Amendment to Reclamation Act Aims at Land Sales by Railways
Congress may authorize the reclamation service to buy delinquent settlers land and allow railroads to sell acquired land. The plan, praised by Reclamation Commissioner Elwood Mead, seeks to recap ture delinquent parcels and avoid commissions. Railways would undertake land sale without government charges. Mead notes improving returns from projects like the Sun River in Montana.
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Washington
Congress
Reclamation Service
Railway and Reclamation Bureau
Interior Department
Elwood Mead
Reclamation Conference
Mead
Sun River Project
Montana
Information Filed Against Roscoe Harvey in Whisky Charges
John W. Wilson, United States attorney, filed an information in federal court charging Roscoe Harvey with possession and transportation of whisky. Harvey had paid a $50 fine in federal court on September 15 for manufacture of whisky.
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John W. Wilson
United States
Roscoe Harvey
Harvey
Beware the Cough or Gold That Hangs On
A vintage drug advertisement touts Creomulsion as a two fold remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims creosote soothes inflamed membranes, inhibits germs, and aids recovery with a money back guarantee if relief isn’t achieved. Availability advertised through Creomulsion Company Atlanta GA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eystern
Creomulsion Company
Atlanta
Lowest Magazine Subscription Prices at Matson's
Matson's at 206 West Central Avenue advertises low prices on magazine subscriptions with special offers and limited-time discounts for local customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matson
West Central Avenue
Matson’s
West Central
Phillips to Build $625,000 Casing Head Plant at Artesia
Phillips Petroleum Company of Chartlesville Oklahoma will start immediate construction of a casing lead plant at Artesia with a daily capacity of 9 000 gallons. Located in the southeast quarter of section 17 18 28 the plant will cost 625000 and is described as the most modern of its kind. It will use 6 000 000 feet of wet gas currently wasted daily and a loading rack on the Santa Fe right of way south of Artesia is being arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesian
Phillips Petroleum Company
Chartlesville
Oklo
Artesia Field
Santa Fe
Artesia
Light Producer to Be Tested for Deep Pay in Artesia Field
A well that proved a light producer will be carried down to test for a new pay level at 2,710 feet in the Toomie Allen lease. It is Snowden-McSweeney No 2 in N 44 Sec 33-18-28, Artesia field. This marks the sixth deep test in the proved area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesia
Ohio Ol Company
Toomie Allen
Snowden-McSweeney
City Liquor Ordinance Status and Federal Prosecution
The piece discusses that the city liquor ordinance may not be void but imposes jail terms for offenses while permitting liquor manufacture for consumption. Attorneys question its defects, with 1906 law granting local regulation. Federal prohibition officials plan ongoing fight. a Santa Barbara case shows state and federal courts overlapping as Garcia faces charges in federal court after a pool hall incident.
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Co. H. Stearns
New Mexico
Supreme Court
Ile
Federal
Washington
Justice of the Peace Courts
Albuquerque
Luis Garcia
Gabriel Pool Hall
Santa Barbara
Padilla
Garcia
Mqyor
Prohibition
Homer Henley
Henley
United States
John Baron Burg
Tom Stewart
Bure
Directors elected for Elephant Butte Irrigation District
In Las Cruces New Mexico during the biennial election four directors were chosen L G Mayfield F D Bowman G W Benvie and Flemming J Rigney according to unofficial returns from nine precincts The board will canvass the vote Monday and announce official figures Holdover members include Joe W Taylor president Lee D Elliott D F E Rodriguez C H Stith and Captain J E Reinburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee D. Elliott
D. F E. Rodriguez
C. H. Stith
J. E. Reinburg
Prague Moves From Manual to Automatic Telephone System
Prague plans a switch from manual operator service to an automatic telephone system. The change aims to modernize local communications and improve dialing speed for residents and businesses.
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Prague
City approves free water service for playground and other measures
City commission grants free water and sewer to public playgrounds near Washington Junior High, with mains to be installed and grounds funded by 5,000 provided by Max Nordhaus, maintained by the school board. A lighting system may follow for night use. Also approved tag day for Baptist Orphanage in Portales and a full time city auditor at up to 1,200 annually.
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City Commission
Board of Education
Washington Junior High
Max Nordhaus
M. E. Hickey
Southern Baptist Convention of
Mulberry
Yale
Tingley
Ross
Mabry and
Briggs
Court Orders Tax Collection Warrants Paid
Judge Milton Helmick authorized the county treasurer to pay three warrants totaling about 1800 for commissions on 1924 delinquent taxes collected by James W. Norment Bernalillo county especial tax collector. The court ruled Norment acted under a belief of a valid contract and is entitled to his commission, while no further 1924 tax warrants will be paid.
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James W. Norment
Bernalillo
Milton Helmick
Helmick
Norment
Stork Brings Son to Arizona University President
Tucson reports a seven pound son born today at the home of President Cloyd Heck Marvin of the University of Arizona. The campus marked the event with a day off for students and a musical celebration as the stork's visit was announced. President Marvin is noted as the youngest state university president in the United States.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona
Stork
Cloyd Heck Marvin
Marvin
United States
Boy Scout Leaders Confer With Jardine on Farm Extension Plan
National Boy Scout leaders met with Secretary Jardine and Agriculture Department extension heads to discuss expanding scouting to farm boys. The plan centers on widening the Lone Scout Movement to provide correspondence-based training for boys without local scoutmasters.
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BOY Scout
Jardine
Washington
Boy Scout Organization
Department of Agriculture
Lone Scout Movement
Woman says she delivered liquor for bootlegger
Marjorie Phillips testified she lives in Denver and delivered whisky for a bootlegger. She and George Hickey alias George Meyers were arrested here as material witness and suspect in a car theft case involving a new Ford sedan owned by Saunders Drive It Yourself Car Company of Denver. Hickey faced $2000 bond for the federal case. Phillips held on $1000 bond.
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Marjorie Phillips
George
Stew) Hickey
George Meyers
Charles Kern
Denver
Miss Phillips
United States
Burg
Hickey
Saunders Drive It Yourself Car Company
Department of Justice
Pablo Lujan
Bank Safe Robbed in Washington Arkansas
Robbers blew open the Washington Arkansas bank safe and escaped with about 8000 to 9000 dollars after two hours of resistance by fleeing citizens. A rope posse from Arkansas, alerted by operator Mrs Laverne Wilson, hunted the robbers as shots rang out and a robber was possibly wounded.
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Washington
Ark
Rope
Arkansas
Laverne Wilson
Chihuahua City Endures Unusual Winter Storm
Chihuahua City Mexico reports a winter storm with snow lasting 30 hours. Four and a half inches of snow blanket the city as residents cope with the rare weather for the region.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Detroit Woman Slain Will Axe Suspect Named
Detroit police focus on Charles Fitzpatrick a Black janitor as the prime suspect in the Tuesday murder of Marie C. Mullen real estate broker and rooming house owner. The victim was killed with an axe in a basement and Fitzpatrick admits roomers complained about improper behavior.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles Fitzpatrick
Marie C. Mullen
Fitzpatrick
Unclear case after woman's body found near furnace
Police say a black man reported discovering the woman’s body after turning on the furnace lights. They suggest she confronted him and he may have become enraged. Officers believe he could not have reached the body without stumbling over it.
Artificial complexions become normal for girls
The reader reflects on normalization of artificial enhancements in female appearance, noting that such changes feel natural as society adapts to cosmetic alteration. The tone suggests evolving beauty standards and personal acceptance.
Joint-Ease promoted for stiff joints in drug ads
Advertisement touts Joint-Ease as a remedy for sore, painful, inflamed rheumatic joints. Claims it cleanses and tightens the joints with guaranteed results and warns that other so called remedies will fail. Price is sixty cents a bottle at all druggists nationwide.
Aspironal Cold Remedy Promise Invites Public Trial
An advertisement touts Aspironal as a guaranteed, fast acting cold and cough remedy. It claims laboratories approved it and authorities endorse it as superior to whisky and other remedies. It urges customers to buy at drug stores, pay half a dollar, take two teaspoons, and return the money if symptoms don’t fade in two minutes.
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Railroads
Bugs Curios
Maisel
Alvarade Hote
New York
the Morning Journal
Soath Avenue
Cor
47Th Street
Broadway
42Nd Street
Grand Centra
Depot N. & Cor
Sixth Ave
Gimbe! Teo
Elephant Butte Irrigation District
Nordhaus Recreation
Arizona University
Calkins
Malone
Columbia
Eveready Columbia
Tove
Lontto
Oryces
Rano
Eveready Columbias
Fahnestock
National Carbon Company, Inc
San Francisco
Washington, Ark
Kodaks
Eastman
maTrony
Leivtral Pug
Richardson
Will Axe
Raabe & Mauger’s
Telephone
Chidren
National Garment Co
the National Garment Company
This
West
Gold Avenue
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