Amarillo schools face near $750000 yearly bill here
The Amarillo Independent School district reports an annual operating total near $750000 for the last fiscal year August 31 1926 to August 31 1927. Expenses include teacher salaries nursing and janitors with over $250000 spent on new buildings and repairs.
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W. A. McIntosh
Amarillo
Amarillo Independent School
Equalization Board
Sasce Escdes
Caeise Tease
OOM Fins A cv Cocapa Thals
Wolflin-San J
Tyler Street
North Buchan
McKinley
North Buchanan
Eakle Moruon
SMD
Abate
Kdb
Tzsseen
Noted Oklahoma farmer dies in road crash near Frisco
Henry Grader, famous Coal county farmer and longtime community benefactor known for Grader's Best, died when his car plunged from a creek bridge on the Ada Coalgate highway near Frisco. He had been visiting his ill son in Ada. His sizable farm and fortune are noted, with charity work cited.
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Coalgate
Okla
Henry Grader
Coal County
Grader
Ada-Coalgate
Frisco
Ada
Activiies
Labor reports show 1926 child employment certificates rise
Department of Labor figures indicate 107257 children aged 14 and 15 secured first regular employment certificates in 1926, up five percent from 1925, reflecting broader gains in youth work authorizations and labor activity.
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Department of Labor
Early Home Of Extinct People Found Near Riverside Park
University of Illinois scientists, awaiting favorable weather, resume digs near Havana Illinois after uncovering 14 bodies and rare ornaments in mounds at Riverside Park. A chieftain’s skeleton lay with a child, copper headband, large copper axes, flint disks from distant regions, and a three foot deep baking furnace with wood ashes.
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International News Service
Havana
Til
United States
University of Illinois
Riverside Park
Jay L. B. Taylor
Henry Neteler
Tennessee
Lake Superior
Six Mile Snowshoe Hike Delivers Legion Cards
In Remer Minnesota on January 30 Mrs Sophia Bushaw president of the American Legion Auxiliary Remer unit hiked six miles with snow shoes to deliver the unit s membership cards to state headquarters for the 1928 goal She was snow bound three miles from town by a severe storm yet kept her promise to mail the cards after completing the circuit
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Legion
Remer
Minn
Sophia Bushaw
American Legion Auxiliary
Tanlac Offered To Weak People In Easy Teaspoon Doses
An advertisement claims Tanlac strengthens weak individuals by aiding stomach digestion and increasing weight, vigor, and endurance. It cites Mrs. B. L. Foster of Houston who reportedly gained 20 pounds after three bottles, touts the medicine as pure and vegetable-based, and offers a money back guarantee if it fails to help.
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B. L. Foster
Asbury Ave
Houston
Texas
United States
Rabbit men in special meet at early date
Rabbit growers of the Panhandle are invited to a meeting at the municipal auditorium at 2 o clock February 6. The special meeting is arranged by local rabbit growers the Agricultural department of the Board of City Development and the Panhandle Agricultural Opportunities campaign. Frank E Martins agricultural expert of the Rock Island lines will speak on rabbit growing and marketing along with other local speakers. The region hosts many rabbit growers and efforts aim to expand the enterprise.
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Panhandle
Agricultural Department of the Board of City Development
Panhandle Agricultural Opportunities Campaign
Frank E. Martins
Rock Island Lines
Afghan King and Queen to Stay in Buckingham Belgian Suite
Preparations are under way in London for King Amanullah and Queen Soraya to visit England. They will reside in Buckingham Palace Belgian suite, prepared with Oriental carpets and Windsor furnishings. Queen Mary will inspect the suite daily. York House to be converted for future use by high visitors.
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London
Amanullah
Afghanistan
England
Buckingham Palace
Leopold
Queen Victoria
Palace
Windsor Castle
Mary
York House
St. James
Admiralty Plans Swift Rescue Network for Submarines
The British admiralty aims to cut submarine disaster losses and boost survival odds above fifty percent. Key action points center on Portland and Portsmouth with rapid search vessels, salvage crews, destroyers, and aircraft racing to the scene. A study explores fixing large hooks to submarine hulls to aid raising sunken craft.
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International News Service
London
United States
Portland
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Farm Train of Railroad Out on Long Tour
San Jos, New Mexico, hosts the Rock Island railway Panhandle Agricultural Opportunities program mark ing the start of a two weeks tour. Noted agricultural authorities and demonstrations will be on stage with stops at Glenrio Adrian Vega Wildorado Fritch Amarillo Groom Jericho Alanreed McLean Shamrock Texola and other towns. A busy speakers roster includes Dean A J Leidigh Texas Tech and several industry leaders.
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San Jos
New Mexico
Rock Island Railway
Panhandle
Amarillo
Kiwanis Club
San Jon
Glenrie
Adrian
Vega
Wildorado
Bushland
Fritch
Groom
Jericho
Alanreed
McLean
Shamrock
Texola
Mid-West
The
Farm Journal
C. F. Miller
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
C. W. Mapes
Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau
I. N. McCash
Phillips University
John G. Farmer
Rock Island
Col. Harve Haines
T. H. Wilhelm
A. S. Stinnett
Laura
Flashes of Life by the Associated Press
In New York Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson reportedly shot a real wild turkey gobbler at Bernard M. Baruch's hunting preserve in South Carolina. A tame turkey with a card reading with compliments of Baruch fooled him in 1926, leaving him with diminished hunting pride. Fayetteville Arkansas reports Mrs. J M Hamilton at 66 begins journalism studies after raising eight children. New York notes jazz figure Paul Whiteman enjoyed extended vacations, three weeks off in the last seventeen years.
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Associated Press
New York
Cary T. Grayson
Bernard M. Baruch
South Carolina
B. M. Baruch
Fayetteville
Ark
J. M. Hamilton
University of Arkansas
Paul Whiteman
Traveling agents listed for Amarillo region
Vv Hamner Amllo V E Rumero traveling passenger agent Rock Island Guy 85 Hill Shamrock P C Bennett Amarillo T S Broun Wheeler county agent.
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Vv. Hamner
Am&llo
V. E. Rumero
Rock Island
Guy 8S. Hill
Shamrock
P. C. Bennett
Amarillo
T. S. Broun
Wheeler County
John Hayes Holmes Names Ten Greatest Americans
The New York report quotes pastor John Hayes Holmes listing his picks for the ten greatest Americans. He places Abraham Lincoln Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau and William Lloyd among the select group with others following in his judgment.
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New York
John Hayes Holmes
Community Church
Abraham Lincoln
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
William Lloyd
War on Bedbugs Named by Noted Figures In Proclamation
A quirky historical note lists Theodore Parker Garrison Robert E Lee Walt Whitman Mark Twain Charles W Eliot and Eugene Deb as declaring war on bedbugs. It urges the demand for Fly-Tox Stainless Ady as the remedy in a playful, period voice.
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Ady
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