All Wilroy Firms Set Large Dividends in Panhandle
The Dixon Creek Oil company will pay 50 percent dividend now and another 50 percent if oil can be moved. Mellroy Oil offers 25 percent now and 25 percent later if movable oil is feasible. McIlroy firms, now the region’s top producers, may distribute from 185 500 to 376 000 to stockholders, many Amarillo residents, with meetings praising the McIlroy brothers and backing future plans.
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Dixon Creek Oil Company
Mellroy Oil Company
Cockrell-McIlroy Company
W. W
S. PD. McIlroy
McIlroy
Panhandle
Amarillo
Mellroy
McIlroy Brothers
Former Canton Police Chief Closes Murder Defense
Saranus Lengel former Canton police chief ended his murder trial defense over the death of Don R. Mellett editor of the Canton Daily News. The state claims Lengel conspired with underworld figures. Lengel's wife and daughter testified last for the defense as prosecutors began rebuttal.
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United Press
Canton
Saranus Lengel
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Lengel
Underworld
Kansas Clamps On Speed Demons Restricting Highway Racing
Kansas Attorney General W A Smith orders sheriffs to strictly enforce traffic laws including a 40 mph speed limit statewide. The move follows a double tragedy near Council Grove where Samuel and Morris Klein of Chicago were killed while racing a railroad train from Chicago to California.
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International News Service
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
W. A. Smith
Council Grove
Samuel
Morris Klein
Chicago
California
Frontier Days Rodeo to Reclaim Wild West Contests
Cheyenne announces its Frontier Days celebration from July 26 to 30 featuring bronco busting steer roping and calf riding. Military displays from Fort D. A. Russell and a Sioux delegation will join races and drumming in a five day event dating to 1897 with a Coolidge invitation noted.
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International News Service
Cheyenne
Wyo
Old West
Fort
D. A. Russell
13Th Cavalry
Fourth Cavalry
76Th Field Artillery
United States
Coolidge
White House
Black Hills
South Dakota
Strongest Man of His Class Lifts Flivver End at 95
News from Watertown New York reports Captain John Harris senior marked his ninety fifth birthday by showcasing enduring strength. He recalls lifting a 1200 pound anchor years ago and moving it several feet, and mentions lifting a ship anchor from the Schooner Charles Mixer incident. He also lifted the rear of a light car for spectators and challenges others to match his age defying feats while noting some decline.
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Flivver
Tain
John Harris
Jefferson County
Harris
Charles Mixer
Stony Creek
Ontario
Herris
Bachelor to gallows for killing judge
Clyde Reese Bachelor was executed at Kilby Prison in Montgomery Alabama for murdering his father in law Judge Lamar Smith at his Wetumpka home on August 30 last year. The electric current passed at 12 48 a m and the death was pronounced at 12 52 a m.
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Associated Press
Kilby
Montgomery
Ala
Clyde Reese Bachelor
Lamar Smith
Wetumpka
Barbers Urged to Promote North Dakota Industry
Governor A G Sorlie tells barbers in Grand Forks that shops are nearly newspapers in disseminating news and urges conversations with patrons about state industries during routine shaves and snips.
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Grand Forks
N. D
A. G. Sorlie
North Dakota
Alarm clocks warn overtime parkers in Topeka stores
Topeka stores sell alarm clocks for workers to time two hour parking limits. Employees set clocks to ring every two hours then move their cars when the alarm sounds, enforcing restricted parking periods across business districts.
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International News Service
Topeka
Kan
Centennial prep as pioneers form Territorial Guild
Ald Distant of Centennial St joins efforts to meet parking ordinance changes. Minnesota pioneers aboard the Territorial Guild gather relics for a 1958 centennial celebration, shaping a living history event for the state’s 100th year.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Territorial
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M’ilroy
Kansas Clamps Ltd
Watertown
N. Y
Parkers
Zehringer’s
Edwards
Polk St
Panama
Polk
Amarillo Hotel
the Panhandle
Ernest Thompson
News-Globe
Live Corner
N. Fillmore
Exceptionnel Beauty Products
Vivani Beauty Aids
Narcisse
Vivani Depilatory
Tyler
FOX Drug
Sivly
Vivanis
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