Ennis Wins Site for New Old Folks Home for Odd Fellows
Ennis won the site for the new state old folks home of the I O O F after delegates offered one hundred acres of land and other inducements. The 85th State Odd Fellow Convention concluded as the Houston Heights loving cup was awarded for best degree work to the Childress Rebekah degree team and 800 delegates prepared to depart Wichita Falls.
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Associated Pross
Wichita Falls
Childress Rebekah
Houston Heights
Ennis
Yaxahachie
Aung Bias
West of 50 Years Ago Recreated For The Thundering Herd
A midwest town of 1876 is recreated for Paramount film The Thundering Herd directed by William K. Howard. The replica post captures stockade walls and a growing front with saloons and dance halls as buffalo hunts and Indian battles unfold. Cast includes Jack Holt Lois Wilson Noah Beery and Raymond Hatton.
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Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Old West
Zane Grey
William K. Howard
Paramount
Fort Worth Village
Dodge City
Salt Lake City
Buffalo Fields
Far West
Howard
Wilm
Jack Holt
Lois Wilson
Noah Beery
Raymond Hatton
Murphysboro Tornado Devastates Illinois City
A railroad man reports Murphysboro, population about 11,000, wiped out by a late day tornado. Ava, 16 miles north, requests urgent aid as Mount Vernon wires put deaths around 200 in Murphysboro and up to 80 injured in Gorham, where fire consumes damaged structures.
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Associated Dress
ST. Louis
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ava
Murphysboro
Mount Vernon
Gorham
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Illinois towns reel after devastating tornado hit
In Centralia Illinois on March 18 approximately 700 people were killed nationwide with Parrish and West Frankfort bearing the brunt. The worst loss occurred at Joiner Public School where about 200 lives were lost, most of them children.
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Associated Press
Centralia
Ill
Parrish
West Frankfort
Illinois
Joiner
Creomulsion Promises Relief for Chronic Coughs and Colds
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as a creosote based emulsion that soothes inflamed throat and lung membranes, kills germs, and promises guaranteed relief for chronic coughs bronchitis and related illnesses with money back if symptoms persist after use. It cites medical endorsement and nationwide distribution.
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Creo Wulsion Co
Atlanta
Double yolk egg marvel and local disasters shock Panhandle
A Rhode Island Red hen laid a two egg within one shell marvel to Randall Drug Co. owner Oscar Mandall. Carl Fulton delivered the freak egg from Canyon road ten miles south of town. The egg measures 83 inches long and seven inches in circumference with a nested egg inside. Autopsy eyed by Mr. Randall aims to preserve the specimen. Separately, Orient mine and a major Christian church in the town were reported destroyed in a catastrophe prompting a medical train from West Frankfort to the central railroad.
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Oscar Mandall
Randall Drug Company
Mr. Randall
Carl Fulton
Canyon Road
Rhode Island
Panhandle
Randall
Ing
Orient
Christian Church
Ae Central Railroad
West Frank
Tornado Rips Through Several Cities Killing Schoolchildren
Graphic eye witness accounts from Centralia and nearby towns describe devastated Desoto public school with dozens of children dead on the playground and bricks in the hallways. Across Illinois and Missouri, tornadoes kill and injure many as trains carry doctors and supplies to storm zones.
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Associated Press
Centralia
Desoto Public School
Max Burton
Illinois Central Railroad
Tamaroa
Burton
Proken Out Face Folds You Back
Midlife adults often feel limited by skin problems such as pimples rash and eczema. The ad claims Slick and White Ointment and Soap can restore confidence and improve life by clearing blemishes, with the large ointment offering triple quantity. Ad cites Harley-Davidsons at 300 East 4th Street.
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Mission Theatre
White & Kirk
Pool Drug Company
Panhandle Hardware CO
Patton Tailoring CO
Amarillo
Duke Drug Company
Tolzien
L. N. Pitthan
Thomas & Thomas
O. Folk Folks Home
Ford
Buick
Polk St
Adolph Zukor
Axe
L. Lasky
Paramount Picture
Noah Beery Raymond UA
Tom
Lane Grey
Snes
Evn
Gallatin, Tenn
Witham
Tenn
Here
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Springfield
Frisco
South Greenfield
Cape Girardeayu
East ST. Louis
Illinois Central
Annepolis
Altonbure
Tih
Desota
Bush
Hurstoe
Benton
Logan
Thompse McLeans
Carmi
Crossvil
Griffin
Princeton
Elizabeth
Harley-Davidsons
East 4Th St
Roy Beckwith
Arthur Saxon
Shirley Mason
Curly Tron
Zane Smith
Mississippi Street
San Jacinto Heights
Mr. Smith
City Light and Water Co
Maxwell House
Tennessee
Old South
Maxwell House Coffee
America
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