Ten Cities Represented at Bankers Fete in Amarillo
Representatives from Claude Hereford Pampa Panhandle Plainview Canyon Dalhart Shamrock White Deer attended a banquet by West Texas Finance at the Herring hotel. The newly organized local firm will handle automobile paper for West Texas auto dealers, keeping Panhandle money at home with local stock ties.
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Panhandle
West Texas Finance Corporation
Herring Hotel
West Texas
Dr. J. Harper
L. L. Hoyt
Oklahoma
Amarillo
J. J. Crume
H. S. Durst
San Francisco
Claude
Hereford
Pampa
Plainview
Canyon
Dealhart
Shamrock
White Deer
Bearded Man Fails To Light Cigarette In High Wind
In Salford England George McWhirter lit a cigarette but a high wind ignited his red beard. His wife rang the alarm as six fire engines forty firefighters and twenty five police responded at the docks. He faced a $25 fine or official whisker suppression with an extinguisher and accepted a soaking instead.
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Salford
England
George McWhirter
Docks
President to lit electric cross at Seamen's Institute
President Coolidge will switch on an electric cross beam 20 feet high and 12 feet wide atop the Seamen's Church Institute in New York tonight. The cross will illuminate seaward and be dedicated to the merchant marine.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Seamen's Church Institute
New York
Perfect Marriage in Wyckoff Death of Aunt Suzan Demarest
In Wyckoff New Jersey on April 15 a funeral will honor a 99 year old widow Aunt Suzan Demarest who died two months after her husband Uncle Johnny. The couple shared a 77 year marriage in the same church where they began their life together. Their Diamond Wedding vow emphasized hard work early to bed and rise mind your own business tolerance and church attendance.
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Associated Press
Wyckoff
N. J
Suzan” Demarest
Johnny
Lfe
Wisconsin milk christens large car ferry at Manitowoc
Miss Marion Dixon daughter of a Grand Trunk railroad director christened a large car ferry at Manitowoc shipyards using milk as an appropriate gesture to Wisconsin a dairy state.
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Manitowac
Wis
Wisconsin
Marion Dixon
Grand Trunk Railroad System
Tramp Arrested Under Old Hot Water Law
In Christchurch England William Murray a tramp was arrested under an ancient law that makes asking for hot water an offense. The statute rests on the idea that cold water is common, but hot water requires effort by the householder, potentially exposing theft opportunities.
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Christchurch
Eng
William Murray
Indians tell Washoe tale of life from cat tail eggs
A United Press report from Minden Nevada outlines Washoe creation lore in which Nentasy, an old woman, forms eggs from cat-tail seeds that hatch humans and other beings. A coyote carries the eggs to Washoe valley, then the creator becomes a thunderbolt and provides storms, sun, and rain.
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United Press
Minden
Nev
Nevada
Washoe Valley
Anthropology Department
University of California At Berkeley
Cal
Hen mothering seven rat terrier pups in Kingston
A white Wyandotte hen on a Kingston farm is mothering seven rat terrier puppies after driving off their dog mother. The pups follow the hen all day and are unusually developed for their age. Women of Spain show growing interest in granting women representation in a proposed National Assembly.
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Kingston
N. C
Spain
Polytechnic Institute establishes college auto course
A course in automotive engineering is established at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute for motor mechanics and others interested in gasoline engine science. Warsaw plans nine Polish army grain elevators to store emergency grain supplies, funded by Poland.
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Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Warsaw
Poland
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Ad at City Drug Store
An old advertisement touts Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy claiming it cures sore and bleeding gums. It promises money back if not satisfied and directs readers to City Drug Store for purchase.
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Leto
More Cars Increase Traffic Across Geneva District
Automobile traffic surges in Switzerland with Geneva district seeing rising volumes as garages expand. U.S. road spending in 1926 surpassed one billion dollars, reflecting nationwide highway development.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
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Bankers Fete
Ama
Notice OF Stockholders Annual Meeting
Badger Oil Company
American State Bank
B. C
Watceres
Amarillo Loan Office
Libby
Brea
Aif
Iter
Cudahys
Ham
Rea
Cudahy
the Cudahy Packing Co.usa
Ite
Mobiloil
Guy Ser
Dodge Bre
Fade Franklin Hudson
Hupmobile Ewett
Axwell Nash Oakland
Oldamobile Overland
Packard
Pai Ree” Sear
Studebaker Velie
Seseee
Willye-Knight
Arc
Goy
Vacuum Oil Company
City Drug Store
Onzen
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