Rum running capital of the nation in New Orleans
Government prohibition agents label New Orleans as the hub of rum running with boats, cars, and thousands of men involved. Battles between agents and bootleggers have claimed lives on the Gulf coast as authorities plan to close in on illegal liquor moving through Mississippi and Louisiana inlets.
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New Orleans
Middle Central States
Underworld
United States
Uncle Sam
Gulf Port
Biloxi
Breton Island
Mississippi Sound
Grand Isse
Gulf Coast
Atlantis
Louisiana
Mississippi
Union
Gulf of Mexico
Bird Woman honored as interpreter on Lewis and Clark expedition
The Bird Woman a Shoshone now termed Sacagawea is praised in a new official history. Eastman and others traced her life from capture to her death in 1884 near Fort Washakie Wyoming. The report confirms her burial at Fort Washakie.
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Lewis and Clark
U. S
United Press
Washington
Missouri
Northwest
Department of the Interior
Bird Woman
Charbonneau
Bird
Charles A. Eastman
Indian Bureau
Bazile
Baptiste
Gros Ventres
Wyoming
Fort Washakie
Teapot Dome Trial Nears End in Cheyenne
The Teapot Dome case reaches closing arguments in Cheyenne with government counsel Owen J. Roberts set to deliver a 90 minute rebuttal. Harry F. Sinclair defense by Martin W. Littleton contends the lease complies with congressional powers granting naval oil development and storage.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Teapot Dome
Owen J. Roberts
Roberts
T. Blake Kennedy
Martin’ W. Littleton
Harry F. Sinclear
Mammoth Oil Company
Mr. Littleton
Harry F. Sinclair
Congress
Navy
Treasury
Navy Department
Lo rain Direct Action gas range promotion
Panhandle Hardware Co presents the Lo rain Direct Action gas range to Amarillo housewives, highlighting its appeal and practical use for local kitchens.
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Lorain
Amarillo
Panhandle Hardware Co
Concrete Pouring Underway At The Globe's Dream Home
Excavation finished and concrete poured for the Globe's Dream home basement. M G C Hancock, the general contractor, speeds work to let Amarillo residents witness the process and inspect each construction step of the first model home announced in Amarillo. The house sits at 3104 Harrison Street in the Oliver Eakle estates developed by William Oliver Company.
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M. GC. Hancock
All Dispatch
Amarillo
Harrison Street
Oliver Eakle
William Oliver Company
San Jacinto Children Stage Clean-Up Campaign
San Jacinto Heights school children plan a cleanup drive starting April 6 led by principal C. C. Walden. Prizes will go to the boy collecting the most rat tails and the girl collecting the most tin cans.
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San Jacinto
San Jacinto Heights
Heights
C. C. Walden
San Jacinto School
Railroad News and Folks by John Moore
Feature reminiscences on early Missouri Pacific history in Arkansas and the mule streetcar era. Anecdotes highlight Skipper Huddleston’s long tenure and the lighter side of railroad life, with notes on reorganizations, highway crossings, and recent freight and shop activity.
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John Moore
Missouri Pacitic
White River Ozarks
Arkansas
John Huddleston
John
Jock
Notice of School Trustee Election in Amarillo
Notice states an election will be held Saturday April 4 1925 in Amarillo at the Court House and City Hall to elect three trustees for the Amarillo Independent School District. Polls open from 9 AM to 6 PM. D W Owen W C Boyer C P Atwood named to conduct the election. T W Cotten president G H O M Waddill secretary.
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Amarillo
Court House
Amarillo Independent
D. W. Owen
W. CC. Boyer
C. P. Atwood
Amarillo Independent School District
T. W. Cotten
GHO
M. Waddill
Irregularities and curiosities in early 1920s life
A garbled survey of 1924 rail traffic notes 726000 carloads of autos and parts, rail wage bills, tobacco and button factory figures, farm livestock counts, and a Santa Fe surgeon in Amarillo offering battery and tire help. The tone reads like a miscellany column with humorous asides about gardens and neighbors.
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Uthern Port
Penth
Grand
Polk
Er Uniece
Marcells
Coca Cola
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Ney
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Duke Drug CO
Mount Hope Nurseries
van Buren Streets
John F. Dwight
Mgr
Winsett
Santa Fe
Mims
Jim Ott
Carter
Angeles
W W. Cox
George Baker
Mexican National Railway
Calles
Tahuantepec Railway
Tampico
San Antonio
Tex
Wichita
The
Ilinois Steel Company
John Moors
State OF Texas
Potter
Neer
Were
John McCarty
Kentucky
Aykanaas
Texas
J. P Kastor
Topeka
Kan
Cunningham
Coe and Garden Neds
Cunningham ’S
Supreme Auto Radiator Co
East 4Th Street
Polk Street
Red Ball Stage
Lubbock
Lone Star
Clovis
Quanah Malone
Pampa
Moore
Monroe Streets
Sinclair Opaline Motor Oils
Sinclair
Sox Moore
Monroe
Fred Wolfe
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