Coolidge Set to Press Button for World’s Largest Highway Bridge
San Francisco reports the dedication of the Carquinez Straits bridge on May 21 with President Coolidge pressing a button to release a giant flag and ignite four bombs, opening the span to motor traffic. Governor C. Young of California to speak. officials from Oregon, Washington, and Nevada to attend. The bridge rises 350 feet, spans 1,000 feet, and cost about 3 million dollars. Construction began April 2, 1923, with five workers losing their lives.
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International News Service
San Francisco
California
Pacific Coast
Carquinez Straits
Calvin Coolidge
Washington, D. C
C. Young
Oregon
Washngton
Nevada
Audence
British Columbia
Mexico
Mittee
Vallejo
Vh Crocket
American Toll Bridge Company
East River
Blackwell’s Island
Philadelphia- Camden
Delaware
Brooklyn Bridge
Quebec Bridge
Standard Oil
Oakland City
Ferry
Carquinez
Toslre
Great Prospect Seeks Wiley Moore for Gotham Pitching Hope
John McGraw eyes Wiley Moore a youthful pitcher who won 380 and lost four in the Sally league last year hoping he will become a star for the Gotham club in a season or two Moore a big fellow has played baseball only a few years also South Africa reports gold mines hit by a labor shortage.
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John McGraw
Wiley Moore
Gotham
Moore
Umbrella Fashion Sparks Policy Interest in West Africa
In French West Africa umbrellas become a status symbol for nearly all ages, shifting from sun protection to elegance. The governor notes rising demand among natives, urging Paris to export more umbrellas as they symbolize prestige and pomp, likened to a Pharaoh's regalia.
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French West Africa
Ministry of Commerce
Paris
Coolidge Invited to Iowa for the Summer
President Coolidge has been invited by Gov. Hammill on behalf of E. M. Badgerow of Sioux City to use the Badgerows estate on West Okoboji Lake Iowa as a summer white house during a proposed stay at the palatial summer home on West Okoboji Lake.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Iowa
Coolidge
John Hammill
E. M. Badgerow
Badgerows
Egralharve-on-West
Okoboji
Okloboji Lake
White House
Famous French Recipes for Early Breakfasts
Paris suggests a dawn menu for late-night savants and dancers. Start with onion soup enriched by butter and cheese, then oysters with grilled almonds. Finish with white cheese, sugar, and sliced apples. Bake toast topped with cheese until browned.
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Paris
Australia baronetcy heir inherits Clarke fortune
The only Australian baronetcy and a fortune estimated at 5 million pounds have passed to a seven year old boy following the death of Sir Rupert Clarke of Rupertswood Victoria.
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Australia
Sir Rupert Clarke
Rupertswood
Victoria
Marland Opens New Filling Station in Amarillo
The Marland Refining company will open its new filling station at Fifth and Virginia streets tomorrow as the second in Amarillo and the first in San Jacinto. A half gallon of Marland oil will be given with each tank fill. J H March invites the public to inspect the station. Shoemakers puzzled by how silver buckles from the Spey tied to Jacobite shoes.
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Marland Refining Company
Fifth
Virginia Streets
Amarillo
San Jacinto
Sixth
Jackson Street
Tenth and Johnson
J. H. March
Prince Charlie
Culloden
Scotland
Irish-Americans Wintering in Ireland Include a Delaware Woman
Among the 800 Irish-Americans spending winter in Ireland is Mrs M O'Doherty of Wilmington Delaware making her first visit to the old sod in fifty years and nine year old Rita Lannen of New York making her first ocean voyage alone.
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Ireland
M. O'Doherty
Wilmington
Delaware
Rita Lannen
New York
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West Africa
Dakar
French West Africas
Stuart
Marshall, Mich
St. Lomo Shoe Store
Polk ST
Marland
Rascoe
THE
Automobile
Tyler ST
Grove’s
Gold Bond Saving Stamp Company
Polk Street
Benjamin Franklin
Adams Dry Goods
Dalhart, Tex
Haskell, Tex
Clayton, N. M
Ras
Polk
Adkisson & Gunn
Amarillo 16Th
van Buren
South Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
C. & Elliot
J. E. Bledsoe
Southern Pacific
Ines
Amarillo Tyler
7Th St
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