Unusual Career of John D Rockefeller and Era Shifts
A retrospective tribute outlines John D Rockefeller's extraordinary impact from kerosene illumination to medical research funding. It contrasts his vast fortune and ruthless methods with public philanthropy and lasting changes in industry, politics, and society. The piece also comments on mid-20th century tax, social security debates, and legislative excesses shaping America.
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John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Groups
Edison
Europe
Ford
Democracy at Ada Kiwanis: efficiency and citizen duty
Dr. A Linscheid of East Central State Teachers College told Ada Kiwanis that American democracy must become more efficient to survive. He warned democracy faces challenges worldwide and in the United States from critics and rising dictatorships, urging middle class citizens to act.
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A. Linscheid
East Central State Teachers College
Ada Kiwanis Club
Doctor Linscheid
America
Europe
U. S
Three Building Projects in Ada Reported
Progress announced for three major Ada area projects. Hayes ward school expansion on South Mississippi avenue adds office library space and four classrooms. First Baptist church on South Broadway plans a $30,000 addition with concrete brick roof doors and windows. bids open June 7. Byng school system near Ada advertises additions for two new classrooms and a home economics department.
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Ada
Hayes Ward
South Mississippi Avenue
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
South Broadway
Byng
Reason and Revelation Union Recalls Graduation Address
Rev. A N Hall of Muskogee told East Central State Teachers College graduates that reason and revelation are both needed. He warned against worshiping either alone and urged graduates to use both, noting God united reason and revelation. The week included baccalaureate services and commencement events.
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East Central State Teachers College
Horace Mann High School
A. N. Hall
First Baptist Church
Muskogee
Horace Mann Junior High School
A. L. Crabb
C. C. Morris
Muriel Kittell
Somers Barnett
Thayer
Liszt Moore
Kathleen
Westendorf-Moore
Hall
Dr. Hall
God
Reason
Revelation
Moore Company Arranges Two Week Safety First Aid School
E H Moore company in Fitts and Rebee districts hires Peter P Senio U S Bureau of Mines junior safety instructor for a two week Safety First Aid School starting May 18. Attendance is 100 percent as the safety program expands since 1936 with weekly groups and a monthly all employee meeting to review past accidents.
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E. H. Moore
Fitts and Rebee
Peter P. Senio
U. S. Bureau of Mines
J. B. Hynal
E. Moore
Hal B Grady Dies at 29. Ada Theatres Official.
Hal B Grady assistant manager of McSwain Ritz Kiva theatres in Ada died in Lubbock Texas at 12 30 a m Monday. Funeral set for Tuesday at 4 p m at the Christian church Hugo burial in Hugo cemetery. He leaves wife and 4 year old daughter Mary Sue. Johnny Wisdom sent to Lubbock to oversee the four theatres there.
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Hal B. Grady
McSwain-Ritz-Kiva
Ada
Lubbock
Texas
Christian Church
Hugo
Grady
Mary Sue
Griffith Amusement Company
Johnny Wisdom
Snake defeats mouse in vestry room at St. John’s Church
In Columbia Tennessee a three foot garden snake entered the vestry of St. John’s Episcopal Church and consumed a mouse. The snake could not exit the room with the mouse inside. Bishop James M. Maxon commented that he would rather have the snake around than mice as the situation ended with the snake holding the fort unharmed.
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Columbia
Tenn
St. John’s Episcopal Church
James M. Maxon
Witch hazel seed pods can explode and propel seeds far
Seed pods of witch hazel have been observed to explode, ejecting seeds up to 45 feet, a remarkable natural mechanism for dispersal observed in botanical studies.
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Ada W. Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
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Esau
Rebekah
Haran
Mesopotamia
Joseph
Jerusalem
Abraham
Isaac
Bethel
Israel
Moses
Herod
Jesus
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
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Green
CIO
Congress
Sweden
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
J. M. Gentry
Old Solomon
Linscheid
Hayes
Horace Mann
Moore Company
Church Mouse
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