Sunshine Club Ball Tests Helena and Lassiter
Helena attends the Sunshine Club ball with John Lassiter as social tensions rise with Leah Frazier and her mother. An evening drift toward romance is strained by class expectations and a hostile social scene, ending in heartbreak and unresolved plans as Helena returns to work. Harvey Jameson then invites a respite, offering a cinema outing as she battles loneliness.
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John Lassiter
Sunshine Club
Henderson
Helena
Leah Frazier
Lassiter
John
Helen
Andrew Frazier
Leah
Mrs. Frazier
Frazier
Courtney
Harvey Jameson
New Legion Charge Reported In Detroit Slayings
Detroit police report a second unprovoked Black Legion attack on a Black man. Oliver, a mayoral campaign worker, and James Bailey, a Negro campaigner, are among victims. Ed ward Armour, 33, shot at his home in February 1935, died after months in hospital.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Legion
Eeros
Dean
Harvey Davis
Black Legion
Rouse
Edward Armour
Armour
Davis
Ecorse
Oliver
William
Voisine
James E. Bailey
Ervin D. Lee
John Bannerman
James Roy Lorance
Silas Coleman
Coleman
Black Legionnaires
Farmers Receive Large Cotton Adjustment Payments
Lawrence county farmers have collected 48727.47 in cotton adjustment payments per county farm agent J. E. Carter. July 31 is the deadline to file applications on the 10 cent government loan for cotton, a move the payments say aids local farmers and boosts business in Moulton Alabama.
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Moulton
Ala
Lawrence County
J. E. Carter
U. S
Bank Directors to Meet in Moulton
The Citizens Bank of Moulton board will meet Tuesday at 3 00 PM in the bank building to discuss business conditions. Directors listed include Willie Shelton L W Gentry H C Long A B Young J D L Byars Dr J P Dyar and Dr W R Taylor.
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Moulton
Ala
Citizens Bank of Moulton
Bank
Willie Shelton
L. W. Gentry
H. C. Long
A. B. Young
J. D. L. Byars
J. P. Dyar
Law With Teeth Pittburgh Drunk and Disorderly Case Stalls for Food
John Verecic woke in the North Braddock police station with a dry mouth and stomach. he asked for meat and potatoes. His wife, Mrs Verecic, refused to feed him, telling the officer to let him go hungry while he was in custody for a drunken and disorderly charge.
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Pittsburgh
John Verecic
North Braddock
Educated Chickens at Ponta Farm Recovered by Owner
Mrs Ardella Peeslee of West Laurens entered a local hennery and retrieved five educated Rhode Island Red hens after calling the birds by name. State police arrested a neighbor in connection with the theft.
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Ponta
N. Y
Ardella Peeslee
West Laurens
Peaslee
Susie
Rhode Island
Dividend Doubled by Consolidated Edison Directors
New York July 27. Consolidated Edison Co. directors today voted its common shareholders a dividend doubling to raise per share payments amid company earnings. The move signals confidence in ongoing profits and expects favorable response from investors.
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New York
Consolidated Edison Co
Polio Cases Reported Small in Lawrence County
The state reports infantile paralysis cases in Lawrence County have reached a total of seven with no new cases. Existing patients are on the road to recovery and only one death is noted while most residents are using the nasal spray recommended by the health department.
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Moulton
Ala
Lawrence County
State Health Department
Grasshoppers Prompt Woman to Fashion Wire Bonnets
Mrs P. North of Cottonwood Falls Kansas expressed frustration as grasshoppers invaded her garden and then fed on her tea roses. To deter them she crafted screen wire bonnets for each rose plant, and the insects reportedly sit atop the wire all day gazing at the roses.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kas
P. North
Dividend Plan Shares Payout At 50 Cents Each
A dividend of 5 738 000 dollars is declared by ordering a disbursement of 50 cents per share, doubling the amount paid in the previous quarter.
Milk Riot Sparks Guard Action in Mississippi
National guardsmen patrolled Brookhaven after a milk blockade violence. Seventeen men were arrested for assaulting Peterson Burn of Kentwood Louisiana, whose 600 gallons were dumped on the road. Felix Turnbow was rescued when kidnapped by a rope around the neck. Adjutant General O Keefe led 600 guardsmen amid the Kentwood dairy strike seeking higher milk prices.
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Brookhaven
Miss
National Guardsmen
New Orleans
Petersonburn
Kentwood
Rayburn
Hazlehart
Felix Turnbow
John O’keefe
Lincoln
Cophis
Dairy Farmers’ Protective League
Satisfied customer mix up at local cafe in Wash
Police report a local cafe mixed up a customer order and payment. A man received 75 dollars on a platter after the proprietor agreed to cash a check for a customer named Gayda. The front booth confusion led to a mistaken delivery and an unsettled bill.
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Rastorss
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Malaria Cure
Ad promises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic relieves malaria symptoms and destroys the infection. It claims tasteless quinine and iron build blood, making it a twofold remedy and general tonic. Available in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with stated size comparison.
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Grove
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Cavalier Discovery Paints
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Decatur
NEW ‘Legion
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LAW
Boys of America, Inc
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