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ed Jackson
Wm. H. Remy
Big Aids
Jackson
George W. Coffin
Republican
Robert J. Marsh
Ku Klux Klan
John L. Duvall
Quondam Rand Dragon
Indiana Kuplex Klan
Michigan City
Marion County
Coffin
Marsh
Duval
Warren T. McCray
Drilling Expands In Pontotoc County Oil Fields
In Pontotoc County drilling continues to expand with new wells near Ada and Allen. Gillispie well in section 12-5-4 shows 400 feet of oil at 2515 feet, oil sand found at the first break in the Vicks. California officials await. North Ada and Allen area activity includes tests nearing sand, conservation offsets, and cellar work underway. Texas Pacific has two wells waiting on sand, while Yoakum No. 3 and Kilcresse No. 1 drill deeper in the county’s northern end.
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Pontotoc County
Allen
North Ada
Gillispie
Maxwell
Vicks
Lidwell
California
Scittle
Ada
Q. W. Skirv.n
Texas Pacific Company
B. Shatier
Chickasha Pastor Resigns From First Presbyterian Church
Reverend W. A. Reach submitted his resignation as pastor at Sunday service to take effect January 1 at the First Presbyterian Church in Chickasha.
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Chickasha
W. A. Reach
First Presbyterian Church
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