Chinese Elm Rated Best Tree For City Planting
J B Baker of Baker Bros nursery Fort Worth writes the Panhandle produces best ornamental shade trees with the Chinese Elm showing superior growth in trials. He cites Lubbock experimental farm Canyon courthouse and Potter County Free Library as examples with two to three times the progress of other species. Baker endorses Chinese Elm ahead of Sycamore American Elm Soft Maple and Ash for the city beautification drive.
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Panhandle
Board of City Development
J. B. Baker
Baker Bros., and Company
Fort Worth
Baker
Lubbock
Canyon Courthouse
Potter County Free Library
United States Department of Agriculture
Oil Head to Move Family to Amarillo
Charles B. Crane vice president of I-Deal Oil of Amarillo has moved his family to Amarillo and will oversee development projects locally. After years in Denver and Los Angeles he has set up offices here as contracts for the I-Deal development near Carson county prepare to begin. Drilling equipment is to be relocated within thirty days for an I-Deal test on 160 acres in Carson county with a drilling contract already signed.
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Charles B. Crane
I-Deal Oil Company
Amarillo
Crane
Denver
Los Angeles
I-Deal
Carson County
Carson
Ireland Flooded With Foreign Goods Says Health Official
Dublin health superintendent of Leitrim County laments foreign manufactured articles pervading life and death. He cites a farmer betrayed by British soap German razor Manchester shroud Italian rosary Norwegian coffin Norse and Canadian tools in ritual burial.
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Dublin
Ireland
Leitrim
Manchester
Italy
India
Fire Insurance Head Visitor in Amarillo
T M Binnion of Lubbock representing Associated Mutual Fire Insurance and the Druggists Indemnity association of St Louis is in Amarillo for a few days inspecting fire hazards. He praised the city for how the situation is handled.
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T. M. Binnion
Lubbock
Associated Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Chicago
Druggists Indemnity Association of
Worker decapitated by crane accident in Leipzig
Fritz Lindner a worker at an ammonia factory near Merseburg was killed when a tin piece attached to a crane slipped from its chains. The object fell about twelve feet striking his neck and severing his head. International News Service reports the fatal mishap with no further details available.
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Leipzig
Fritz Lindner
Merseburg
Musterole Promises Quick Relief For Coughing Children
Mothers urged to rub Musterole on throats and chests at first sign of coughs to prevent croup and other chest illnesses. The ad claims Musterole soothes sore throats bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches and more and may prevent pneumonia.
Court Decision Looms on Two Billion Dollar Utility Rate Hike
Washington discusses the possibility of railroads gas electric and telephone utilities raising rates to cover the reproduction cost of assets. The interstate commerce commission and the Supreme Court prepare to rule on valuation methods that could push consumer costs higher.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Interstate Commission
Ic.c
St. Louis & O'Fallon
J. B. Eastman
Congress
O'Fallon
Dayton-Goose Creek Railway
U. S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastman
Sisters who poisoned their father in Moravia sentenced to death
In Olmuetz Moravia on November 8 Theresa and Anna Zboril were sentenced to hang for poisoning their father after he refused to let his younger daughter marry the man she chose. They allegedly fed him poison in his milk and bought mourning clothes and a coffin a week before his death.
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Olmuetz
Moravia
Theresa
Anna Zboril
Boys Bicycle Race at Fair Grounds Details
Friday afternoon November 11 at the fair grounds features a boys bicycle race with three prizes of 15, 10 and 5 dollars. The course starts in front of the grandstand and covers 400 yards with turns at 100 and 300 yards. Eligible riders are under 18. entries stop noon November 10 with Frank Turner at Wilkinson and Turner on East Fourth Street.
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Fair Grounds
Frank Turner
Wilkinson and Turner
East Fourth Street
Woman changes mind on sale of delinquent tax lot
In O Neill Nebraska a bidder who won a delinquent tax lot reversed her bid claiming confusion over the lot. Deputy Sheriff Sam Ramsey said the sale would stand as 34 lots netted 3105 dollars and about 400 lots remain to be sold at 2 pm daily per law. A 12 year old Johnny Harbottle memorizes license plates as hobby.
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Wall Street Journal
Sam Ramsey
O'Neill
Johnny Harbottle
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Restored Appetite
The ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a solution for stomach trouble and poor appetite. It claims the tablet neutralizes excess stomach acid after meals, aids digestion, and helps readers gain weight and feel youthful. It states six million packages are used yearly and urges druggists to stock it for every home.
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Pape
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Meeate
Commission
Railway Age
National Bureau of Economic Research
Narcissus Perfume
7Th and
Polk Dial
Madeira
Mit
White & Kirk
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