West Texas State Normal College Homecoming Carnival
Hundreds of former students attend the West Texas State Normal College Homecoming with a Sunday morning baccalaureate by Dr Herbert Bigelow and an evening address on Christian citizenship. The junior and senior activities include a grand carnival with jazz, an artillery display, rope walking, a quarter mile horseback dash, boxing contests, bareback riding, and a vehicle race concluding the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase Cowdrey
Sherer
Dan Sanders
Olive Micchael
Flanigan Smith
Eva McKennon
Lolagene Howard
Dera Cone
Vergil Dodson
Jack Foster
Jim Russell
Clyde Goodwine
Montell Mans
George Wilmot
Radford McKay
Mack Notie
Essex
Mr. Reid
Plan to Develop Silica Deposit Near Sweetwater
Special to The News reports a five day survey finds silica deposits eight miles south of Sweetwater covered by walnut clay and Edward's Peak with 23,000,000 tons in place. The run shows thin erosion, 33 feet average strata, and proximity to Sweetwater aids a proposed new soap factory. West Texas Chamber of Commerce has promoted the deposit for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamord
Sweetwater
Texas Consulting Company
Edward's Peak
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Frances Ingram to Sing at Normal College
Cant on June 2 reports Frances Ingram of the Metropolitan Opera Company will perform tomorrow evening at the Normal College auditorium. Ingram has had a notably successful New York season this year and will be warmly welcomed on her return engagement. SRSLATON Tex June 2 notes a light but beneficial rain on the South Plains aiding grass and crops with planting progressing and prospects for another bumper crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
France
Ingram
Metropaitan Opera Company
New York City
Wil Rite
Proerem
Srslaton
Tex
South Plains
Interurban Line Plans Discussed for Stephenville Route
The June 4 interurban meeting in Stephenville, Tex will map the Cleburne to Glen Rose electric line from Cleburne west to Glen Rose via Stephenville Desdemona Ranger Eastland Lingleville and Wilcox. Speakers include Mayor Chandler Porter Whaley Mayor Mitchell Judge Spenn Frank Grissom Mayor Elliott Homer Brelsford and West Texas Chamber leaders. Representatives from Stephenville Desdemona Ranger Eastland and other towns between Cleburne and Cisco are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenville
Cleburne
Judge Spenn
Glen Frose
Lingleville
Frank Grissom Lingleville
Desdemona
Mayor Elliott
Homer P. Brelsford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Eastland
Tex
Cisco
Glen Roge
Stephenvillee
Ranger
Stephenville Enjoying Immense Building Boom
Stephenville enjoys an immense construction surge with about $500,000 in new buildings. A $75,000 theatre is complete and a $100,000 high school is planned. Other projects include hotels, residences, and business houses totaling around $500,000. The town hosts banks with $2,000,000 in deposits and plans paving bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenville
Ix-Rey
West Texas
John Tartton
Agricultural College
A. and M
College Station
West Texas Chambers Commerce
Cleburne
Glen Rose
Cyclone Near Lelia Lake Damages No Homes
A cyclone struck one mile southwest of Lelia Lake near Dunkle Fare, draining a four acre lake and uprooting trees but causing no material damage to houses. Strong winds and hail fell in the south and east, while crops remained in good condition though extra rain would help grain crops in Courty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Lelia Lake
Dunkle Fare
Slaton Considers School Bond Issue and New Superintendent
Slaton Texas the State Department of Education says Slaton public schools will gain a 15 1 2 unit credit. A bond issue is planned to build a ward school in the east part of the city and add room and equipment to two existing buildings. S L Rives, former Snyder superintendent, will lead the schools next term. Teachers receive a 25 percent raise after a school board meeting. Hamelin Texas details: Slaton to be shown in West Texas Chamber publicity campaign with Dr. O H Loyd and W K Whipple presenting the petition to local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaton
Tex
State Department of Education
Slaton Public
Nose
SS. L. Rives
Snyder City
Hamelin
Civil Appeals Proceedings and Rehearings Dated June 2 1920
Proceedings of the Court of Civil Appeals Seventh District Amarillo June 2 1920 show motions overruled and several rehearings granted or submitted. Case list includes City of Dallas et al v Dorsey Gibbs Crawford et al rehearing and multiple others from Dallas, Lipscomb, Gray Leon, Potter, Swisher, Motley. A miscellaneous note mentions wireless signaling tracing back to Alexander the Great.
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Court of Civil Appeals For the Seventh District
Amarillo
City of Dallas
Dorsey Gibbs Crawford
Dallas Railway Company
Nevada Raton
Sachel EF. Kirtley
Cora D. Spencer
Gunners’ Muteul Underwriters Assn
R. C
Hyway Motor Co
W. B. Saulsberry
Cray
Leonard C. Parker
William Henry Swain
Lipscomb
J. T. Robbs
R. N. Woolfolk
Flood
Ir & S. F. Railway Coe
J. Cowan
Swisher
N. J. McNabb
J. FE
Cousins to Deliver Address at Canyon
Canyon June 2. Mr and Mrs R B Cousins arrive and are met by the college band faculty students and citizens. Mr Cousins former president of West Texas State Normal College will deliver the address to the graduating class on Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Canyon
R. B. Cousins
Tain
Cousins
West Texas State Normal College
Marines to map French battlefields in world war effort
Relief maps showing ground details of battles fought by the 5th Marine Division will be prepared by a party of U S Marines in France. They will visit Meuse area reconnaissance sites and study positions from the Champagne offensive before returning to the United States.
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Washington
U.S. Maries
France
Biante Mant
Mart
St. Minhiel
United States
Miupong
Presteg
Catholics to Establish Parochial School in Slaton
Slaton Texas June 2 Catholics will establish a parochial school this fall with plans for suitable buildings. The Catholic church is a leading growing organization in Slaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaton
Tex
Catholic Church
Leave It to Me at the Deandi Theater Tonight
William Fox presents the new William Russell play Leave It to Me at the Deandi theater on Saturday. The production's sets and costumes are described as lavish with a Santa Barbara setting and scenes filmed on a hotel lawn crowded with affluent guests and millionaires.
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Willam Russell
Willam Fox
Deandi Theater
Santa Barbara
Ambassador Hotel
Uney
Paris
Jenny Be Good at Mission theater Friday and Saturday
Royal Renshaw tries to save his drug troubled wife as a car plunges over a cliff onto a beach. The Realart drama stars Mary Miles Minter in Jenny Be Good, based on Wilbur Finley Fansley’s novel directed by William Desmond Taylor.
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Royal Renshaw
Realart
Mary Miles Minter
Jenny Be Good
Mission Theater
Wilbur Finley Fanley
William Desmond Taylor
Evangelist Vries Billingsley Leads Memphis Revival
Conversion topic titled Tow the Holy Ghost Converts Men and last night the revival at the Church of Christ featured Evangelist Vries Billingsley of Memphis Penn. The prior evening he spoke on the parable of sowing seed among different grounds A teen joined the church after the sermon Congregation gatherings start at 745 with preaching at 8 oclock Public invited per Rev F I Shepherd minister
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Vries Billingsley
Memphis
Penn
Church of Christ
F. I. Shepherd
Seattle Library Spots Missing Books as "Borrowed" Keeps Rising
Seattle Public Library reports ten thousand books were borrowed last year and still remain outstanding. Library staff, acting as police, search for the missing volumes while accepting alibis, with no arrests yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Seattle Public Library
Sparrows Die in Blast at Panping Station Caves
Several hundred English sparrows roosting in the caves of the Norfolk and Western Panping Station were killed when a steam pipe valve exploded. The incident occurred near Bluefield West Virginia on June 2. Investigations by railroad officials are underway to determine the cause and extent of the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Biluefuleld
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Panping Station
Sparrow Haven at Pump Station Becomes Fatal for Birds
Birds were scalded to death at the pumping station described as a home for sparrows. The incident highlights hazards at the facility and raises concerns for local wildlife protection and maintenance practices.
Co operative Store Organized in Childress
R. VanBushkiek of Amarillo visited Childress on Friday aiming to form a Co operative store. A company with an $8000 capitalization was reportedly formed and the Childress store will affiliate with the Co operative Association. Attendees also expressed interest in an independent ice factory to operate next winter.
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Childress
R. VanBushkiek
Amarillo
Co-operative Asssociation
Meetig
Childress Index
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West Texas Institution
Herbert Bigelow
People’s Church
Cincinnati
Earth
Doctor Bigelow
Bigalow
Frances Ingram
Normal College
Souat OF Civil Appeals
W. N. Jones
C. GB. Dorchester
Gary- Rop
W. H. Sewell
Albert Taylor
Fr. W
D.C. Ry. Co
T. N. Edmondson
Motley
Rl& G. Ry. Co
H. P. Trout
Potter
Prp
S&s. F. Ry. Co
A. F. Laird
Alexander the Great
Canyon
Establisi School
C. J. Moffett Medicine Co
Columbus, Ga
Alto
Billingsley
Policke
Eczema
the Zensal CO
Oklahoma City
Ali Druggiste
William Farnum
The
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Tom Moore
New York
Dixie
Toby
Des Lirut
Harry
Miss
Marcondt Brothers
Marconi Brothers
Columbia Phonograph Company
Martha Hamilton and Company
James (Baron) Lichter
Krussell and
Greenwald Hitler
Frederick Kendall
Alton Goods
Alton Mercantile Company
Enid, Oklahoma
Alton Merchantile CO
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