Pistol Association Urges Uniform Safer Revolver Law
Springfield May 11 The United States Revolver Association launched a nationwide campaign urging governors legislatures and mayors in 47 states and 135 cities to back a rational revolver law It advocates arming law abiding citizens while punishing criminals and proposes licenses for carrying firearms with police access to registers. The plea notes New York’s Sullivan law and cites crime patterns to argue for universal safety and accountability in firearm ownership. The move supports selecting a U S team for Stockholm Olympics and emphasizes non financial aims in firearm education.
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Springfield
Mass
United States Revolver Association
Secreary
J. B. Crabtree
Stockholm
New York
Gommitt
Jimmy
New York City
Parsons Kansas Hit By Hurricane Wind Storm
A Kansas wind storm wrecked Parsons causing unroofed buildings including a new high school and the J M McKnight arts bookstore. McKnight and his wife were injured by flying glass as the storm collapsed the store. Telegraph and electric wires were wiped out. trains and street cars halted.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Parsons
Santa Fe
Great Bend
Fort Scott
New High School
J. M. McKnight
P. D. Foley
Mrs. McKnight
Foley
Frisco
Oklahoma
A Quiet Amen to Work and Compassion
Henry Van Dyke expresses a steadfast ideal to balance weaving life with people over books and art. He asks for guidance to focus on full work, accept fair wages, and speak a grateful Amen with a calm heart.
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Henry van Dyke
Oklahoma Court Affirms Most Liquor Cases at May Term
Nine week term decisions by Judges Doyle and Armstrong kept most liquor related convictions intact. Among 82 cases, 52 concern illegal liquor sales with one reversal. Notable rulings include affirmed verdicts for Cam Hornbeck and others, and a reduced sentence for Charles Osborne. A separate note from Fairland reports rapid railway work on the M O G line, with rail laying by an army camped near town and emerging progress toward Grand River.
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Oklahoma City
Doyle
Armstrong
Criminal Court of Appeals
Cam Hornbeck
Love County
N. W. Greer
Oklahoma County
Charles Osbourne
Bantz Jones
Jefferson County
William Frederick
Craig County
Charles Webb
Doyle—E. Roberts
Charles Stuedle
Custer County
Ellis Ramph
Squoyah
U. Fairland
Okla
Fairland
Frisco
Army of Colored Men
Grand River
Railroad Passes For All Emloyes Policy Honors Long Service
The Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain railroad will issue annual passes to about 1500 employees with fifteen years or more of service. Rules grant passes after fifteen years for one division, after twenty for self and wife, and after twenty five for full system travel. R W Waters, 52 years with the company, is the oldest on record. Distribution spans Kansas City west, Arkansas, and Louisiana with hundreds benefiting across divisions.
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Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
John Cook
C. W. Cook
Central Kansas Division
St. Louis
Arkansas State Line
Kansas City
Observance of Mothers Day Noted Across Churches
The Carnation emerged as the emblem for Mothers Day observed nationwide on the second Sunday in May. Details recount white for the dead and bright for the living, florist demand, church services, and Anna Jarvis’s 1908 origin. Also reported is Senator Owen’s ten day Eastern Oklahoma speaking tour schedule starting May 16 with multiple towns listed.
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Presbyterian Church
E. N. Ratcliff
Davis
Philadelphia
Anna Jarvis
Wagoner
Fort Gibson
Tahlequah
Boynton
Haskell
Muskogee
Suigter
Porum
Panama
Noo
Poteau
Spiro
Sallisaw
Viant
Stilwell
Westville
Atnoon
Afton
Fall Mine
Miami
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Pistol Association
E. N. Williamson
Register of Deeds
F. M. Gwinnup @ Son Halsell Building
Vinita, Oklahoma
The
Farmers State Bank Vinita
Kansas City Weekly Star
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