Mary Pickford Plans Retirement After 3 or 4 More Films
London April 19 Mary Pickford says she will retire soon after completing three or four more pictures. She told the Sunday Express that her type of character is practically finished. She and Douglas Fairbanks arrived at Southampton and were warmly welcomed. They plan two to three months in Europe visiting their film distributing offices.
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London
Mary Pickford
Sunday Express
Southhampton
Mary
Douglas Fairbanks
Southampton
Fairbanks
Douglas
Paris
United States
Siberia
Japan
Amarillo News Bites From Peach Section
Cecil Munn of Southwest Wheat Growers Association was in Amarillo from Enid. Norbon Harris and family plan a Fort Worth visit for relatives. Wallace Fletcher recalls trekking through deep snow in Raton New Mexico. A new paper Farmer and Ranchman debuts in Clovis promoting cooperative marketing. P and R well at Cliff Side northwest of Amarillo shows gas and traces of oil. Green fished yesterday but caught nothing. Early Amarillo and Randall County histories mention townsite and county fights.
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Today’s Globe
Cecil Munn
Southwest Wheat Growers
Associated
Amarillo
Enid
Norbon Harris
Fort Worth
Wallace Fletcher
Raton
New Mexico
Clovis
Cliff Side
C. L. Green
Randall County
Jad Salts Urges Kidney Relief From Acidic Diet
An old health column warns that acidic foods overwork kidneys causing backache and digestive issues. It recommends Jad Salts a few spoonfuls in water daily to flush sluggish kidneys and neutralize system acids, plus drinking water and periodic medical checks.
Colors for sport clothes popularized by the Prince of Wales
London reports that the Prince of Wales favors colored sport attire influencing global fashion. Scarlet polo jerseys under pink coats catch on for steeplechase and tweed lounge outfits feature bold handkerchiefs. Jodhpurs remain rare and distinctive to the prince.
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London
Prince of Wales
Jodhpur
India
Railroad News and Folks By John Moore
The railroad plans a truck delivery feature to speed less than carload shipments, reducing storage congestion at major freight houses. Notable visits include H C Chace in Amarillo, Chauncy Green in Newton, R W Prentice returning from hospital, and A F Robinson who designed the Canadian river bridge. A carload silk shipment from Japan passed through and auditor A E Myer’s office welcomed six mousers after a cat brought them in.
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Express Company
A. E. Myer
Santa Fe freight and entertainment notes in 1923 column
An 1923 update details a Santa Fe railway freight shipment to New York, growing cattle movements from Texas to Oklahoma and Kansas, and a strong ramp in freight speed. It also reviews a well received Harris concert at Central Presbyterian, praising the performers and audience reaction.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Santa Fe
Reading Room
Harris Concert Company
Cole Sails From Kress With Fresh Chamber Members
J Cole traffic manager of the Board of City Development returned from Kress where he renewed West Texas Chamber of Commerce memberships and secured several new ones. He reports Swisher county grain prospects are excellent and ginning is growing with a new big gin. A Kress citizen distributes cotton seed to Swisher farmers at low cost.
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J. Cole
Board of City Development
Kress
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Cole
West Texas Chamber
Swisher County
Ilssid
Panhandle Pioneers and Oddities Mentioned in Local Notes
A compilation of reminiscences and humor from early Panhandle settlers including George N. Baker’s 1890 move west of Claude, old farming scenes with churn jokes, railroad trivia from P Be Crowley and New York Central, and a whimsy about Senseless Oklahoma with a festival planned by Luke Lockemoyer.
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George N. Baker
Santa Fe
Panhandle
Colorado
Bob Thompson Place
Claude
Baker
Felix Franklin Place
Pottinger Place
Pullman
P. BE. Crowley
The
New York Central
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Wales
John Moore
H. C. Chace
Topeka
Chauncy Green
Order Railway Telegraphers
Newton
Kan
R. W. Prentice
Slaton
G. J. Fleisch
A. F. Robinson
M. C. Bugton
San Francisco
New York
Rankin Food Products
Polic
Myer
Los Angeles
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Au Town
Grinnip
Whittle and Spit Club
Senseless
Okla
Luke Lockemoyer
Mack Sennett
Senssless
Tures
Finklea Electric Co
Polk
George Cardinal Mundelein , Patrick, Cardinal
Elaye
America
George
Crystal Cafe
406 Taylor
C. R. McAfee
Taylor
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