Ray Building Permit Shifts Local Block Order
The year’s total building permits rose to 1,332,970 with a new 75,000 dollar fin ness building at 808 810 812 Polk Street. Ackburn Brothers Clothiers will occupy the two story brick and steel structure with terra cotta and granite frontage. C S Lambie is contractor. old Methodist parsonage on site is torn down. Other permits include a 2,500 dollar addition at 728 North Arthur Street and multiple repairs and new structures across Polk Street, Buchanan Street, Lincoln Street, Second Street, and more, with various owners and contractors listed.
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Polk Reet
Ackburn Brothers Clothiers
Ray
Rew
C. S. Lambie
Methodist Parage
waFollowing
Mercantile
Polk Street
J. Bayer
Apeice
North Arthur Street
Ringside
Lawrence Brannan
G. D. Caldwell
Buchanan Street
Prame
J. T. Russell
W. Fuqua
J. J. Hartman
Lincoln Street
G. Maberry
Reppert Lumber Company
N. Fillmore Street
Willis Hill
West Sixteenth
Sam ‘B. Motlow
F. A. Shirk
Busk Street
Oldown
Mike Walker
Georgia Street
Old Own
the Screen Company
Harrison Treet
Eakle
J. F. Wright
Ree Lumber Company
Fillmore Street
Tamarillo Heights
E. Martin
Jack Ray
Relics Unearthed From Ancient Indian Culture In Illinois
Chicago Sept 2 Relics of old Indian culture never before encountered in Mississippi valley explorations have been unearthed and pieced together by Prof Cooper Dole anthropologist of the University of Chicago after five years of work along ancient cemeteries of the mound builders in Michocis. Remains of a civilization found on the bluffs about Quincy Ill puzzle us greatly. Discovery of a crypt or chapel or ceremonial site is described by Prof Cole. We are now digging about this.
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International News Service
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Y Cooper Dole
University of Chicago
Michocis
Quincy
Ill
Ohio
Wissconsin
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Prof. Cole
Book of Home Plans Offered At Low Cost
Published to promote better homes the News-Globe and Panhandle Lumber Co offer a book of many home plans at low cost. The price is 50 cents for in person pickup or 60 cents if mailed to the buyer.
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Book of
News-Globe and the Panhandle Lumber Company
Will Build Produce Station at Lockney
Lockney Sept 1 Sam Belyeu former owner of the Lockney Produce Company announces plans to erect a brick and tile 30 by 80 foot building on the lot across from Wooldridge Lumber company after the previous business burned several weeks ago.
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Lockney
Sam Belyeu
Lockney Produce Company
Wooldridge Lumber Company
German in Glider Makes New Record
Dr. Wolfgang Klemperer, a German aviation expert, towed by a Goodyear blimp to 2,500 feet above Akron Airport then released to glide for over 15 minutes. The 20 mile tow by dirigible reached 60 mph before he landed at the takeoff point, demonstrating gliders as a feasible descent method from high speed airships.
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Akron. O
Wolfgang Klemperer
Goodyear
Klemperer
Akron
Kemperer
Ancient culture remains found near mound builder site
Melbourne Australia launches a $25,000 fundraiser to establish a permanent orchestra as excavations uncover unprecedented ancient deposits. The unusual finds are described as unlike anything archaeologists have previously encountered.
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Melbourne
Australia
Spearman Builds Many New Homes As Demand Grows
Spearman reports a rapid rise in new residences with daily rental-seekers in town. Upcoming completions include modern homes for Mr and Mrs R H Holton in west Spearman, Mr and Mrs Prewitt in west Spearman, Mr and Mrs Raine Tompkins in west Spearman, and H H Read in southeast Spearman as development expands in east Spearman.
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Spearman
R. H. Holton
West Spearman
Prewitt
White House
New $4,000 service station at Floydada
A $4,000 service station is being built by R. Fred Brown on the northeast corner of Floydada square facing west. The Texas Company will occupy the station, with a lease secured before construction. Geo W Mc Alister acts as local representative for the company which also operates a wholesale station on the Santa Fe right of way in north Floydada.
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R. Fred Brown
The
Texas Company
Geo. W. McAlister
Santa Fe
North Floydada
Major Wood Aircraft Test Flight to Cleveland
Major John Wood took off from Meropolitan Airport in a Lockfield Vega Mono at 1 a m aiming for a non stop flight to Cleveland in under 13 hours 18 minutes set by Lieut Henry Brown yesterday.
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Associated Press
Meropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
John Wood
Cleveland
Henry Brown
German Women Study Raising of Silver Fox
In Munich on September 2 a large Wallburg silver fox farm near Rottach-Egern by Tegern Lake started a school to teach breeding principles. Women are among the students learning fox care feeding disease and parasite control and how to dispose of pelts.
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International News Service
Mlunich
Wallburg
Rottach-Egern
Tegern Lake
Yale Game Occasions Holiday in Georgia
Georgia lawmakers approve October 12 as a state holiday to honor Yale visiting and dedicate the University of Georgia stadium in Atlanta. The plan passed both legislative houses as Yale travels south for the dedication ceremony.
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YALE
Georgia
International News Service
Atlanta
University of Ggorgia
Second Fire Victim at Breckenridge County Texas
A gas stove explosion and fire near Breckenridge Texas destroyed the Sanders home Saturday. Mrs. J C Sanders died Sunday in a local hospital, making a second fatality from the blaze after their 2 year old daughter Ruby died shortly after the fire. Another child was badly burned but expected to recover.
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United Press
Breckenridge
Tex
J. C. Sanders
Here
Science Probes Ancient North African Fruit Remains
Beloit College archaeologist Alonzo W. Pond reports finds from 47 prehistoric sites in northern Algeria and southern Tunisia. The expedition financed by Frank G. Logan yielded shrivelled pear shaped fruit specimens, charcoal, 15 skeletons, 6,000 flint and stone tools, and travels across 3,000 miles with his wife and two workers.
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International News Service
Reloit
Wis
North Africa
Alonzo W. Pond
Pond
Curtor
Logan Museum
Beloit College
Algeria
Tunisia
Frank G. Logan
Chicago
Chicago Art Institute
Flashes of Life and World News Snippets
The report covers diverse items: Yale professor warns vacations may harm workers, James J. Davis speaks on labor in Washington, James Quirk a New England steeplejack injured in a ten foot fall, two marathon mermaids wed their trainers in Toronto, Sing Sing buildings painted yellow then brick red, Maestro Mascagni conducts 1500 feet underground at Postumia Caves, Colonel Hayward returns with polar bears after Arctic hunt.
Atlantic voyage prosaic for New York boy of 4
Syracuse dispatch recalls John Theodore Bischoff a four year old who has crossed the Atlantic multiple times with his parents and relatives. He learned German during a stay in Germany and is now back in the United States trying to master English again. His travels reflect a child’s early life shaped by relocation and language shifts.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Atlantic
John Theodore Bischoff
John
Germany
United States
New York
4000 Year Old Library Unearthed Near Beirut
French archaeologists uncover a 4000 year old library near Ras Shamma. Slate tablets with cuneiform inscriptions remain in excellent condition. M. Virolleaud, director of the French Protectorate Archaeology Dept, translates the characters to resolve doubts about ancient history in the region.
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International
Beirut
Ras Shamma
M. Virolleaud
Archeology
French Protectorate
Come to Britain campaign to attract tourists grows
London reports a new Come to Britain movement seeks to draw overseas visitors. A census of hotel accommodations will compare current capacity with projected needs in coming years as American tourists increasingly visit England.
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International News Service
London
Britain
England
Father of Paris Subway Baron Empain Dies in Brussels
The Belgian born baron, famed as the Father of the Paris Subway, electrical engineer and army general, died in Brussels at 77 after a career starting in steel works and expanding to local transit lines in France and Belgium. He helped found Heliopolis in Egypt and built the Belgian Congo railways toward the Great African Lakes.
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Brussels
Paris
British Farmers to Grow Soy Beans Next Year
London reports after 15 years of work at the Royal Botanical Gardens J L North has found a soybean variety suitable for Britain. Seed will be available for all farming needs in 1930 as scientists expect the crop to be highly valuable. Japan expands its air mail routes and adds new lines.
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International News Service
London
J. L. North
Royal Botanical Gar
Dens
Britain
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W. 6Th St
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