Death Penalty Debated As Death Row Shrinks Across States
A four year survey shows 24 fewer inmates on death rows in 25 states, with New Jersey and Oklahoma driving most declines. Hauptmann's chair era left New Jersey empty since 1938 while Oklahoma cut condemned prisoners from 15 to 2, as G men and bandits fights spurred law enforcement, and many states moved toward life sentences or lighter penalties.
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Oklahoma City
Legion of the Doomed
Union
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Southwest
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Charles
Floyd
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Alabama
Tennessee
Colorado
Feagle
Lamar Bank
California
Florida
New York
Illinois
Wyoming
Utah
Oregon
Nebraska
New Mexico
Clyde Tingley
John E. Miles
Kansas
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Redheaded Boy Builds Wealth From Pig To Farms
A tale of a redheaded boy who starts with a sow pig worth fifty cents, grows his hog business, sells for cash, buys horse mule colts for $300, moves to Texas, marries in Parker County, then farms extensively in Hall County. He now owns hundreds of cultivated acres and has given each of his sons a farm.
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Red
Texas
Parker County
Hall County
Be Industrious Or Missed Chance, From Youth to Retirement
A speaker urges hard work over idle dreams, recounting a tale of a man who spent 20 years playing baseball with little to show for it. He cites Paul on forgetting the past and focusing on a better future, noting tomorrow’s rain and the sun behind clouds. He ends by noting adding machine paper is sold at the Sun office.
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Paul
Jokes Helpful Old Lady Guides Lost Golfers
A kindly elderly woman overhears two boys searching for their golf balls and offers to reveal their location, sparking a humorous exchange about misbehavior and cheating in a lighthearted scene.
Lincoln’s witty reply to York State admirer at reception
At a presidential reception an elderly man from New York expressed faith that both God and Abraham Lincoln would save the country. Lincoln, busy as usual, offered a sharp smile and replied that the man was half right, delivering a memorable quip about Providence and the president.
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Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
President
York State
Abraham Lincoln
Neighborly Bargain Over Tools Sparks Friendly Exchange
A brief neighborhood chat centers on a rake owned by Brown. One neighbor asks to borrow it occasionally and hints at returning the favor by lending the lawnmower from time to time. The exchange underscores mutual aid and practical neighborly give and take.
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Brown
Spelling Lesson Yields Joke About Relief
Shirley Ann struggles with vowels and jokes the answer to relief is WPA. The teacher asks for the correct spelling and the student responds with a pun referencing job and relief programs.
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Shirley Ann
Cause and Effect and Lively Quips from Daily Life
A collage of jokes and witticisms about credit, progress, religion, manners, and modern gadgets. The snippets feature a butcher, a zipper in church, a lavished wealth line, a culture of agriculture, a sister mystery, a rheumatism bath query, faith versus hope, a boastful wheelbarrow bet, earth at feet, a banker baffled by electricity, and a matron’s simple button explanation.
Fragmented exchange captured in scarce OCR text
Brief dialogue shows a visitor stating difficulty in hard times and a farmer replying about last year. Specific names, places, or events are not legible in the readable fragments.
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Legion of
Beggs and
Okemah
Okla
J. W. Henry
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Piocerakai Busi
Wien
York
Cmmales Schmidt
Regar Pure Fools
NESS
Sun Office
Jessie
Mummy
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Woodstock
Jack Hall Typewriter Exchange
N. Travis Street
Sherman, Texas
John
Green
Safe Deposit Box
The
First National Bank
Member
Whitewright
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