Plainview to Host June 25 Dance With Troubadours Music
Plainview residents will attend a dance on Thursday evening June 25 in the lodge club rooms. The Troubadours of Brownwood will provide the music, an orchestra that played at the Queen's Ball in Brownwood and at Mineral Wells this year during the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention. Congress enacts about 300 laws annually.
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Plainview
Pecal
Brownwood
West F Texas Chamber of Commerce
Mineral Wells
Congress
Be Sure to Kill Them All Black Flag Insect Killer
An old ad claims Black Flag products kill all flies mosquitoes and roaches with a secret toxin. It markets powder and liquid formats for homes, noting a six centerpiece mix and introductory sprayer package as low as 65 cents. It emphasizes safety for humans and broad pest targets including bedbugs fleas plant lice and chicken lice.
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Black Flag
Buack Prag
Buack Furae
Baptist Young People's Union encampment and convention dates
The 24th annual encampment and 35th annual convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of Texas will be held in Palacios from July 8 to 12. About five thousand messengers are expected. a Dallas special train leaves July 3 for Palacios. Round-trip fare is $18.90. Prominent speakers include Edgar Williamson, T. C. Gardner, Dr. I. E. Gates, Dr. S. P. Brooks, W. P. Phillips, Dr. Harold Major, and E S. Groner. Dr. Gates, formerly of Amarillo, will give the patriotic Fourth of July address.
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The
Baptist Young People’s Union of Texas
Palacios
Amarillo
Edgar Williamson
First Baptist Church
T. C. Gardner
Dallas
I. EB. Gates
San Antonio
S. P. Brooks
Baylor University
Waco
W. P. Phillips
Harold Major
Groner
Gates
Tulia Herald editor wed Dallas woman
John Sharp Engleman editor of the Tulia Herald married Miss Zora Jayne Reynolds in Dallas on Sunday June 14. Engleman has led The Herald here for seven or eight years with his brother Frank as partner. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Reynolds. Amarillo friends knew little of the couple. Engleman has long been a Khiva Temple member and plays in the band.
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John Sharp Engleman
Tulia
Revival Meeting at Miami Closes with 16 Converts
The Strong-Wofford Evangelistic team concluded a three week revival at First Christian Church in Miami on June 18. Evangelist F. W. Strong preached sermons that edified Christians and converted sinners. Singer Miss Mattie Mae Wofford led songs and taught children to sing. Sixteen new members joined the church, and the congregation was strengthened overall.
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Miami
Strong-Wofford
F. W. Strong
Mattie Mae Wofford
Auto and Tent Tie Up Is Full of Gas Danger
C B Au el president National Safety Council warns motorists of carbon monoxide risk from exhaust in closed spaces. Auto campers who sleep or cook in tents tied to cars risk odorless colorless gas. ensure fresh air before running engines in any enclosed area.
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C. B. Auel
National Safety Council
Brother of John Boswell Takes C. G. Work at Plainview
Mack Boswell of Plainview has accepted the position of assistant secretary of the Plainview Board of City Development and Chamber of Commerce. He will head the tourist information bureau and assist in exhibit and publicity work, bringing Plainview high school education and Plainview grocery experience to the town’s business promotion.
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Plainview
Mack Boswell
D Board of City Development and
Chamber of Commerce
Boswell
John Boswell
Plainview Chamber of Commerce
Plainview High School
Northcatt Grocery Company
Rev Samuel J Terry to Lead Plainview First Presbyterian
Plainview June 18 Rev Samuel J Terry of Waxahachie will fill in as pastor at First Presbyterian during Rev John W White's vacation through September 1. Terry will deliver his first sermon Sunday morning.
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Plainview
Samuel J., Terry
Waxahachie
John W. White
First Presbyterian Church
White
Terry
Trade trip planned from Amarillo to South Plains region
Announcement made at the Rotary Club by Ernest Thompson, head of the boards trade extension, that Amarillo will launch its first trade trip in early August. The tour will visit Lamesa O Donnell Tahoka Slaton Post Idalou Lorenzo Ralls Crosbyton Lubbock Abernathy Hale Center Plainview Lockney Floydada Kress Tulsa Happy Canyon and Littlefield, leaving Amarillo at 6 PM.
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Rotary Club
Ernest Thompson
Board of City Development
Amarillo
South Plains
Lamesa
O'Donnell
Tahoka
Slaton
Post
Idalou
Lorenzo
Ralls
Crosbyton
Lubbock
Abernathy
Hale Center
Plainview
Lockney
Floydada
Kress
Tulsa
Happy
Canyon
Littlefield
Rotarians hear of B C D plans for next year
J N Riggs newly elected president of the Board of City Development outlined plans for the incoming year at Amarillo Rotary Club. Board members spoke on publicity traffic jobbers and manufacturers finance and the Tri-State Exposition. C P Atwood described Amarillo’s bid against other cities at the national realtors meeting in Detroit.
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J. N. Riggs
Board of City Development
Amarillo
A. N. Olver
C. P. Atwood
United States
National Realtors
Detroit
Riggs
Industries Department
J. E. Hill
At Death's Door Miracle Cure Testimony
A decade of stomach trouble left a man near death with severe pain and jaundiced appearance. After doctors failed, a lodge brother urged Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, praised as the sole medicine that helped. The ad claims the product clears catarrhal mucus and inflamed intestines, addressing stomach liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis, with a money back guarantee.
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Lodge
Mayr
Randalon Co
Ady
City water judged as pure by health department
After a city commission meeting, a letter from the city health department read by Manager Jeff D Bartlett stated Amarillo has water as pure as any in the country. Chemical findings show bacteria counts far below state and federal standards following thorough cleaning of water containers.
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Water Board
Jeff D. Bartlett
City Health Department
Amarillo
Emancipation Day Celebration For Local Negroes
Emancipation Day will be observed with a parade from Second and Harrison at 11 a.m. followed by a program at the ball park. County Judge Sam B Motlow will give the principal address and Frank Smiley will close the talks. A dinner at 1 30 p.m. precedes events including wrestling, jumping, foot races and a battle royal with fighters from Lubbock Plainview Childress Memphis and Amarillo. Kid Moore of Amarillo and Battline Austin of Plainview box ten rounds. The day ends with a dance.
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Second
Harrison Streets
Ball Park
Sam B. Motlow
Frank Smiley
Peentadl
Lubbock
Plainview
Childress
Memphis
Amarillo
Kid Moore
Battline Austin
Days Entertainment
Calotabs Calomel Tablets Promoted as Nausea Free Remedy
An advertising pitch praises Calotabs for clearing head and liver, claiming they ease biliousness, constipation, and indigestion. The copy boasts a tasteless tablet, no nausea or griping, with a refund offer if customers are not delighted, and notes pricing at thirty cents per tablet.
Delegates Return From Disciples of Christ Meeting Abilene
Delegates led by Rev. and Mrs. FP W O Malley and Judge and Mrs. L Gough returned from the annual Disciples of Christ convention in Abilene. H H Rogers was elected president, noted for funding Phillips University faculty. The 1926 convention is planned for East Dallas Christian Church with pastor J L D Wells. The Oklahoma City venue for the International convention October 6 to 11 was announced by Rev. O Malley.
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Disciples of Christ
Abilene
FP. W. O'Malley
First Christian Church
L. Gough
Charles F. Smith
H. H. Rogers
San Antonio
Texas Rotary Clubs
Tulsa
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Claim Youth Boost
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets promote vitality for the elderly, touting vitamins and body strengthening effects. Sold as 60 sugar coated tablets for 60 cents with a 30 to 80 day promise and money back guarantee at City Drug, Austin Drug, Ledbetter Drug, and other druggists.
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Earth
City Drug Co
Austin Drug Co
Ledbetter Drug Co
The Bandit's Baby at Mission Theatre
Fred Thomson and Silver King star in The Bandit's Baby, a new F B O production blending comedy and western action. The film features a horse race against a train, rodeo sequences, and a baby show in a western town with melodramatic gun threats. Del Andrews directs a lively, popular cowboy feature with strong laughs and stunt elements.
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Fred Thomson
Silver King
Mission Theatre
Mr. Thomson
Leets Renick Brown
Marion Jackson
del Andrews
Jobbers and Manufacturers Association to Meet Thursday Night
The next meeting will be held Thursday night at 6 30 at the Amarillo Hotel with business houses urged to send representatives. Speakers announced are H A Nobles and Ernest Thompson.
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Jobbers and Manufacturers Association
Amarillo
H. A. Nobles
Ernest Thompson
Packing plant opens in Amarillo to process cattle
The Associated Press reports Texas moves toward local manufacturing of raw materials. A new packing plant starts in Amarillo, bringing cattle processing into the Panhandle heartland. The article notes this marks a shift to domestic production of Plains cattle, reducing long shipments.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Home-grown beef market eyed for Panhandle cattle
Farmers and ranchmen in the Panhandle plan a home slaughtering and packing operation to process fat beeves and hogs locally. The plant, led by W. H. Batchier and R. T. Emmett, would reduce shrinkage and let ranchers market directly, avoiding long shipments to Kansas City and other northern points.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Kansas City
W. H. Batchier
R. T. Emmett
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