Construction boom across Texas and Oklahoma notes
A wave of building activity is reported from multiple towns. Phillips Petroleum crews advance docks and a retail station in Dallas area while Galveston approves a $2.5 million grain elevator project. Sayre, Clovis, Hereford and Tucumcari see homes, jails, and schools rising, with plans for a new creamery and a country club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Petroleum Company
Turkey
Denver and South Plains Railroad Company
Fifth and
Denver Avenue
Phillips
Main Street
Galveston
Galveston Wharf Company
George Sealy
F. W. Parker
Horner & Wyatt
Kansas City
Shipside
Sayre
Oklo
William Walker
Gussie Cell
G. H. Henthorn
L. C. Brody
Fort Smith
Ark
F. Howard
A. L. Powers
Book of Home Plans Offered At Low Cost
In the interest of more and better homes a book containing many home plans is offered to the public at a low price by The News-Globe and the Panhandle Lumber company. The book sells for 50 cents in person or 60 cents delivered by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Globe and the Panhandle Lumber Company
Court House Records and Local Deed Transfers
Court house ledger shows warranty deeds from Nunn to Jones for 11 B. 33 N. Highlands at 575 dollars and Bivins transfers totaling 10 dollars, with multiple small property deeds and motor vehicle registrations listed. Names include Prescott Winkleman Gamble Bohanon and firms Hicks Rubber Co and Toney Chisum Inc alongside vehicle brands and local dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BE. Nunn
J. F. Jones
N. Highlands
Mary F. Bivins
Margaret G. Prescott
Side
Mary E. Bivins
Mildred G. Winkleman
Dees
Carlos B. Jones
J. B. Driskell
Wolf
Carl F. Brohlin
H. C. Holman
G&s
C. J. Gamble
Neighbors Report Dog Sickened and Died After Sand Whitelist
Neighbors said a small dog became ill and died with a sandwich piece found in its stomach. Mrs. Nix's body was exhumed and the stomach sent to the state chemist for analysis.
Evacuation of Murchison District Amid New Zealand Quakes
United Press reports tremors terrorize the Murchison area. Nearly all residents flee to Wellington in a hurried exodus leaving homes and possessions behind as aftershocks persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Wellington
N. Z
Murchison
Grand Jury In Woman Death Begins Probe
Evidence in the death of 17 year old Mrs. Oole Nix near Boston Texas was presented to the Bowie county grand jury. Her husband, charged with her death, was held at an unannounced jail after mob violence was feared. she died in convulsions while he worked in a field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Texas
Oole Nix
Here
Bowie County Grand Jury
Major theater opens in San Antonio with charity event
A new Majestic theater building costing 2,000,000 by Interstate Amusement Company opens in San Antonio. It is the third largest theater in the U.S., seats 4,000, with first performance last Friday night. All seats were reserved and prices started at 10 dollars. Proceeds go to charity. The company is Dallas-based.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Interstate Amusement Company
San Antonio
United States
Dallas
Students Honor Roll for Team of 1928 29
Lists of students receiving honors and mentions of awards for the 1928-29 team. Names include Neville Bremer Valerie Akin Louise Anderson Marion Bills Roy Lee Bonney June Brown Myra Crafton Ruth Cup Claude Elgin June Fender Junior Giles Alberta Hammond Laura Haynes Andrew Hester Myrtle Humphreys James Ivie Opal Dee Miller Jens Newby Gordon Perryman Lois Sellers Fay Thompson Junior Sims Billy Thompson Edna Thrasher Juanita Walker Iris Wilson Gerald Zimmerman and others with Honorable Mention and Awards of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valeria Akin
Louise Anderson
Ernest Barry
Otis Ralph Beard
Bula Bittick
Marion Bills
Roy Lee Bonney
June Brown
Hale Crawford
Ruth Culp
Will Eatman
Claude Flynn
Helen Giles
Junior Giles
Alberta Hammond
D. J. Margraves
Laura Haynes
Andrew Hester
George Hilton
Myrtle Humphreys
James Ivie
Opal Dee Miller
Jewel Newby
Gordon Perryman
Arthur Sellars
Lois Sellers
Junior Sims
Fay Thompson
Edna Gertrude Thrasher
Richard Thrasher
Juanita Walker
Maxine Walker
Iris Wilson
Gerand Zimmerman
Donald Bolton
Donald Bonney
Murl Brown
Clyde Godsey
Roy Gould
Robert Hake
Marine Lane
Marty Ott
Glenn Perryman
Billy Thompson
Neville Bremer
Rosie Lockhart
Imogene Wilson
Valerie Akin
Myra Crafton
Ruth Cup
Claude Elgin
June Fender
Jens Newby
Fay
Valerie Aken
Noy Lee Bonnty
Helen Gilen
Jack Perryman
Junior Lima
Jumnita Walker
Woodrow Walker
J. B. Bills
George Caldwell
James Gear
D. J. Hargraves
W. D. Hollingsworth
Johnny Newby
J. W. Sell
Lucile Walker
Louise Walker
Thelma Walker
Poincare May Be Next President
Paris reports Premier Raymond Poincare could become France’s next president if he chooses. Gaston Doumergue looms as a likely second term favorite as election eight months away nears. Briand is cited as a strong rival, though his health may hinder a campaign presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Raymond Poincare
France
Gaston “Gastounnet
Doumergue
Mayhes
Poincare
George Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Washington
Coolidge
Aristide Briand
Forten Affairs
Briand
Local Names Listed in Unknown Notice
Woodrow Walker Imogene Walker Lilly Jo Weat 36 Weeks Dorothy Hamilton Alberta Hammond Hessie Hargraves Roy Moore Lois Haynes Fay Thompson listed in an unreadable notice. No clear event or action provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Walker, Imogene Walker
Lilly Jo Weat
Dorothy Hamilton
Alberta Hammond
Hessie Hargraves
Roy Moore
Lois Haynes
Fay Thompson
Man Shot Down Outside Beaumont Theater
Beaumont, June 24. T. J. Bene field, 29, died from wounds received Saturday night after he and Mrs. A. D. Colvin, 25, were shot on a downtown street as they left a motion picture theater. Colvin was seriously injured and her former husband surrendered to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Beaumont
T. J. Benefield
A. D. Colvin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phillips Company
Tyler Construction
J. M. Crews
Farmers & Mechanics Trust Company of
Childress
Wyatt C. Hedrick
Elks
Clovis
J. O. Howard
West Hereford
Hereford
Frank Barber
Jack Holcomb
Charles McKinnon
Dunn
Tucumcari
N. M
Wheeler County
Funk and
Lightfoot
Amarillo
Graver
Berry and Hatch
Farmer -Operative Association of
Portales
Modern Roofing Company
Dial
Tloor
Dep -Ra
Book of
Court House Records
Grand Jury
Mexico
Orient
San Angelo
San Angelo City Hall
Carlsbad Cavern Highway
Oklahoma City
el Paso
EL Toro
Achaeges
Morrow-Thomas Hardware Co
Polk St
Beatrice Adams
Joe Bailey Gear
Demna Hughlett
Harry Ott
Louise Robinson
Arthur Sellers
Jimmie Cauldwell
Jane Newby
Gerald Zimmerman
Vernon Williams
W. 6Th St
Amarillo, Texas
Builders’ Supplies
Emer
News-Globe
Bird
K12
10Th Ave
Texas Plains
Tyler
Panhandle Lumber Company
6Th and
Tyler Sts
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