Amarillo Guard to Camp Palacios for 36th Division encampment
About 215 Amarillo National Guard members depart Friday at 7 30 am on a Santa Fe train to Palacios for the August 1 to 17 encampment of the 36th Division. The party includes Battery B and units of the 142nd and 42nd Infantry with full artillery gear, horses, and support staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo National Guard
Santa Fe
Palacios
36Th ‘Division
Plainview
Canyon
Lubbock
P Sweetwater
Amarillo
11St Field Artillery
West Field Artillery
142Nd Infantry
42Nd Infantry
Blucher S. Tharp
Bittersweet Reflections As War Voices Echo In Verse
In bitter review of our yesterday and in holiday mood the piece contrasts tragic glimpses with frivolous gaiety. It mentions units and officers such as Battery B with Lt Elkin and Lt Snow, Major Larson, Capt Miller, Ball, Hines, Behrns, Ham, and Col Ridings among others from the 142nd Infantry and related staffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Elkin
Clifford M. Snow
Harvey H. Larson
Frank P. Miller
Arthur Ball
Frank Hines
John Behrns
Alvin P. Hammet
142Nd Infantry
Stephen D. Ridings
Julius C. Darenfield
Quartermaster Corps
Nat S. Perrine
Henry C. Gamble
Harold B. Golding
11St Field Artillery
Illinois to equip all state prisons with radios
State superintendent Col. Frank D. Whipp announced all Illinois prisons and reformatories will be fitted with radios for entertainment and improved management. Joliet Pontiac and Chester already have sets with central operation and speakers placed for inmate access, not in cells.
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United Press
Springfield
Ill
Minois
Frank D. Whipp
Whipp
Joliet
Pontiac
Chester
Illinois
Endurance contest inquiries and bicycle theft notice
A reader asks about an endurance challenge prize and writes for information before September. Also a Fort Worth resident offers a $5 reward for a stolen red Pierce-Arrow 26 inch bicycle with racing handlebars, initials N R N scratched on it.
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Short Avenue
Girl Loses Pal Wants Him Back
Virginia Whalen seeks the return of her lost Boston Terrier Pal who disappeared Friday after being seen with a woman downtown. Pal is brindle and white with a white back spot and a small brown head spot. ears not clipped, tail cut. A $2 reward is offered by E. RT for Pal’s safe return.
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Tack
Pal
Lolapoloosa
Virginia Whalen
Hughes Street
Old Tack
E. RT
Letter seeking publishing advice on book submission
A reader asks how to get a book published and offers a note from Norris Norman and a reward for a bicycle return. The letter requests guidance for publishing a manuscript and mentions a contact telephone.
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Norris Norman
Tradesman Seeks Advice On Publishing A Craft Manual
A former tradesman, unemployed after long service, seeks guidance on self publishing a modest craft manual. He hopes to print a few hundred copies to sell to fellow craftsmen and asks for actionable steps, noting limited funds and influence. He mentions Horace Russell at Russell & Cock as a potential contact.
Publishers of my books offer encouragement to author
The writer states publishers are the author’s book publishers and advises attempting smaller presses over big eastern houses, wishing the author success.
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East
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Dot Nichols
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E. R
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FISK
Quaker State
Blackburn Tire Co, Inc
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Dial
Horace Russell
Russell & Cock
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ATLAS
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Waco
Texas Workers — of Texas Materials
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Universal Atlas Cement Co
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Atlas Portland, Cement
Atlas White Cement
Atlas Lumnite Cement
E. S. Burgess Lumber CO
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