Death toll in Europe reaches eighty six in cold spell
United Press reports bitter cold and storms across Europe and Asia claim at least eighty six lives. A Gypsy family of ten frozen near Bruenn, five others frozen near Frankfort, and eleven sailors lost as four ships sank off Vigo. Since Sunday, shipwrecks landslides and cold have killed sixty one more. Moscow notes its worst cold in years with minus forty. Rail traffic halted in Central Siberia as schools close. Azov Sea freezes and Crimea records cold temperatures.
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United Press
London
Europe
Asia
Vigo
Spain
Moscow
Siberia
Azov
Crimea
Tri-State Fair Mass Meeting Set for Directors Election
Amarillo and Potter county residents will elect a 50 member directorate for the 1929 Tri State exposition at a mass meeting within two weeks after yesterday’s officers meeting. Directors will pick officials from among themselves and set September 23 to 29 as fair dates. A contract with Wortham shows carnival is announced and plans for the second Old Fiddlers contest on March 8 were finalized.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Wortham Shows
Southwest
Presbyterian School Merger Favored in Texas
In Austin on February 7, Rev. W. R. Minter said an early session of a commission will study merging Southern Presbyterian church schools in Texas. The Texas synod favored merger at its meeting yesterday. Potential consolidated campus locations not yet decided among Austin College Sherman, Daniel Baker Brownwood, Texas Presbyterian Milford, and Texas Presbyterian Kingsville.
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Austin
Texas
Southern Presbyterian Church In Texas
W. R. Minter
Texas Synod
Austin College
Sherman
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
Texas Presbyterian College
Milford
Kingsville
Road to Ruin great picture for parents
A juvenile delinquency drama titled The Road to Ruin will play at the Deandi theater for three days starting Tuesday for adults only. Sally Canfield as Sally and Virginia Roye as the enticing guide lead the story with strong support from Grant Withers Tommy Carr Charles Miller and Florence Turner in a frank depiction of youthful temptation.
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Deandi
Virginia Roye
Sally
Grant Withers
Tommy Carr
Mary’s Boy
Charles Miller
Florence Turner
Shirred Eggs for Sunday Breakfast
A simple method to bake two shirred eggs: buttered muffin cups, add an egg to each, splash in a tablespoon of cream with butter and season. Bake until set and lightly browned under the broiler.
Woman pays price after cord pull over fruit change
In Banbury England a woman pulled the emergency cord near the station. The guard found she had given sixpence to a platform boy for fruit and his return change did not come. The court fined her five pounds for pulling the cord.
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Banbury
England
Creosone Promises Quick Fix for Pyorrhea
An advertisement touts Creosone as a home treatment that penetrates under the gums to kill pyorrhea germs. It claims bleeding gums stop in one day and infection disappears in three weeks with a money back guarantee, urging purchase at drug stores.
Ward Baking chief William Ward dies in New York office
William B. Ward head of the Ward Baking Company and Mexican Men Food Concern died suddenly at his desk in New York. He built a food empire valued over one billion dollars and was nearing his forty fifth birthday. In Mexico a freight train carried 174 convicts toward a penal colony off Nayarit for transportation to a tropical island.
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W. B. Ward
United Ireas
New York
William B. Ward
Ward Baking Company
Hoe
Ward
Morgan and
Ford
Mexico City
Manzanillo
Pacific Port
Las Tres Maries
Three Margy
State of
Nayarit
Ryan Firm Buys 250 Wright Motors
The Ryan Mahoney Aircraft corporation of St. Louis announced a purchase of 250 Wright Whirlwind airplane motors from Wright Aeronautical for 1.2 million dollars. The deal covers engines for future aircraft production at the St. Louis facility.
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Ryan
Wright Motors
ST. Louis
Ryan- Mahoney Aircraft Corporation
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
It’s a Wonderful Way To Relieve Ugly Eczema
In 20 years, Invisible Zemo has seldom failed to relieve stubborn eczema and itching skin. The antiseptic sneluid banishes pimples rash and other irritations quickly. If you want clear skin, keep Zemo. All druggists 90 and 81 00.
Convicts Sent to Les Tres Maries Under Guard
The passage describes a large convoy of elderly prisoners marched to Les Tres Maries under heavy guard. Families watch as a police unit doubles the convicts in boxes and jars while the men sing on the way to departure.
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Mexico
Les Tres Maries
Fragmentary note on travel provisions for a journey
A snippet mentions supplying food and cigarettes to a person during a journey. The readable text offers no clear names, places, dates, or affiliations to identify the event or individuals involved.
One-Legged Burglar Arrested in New York Heist
Sheon Jones, a one legged Black man, was arrested in New York for robbing tailor Thomas Salvo of a suit and $27. The case labeled the burglary as a notable example of an unusual criminal handicap.
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New York
Sheon Jones
Thomas
Salvo
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