Rail and travel notes from Santa Fe convention era
Movement of delegates to the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Los Angeles June 2–9 requires two Santa Fe sections. Eastbound travel from California began May 22 with eight sections of Santa Fe No 4 to Chicago and reduced summer rates. Santa Fe officials discuss emigration plans for the Panhandle Plains and growth in Amarillo. Prince Erick of Denmark and his American bride tour California among peach trees and chickens.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Ira Simmons
Shaeffer
California
Santa Fe No. 4
Chicago
C. L. Seagraves
Santa Fe Lines
Amarillo
Plains
New Mexico
Panhandle Plains
Arizona
Prince Erick of
Denmark
Railroads plan extensions and equipment upgrades in 1924 dispatch
A dispatch notes plans by the Asherton and Gulf railway to seek a 20 mile Del Rio to Corpus Christi extension. Santa Fe relays track with heavier steel from Guthrie to Kansas City at about 250000 dollars. National Railways of Mexico buys fifty locomotives. Chicago Rock Island seeks repairs for 250 refrigerator cars. Coal remains a major rail expense while freight car numbers hit record monthly totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asherton and Gulf Railway
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
del Rio
Corpus Christi
Tex
Santa Fe
Guthrie
Okla
Kansas City
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson Davis Memorial to Be Dedicated June 7
Monument dedicated to Jefferson Davis will be unveiled at his birthplace Fairview Kentucky on June 7. A 341 foot concrete shaft, Kentucky hosts ceremonies with notable figures including Jefferson Davis’s grandson Major Jefferson H. Davis and others from Quantrells guerrilla band. The dedication caps decades of fund raising and state support.
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Davis
Associated Press
Loulaville
George Washington
Jefferson Davis
Fairview
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Christian County
Lincoln
Hardin County
Memphis
Mississippi
Tennessee
Joiel
Jefferson H. Davis
Colorado Springs
Jesse James
Kansas City
George Nolen
Tyler Burns
Quantrell
Governor Fields
Davis Farm
General Assembly of Kentucky
Transylvania University
Louisville
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Congress
United States Army
United States Senate
Pierce
Senate
Union
Cotton States
Montgomery
Ala
Confederacy
Canada
South
West Texas State Teachers College to Open Largest Summer Session
Canyon Texas June 2 The West Texas State Teachers College prepares for the largest summer session with an anticipated enrollment of 1800 to 2000. President J A Hill expands faculty. visiting lecturers include W B Dizzell F M Brasley H F Estill C M Hill and P W Horn. Five day schedule begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. & M
F. M. Brasley
H. F. Estill
Sam Houston State Teachers’ College
Huntsville
C. M. Hill
State Teachers’ College
Springfield
Educational Survey Commission of Texas
P. W. Horn
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Georgetown University
M. N. Harris
National Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations
Panhandle
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Palo Duro Canyon
Hair fashion could steer Chefoo’s prosperity says U S consul
Long Beach California June 2 United States vice consul Captain Milton Minnis in Chefoo China warns that local prosperity hinges on whether American women continue bobbing their hair or revert to flowing styles. Chefoo’s main industry is making hair nets with $5 million in exports to the United States and $3 million to France and others. nets are woven by Chinese workers, many at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Cal
Chefoo
China
Milton Minnis
United States
France
Minnis
Charts Show Fishermen Where To Get Full Nets
Los Angeles June 2 New bathy metric charts compiled by the hydrographic office of the United States Navy guide fishermen to locate fishing banks. C. B. Bauder deputy fish and game commissioner says the system revolutionizes the industry. The charts cover from San Francisco to Point Conception below San Diego extending 100 miles offshore mapping about 34 000 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Hydrographic Office
United States Navy
Bauder
Fish and Game
California
San Francisco
Point Descanso
San Diego
Norfleet Fashion Notes And Local Gossip Recap
A quirky Amarillo page features fashion remarks on high waists, plus local quips about a man who sprained his wrist from patting himself on the back. It mentions Dorset Carter, J H Johnson’s three week Nebraska honey moon, and Miss Mattie Belle Jack heading to Sul Ross Normal in Alpine Texas.
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J. H. Johnson
Nebraska
W.O. Gatton
Mattie Belle Jack
West Tenth Street
Alpine
Tex
Sul Ross Normal School
Jack
Amarillo
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Taylor Street
East 10Th Street
Stephens Cars
Boulware Motor Co
Amarillo Art School
Polk
Universal Screen
Cabinet CO
Jefferson Street
Corns
Oliver Drug Store
Oliver
Oliver Drug Co
Fifth and
Taylor Streets
Texas
By John Moore
J. F. Jarrell
the Earth
Topeka
J. W. Reeder
J. R. Mireau
Ora McDaniel
Nick Browning
Colorado
J. 8. Hershey
G. C. and
8. F. Lines
Galveston
Agricultural Development Party
Pecos Valley
A. M. Howe
South Plains
J. W. Barron
National Railways of
Mexico
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Southern Pacific of Mexico
National Railways of Mexico
Guadalajara
la Quemada
Daily Globe
the Globe
Jack Keefe
King Lardner
Sack
Adeline
House OF Quality
Edwin Clapp
America
J. P. Smith
Blackburn Bros
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing
H. E. Crutcher
American Warehouse and Storage Co
Amarillo, Texas
Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank
United States Government
First National Bank
Dorset Carter
Cke Dorgene
Palace
Shop of Personal Service
West Sixth St
Pierce Street
Michelin
Richey Tire CO
House of Bargains
Russell Jewelry Company
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