Debutante Sally Barr amid New York high society intrigues
In early January Sally Barr sits at a six-person table in a top New York club with Grant Proctor and Arthur Van Horne. Enid Barr schemes to keep Sally's birth secret as Sally weighs marriage to Van Horne or fear of scandal. Van Horne reveals marriage is not his aim, breaking Sally's hopes and driving her to despair as she returns home grieving and clinging to a ring from David.
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Palm Beach
Nassau
Sally Barr
Grant Proctor
Enid
Arthur van Horne
Grant
Claire Bainbridge
Proctor
Sally
Enid Barr
David
Van
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Courtney Barr
van Mhorne
Lalla
Goodby
Park Avenue
Lillian Gish
Darling
Miss Barr
van Hornes
Boodby
Capital City Press
Buckhorn
Hallowe
Suwate
Rubens Joe Tucker
Jewell Meek
Robert Lee
Texas
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James Pannell
McGalliard
J. L. Breeheen
Aleia Mae
W. C. Norman
Ada
Shipman
Caley
Wade Mitchell
Allen
H. L. Norman
Maxwell
Oscar Kreiger
Ardmore
Alex Ellis
Garvin County
Consolidated No. 6
Pauls Valley
Rance Tucker
O. M. Light
Verlin Light
Ottis Easley
J. S. Isaacs
Maxwell Boys
Pleasant Hill
Lueie Munroe Summers
Woodrow Hightower
Ninnekah
Maxwell and
Rebee
Lloyd Rolland
J. D. Rolland
Rolland
Emmett Burgess
Vaseda
Kansas
J. L. Vandon
Monroe Summers
L. M. Wood
Woid Lumseed
Marie
Shiloh
Heber Springs
Ark
Kathleen Clear
Marguerite Burns
Nina Cox
James Parnell
Brother Coggins
Brother Stone
Yeager
J. Q. Moore
Willis Roberts
R. L. Walker
Vaness
Walker
Be'ee
Oakman School News Reflects Active Club and Church Events
Oakman school reports progress with canning demos by Mrs. Morgan and a new volleyball court. Students rally in a story telling contest and an arithmetic challenge between Buick and Chevrolet teams while a citizens club forms. Church notes cite growing Sunday school, leadership by youth, and local visits and camp meetings.
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Good Citizens Club
Dessie B. Crawford
Dorothy Lillard
Bonnie Simpson
Buell Eppler
Loretha Eppler
Miss Brice
Chevrolet
Ada
Summers Chapel Hands Vaness Boys Defeat in Friday Game
Northwest Pontotoc County report details Summers Chapel and Vaness boys playing on the Summers Chapel diamond with Summers Chapel losing. Medical incident occurs when Mr Rolland sustains a broken finger and another finger injury.
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Edna Pannell
Summers Chapel
Vaness
Rolland
Flossie Summers
Jewell Meek
Oakman
L. Burns
Ned Norman
Purcell
H. L. Norman
Maxwell
Leland Bray
Babe
Louis Wood
Sam Wood
Weil
Dillions
Shiloh
Ark
Campaign Flames and Pulpit Battles Create August Political Storm
As the 1928 race intensifies both parties prepare for Hoover and Smith notification events. Democrats push allegations of bigotry while Governor Smith challenges Dr. Straton to a pulpit debate. Republicans vow a quiet start, with full campaign activity postponed until Smith’s Albany date. Instances of fence jumping and local gossip accompany coverage.
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Washington
Smith
John Roach Straton
New York
Stanford University
Hoover
Albany
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Prohibition Party
William F. Varney
Pierre
Negro confesses to gruesome murder in Evanston
David Shanks, a young Chicago bootblack, confessed to killing and robbing Miss Jennie M. Constance, a college teacher in Evanston last Tuesday night. He was held to the Cook county grand jury on a first degree murder charge after leading authorities to the crime scene.
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Chicago
David Shanks
Bootblack
Cook County
Jennie M. Constance
Evanston
Justice of the Peace
Willis Brightmire
Young Shanks
Estray Notice for Brown Horse in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
Will Yates reports an estray taken up near Oakman Francis Oklahoma on the Joe Bolen farm. A brown horse about 8 years old, 14 hands high with a small white nose spot and scars on both forearms and a white hind foot. Described July 21 1928, filed August 1 1928. Reward $15-31.
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Will Yates
Joe Bolen
Oakman
Francis
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Estray
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Guardianship Case
Guardian Carrie M. Haney will sell at public sale on September 3 1928 at 10:06 am at the Ada Oklahoma courthouse south front door for an undivided two thirds interest in Lots 7 and 8 Block 8 Donaghey Addition Ada Pontotoc County Oklahoma minors Norris B Haney John Haney Elizabeth Haney Harriett Haney Patricia Haney subject to court confirmation with cash in hand upon confirmation Harrell Kerr Attorneys.
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Norris B. Haney
John Haney
Eliabeth Haney
Harriett Haney
Patricia Haney
County of Pontotoc
State of
Oklahoma
Elizabeth Haney
City of
Ada
Pontotoc County
Said Norris Haney
Patrici
Madrid Nixes Late Night Singing Campaign Targets Noise
The Madrid city commission has launched a campaign against what it calls extemporaneous night singing and other unnecessary night noises as part of a broader noise control effort. The move targets disturbances noted in local evenings and seeks to curb ambiance disruptions.
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Madrid
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