Round up couple who escaped jail
Harrisonville Missouri April 18 1923 Penitent preacher Griffin 24 and Madge Copeland 21 surrender to Sheriff Glenn Weaver at a farm east of here after escaping Cass county jail. They trekked 201 miles northeast through woods and straw stacks, hid near Strasburg East Lynne and Creighton before turning themselves in at a farmer’s house. Charged with highway robbery and kidnaping they face May term. Griffin and Copeland fled from Creston Indiana earlier in March after living with Copeland’s parents. Copeland earlier pried jail keys with a poker to free Griffin.
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Harrisonville
Perry E. Griffin
Madge Copeland
Cass County
Glenn Weaver
Here
Miss Copeland
Griffin
Copeland
Creston
Adonis
Kansas City
Strasburg
East Lynne
J. R. Lyles
Creighton
Lyles
A. F. Polzin
Palzin
Polzin
Weaver
Springfield
Leroy Allery
Missouri Valley College
Will H. Hargus
Vinita
Okla
Little Rock Ark
Nobleman’s Debt Game Turns Hunters Into Victims
A Hungarian nobleman invited Buda pest game hunters to his estate promising they may keep all game shot. They returned with thousands of hares and pheasants only to have the game seized by tax collectors to cover the nobleman’s debts. The incident sparked anger among the hunters and local observers.
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Mason
Hungary
Budapest
Hastings Leads GOP Senate Drive In 1936 Campaign
Senator Daniel O Hastings of Delaware heads the Republican senatorial campaign committee with a hard task to win Senate control away from Democrats. Even if Republicans win all contested seats Democrats would still hold a majority. Hastings will nonetheless strive to pick up as many seats as possible while supporting the presidential nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
Senate
Hastings
Next Week's Movies Granada and Dickinson Theaters
Granada hosts Janet Gaynor Robert Taylor in Small Town Girl Sunday through Thursday and The Witness Hour Friday and Saturday. Dickinson screens Sylvia Sidney Fred MacMurray Henry Fonda in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine all week with various first run and return engagements including Charlie Chan's Secret and The Glass Key.
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Granada Theater
Janet Gaynor
Robert Taylor
Ann Harding
Walter Abels
Dickinson Theater
Sylvia Sidney
Fred MacMurray
Henry Fonda
Warner Oland
George Raft
Edward Arnold
Lupe Vepez
Marcus
Frankie Darro
Buck Jones
Eddie Agent
James Cagney
Frank Morgan
Heather Angel
Russell Hopton
Betty Furness
Dickinson
Granada
American honors sailor for lifesaving actions on ship
Arnold Bolm, under permission of Reichsfuehrer Hitler, received the American gold medal for lifesaving after aiding in the rescue of 70 people from the steamer Western World which struck a reef between Santos and Rio de Janeiro on August 8, 1931. The report also mentions Transylvania town removals and a Russian wheat development.
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America
Luebeck
Germany
Arnold Bolm
Reichsfuehrer
Hitler
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Pittsburgh Mayor McNair Arrested on Embezzlement Charge
Pittsburgh on April 18 reports Mayor William N. McNair was arrested and jailed on embezzlement and nonfeasance charges over a $100 police fine tied to a numbers lottery case. He awaited booking at city headquarters, pledged defiance, and claimed the arrest followed an old statute with a five year maximum.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Pentpal
Frank Piekarski
Sam Dellinger
McNair
Ahoeneys
Congress
Warren H. van Kirk
Collinger
van Kirk
Slaughter to Attend Annual Meeting in Indianapolis
Rev S W Slaughter dean of Kansas Bible College leaves Sunday noon for Indianapolis to join the Disciples of Christ board of education annual meeting at Hotel Sevilla on April 20 and 21. He will present a paper on The Relation of the Church to the Educational Institutions.
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Seth W. Slaughter
Kansas Bible College
Indianapolis
Board of Education
Disciples of Christ
Hotel Severin
Baldwin
R. E. McHenry
Ray Poole
University of Nebraska
Clarence Poole
Weeping Water
Neb
May L. Smith
Omaha
Robert Kirby
John Kirby
Ashville
N. C
Alice Kirby
Anna Kirby
Robert
Baldwin Rotary Club
J.C. Branson
Kansas City
Co-operative Creamery
Chapter C. E
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Foreign Missionary Society
W. B. Fleming
Clara B. Johnson
E. P. Hall
G. J. Hunt
Lydia Nutter
Harry Case
Ladies Aid
The
Aid
L. W. Waring
Home Missionary Society
Flora Ricketts
Darell Hackler
A. E. Burgtorf
F. E. Barber
Local Baldwin Notes Include Realignment of Social Visits
The Baldwin area reports Mrs J C Scott returning from a Baldwin trip to attend Oakwood Cemetery Association meeting where she serves as secretary. Several visitors including Miss Geneva Snyder and Miss Vivian Weir, plus Easter visits by families in Baldwin and to Topeka, Ottawa and Frankfort, fill a busy social week with relatives and friends in town and nearby towns.
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J. C. Scott
Eudora
Baldwin
Scott
Oakwood Cemetery Association
Zula Miller Bronough
San Pedro
Calif
A. P. Miller
Glenn Miller
Geneva Snyder
Leonard B. Snyder
Topeka
Beulah Robey
Henry Silvius
Ottawa
D. L. Dalke
R. D. Montgomery
Merle Fischer
Princeton
J. M. Montgomery
C. J. Fischer
Louis Reb
Christine Reb
Everet Reb
Frankfort
Reb
Beattie
Edna Ruth Maxwell
Hopkins
Fayth Maxwell
W. C. Harper
Methodist Church
William McFerran
Fostoria
Ruth McFerren
Coffeyville
George McFerren
Allen Brannock
Alpha Chi Omega House
Kansas City
Ada Green
Leo J. Green
Rosedale
Kan
Robert E. McHenry
Holton
Frank E. Wolf
Lawrence
P. E. O. Reciprocity Board
W. A. Young
W. P. Burrows
Avalie la Fever
Laura Preston
N. B. Clifton
W. T. Pyles
Diantha Beauchamp
Arthur Bolden
Mercedes Melvin
Mildred McCully
Marcell Bolden
C. Derry
Alberta Peterson
Keith Harding
Elnora Craig
Nelson
Lee Kidd
B. A. Hammond
Olathe
Helen Kidd
Johnson County
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen in Baldwin news item
A Baldwin column features Aunt Het by Robert Quillen reflecting social chatter and local gossip. The piece lists community events including deaths, funerals, family visits, club meetings, and church activities from the previous weekend and surrounding days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
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