Mascots Charles C and Mary Ann Migrate for Quiet at Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College moves its popular campus buffalo mascots Charles C and Mary Ann to the northeast side of the college farm. The two animals were purchased from the Goodnight ranch two years ago and are named after Colonel and Mrs. Goodnight honoring early Panhandle settlers.
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Canyon
Tex
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Buffalo
Charles C
Mary Ann
College Farm
Goodnight
Panhandle
Tennessee man joins West Texas State Teachers College faculty
Harris Cook M A of George Peabody College Nashville Tenn has been elected to the education department at West Texas State Teachers College Canyon Texas. He leaves Mississippi Normal College Hattiesburg Miss to take the vacancy created by Adelin White who will join Columbia University New York as an instructor and pursue her doctorate.
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Canyon, Tex
Harris Cook
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Cook
Mississippi Normal College
Hattiesburg
Miss
Adelin White
Columbia University
New York
French Writer Barbusse Speaks in Hamburg Meeting
French pacifist and communist writer Henri Barbusse spoke in Hamburg in his native tongue at a communist gathering to a receptive audience with translation provided by a German translator. In Rostock authorities banned a Barbusse speech advertised for the public. Alaska Draws Hardy Settlers: Linden Pentz family crosses 650 miles by sea to Ketchikan aboard a 16 foot boat.
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Germany
Hamburg
Henris Barbusse
Rostock
Barbusse
Alaska
Ketchikan
Seattle
Linden Pentz
Skagway
Studebaker Unveils Fifteen New Models With Duplex Open-Closed Duo
The Studebaker announcement unveils fifteen new models including a convertible open car that becomes a waterproof closed car in five seconds. The Standard Six replaces the Light Six with a larger motor and roomier body, priced at $1145 for five-passenger phaeton and $1125 for three-passenger roadster.
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Studebaker
Studebaker Corporation
Aviators to Race for 50 Thousand in International Air Races
WWI pilots and others will gather at Wilbur Wright field in Dayton October 2 to 4 for the International Air Races. About 400 flyers from military posts are expected as Majors Robins Curry and Major Brett organize the events. Twelve racing events offer total prizes of $50,000.
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Dayton
Wilbur Wright Field
Army
Air Service
A. W. Robins
John F. Curry
Wilbur Wright
McCook Fields
George Brett
Wright Field
Raz Taffari Encounters Western Delights in Paris Visit
Raz Taffari, the ebony regent of Ethiopia, traveled to Paris for a royal visit with gifts and rival chiefs. He sought railroad concessions in Abyssinia in exchange for endorsement but observed a Western election with no violence or upheaval, leaving him unimpressed yet amazed by the culture. Otis Trulove returns from Plainview district court. Globe want ads priced at one and a half cents per word.
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United Press
Paris
Raz Taffari
Ethiopa
Raz
Louvre
Abyssinia
Millerand
Poincare
Doumerzue
Herriot
East
Possible Use by Spies Bars Radio from Russia
Moscow reports that radio sets are rare in Russia due to no home production high import duties and government restrictions aimed at preventing espionage. The vast country with 130 million people may have only a few amateur receivers, hindering widespread wireless use.
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Russia
Moscow
Papeete Installs First Traffic Cop Amid Car Boom
Papeete Tahiti has installed its first traffic cop as congestion grows on town highways. A surge in vanilla prices has brought wealth to natives, and nearly every landowner now owns a motor car.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Islands
NSW 1855 stamps found in Records Office batch
A batch of New South Wales postage stamps from the 1855 issue was found during the turnover of records in London. Collectors value the stamps at 34,500. They were attached to a report sent to the colonial secretary by the governor of New South Wales.
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London
New South Wales
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Otis Trulove
Plainview
Globe
Williams Howe
6Th and
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Airplane Inventor
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W. E. Best
Remington Cash Register
Hiram P. Maxim
Maxim Silencer Company
Maurice Olley
Rolls-Royce
Likins
Waddill Motor Company
Tyler Street
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