Big Ten Race Still Muddy After Weekend Games
The race for the Big Ten title remains unsettled as Iowa and Wisconsin could gain or lose a clear claim only with a win this Saturday and again on November 24. A loss by either opens an opportunity for Ohio State and Illinois to share the championship, while Michigan and Minnesota loom as late obstacles. Minnesota presses a dangerous game against Wisconsin as Iowa and Wisconsin prepare for potential showdowns.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Iowa
Ohio
Illinois
Purchase of Big Wool Clip Is Made
A Boston firm announced the purchase of more than 500000 pounds of twelve months wool from the 1928 spring accumulation. Prices ranged from 95 cents to $1. Purchases included 490000 pounds from the West Texas Wool and Mo hair association at Merizon, 65000 pounds from Sewartz and company of Uvalde, and 50000 pounds from Sut ton county clip.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Tex
Boston
West Texas Wool and Mohair Association
Merizon
Sewartz and Company
Uvalde
Sutton County
Nurse Freed in Enid Last Year Sentenced for Forgery
Mary Atkinson, a trained nurse acquitted last year of murder in Enid, was sentenced to eighteen months in the state penitentiary at McAlester for forgery. The case arose from the death of Mary Jane Bailey, daughter of an Enid minister.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mary Atkinson
Mary Jane Bailey
Enid
McAlester
Helene Mayer Excused From School By Hindenburg
Olympic fencing champion Helene Mayer was excused from school for a day to attend a reception by President von Hindenburg. He wrote to the school director asking for another day so she could enjoy the Berlin light festival.
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International
Berlin
Fraulein Helene Mayer
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Cleveland restaurant owner plans Thanksgiving dinners for 5000
George Dallas and his wife in Cleveland plan to feed 5000 on Thanksgiving Day, aiming to surpass last year’s 2700 meals. Dallas, an Athens-born orphan who arrived in Cleveland at age nine, says he cannot abide hunger and gives away meals out of gratitude and happiness.
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Unite! Press
Cleveland
George Dallas
Dallas
Athens
Greece
Wolf Trapper Shows Success in Texas County
J M Butler government wolf trapper in Fort Worth reports a quieter wolf problem in Tarrant county. He recently paraded a 60 pound female wolf trapped on Cass Edwards ranch to the county courthouse for exhibition before the commissioners.
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International News Service
Fort Worth
Tex
J. M. Butler
Tarrant County
Butler
Main Street
Cass Edwards Ranch
Charles I gauntlets donated to United Services Institute
Leather gauntlets worn by King Charles I at his beheading were presented to the United Services Institution in London. The gold and silver wired gloves, once handed to Bishop Jaxon and later passed through multiple owners, were donated by Miss Caroline Elizabeth Landor of Cannington and will be hung over the window from which Charles stepped to the scaffold in 1649.
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Charles
United Press
London
Charles I of England
United Services Institution
Jaxon
Caroline Elizabeth Landor
Cannington
Institute
Whitehall
Coming Ring Champs Fields and La Barba
Henry L Farrell notes the double link between 1924 Olympic champions Fidel La Barba and Jackie Fields and their trajectory toward professional crowns. The piece mentions Otto Von Porat and a recent heavyweight loss, hinting at ongoing potential in a crowded field.
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Fields
la Barba
Henry L. Farrell
Fidel la Barba
Jackie Fields
Paris
Otto von Porat
Norway
von Porat
Paulino
New York
La Barba May Get Graham's Ring Title
La Barba plans a return to boxing to challenge Bushy Graham for the bantamweight title. He once held the flyweight crown, and after studying at Stanford and marrying, he resumed boxing seeking a title to fund his college plan. He already beat Graham once, now they meet again.
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LA Barba
Graham
Stanford University
Johnny Buff
Bushy Graham
Fields Rises as Top Welterweight Contender Over Thompson
Jackie Fields clashes with Joe Dundee as a rising force in boxing while facing threats from opponents like Jack Thompson. The article credits Fields with decisive wins including a knockout of Sammy Baker, cementing his status as the leading challenger as he shifts from lighter classes.
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Jackie
la Barba
Joe Dundee
Dundee
Jack Thompson
Thompson
Fields
Chicago
Dandee
Sammy Baker
New York Boxing Commission
Fiddling traveler Prof Otto Funk to reach Amarillo today
Prof Otto Funk the 60 year old walking musician known as the Hiking Fiddler is due in Amarillo this afternoon after leaving New York June 28. He has traversed the country via Route 66 averaging about 28 miles daily and plans a radio broadcast from WDAG at 7 30 to 8 30 this evening with a public concert at 2 80 tomorrow afternoon. He is hosted by J W Ross at the Ross Hotel.
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Otto Funk
United States
Amarillo
Prof
Funk
Conway
New York
Chicago
RE. Payson Weston
Hopf
Prof. Funk
WDAG
J. W. Ross
Ross
Carrier pigeons urged for ocean flights by French aviation expert
Paris reports M Hachet Souplet, noted aviation authority, argues carrier pigeons could save lives on sea crossings as radios fail. He cites English statistics claiming pigeons matched radio effectiveness in distress rescues over 17 months. Berlin advisory notes a large Potsdam Platz map for visitors.
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United Press
Paris
M. Hachet-Souplet
Berlin
Potsdam Platz
Adlerika claims to ease stomach gas and waste removal
Mrs Glenn Butler reports relief from gas after taking Adlerika. The advertisement promises quick stomach relief and removal of old waste, suggesting improved meals and sleep. It cites stores Post Office Drug and Fox Drug as sources.
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Glenn Butler
Post Office Drug
Fox Drug
Amarillo High Reorganizes Honor Society Names Officers
Amarillo High School reorganizes its Honor Society with five charter members and a new constitution to be submitted to the National Society. J. J. Deise is elected president for the 1928 fall term, with Kenneth Woodward as vice president and Dorothy Nugent as secretary.
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Amarillo High School
C. F. Poole
National Society
Poole
J. J. Deise
Kenneth Woodward
Dorothy Nugent
Phi Beta Kappa
Jackie Coogan in Paris Growing Up Notable Smile
The caption recalls Jackie Coogan now grown, with fans in Paris moved by his transformed look. A brief aside mentions a small jointed animal related to the freshwater shrimp, the whale louse, as a curious fact about marine parasitism.
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Yeu
Jackie Coogan
Paris
le Gosse
the Kid
West Texas Chamber to advertise Panhandle at major fairs
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce will distribute Panhandle publicity at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City and the International Livestock Show in Chicago. Ten thousand copies of a map and material were mailed today to the exhibit manager in Kansas City. The data supports Panhandle Plains of Texas Inc. at fairs in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Louisiana, and South Texas.
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Panhandle
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Kanaan City
Chicago
West Texas Organization
Kansas City
Panhandle Plains of Texas, Inc
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
West Texan Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport
Beaumont
Quip from Everybody's Weekly on rival crowds at events
A humorous quip notes liking to reach a scene before others and a girl’s modest rouge as a light social jab. The line contrasts a kiss reference with competition, reflecting playful gossip tone from the era.
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Everybody's Weekly
Red Lake Color From Diatom Vegetation Near Mari copa
Bakersfield Calif November 15 A blood red lake lies 15 miles south of Maricopa attracting chemists from the University of California and local high school. The water, once crystal clear, is now mineral rich and unfit for drinking due to diatoms the same microscopic vegetation linked to the Red Sea.
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United Prey
Bakersfield
Calif
Maricopa
University of California
Nathaniel MH. Gardner
German Society Ovens Move To Obtain Funds
The German Pete Memorial Foundation seeks funds to start 600 German libraries for Germans and German schools abroad. Each will begin as a small nucleus and expand later. In 1926 1027 the foundation distributed $00,000 German books at home and abroad.
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Berlin
German Pete Memorial Foundation
Highway 66 meeting to be held in Clinton Oklahoma
A meeting of interest to U S Highway 66 supporters is set for Clinton Oklahoma. Col Harve Haines reports road officials are pushing to hard surface the route in Oklahoma and pave segments from Amarillo to the state line, with Carson and Wheeler counties voting paving for the corridor. W Knorpp, a Groom banker, discussed highway issues with Colonel Haines.
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Clinton
Oklahoma
Harve H. Haines
Board of
Sooner
Carson
Wheeler
Amarillo
Oklahoma Line
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