Williams Advertises Hall County Poultry Show in Memphis
Charles A. Williams, Memphis, heads Hall County poultry breeders and promotes the Hall County Poultry Show to be held in Memphis January 12 14 and 15. Breeders from the Panhandle invited. entry 25 cents. prizes 150 1 and ribbons. Walter Burton of the Amarillo show will judge. Local breeders plan to exhibit at Floydada as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Williams
Memphis
Hall County
Amarillo Tri-State
Mr. Williams
Panhandle
Walter Burton
Amarillo
Floydada
Mr Wilson Phalarope Named Prize Henpecked Husband
The Department of Agriculture labels Mr Wilson Phalarope as the prize henpecked husband of the United States. The text notes Mrs Phalarope does the courting and keeps house after marriage while he provides protection, living along the shore with a unique disposition. Their diet includes horse flies and mosquitoes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Department of Agriculture
Wilson Phalarope
United States
Amarillo school board buys panic doors on bids
The Amarillo Independent District purchases sixteen panic doors from Amarillo Hardware on competitive bids. The gravity locking devices automatically open doors in an emergency. The new doors will outfit all entrances at Junior High School and Tyler Street School, reducing fire risk. Tricycles, 112 West Seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Independent District Wheel Board
Amarillo Hardware Company
Tyler — Street
Maine fiddler Mellie Dunham feted in Montreal
Grandpa Mellie Dunham and his wife Emma were honored in Montreal with a banquet and sightseeing tour before boarding a Detroit train. The Maine couple, famed for fiddle performances, expressed delight at their first visit to a large city and their first experience with a sleeping car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montreal
Mellie Dunham
Maine
Grandma Dunham
Detroit
Will
Henry Ford
Fiddler
Mellie
T Hey
Dalhart Chamber Elects J. M. Burrow President
At a Dalhart chamber meeting J. M. Burrow was elected president succeeding J. B. Steel. A. H. Hesse became vice president and H. B. Thompson secretary and treasurer. The entire former board was re elected, with Carl S. Gunn and Mrs. E. Johnson continuing in key posts as the chamber advances a broad 1926 program emphasizing colonization and agriculture diversification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart Chamber
Commere
J. M. Burrow
A. H. Hesse
H. B. Thompson
Burrow
J. B. Steel
Dalhart
Carl 8. Gunn
E. Johnson
Senator protests cotton trading rule changes
Senator Smith of South Carolina protested to the Agriculture Department over a New York cotton exchange ruling that bars trading current month contracts after the tenth. He warned he would appeal to Congress if the department finds no power to compel abandonment before the tenth to prevent loss of purchaser power in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
New York Cotton Exchange
Smith
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Congress
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C. H. Wileman
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Christy Hazer
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W. Forest Dutton
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NEW York Herald-Tribune
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