A Bit of Nothing by W D Little in North Carolina
A personal narrative from North Carolina recounting a return to childhood towns and familiar faces now heads of families. The author notes heat, travel by bus on concrete roads, and reflections on road spending, real estate in Florida, and economic ideas tied to car use and taxes. He ends with a plug for a NEWS want ad.
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North Carolina
Theodore Roosevelt
Fred Ford
Atlanta
Eay
Birmingham
Florida
Morida
Ada
Fred
Charlotte
Boy Murderer In Prison For Team
Johnny Haynes a 14 year old from Cairo West Virginia serves an 18 year sentence for the murder of his foster mother. He confessed the crime and was given the maximum penalty of second degree murder. He will be kept apart and educated while at the state prison, with plans to teach him a trade and provide schooling.
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Carl L. Turner
Moundsville
W. Va
Johnny Haynes
West Virginia
Johnny
Cairo
Oklahoma Crops Helped by Showers
Oklahoma crop conditions improved by scattered rains last week though the southern half remains drought‑stricken. Cotton in northern counties is in good condition with new gins rising. the corn crop in southern counties largely failed, and total state production may exceed last year if moisture and harvest conditions improve.
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Oklahoma
Bristow
KFRU
John A. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Oversight Prolongs Doomed Negro’s Life In Oklahoma
Johnny Washington, sentenced to death for the Eldorado city marshal slaying, received a six month stay of execution for an appeal he never filed. Warden Key and the governor will have the record reviewed by the criminal court of appeals to determine any rights violations. If upheld, a new execution date will be set in Tillman County.
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Oklahoma
Johnny Washington
State Penitentiary
Trapp
Criminal Court of Appeals
W. S. Key
Johnny
Eldorado
Jackson County
E. M. Box
Tillman County
Prolonged heat hits Bartlesville as mechanic collapses
In Bartlesville on July 25 J A Tuggle a local mechanic collapsed from heat while working on an automobile. He received treatment and returned home that night.
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Bartlesville
J. A. Tuggle
Little Change in Pontotoc County Valuations
Pontotoc County real estate values total 7,089,465 with city lots 4,610,700 and personal property 2,411,115 for a grand 13,816,840. The drop of about 360,000 from 1924 stems from reduced personal listings while town lots slip to 4,646,750 and public service corporations may be assessed near 2,000,600.
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Pontotoc County
J H Fleet Dies Suddenly in Sasakwa Prominent Ada Banker
J H Fleet longtime Sasakwa resident and Bank of Sasakwa president dies suddenly at his sister's Sasakwa home from high blood pressure. He was a large Seminole county landowner and son in law of Governor Brown. Funeral planned in Sasakwa with brother D H Fleet traveling from Colorado. Survived by parents, two sisters, two brothers, wife and two sons.
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J. H. Fleet
Sasakwa
Ada
Innerarity
Mr. Fleet
Bank of
Seminole County
Brown
D. H. Fleet
Colorado
Rofs
J. A. Shirley
D. H
Luther Fleet
John
Carl
Call Issued For Farm Labor Party State Wide Convention
A statewide call from J W Houchin Oklahoma state chairman directs county meetings on the last Saturday in August to form membership in the Farmer Labor party and elect delegates to a state convention in Oklahoma City September 6 and 7. The convention uses a two delegates per county plus one per 300 La Follette votes formula. Egbert hotel in Oklahoma City hosts.
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Itulsa
Farmer-Labor Party
Oklahoma
J. W. Houchin
Notiees
Tulsa
Farmer-Labor Party of
Houchin
Oklahoma City
LaFollette
Oklahoma County
Garfield
Canadian
Pottawatomie
Egbert Hotel
Norway at full employment amid seasonal work demand
All industries of Norway are operating on full time and the country has only 16,000 unemployed people, many of whom are engaged in seasonal pursuits.
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Norway
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W. D. Little
Mr. Bryan
Advan
Will
Anc
Men’s Union
Pontotoc
Price News
Wilson
Lain
Chilcutt
Farm-Labor Party
J. Edwin Spurr
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