Dimmit School Board Awards Contracts for New High School
Dimmit seeks a new high school building at a total cost around 100000 dollars. G W Winsor of Amarillo wins the general contract for 62500 dollars. Amarillo Brick supplies brick at 34 dollars per thousand. Triangle Electrical of Lubbock to install wiring for 2889 dollars. W H Hayman of Amarillo to install plumbing and heating for 18500 dollars. Occupancy planned December 1. Interim classrooms to be set in a local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dimmitt
Dimmit
Amarillo Brick Company
Triangle Electrical Company
Lubbock
W. H. Hayman
Amarillo
B. D. Woodlee
New Baptist Church
Court records and vehicle registrations listed in local notices
Court house records show transfers and parcelas with buyers, sellers, locations, and prices including multiple entries in Humphreys High and Sunset Park. Vehicle registrations list owners, addresses, and car models from Amarillo and Panhandle Motor Co, plus trucks from MelIlroy Oil Co and Miller Truck Co.
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John E. Hill
B.S. Mayes
Humphreys High
B. S. Mayes
Theo, Cox
Et al
Nellie C. Francy
Sunset Park
B. A. Fowler
Mabel C. Fowler
Bs&f
N.se Cor. Co
M. Craig
Andrew R. Young
C. W. Richey
E. C. Everett
G. A. Tomlinson
R. C. Hillier
Cont. Oil Co
Maine
Del
MelIlroy Oil Co
Ama
International Truck
Int. Harv. Co
T. Franks
N. Arthur
Miller Truck Co
Dr. Little Advocates Large Families and Birth Control Rights
Detroit July 15 Dr Clarence Cook Little retiring University of Michigan president says in a Detroit University school graduation speech that healthy families should have as many children as they desire and that parents unfit or unwilling to have children should have the right to birth control. He spoke at a request from Roscoe B Jackson, who later died, regarding his son Richard Jackson’s graduation.
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International News Service
Detroit
Clarence Cook Little
University of Michigan
Detroit University School
Little
Detroit Raivcraig School
Roscoe B. Jackson
Jackson
Dr Little
Richard Jackson
Building permits raise yearly total to $1,080,955
Last week issued permits total $10,550, bringing the year’s building activity to $1,080,955 per the city building inspection records. A. H. Brown received an $8,000 permit to construct a two story stucco frame dwelling at 2405 Hayden Street Wolflin addition for C. H. Mason. The Tate Lax Medicine Company at 747 North Pierce street got a $50 platform permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Building Inspection Department
A. H. Brown
Hayden Street
Wolflin Addition
C. H. Mason
Tate-Lax Medicine Company
North Pierce Street
New Garage Under Construction At Ochiltr ee
M R Todd holds contract for a 40x135 foot brick and tile garage at Wilsey and McLarty streets. Cone's Radiator Shop relocates west to McLarty street. The Winningham Motor Company to occupy the new garage, as Dodge dealer. Cones plans to move his radiator shop elsewhere after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ochiltree
M. R. Todd
Wilsey and
McLarty Streets
M. R. Thomas
Cone
McLarty Street
Winningham Motor Company
Dodge
Cones
Central Vermont Railway Pleads to Keep Westbound Rates
The Central Vermont Railway asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to retain the long standing westbound differential freight rates from New England to the west. It argues these rates spurred growth and protect shippers, noting the line as the originator of the idea. Governor J Gregory Smith, former CV president, originated the differential to attract investment.
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International News Service
ST. Albans
Central Vermont Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
New England Lines
Vermont Railway
Central Vermont Railway
J. Gregory Smith
Central Vermont
Former King Manuel Gathers Rare Portuguese Books
Ex King Manuel of Portugal long resident in London visits his mother near Versailles. He devotes his time to assembling rare Portuguese books and has completed the first volume of a descriptive catalogue. The library covers books printed in Portugal and in Portuguese outside Portugal from 1489 to 1600.
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Paris
Manuel of
Portugal
London
Amelie
Versailles
Unusually Distinctive Home Displayed
A description highlights a house with strong lines and expert detailing. The brick tones, green trim, buff shutters, tan and green awnings, and a green roof form a cohesive, pleasing color scheme. The piece presents home ownership as a valuable investment and source of joy.
Howard County Schools Improve Infrastructure
Rural Howard County schools receive upgrades as Miss Pauline Cantrell, superintendent, reports new two and three room buildings at Highway, four teachers hired for the term, and a bond election planned to fund a $6,000 brick school at Vealmoor sixteen miles north of Big Spring.
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Big Spring
Howard County
Pauline Cantrell
Vealmoor
Miss Cantrell
Funeral Rites for McDaniel in Decatur
John I. McDaniel 69, retired farmer, died at 107 Florida street Sunday evening. Funeral and burial services will be held this afternoon in Decatur. He is survived by his widow and three sons J. W. McDaniel Amarillo W. C. Ward Arkansas and J I McDaniel Jr Decatur Texas.
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John I. McDaniel
Florida Street
Decatur
J. W. McDaniel
Amarillo
W. C. Ward
Arkansas
J. I. McDaniel, Jr
Texas
Spanish Academy Gets Ancient Maps
The Duke of Alba announced that the Hispanic Society of New York donated 25000 dollars to the Royal Historical Academy to publish a number of ancient maps of America. The maps date to the discovery and conquest era and trace early European geographic knowledge. Some maps are on display in Seville at the Ibero American exposition.
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International
Madrid
Duke of Alba
Royal Historical Academy
Hispanic Society of New York
Academy
America
New World
Western Hemisphere
Seville
Book of Home Plans Offered at Low Cost
A public offer from the News- Globe and Paphat Lumber company promotes a book of home plans to encourage better homes. The volume sells for 500 cents when picked up or 60 cents if mailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Book of
News- Globe
Paphat Lumber Company
Lock Nut Company Heads to Kansas for Aircraft Tests
Tom C Ward and W A Bergstrom founders of the Brown Lock Nut Company travel to Wichita Kansas at the invitation of a major airplane builder to test the Lock Nut for aircraft use. They plan tests in Wynona and Wichita to prove the device eliminates lock washers jam nuts and other parts and remains secure under severe vibration and stress. Both men express confidence after hundreds of tests showing the nut resists loosening under wear and tear.
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Tom C. Ward
W. A. Bergstrom
Brown Lock Nut Company
Wichita
Kansas
Wynoka
Ward
Bergstrom
Curtis Flying Service Opens Short Air Line in Chicago
Curtis Flying Service inaugurates a five minute air ferry from downtown Lake Michigan to the municipal air field four miles away. The amphibian plane rises from the lake and makes the world's shortest air mail and passenger route in Chicago.
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Chicago
Curtis Flying Service
Lake Front
Municipal Air Field
Lake Michigan
Modern cities can eliminate crowing pains
Cities grow through regional planning led by planning commissions under expert direction. Early traffic and growth challenges demand coordinated arterial development to prevent narrow streets and wasted taxpayer money while shaping a better, more comfortable city.
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Miami
Americans Study Music in Germany
Berlin July 15. Twenty nine of forty two music students take part in master courses at the new German Institute of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
International
Berlin
New
German Institute of Music
Making a Pleasant Hall Entrance for Every Home
A well designed hall creates a cheerful welcoming first impression. The article describes wallpaper in green leaves on white, white ware varnish for washable walls, green woodwork, apricot rugs, and peach lamp light to brighten the entry and living areas for a bright inviting effect.
Foreigners Represented at Institute Led by Wilhelm Furtwaengler
The report notes ten countries represented at the institute with Wilhelm Furtwaengler as head. Two Germans recently living in America are among the faculty alongside Americans. The article highlights international participation and leadership.
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America
Institute
Wilhelm Furtwaengler
Instruc
Classes Held at Charlottenburg Palace by Esteemed Musicians
Tutors and lecturers are musicians of highest standing. Classes are held in the Charlottenburg palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tors
Charlottenburg Palace
Boston Air Expo Big Autumn Event
The Fourth Arte ntial Aviation Exposition will be held at the Boston Garden the week of September 28. Daniel Rockford will manage the 1929 show with displays from New England manufacturers and thirty regional air plane distributors. The event will showcase gliding and soaring planes developed in Germany and has official endorsement from public officials and the National Aeronautical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Boston
Boston Garden
Sheldon Fairbanks Expositions, Inc
Daniel Rockford
New England
Aire
Germany
Sheldon Fairebanks
Bostof Gareden
National Aeronautical Association
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Amarillo Globe
G. W. Winsor
Court House Records
Dr. Little
Bird’s
Modern
10Th Ave
Dial
Manuel
Greike
M’daniel
Spanish Academy
Lock Nut Company
Texas Plains
Tyler
Vernon Williams
W. 6Th St
Amarillo, Texas
Builders’ Supplies
Tae
Modern Roofing Company
Mabel C. Morrison
EL Toro
Boston Air Expo
Fountain OF Youth
6Th
Tyler Sts
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