Sheriff Whitaker Spars Over Wheat and Oats Display
A crowd at The Globe watches wheat and oats samples. Sheriff Less Whitaker taunts the display then admits his rival John Asher’s bumper crops threaten his votes. Asher notes 80 acres of wheat at thirty bushels per acre and 140 acres of oats after recent rains. 200 more acres slated. Lumpkin sits as judge in Hereford in a $50,000-a-side civil case expected to take a week.
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Globe
Less Whitaker
Amarillo
John Asher
John
Asher
Whitaker
Lumpkin
Hereford
Lieutenant Governor Will Speak Tonight
T. W. Whit Davidson lieutenant governor of Texas and gubernatorial candidate will address the district courtroom at 8 oclock tonight. He is the third candidate to speak here this week following Judge Robertson and Senator W A Collins. Davidson drew praise and some blame for his stance on state rangers and law enforcement during one acting governor session.
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T. W. “Whit’ Davidson
Texas
Davidson
Memorial to Frohman Erected by His Friends
London reports a memorial to Charles Frohman unveiled at Marlow-on-Thames. A stone drinking fountain topped with sculpture by Leon ard Merrifield stands opposite the town war memorial, funded by Marlow residents.
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Frohman
London
Charles Frohman
Marlow-on-Thames
Leonard M. Merrifield
Thames
Marlow
Ex Reform School Inmates Seek Training Schools at Convention
About 800 men formerly in reformatories join the Cleveland gathering for the Republican national convention to protest reform school evils and urge delegates to replace reformatories with training schools for boys. Some former reform delegates are now prosperous businessmen. A nationwide delegation of boys from reformatories will assist.
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Cleveland
United States
Childress Wheat In Excellent Shape For Harvest
Wheat in Childress county is in excellent condition and most will be cut by week’s end. Heavy rain did not damage the crop, threshers expected to run next week, and Childress promotes marketing county wheat through its two grain elevators and flour mill.
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Childress
Childress County
Plans for Panhandle boys meet organized by agent
Childress June 11. Plans for the inter county meeting of club boys here are being made by L L Hewet er, county agent. Boys from many counties over the Panhandle are expected.
English to be taught in Polish schools
The Polish ministry of education plans to introduce English in most schools. French and German are currently taught. a third English class will be added or German will be replaced by English.
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Warsaw
Ministry of Education
Massey Warns of Wheat Scarcity in New Zealand
Prime Minister Massey, reviewing the trade outlook in Wellington on June 11, warned New Zealand faces a wheat shortage. He said the country is 3,000,000 bushels behind in production and that imports will be necessary to meet demand.
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Wellington
N. Z
Massey
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