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Dear Louisa:
I married a man whose home is
1s In the country. I had always
lived in town and didn’t realise
how lonesome and Inconvenient it
would be to live away from the
-city but here I am. I don't know
what to do. I feel like leaving
everything and going back to my
-old job in town. I love my hus
band and he tries to make things
as easy for me as possible but I
am so unhappy. I asked him to
give up the farm and get a job in
town, but he is not willing to do
this as he says fanning is all he
knows and that before long we
will be able to have conveniences.
What do you think will be the
best solution of our problem?
MRS. L. J. P.
Answer:
The best solution of your prob
lem to my way of thinking is for
you to get your chin up and try
to make your husband a happy
borne. You knew he lived in the
country when you married him
and that that was the way in
which he expected to support you.
ao why be a crybaby now and try
to get out of your bargain.
A man has a hard enough job
these days making a living for a
family with the help of an un
derstanding wife who does her
part, but he is certainly handicap
ped if his wife is a whining, dis
satisfied creature who thinks on
ly of herself.
If your husband is a good farm
er and can make a good living
doing such work, you would cer
tainly be foolish to try to tear
him away from his home for some
uncertain work in the city.
People are beginning to go
back to the country now-a-days
for a freer, fuller life. What
with radios, telephones and cheap
cars a country home should not
be a lonesome one if people love
each other.
Yours,
LOUISA
Dear Louisa:
My wife storms around and
screams at the children in an ef
fort to make them obedient, but
the only result, as far as I can
see, is to make them scream back
and give way to their tempers.
Don’t you think that children will
listen to a person who speaks
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quietly just as well as to one who
screams?
TIRED HUSBAND
Answer
I think that they will pay a
great deal more attention to a*
parent who controls her temper
than to one who expects to be
obeyed in proportion to the noise
she makes. Children learn more
by example than they do by talk
and a well behaved parent who
controls his temper will have well
behaved children and visa versa,
as a usual thing.
LOUISA
Landon-Knox Are
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"nay” upon the selection of Col
onel Prank Knox, 62-year-old
New Hampshire and Illinois pub
lisher. Friday night a thousand
delegates scattered to the 4 cor
ners of the compass to throw
themselves into the campaign.
Concededly, it will be a bitter
one.
Two interrogation marks were
left behind by the tumultous con
vention. One stood after the
name of Senator Borah, of Idaho.
Another, and lesser one, question,
ed whether any irradicable scars
had been left by the proceedings
here which on the formal record
had been marked only by unani
mity.
In a final session curiously still
ed as compared to the riotous
gathering that acclaimed Gover
nor Alt M. Landon, Kansas, as
its choice Thursday night, the con.
vention pulled itself together at
the last minute Friday to prevent
open discord over completion of
the ticket.
After a king night of negoti
ation, at least part of the Lon
don legion opened full force a
drive for the nomination of Sena
tor Arthur Vandenberg, of Michi
gan. But the drive misfired.
Close upon the adjournment of
a hotel-room conference after
which Vandenberg said later he
had been asked to take the vice
presidential nomination, a letter
he had written beforehand—with
drawing his name—was read to
the convention.
Simultaneously, among the mill
ing delegates, three “old guard”
members of the party—former
Senators Moses, of New Hamp
shire, Reed, of Pennsylvania, and
Bingham, of Connecticut—launch
ed a floor flank attack for Knox.
Their move took fire. As the
result of hurried head-gatherings
by the various state delegations
an irresistible landslide developed
for Knox, of Illinois.
Thus was forged the ticket
that will be sounded from coast
to coast a million times and more
in coming months—“Landon and
Knox.”
In Washington, meanwhile,
Borah, the “lion of Idaho,” met
with the press. Would he vote
for Landon? Even as in 1932,
when the question of whether he
wouM ballot for Herbert Hoover
was dinned in his ears through
out the campaign, he declined to
say.
In other quarters there were
prompt declarations of harmony.
Chairman Bertrand H. Snell read
to the convention a telegram
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And Opportunity
By RAYMOND PITCAIRN
Nodmml (lu/rmm
tmtiutb
Prom mil kHpdIi u4 colleges
throughout our natioa thousand* at
young American* art striding forth
aa thi* i* written, in eager eearch of
opportunity to prove their powers.
What words of encouragement are
offered them?
That depends on whose messages
they hear.
At many commencement exercises
real words of inspiration have been
spoken. But from other platforms,
from the lips of the new economic
and politics! sooth-sayers, continues
to sound that philosophy of despair
adopted in recent years from the
fears and the pessimism of Europe.
It seeks to convince young Ameri
ca that the era of opportunity is end
ed; that pride in one’s own strength
and courage and self-reliance is not
only futile, but old-fashioned; that
youth must learn to defend on gov
ernment and the politicians to guide
its life and supply its wants.
It is an un-American doctrine.
The career of Abraham Lincoln, who
rose from the log cabin to the pin
nacle of statesmanship, has proved
its falsity. So have the lives of the
Wright brothers, who began as bi
cycle repair men and gave us the
airplane; of Edison, the train boy,
who made electricity perform new
miracles; of Henry Ford, one-time
obscure mechanic—and of countless
American leaders fas our public and
fessional and commercial life to
Such men would have turned deaf
ears to that swan-song of Ameri
canism which now swells from so
large a group of our politicians. They
listened instead to tthe Eagle’s
Song; to be staunch and valiant, and
free, and strong.”
Despite the newer pessimists,
America continues to offer careers
to all who hear that message.
Opportunity, like Freedom, has
still a continent to live in.
from Landon declaring the party
"on the road that leads to vic
tory.”
“Your deliberations," said Lan
don by proxy to the convention,
"are the living proof that there
are men and women able enough
and brave enough to see the facts
of our national problems and to
meet them in the American way.”
The picture of Friday’s wind-up
was a colorful and noise-marked
one, even though it did not match
the peaks of previous sessions.
Some of the delegates already had
gone home. Others were weary,
aching and lung-sore from three
days and nights of going.
On the convention floor, while
delegates wavered uncertainly in
winds that blew from four direc
tions, the names of Knox, form
er Senator Walter E. Edge, • of
New Jersey, Governor Harry W.
Nice, of Maryland, and Arthur W.
Little, New York print firm of
ficial, were placed in nomination.
The usual cheering, punctuated
Friday by the ringing of Landon
for-president cowbells, accompan
ied the proceedings. There was,
too, some heckling from the floor
as the nominators and seconders
went through their exhortations
from the long, narrow speaker’s
runway.
With the suddenness of light,
the break came. Michigan had
loudly announced from the floor
that its 88 votes were: for Van
denberg. Wisconsin was just
about to place his name formally
in nomination. But then his let
ter of withdrawal appealed in
the hands of Snell, and the pic
ture changed.
Snell was selected to head a
committee to inform Landon that
he had been named. Steiwer was
chosen to pilot another group that
will tell Knox that he is the
party’s vice-presidential nominee.
The date for the Landon notifi
cation has not yet been set.
Party leaders were eager
to make it a big affair, as it will
produce one of the Kansan’s first
major utterances of the cam
paign.
At 4:14 p. m., after a session
lasting just a matter of minutes
over two hours, the convention
finally was declared over, to meet
again four years hence.
To the tune of “Mine Eyes
Have Seen The Glory Of The
Coming Of The Lord,” and “On
ward Christian Soldiers,” shrilled
by a feminine soloist, the-weary
delegates shuffled quietly out of
the huge hall that had resounded
with the noise of eight day and
night sessions.
Some of the delegates halted
their homeward dash to attend a
meeting Friday afternoon -of the
newly chosen Republican national
committee. Here again the con
vention keynote of harmony and
unanimous votes on all questions
prevailed.
John D. M. Hamilton, the ener
getic redhead who has steered the
Landon ship up to and through
the nomination, was given carte
blanche power by the committee
men.
Before he himself was named
chairman of the national com
mittee, Hamilton offered a quick
ly adopted motion that the chair
man, when appointed, be given
authority to name the other of
Topeka, Kan., June 16.—An
aggressive campaign was promised
Ms fellow Republicans Thursday
night by Gov. Alf M. Landon, after
he had received the nomination
for president of the United States
at the Republican convention in
Cleveland. The governor express
ed heartfelt appreciation to his
fellow Kansans as a celebration
unequalled here since the Armis
tice Day fesHnrities on November
11, 1918, roared through Topeka.
Thousands, of people, jammed
in the streets and on the spacious
lawns of the rambling Kansas exe
cutive mansion, shouted a greet
ing to the governor as he stepped
to the porch .‘to acknowledge his
nomination.
Shortly befqre he had told news
men : ,;
“If nominated I propose to
wage one of the most aggressive
campaigns the Republican party
has seen in years and lead the
party, to victory in November.”
“Hurrah for Alf,” was a fre
quent cry.
The governor, Mrs. Landon, her
mother, Mrs. Sam Cobb, and Roe
Cross, Council Grove, Kans., bank
er and a cousin of Mrs. Landon
by marriage, sat in the study of
the home, listening to radio
broadcasts from the convention
floor at Cleveland.
After the nomination was an
nounced the small group moved to
the porch and occupied porch
swings while the celebration be
fore them surged to its height.
Hundreds of red flares cast an
eerie light over the surroundings.
Huge batteries of Kleig lights
and street torches illuminated the
scene.
Thousands of Kansans, converg
ing on Topeka from nearby towns,
joined in a giant parade from the
state capitol building down the
eight blocks to the executive man
sion. Two uniformed bands, play
ing “Oh Susannah,” the Landon
campaign song, headed the par
ade. At the rear marched a
band of small boys, thumping on
pans and shouting the song.
Loud speakers were set up to
enable the governor to make a
brief talk to the throng later, in
the evening. ,
Kleig lights of the motion pic
ture men lit up the yellow brick
mansion and the grounds as dusk
came.
Chicago, June ,16.—Back home
from the Republican national con
vention which made him its vice
presidential nominee by unani
mous vote, Col. Prank Knox said
Friday night:
“I am happy to serve as first
mate; I am proud to serve my
party as its candidate for vice
president.”
In the publisher’s office of his
newspaper, the Chicago Daily
News, the one-time “rough rider”
of the Spanish-American war, met
interviewers late in the afternoon
to make his first formal statement
on his selection as campaign-part
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North Carolina,
Alleghany County
Under and by virtue of an or
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leghany County, made in special
proceeding entitled John R. Ed
wards, administrator of C. E. Os
borne, deceased, ts. Isabel Os
borne, and others, heirs at law of
C. E. Osborne, the undersigned
will, on 2 day of Jtoly, 1936,
at 1 o’clock P. M., on the prem
ises, offer for sale to the highest
bidder, one fourth cash and the
residua in four and sight months,
all that certain tract of land, in
Cranberry Township, County and
State aforesaid, lying North of
the dower allotment of Isabel Os
borne, adjoining the lands of
John Puj^h, R. L. Dough ton,
Meridith Combs and others, con
taining 102 acres, according to
the metes and bounds of a recent
surrey made by 1— E. Edwards,
Surreyer, and filed with the pa
pers in tins proceeding in the
office of the clerk of the superior
court, as reference for a more
complete description of said tract
of land.
This June 1, 1936.
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4tcp-25AT Commissioner
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Mondays only:
June 16th — September 15th
Hours: 9 A. JI. to 5 P.M.
gathering of newsmen, “that the
big news of the convention was
the nomination of Governor Lan
don. The governor is on the
bridge as captain of the ship.
“I am happy to serve as first
mate.
“Naturally I feel a deep sense
of appreciation for the compli
ment paid me in the nomination
for vice president by unanimous
vote.”
Cleveland, June 16.—Alf M.
Landon, picked by the Republi
cans to lead their 1936 attack
against the new deal, began his
political career in a humble ca
pacity—as a precinct committee
man.
But he climbed to the governor,
ship of Kansas and that office
furnished a springboard from
which he was catapulted into na
tional politics.
Similarly, he progressed from a
waterboy on a pipeline gang to
one of his state’s largest independ
ent oil operators.
Republican vote-getting ability
rare in a Democratic landslide
year—1932—focused national at
tention upon him as a potential
presidential candidate.
He was elected in 1932 despite
the Democratic landslide that saw
Franklin D. Roosevelt carry Kan
sas. The Democratic governor,
Harry H. Woodring, now assist
ant secretary of war, lost to Lan
don. Only five other Republican
governors were elected.
In 1934. Landon was the only
Republican governor re-elected.
He undertook the management
of Clyde M. Reed’s campaign for
When 41, tendon became state
Republican chairman, reputedly
the youngest ever entrusted with
guiding the party’s destinies in
Kansas.
Two years later, Reed was de
feated for renomination by Frank
Haucke, who in turn was beaten
by the Democratic nominee, Harry
H. Woodring. Landon avenged
the defeat two years later.
While conducting Reed’s cam
paign in 1928, Landon met Miss
Theo Cobb, young Topeka society
woman and social worker. He
and Miss Cobb, daughter of a
pioneer Topeka banker, were mar.
ried January 15, 1930. That was
his second marriage.
They had two children. Their
first, Nancy Jo, was bom July
29, 1932, four days before her
father won the gubernatorial
nomination. The same week a
five-hundred barrel oil well was
brought in on one of his prop
erties and he was dubbed “Lucky
Landon.”
The second child, John Cobb.
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he
friends and signed
ficially Alf M. Landon.
bom in West Middlesex,
the Methodist parsonage
maternal grandfather,
William H. Mossman.
Landon was married
to Miss Margaret Fie:
City, Pa., who died
later, leaving one-year-old 1
Anne, now a student at the
versity of Kansas.
A few weeks after his
death, Landon enlisted in
army, in August, 1918,
commissioned a first lieuten;
the chemical welfare division,
was mustered out the folio'
December,
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