Texas Utilities Plans Vast Electric Line Expansion
One of Floyd County's largest mortgages records Texas Utilities Company securing $1,830,000 series A mortgage from Liberty Central Trust Company to fund a heavy expansion. The program will add hundreds of miles of high power lines and serve 20 to 34 towns once completed.
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Floyd Ada
Floyd County
Texas Utilities Company
Texas Utilities
Liberty Central Trust Company
St. Louis
Holiday hours at post office and sermon notices
City brief notes holiday post office hours with limited mail delivery and windows open until 10. Rev. F W O Malley will speak on After Graduation What at First Christian Church tomorrow morning. Other items mention want ads, comics in The Evening Post, Slim Jim and Salesman Sam features, and a new meat refrigerator installed by W D Walsh at City Market.
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F. W. O'Malley
First Christian Church
the Evening Post
Slim Jim
Sam
Andy
Taylor
Michigan
Hood Family Visiting Sister in Jefferson Texas
W H Hood and his family from Jefferson Texas are visiting his sister Mrs J D Anderson at 308 Kentucky Avenue.
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W. H. Hood
Jefferson Texas
J. D. Anderson
Kentucky Avenue
Mrs Dave Derden and Daughter Visit Hillsboro Friends
Mrs Dave Derden and her daughter Willie May left yesterday morning for Hillsboro where they will visit friends and relatives.
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Dave Derden
Willie May
Hillsboro
Russian explorer cite discovers Harahoto ruins in Mongolia
Russian explorer P. K. Kosloff reports uncovering the ancient Tangut capital Harahoto site in Mongola after two years. He brings back a library of 2500 volumes in seven languages, 359 pictures, unknown language texts with a dictionary, gold and bronze artifacts, and tapestries, with the collection sent to the Leningrad Academy of Fine Arts.
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Associated Press
Harbin
Harahoto
Tangut
P. K. Kosloff
Mongola
Gobi Desert
Leningrad Academy of Fine Arts
18000 Former Officers Among Jobless Britons
London May 29. More than 18000 British ex officers who served in the war have not found work since the armistice. They are largely highly skilled men including baronets prewar company directors and barristers who visit the appointments department daily seeking jobs. Since 1918 the department has placed about 80000 former officers and men and urges employers to help find work for the rest on the unemployed list.
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Associated Press
London
Ministry of Labor
Lubbock Attorney Appointed District Attorney
W. C. Witcher of Lubbock was appointed by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson to fill the unexpired term of Parker Dalton as prosecuting attorney for the 72nd Judicial District of Texas. The selection surprised some, but others anticipated the move. Witcher recently moved to Lubbock from Fort Worth where he practiced law and formed a local office with Henry St. Bishop and Howard Matrey.
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Lubbock
W. C. Witcher
Miriam A. Ferguson
72Nd Judicial District of Texas
Parker, Dalton
Ceosbyton
Austin
Witcher
Mr. Witcher
Fort Worth
Henry St. Bishop
Howard Matrey
Aged Methodist Ministers Remembered in Wills
Bequests totaling over 600000 were written into wills for the superannuated preachers of the M E F Church South. Dr. Luther E. Todd reports 2931 claimants on the fund with 28 being widows. Last year the board paid 601996 for support, up from 1918, with averages of 314 per person for superannuates and 213 for widows.
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ST. Louis
M. EF. Church
South
Luther E. Todd
Todd
Board of Finance
German Emigration Drops as Stabilized Mark Cuts Exits
Berlin May 29 The stabilization of the currency reduced German emigration. In 1923 about 115,090 Germans left to establish homes abroad while in 1924 the number fell to 67,400. North America remains the favored destination for emigrants.
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Associated Press
Berlin
North América
Arctic Game Reserve Islands Set in Antarctic
The government designated several islands in the Antarctic as game reserves protecting sea lions polar bears walruses and other arctic animals.
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Paris
Antarctic
Large Dry Goods Firm to Open Store in Floydada
Floydada May 29 Following a lease deal with White Rose Cafe for the Montgomery building on the square Baker Hanna Company a wholesale and retail dry goods firm with stores in Oklahoma and West Texas announces plans to open here as soon as the store is arranged and goods are shipped in Tom Hanna of Oklahoma City president says the South Plains area will grow and the firm will meet rising business.
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News Floydada
White Rose Cafe
Montgomery
Baker. Hanna
Oklahoma
West Texas
Tom Hanna
Oklahoma City
South Plains
Famous Britwell library sale heightens American interest
Part of the renowned Britwell Court Library was sold for 75 330 dollars with Dr. Rosenbach of Philadelphia paying 59 545. He purchased the Elizabethan quarto Aenone and Paris for 19 000, claimed unique. He also bought Aylett The Song of Songs for 3 100, Breston The New Nutbrown Maid for 3 800, Lodge The Wattle of the Senses for 1 750, Lindsay A Dialogue Between Experience and a Courtier for 1 400, Robinson Observations Divine and Moral for 800. Nineteen Britwell sections have been disposed of totaling 2 460 330.
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Associated Press
London
Britwell Court
Rosenbach
Philadelphia
Solomon
Roger Breston
Thomas Lodge
Sir David Lindsays
Traveling Men's Dutch Lunch Planned for Lubbock
May 29 Lubbock officials say dates for the annual traveling men’s Dutch luncheon will be announced soon by a Chamber of Commerce committee chaired by Spencer A. Wells with Harry Blocker and F. A. Norman. The event began in Lubbock three years ago and has since been copied by several Texas towns. The committee promises the largest and best luncheon in the city’s history this year.
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Lubbock
Chamber of Commerce
Spencer A. Wells
Harry Blocker
F. A. Norman
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Texas
South Plains Boy Scouts Head To Canyon Encampment
Fifty boys and ten adults from the South Plains Boy Scout group plan the first Panhandle encampment in Palo Duro canyon near Amarillo from June 2 to 11, per H. B. Palmer local scout executive.
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South Plains Boy Scouts
Canyon
Lubbock
Boy Scout Organization of the
South Plains
Boy Scouts
Palo Duro Canyon
Amarillo
H. B. Palmer
Panhandle Scouts Plan Large Encampment for 225 Boys
Mr. Palmer notes a fine Panhandle camp with a mess hall kitchen swimming pool and icehouse. Preparations are underway to accommodate 225 boys with an adult leader in charge of each ten scouts as required by regulations.
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Panhandle
Palmer
Chinese Creamery Yellow Pearls Preference Revealed
A brief note reports that the Chinese community favors creamery yellow pearls above all other varieties. It highlights cultural taste, market choices, and potential trade implications for sellers catering to this preference.
Titled Woman Lawyer in England First Baronetess to Join Bar
London report notes Baroness Clifton becomes the first titled woman in England to join the bar after passing final examinations. She was among five women students who recently completed the course.
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London
Baroness Clifton
England
Cares For Poe's Grave In Baltimore City
The Baltimore Pies club will care for Edgar Allan Poe's grave in Westminster cemetery Baltimore establishing a local memorial effort.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Pies Club
Edgar Allan Poe
Westminster
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BEARS
Green, Pound
Johnson
Tyler
W. D. Walsh
Sixth Street
Panhandle Store Fixtures Company
Dalton
Cardus
Floydada
Britwell
E. 7Th Street
Poe
Amarillo Hotel
Virginia
St. Honore
Ernest O. Thompson
Mont Brea
A. J. Lindemann
Deandi Fruit Company
Sanitary
Northern Harris Grocery Co
West 6Th St
Holsur
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