Muscle Shoals power talk stirs politics and industry
A McClure's Magazine essay by Samuel Crowther highlights Muscle Shoals as a transformative engineering project. It traces the Tennessee River’s rapid fall, failed canal efforts, and long federal investments, noting the power struggle in Congress, Ford’s surprising bid, and implications for the South and national politics. The report also covers Houston Texas city statistics, Okla baby bandits, and related notes from Jan 5, 1928.
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Muscle Shoals
Samuel Crowther
McClure
Shoals
Congress
South
Middle West
Chile
Wall Street
Henry Ford
Ford
United States
Hig
Houston
Texas
Tex
United States Census Bureau
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
el ‘Paso
Galveston
Wichita Falls
Beaumont
Waco
Austin
el Paso
New Addition to Oklahoma Death Row
McAlester Okla Jan 5 A new addition to death row has been made at the state penitentiary John Doublehead an Indian of Stillwell arrived in time to spend Christmas in his temporary quarters Doublehead was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of James Davenport 60 a neighbor He was charged with beating Davenport to death and burying him taking possession of Davenport s property Davenport had sold his property and said he was moving to Alabama prior to his confession to the murder The date of electrocution is set for February 20th.
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Mcalester
Okla
State
John Doublehead
Stillwell
Doublehead
James Davenport
Davenport
Alabama
Inauguration plan shifted to country fair tone
Jan 5 in Topeka Kansas. Governor-elect Jonathan M. Davis agrees to move inauguration from state hall to city auditorium for the poultry fanciers annual convention. He says chickens mean more to the people than ceremony. ceremonies will stay in state hall as tradition.
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Peka
Kans
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas Poultry
State Hall
Prodigy Officer Red Alexander Arrests Juvenile Thieves
Ardmore Oklahoma reports an eight year old named Red Alexander adopted into the local police by veterans is building a notable record with multiple juvenile theft arrests credited to him.
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Ardmore
Okla
Red” Alexander
Unclear OCR financial entry remains unread
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