Hereford Plans Annual Dinner for January 4
Ad from December 22 reports Hereford Chamber of Commerce to hold its annual banquet January 4 in the dining hall of the local Methodist church. E. B. Black notes out of town guests and a focus on diversified farming and cotton varieties suited to Deaf Smith county. County Agent R O Dunkle and a committee study yields from different cotton types to present results at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith County
Here- Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Black
Deaf Smith County
Texas County
R. O. Dunkle
Mantell and Britt to Meet Monday in Finnish Match
Special to The News Lockney Texas December 22 Young Pritt of Lockney will meet Dutch Mannen here Monday night December 23 in a Finnish wrestling bout. In their prior encounter Mantell defeated Plainview and Britt remains confident he can whip the Dutchman. Mantell recently defeated one of the Panhandle’s best wrestlers, Yount Mammoth, in a bold showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockney
Young Pritt
Plainview
Mantell
Britt
Eye health clinic and exams advertised for school children
An advertisement promotes eye and tonsil examinations for school children at a clinic located at 104 Central Bund, offering services and a phone contact. It also includes a local drugstore ad for 25 cent bottles of eye relief. The fragment mentions floor sanding or wax and debris context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Bund
Mae Ae
Hereford High football team honored at luncheon
Fifteen Hereford football players along with Coach J Frank Riggs and manager were guests at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Speeches praised town support, reviewed the season as the best in four years, noted one graduate, and looked ahead to a strong next year. The team won five games and lost two. a new $125,060 high school building was cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford
J. Frank Riggs
Hereford High Selvor
Chamber of Commerce Mobiluy
Humble
Riggs
Camain Artis Russell
Hereford High School
Ruswell
GoAc FP
Parker
Tce
Chamber of Commerce
Mote
Butler Seeks Resignation Amid City Clash in Philadelphia
General Butler sent a formal resignation to Washington after a dispute with Mayor Kendrick over his status as public safety director. Major General Lejuene may meet Butler before any action. Butler had arrived in Philadelphia in 1924 and had a year leave that expired with different extensions and rejections.
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Butler
Washington
National Capital
Lejuene
Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Kendrick
President Coolidge
Santell Spars Dick Daviscourt at Wichita Falls
Ad Santell of San Francisco, the world light heavyweight champion, defeated Dick Daviscourt of Washington state after Daviscourt won the first fall. The match was noted as one of the roughest seen in Wichita Falls with Santell securing the second fall by a double arm scissors and wrist lock after Daylacourt took the opener in 45 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Ad Santell
San Francisco
Dick Daviscourt
Washington State
Daviscourt
Daylacourt
Santo
Dayiscourt
Alabama Huskies Prepare for Tournament of Roses Trip
The Alabama basketball squad led by Coach Hays travels from Amarillo to Pasadena to face the University of Washington in the Tournament of Roses. Two newspaper men accompany the team, and practice continues daily at the Armory with Christmas considerations under review.
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University of Alabama
Amarillo
Pasadena
California
University of Washington
Hays
Golden Sandstorm
Armory
Christmas Day Football At Bivins Stadium
A football game is set for Christmas Day at Bivins Stadium at 3 PM featuring former Sandies against a West Texas State Teachers College picked squad. Admission will be charged.
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Canyon
Sport
Bivins Stadium
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Pugilists Gather at Madison Square for Charity Fights
Pugilists from the far west south and east gathered in New York at Madison Square Garden for charity bouts tomorrow night. The card features Fidel La Barba the 112 pound champion from Los Angeles making his first NY appearance, and a main bout between Mike McTigue and Tiger Flowers with a potential title path. Flowers is favored after beating Frank Moody last week and Promoter Tex Rickard aims to place the winner in a championship challenge against Paul Berlenbach.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Fidel Ta Barba
Los Angeles
la Barba
New York State Athletic Commission
Frankie Genaro
Pacific Coast
Lew Perfetti
Mike McTigue
Tiger Flowers
Georgia
Flowers
McTigue
Tex Rickard
Paul Berlenbach
Frank Moody
Nominations Contested Over Rail Interest Protest
Huey P. Long denounces the appointment of Richard V. Taylor and Thomas L. Woodlock to the Interstate Commerce Commission as a vile fraud against the nation. He says Southern representation is a pretence and that telegram protests have been sent to several senators and commissions urging rejection. Long claims he has heard from two commissions and expects more replies.
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Shreveport
Richard V. Taylor
Mobile
Thomas L. Woodlock
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Mr. Long
Taylor
Long
Orthon
Hia
Childress Business College to Open January First
Special to The News from Childress Texas reports H F Cook of the Bowie Commercial College announced the Childress Business College will open here about January 1. The facility aims to train Economic Heads invited to join the university faculty and meet in New York, though details of announcements remain unfinished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Childress Business School
Childress
Childress Business College
H. F. Cook
Bowie Commercial College
Cotton Ginned at Wellington Now 15 000 Bales
Wellington reports approximately 15 000 bales of cotton ginned this season with hundreds more to be pled in. A fire damaged the J D Bugg residence Sunday night, nearly destroying furniture and contents with some insurance. Miss Irene Richerson wed W W Hodges at Shamrock Baptist parsonage December 19. The county court considers accepting a county agent for 1926, seeking experience in cooperative marketing and stock raising. Proposals to transfer Mr Wilson to Collinsworth for another year are under review.
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Wellington
J. D. Bugg
Irene Richerson
W .W. Hodges
Baptist Parsonage
Shamrock
John R. Rice
J. A. Richerson
Near
T. S. Hodges
Leh Hodgess
First Baptist Church
T. Scott-Wilson
Floyd County
Commissioners Court
Collinsworth County
A. & M. College
Wilson
Bakery deals shift in Shamrock and Wellington
Sunday and Sunday night brought the coldest spell of the season with a light snowfall. J. M. Poiter and T. C. Poiter, former Wellington residents and City Bakery owners, bought the Little Gem bakery in Shamrock from G. D. Tadlock. A. P. McDonald and C. Jones purchased the City Bakery in this place from Fuller and Fuller.
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J. M. and
T. C. Poiter
Wellington
City Bakery
Little Gem Bakery
Shamrock
Texas
G. D. Tadlock
That Place
A. PF. McDonald
C. Jones
This Place
Fireman Killed in Baltimore Grain Elevator Blaze
A Baltimore blaze at Steen Brothers grain elevator on Austead and Warner streets killed Captain Harry Jones and injured four others including Acting Battalion Chief Benglehart and pipemen Weber Shindle and Shettle. Fire raged through the structure but confined to the building by nightfall.
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Baltimore
Steen Brothers
Austead
Warner Streets
Harry Jones
August Enrich
Jones
Benglehart
Wilson D . Weber
Shettle
Shindell
President Issues Warning Against Fascism
William Green of the American Federation of Labor warns wage earners and the public that fascism and communism share the same poison and danger. The circular, directed by the federation's executive council, will be sent to 110 national and international unions, 1,000 city central bodies, 48 state federations of labor and 5,000 local unions.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United States
Federation
Federations of Labor
Troops Enter Tientsin After Cutting Rail Link
A Peking dispatch reported Feng Yu-Hsiang's troops entered Tientsin from the south today after cutting the railroad to Nanking. The move followed a南 earlier report of rail disruption.
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Tientsin
London
Peking
Daily Express
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Nanking
Rate reduction ordered on nine Texas railroads
Substantial freight rate cuts on nine Texas railroads recently bought by Missouri Pacific were ordered by the Texas railroad commission and received by the Houston chamber of commerce. The lines include Asherton and Gulf, Beaumont Sour Lake and Western, International, Great Northern, Orange and Northwestern, Rio Grande City, St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico, San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf, and Sugarland. The ruling groups them under one management, enabling single line rates for shipments crossing lines, for carload and less than carload traffic, and extends to San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf via Pleasonton to Corpus Christi, removing differential charges on all freight classes.
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Houston
Texas
Missouri Pacific Railway
Railroad Commission of Texas
Transportation Department of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Asherton and Gulf Railway
Beaumont Sour Lake and Western Railway
International, Great Northern Railway
Orange and Northwestern Railway
Rilo Grande City Railway
St. Louis
Brownsville and
Four Charged With Slaying Oil Rig Builder
In Ban Angelo on December 22, John Lane of Big Lake Brady Keys and others were charged with murder in connection with the death of Ralph Hepworth, oil rig builder of Best. The defendants were denied bail.
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Ban Angelo
Ralph Hepworth
Best
John Lane
Big Lake
Brady Keys
B. A. Desmen
M. B. Wising
Best Today
Orient railroad case tied to Best women and arrests
Justice Tom Henderson ordered bonds and the case was bound over for grand jury action. Hogworths bale was mangled beneath an Orient train and buried at Breckenridge. An investigation began Saturday with L M Ranking and later joined by Orient agent Thompson and others. $70 paid to Hopeworth at Big Lake and a $50 denomination bill recovered. Constable W A Miles led Monday arrests, with a court of inquiry filing charges. Keys runs a Best rooming house while other men are described as old field workers.
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Tom Henderson
Hogworths
Breckenridge
L. M. Ranking
Big Lake
Thompson
Orient Railroad
George G. Montague
Fort Stockton
Harry Odneal
Hopeworth
Hepworth
W. A. Miles
Keys
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Dickey
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Swastika Fuel Company
Raton
New Mexico
Santell
Madison Square
R. G
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van Xpirae At
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Lge
Niagra
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