Free Country Voices From Local Opinion Pages
Reader letters from Fowler Inc Benton Review express concern over free speech amid social pressures. The POND CREEK OKLA Herald attacks labor unions for trade deficits while GREENSBURG KANS KIOWA COUNTY SIGNAL questions desegregation bus routes and judge bias. A Cavalier VD Chronicle item humorously notes a Dun and Bradstreet credit report on Horsie Hollow Candy Co. reveals two 11 year old proprietors with $13.25 on hand and no liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavalier, V.D
Chronicle
Horsie Hollow Candy Co
Dun and Bradstreet
Horse Hollow Candy Company
Horsie Hollow
Mississippi
Royal White
Thomas Flippen
Public prayer from 1916 Gloucester inauguration echoes today
Dr. Levi M Powers delivered a blunt civic prayer at Gloucester Massachusetts January 3 1916. The sermon blesses voters taxpayers and businessmen while urging politicians ministers and newspapers to seek honest governance for all. The crowd reaction mixed stunned shock and applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wilkerson
David
Levi M. Powers
Gloucester
Mass
Hell
Indiana towns name a dozen exotic monikers
An Indiana travel piece highlights unusual town names from Cairo to Paris Dublin Gnaw Bone Aroma and Zipp among others. It notes settlers gave diverse names while early residents and later arrivals left a rich onomastic trail across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Ohio River
Cairo
Paris
Dublin
Shanghai
Gary
Lincoln
Paragon
Magna Charta Month Observed in Texas Luncheon Planned
June marks Magna Charta Month per an official Texas memorandum by Governor Preston Smith. Mrs. Jack H. Hogg of Gilmer announces a June 15 luncheon for 88 members of the East Texas Colony Magna Charta Dames at the Longview Continental Inn. Area covered includes Texarkana to St. Augustine. The memorandum recalls Magna Charta’s 1215 signing at Runnymeade and its role in establishing constitutional government and universal freedoms.
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Texas
Preston Smith
Runnymede
Jack H. Hogg
Gilmer
East Texas Colony
Magna Charta Dames
Longview Continental Inn
Texarkana
St. Augustine
National Society
England
John I
Notable June dates from history scrapbooks
Dates recount events tied to June including John Howard Payne’s birth on June 9 1791 the 1898 Cuban invasion start by U S Marines the first Distinguished Flying Cross awarded June 11 1927 the U S flag design finalized June 14 1777 Franklin kite experiment June 15 1752 the Virginia Bill of Rights draft June 12 1776 and Pershing arrival in Paris June 13 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Virginia
John J. Pershing
Paris
Letters Front Readers in Kilgore Texas
Mrs H L Long thanks Gladewater Mirror for its coverage of Governor George Wallace East Texas visit and the May 15 Maryland tragedy thanking the paper for informing the area. She notes the value of consistent high quality news from the paper and states appreciation as Texas Democrats for Wallace.
Initials as a headline challenge in national politics
A columnist muses on the significance of presidential initials for newsrooms, noting candidates with initials such as RMN GW HHH GSMc and others. He weighs whether certain sets inspire better headlines and laments potential declines in candidates if initials fail to resonate. A separate note describes Goodyear testing a tire-fired boiler in Jackson Michigan using scrap tires for steam power.
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Nixon
S. Rmn
Richard Milhous Nixon
Lyndon Baines Johnson
LBJ
Richard M. Nixon
George Washington
Delaware
Hornspoon
Gsmc
George S. McGovern
George Wallace
Henry Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Sam Yorty
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Sen. Humphrey
HHH
RMN
Russia
Red
Bernard Johnson
Goodyear Environmental
Jackson, Mich
U.S
Postmarks and memories of small town life across time
A reflective reminiscence on postmarks shaping identity and letters, recalling neighbors in Gladewater and Okmulgee, the loss of old comforts like cheap bread and long underwear, and hints of changing music, fashion, and childhood routines through decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater, Texas
Post Office Department
New York City
California
Massachusetts
Ann
John Reed
Okmulgee
Okla
Ruth Ellen Milner
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David Holcomb
Jeannine Mackey Tucker
Helen Humphrey
J. C. Penney Co
Tucker
Humphrey
Charley Hewitt
Tyler
Charley Hewt
Medical Center Hospital
Lloyd Funeral Home
Curtis Allen
Gladewater Memorial Park
Hewitt
Masonic Lodge
Gilmer Suvivors
Mary Etta Hewitt
Charlene Miller
Dallas
Frances Williams
Doris Thomas
Irving
Lewis Hewitt
City
Sybil Click
Effie Earp
Julia Green
Fort Worth
Lorene Hewitt
Indian College
Ganado, Arizap
College of Ganado
Arizona
New Mexico
Board of Regents
James N Moss
Roger Wilson
Wilmer Kavennadopt
National Missions of the Presbyterian Church
Pond Creek
America
Greensburg
Kans
Kiowa County
Jesse Thompson
New York
Wall Street
Mimi Green
Mimi
Miss Green
Nymede
Windsor Castle
Staines
Yesteryears
John Howard Payne
Cuba
Benjamin Franklin
Kilgore
Fredalene Clark
Gladewater
Mirror
H. L. Long
Texas Democrats
Wallace
Walt Disney Presents
Andy Payne
Claremore
Payne
Vicks
Citizens
Lois Jackson
Gladewater Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
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