Calmer view of crime and civic progress amid a busy Northland page
An editorial blend discusses crime sensationalism, public sympathy, and the rise of religious activity as a counterweight. It critiques newspaper focus on criminals, notes NRA blue eagle chatter in eastern Oklahoma, and teases local fairs, farming, and state finance debates amid a broad look at national politics and court decisions.
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Henryetta
Free Lance
NRA
Oklahoma
A Beautiful Friendship and Loyal Jonathan
The lesson contrasts David and Jonathan's bond with Saul's jealousy. Jonathan risks his life to defend David and later helps David become king, showing true friendship's power. The piece links this to Jesus calling believers friends and notes a Federal Land Bank update and Young Democrats convention reflections.
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David
Jonathan
Goliath
Saul
Bethlehem
Jehovah
Joshua
Jesus
August Rainfall and Cool Evenings Mark Ada's Summer
Ada's August saw 8.49 inches of rain with many cloudy days slowing evaporation. The period followed a wet July and contrasted with 1929, when no rainfall occurred. Temperatures ranged from 60s to high 90s including a 98 degree peak on August 10, with 17 clear and 4 cloudy days reported.
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Ada
E. A. MacMillan
MacMillan
Howard Awarded Washington Trip For Outstanding Trainee
Bufford Howard of Ada has been chosen as the outstanding trainee in the Eighth Corps area of the Citizens Military Training Corps. He will visit Washington D C for three days starting November 2 to view the capital and receive the Pershing medal from President Franklin D Roosevelt. Howard excelled in swimming, wrestling, basketball and baseball, helped plan camp programs, and earned an excellent record with East Central State Teachers College.
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Bufford Howard
Ada
Eighth Corps
Citizens’ Military Training Corps
Howard
Washington, D. C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Ada Better Homes Plan Recognized
Miss Alice Francisco heads Ada Better Homes committee that sponsored the observance. Katherine Liston informs that Ada's 1923 program earned a High Merit award and an engraved certificate will be sent. The awards committee praised the program for a well rounded demonstration of an inexpensive, carefully furnished house.
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Alice Francisco
Better Homes In America
Ada
Miss Francisco
Better Homes
Katherine F. Liston
Stu
Bailey and ten others indicted in Nash slaying case
Kansas City dispatch reports federal indictments against Harvey Bailey and ten others for conspiring to free prisoner Frank Nash and aiding his capture at Union Station. Also named are Mrs Nash, the Farmers duo, Verne Miller, Tallman, Conner, Fritz Mulloy, with several fugitives and escapees from the Kansas prison.
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Kansas City
Harvey Bailey
Frank Nash
Union Station Plaza
Bailey
Texas
Charles Urschel
Oklahoma City
Kansas Penitentiary
Robert C. Brady
Wilber Underhill
Nash
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Hot Springs
Ark
Herbert A. Farmer
Joplin
Huron
8. D
Richard Tallman
Galatas
Louise Conner
Fritz Mulloy
Chicago
September Rainfall Sets Early Deluge in City
A heavy, cloudburst like rain hit Saturday afternoon flooding streets as 1.5 inches fell within an hour from the east and northeast. Reports from farther north warned of heavier rain while the city faced surging surface water and submerged storm drains, disrupting traffic.
Distillery Project Sparks Tragic Injury Report in Susquehanna Area
Names from Hanna and Susquehanna counties appear alongside injuries from a crash or construction incident. Victims include MRS MARY BOUILLE, MRS ANNA MUSE, and MURIEL MUSE, aged 13, with two unidentified women among the injured. One victim suffers crushed skull, another fractures and lung puncture. A note about a distillery project near Peoriaway hints at ongoing development amid the accident.
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Mary Bouille
Susquehanna
Keane
Frank Comfort
Arthur Testeey
R. Vawrozski
Brooklyn
Anna Muse
Passaic
Muriel Muse
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