Boy 12 Wins Grand Championship at Livestock Expo
A 12 year old from State Center Iowa won the grand championship with his yearling Mereford steer Dick at the International Livestock Exposition. Thelma Svarstad from Brown County South Dakota was named Healthiest Girl in the United States with 99 points, while William Tobias 15 from Birch Run Michigan topped the healthy males with 97.4.
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Prere
Chicago
State Center
Iowa
Mereford
South Dakota
Brown County
Thelma Svaratad
United States
William Tobias
Birch Run
Saginaw County
Michigan
Tobias
Thelma
Aberdeen North State Teachers’ College
Svarstad
Former Husband of Dolores Del Rio Ill in Berlin
The Associated Press reports in Berlin on December 5 that Jaime Martinez Del Rio, 23, a Mexican banker and sportsman and former husband of film actress Dolores Del Rio, is ill. Further details were not provided.
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Dolores del Rio
Associated Press
Berlin
Jaime Martinez del Rio
Three Escaped Convicts Recaptured Across Cities
Three convicts who escaped from the state prison on September 19 were recaptured the same day in three cities. Styne Weatherred J Parker and J Gillespie overpowered a guard then stole a car after leaving Huntsville. Gillespie was captured in South Bend Indiana, Parker and Weatherred in St Louis within hours.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Styne Weatherred
J. ©. Parker
J. ©. Gillespie
Hunteville
South Bend
Indiana
Gillespie
St. Louis
Parker
Weatherred
Ancient Roman Via Domitian Unearthed Near Naples
Reports from Naples say the Via Domitian, an ancient Roman road built in the first century, has been exposed for about 400 yards near Varcaturo Liternum. It remains well preserved with large circular and oblong stones, Vesuvian stone blocks, milestones, and a width capable of two-way traffic.
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Naples
Domitian
Literna
Liternum
Varcaturo
Kansas W. C. T. U. in War on Cigarettes
Topeka Kans Dec. 5 United Press reports the Kansas W C T U plans a strong campaign to push for legislation arguing the state cannot afford to accept money from a source that corrupts morals. The drive aims to curb cigarette use and influence public policy accordingly.
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Kansas
W.C.T.U
United Press
Topeka
Kans
Ill Patient Ailing After Operation at Private Clinic
Blood poisoning after a boil operation at a private clinic leaves the patient in delirious fever. Dolores telephones from Hollywood seeking news on her former husband's condition at his bedside.
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George Axhausen
Dolores
Hollywood
Campaign to Reinstate Tobacco Restrictions Sparks Statewide Push
Miss Mary Dobbs of Wichita and former state school superintendent Miss Lorraine Wooster announced a campaign against cigarette use. Wooster urged action stating cigarettes make idiots of women, as a state stamp tax on cigarettes aims to curb sales after repeal of the prior law. The tax is expected to raise about $700,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dobbs
Wichita
Lorraine E. Wooster
Miss Wooster
Rainbow Girls Assembly No. 19 Plans Evening Meeting
A regular meeting of Rainbow Girls Assembly No. 19 will be held this evening at 7 50 at the Masonic Temple. Initiation will occur at this time and all Masons, Eastern Stars, and Rainbow Girls are invited to attend.
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Rainbow Girls Assembly No. 19
Masonic Temple
Masons
Eastern Stars
Rainbow Girls
Ford's Wayside Inn to add apple cellar and guest
At Sudbury Massachusetts Ford's Wayside Inn plans a stone and concrete apple cellar with 40 000 box capacity to store the fall crop. The Ford estate orchards include 14 000 apple trees mostly Baldwin Northern Spy and Mackintosh and 14 quince trees and 700 peach trees. Houseguest Mrs Louise Collins of Oklahoma City arrives to be entertained by Mrs Paul Meaders with a round of social events planned.
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International News Service
Sudbury
Mass
Henry Ford
Wayside Inn
New England
Earle Boyer
Boyer
Ford Estate
Baldwin
Mackintosh
Roger
Louise Collins
Oklahoma City
Paul Meaders
Harrison Street
Collins
Gila Monsters May Inva de California After Dam Plan
Professor Joseph Grinnell of the University of California predicts Arizona Gila monsters could migrate into California if the Colorado River dam and irrigation project proceeds. Desert tortoises on the California side would gain access to Arizona, altering regional wildlife ranges.
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Pyrans Eational
Berkeley
Cal
Dee
Gila Monsters of
Arizona
California
Colorado
Great
Joseph Grinnell
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
University of California
Grinnell
P. H. Rose Opens Forties Store Chain in Henderson
Henderson North Carolina December 5 1914 or 1915 report states P H Rose borrows about 500 dollars to begin a plan to open a chain of forty stores in the area. The item notes early in 1915 the venture moves forward with funding and expansion.
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International News Service
Henderson
N. C
P. H. Rose
Brent returns to work at White and Kirk's shot department
A. L. Brent resumes his duties in the shot department at White and Kirk's after a week of illness. Mr and Mrs A Bryant of Memphis are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
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A. L. Brent
White & Kirk's
A. Bryant
Memphis
Rose chain expands with new stores in 1929
The Rose chain, led by principal owner Rose, borrowed 8500 to open a 5 10 and 25 cent store here. By end of 1928 it operated 40 stores across North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia with annual sales in the millions. Eight new stores are planned for early 1929 including one in Tennessee. 1928 sales rose about 40 percent from 1927.
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Rose
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Local residents in town for visits and travel
Byron Gist and Miss Emma Swanson visited Memphis relatives for a few days. McLean residents Mr. and Mrs. Evan Sitter came to be with a father after surgery at Northwest Texas Hospital. Other locals Shannons from Los Angeles visited Mrs. Cunningham while en route home from Michigan and Ohio.
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Byron Gist
Emma Swanson
Carrigan-Britain-Morgan & King
Memphis
Evan Sitter
McLean
Northwest Texas Hospital
Sam Morris
B. Morris
Glen Shoemaker
Childress
Goldie Estes
Olustee
Oklahoma
Ter
Durwood Estes
J. M. Bailey
Hale Center
T. A. Botts
Bill Freeman
Plainview
Amarillo Furniture Company
Jewel Green
Lubbock
H. B. Guy
Jenkins
Clarendon
8. Q. Shannon
Los Angeles
M. H. Cunningham
Michigan
Ohio
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Hugh Whitcomb
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Polk Street
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