Fine Building Opens for J C Penney and Piggly Wiggly Stores
Builder Martin J. Wicklem completes and hands over Sammons business buildings in San Juan county to house J C Penney and Piggly Wiggly stores. Axel Nelson supervised the crew transforming brick residence site into 30 by 125 foot Penney section and 20 by 100 foot Piggly Wiggly area with steam heat and modern lighting.
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Martin J. Wicklem
Sammons
J. C. Penney
Piggly Wiggly
Axel Nelson
Mr. Wicklem
San Juan
Wicklem
Colorado
Nelson
San Juan County
New Mexico
Los Angeles Big Christmas Live Stock Show and Rodeo
Preparations are complete for the Los Angeles Big Christmas Live Stock Show and Rodeo at the Union Stock Yards running November 30 through December 7. A fireproof tent, 200 pens, and facilities for 1,000 cattle accompany exhibits from 13 states including California and Wisconsin.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Union Stock Yards
J. A. McNaughton
California
Aiorica
Wisconsin
Kansas
Tennessee
Colorado
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Nevada
Arizona
Texas
Farmington Junior High News Highlights and Friday Football
Farmington reports a peppy program with an excellent junior high play featuring colonial costumes. Durango beat Farmington 6 to 3 in a tense Friday football game while Farmington Midgets played three games, with mixed results.
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Durango
Farmington
F. B
Davis
Asteec
Indian Mission
Aztec
Mission
Sam Drolet
Bob Davis
Richard Prippen
L. J. Willisma
Claude Apperean
Correction of Reported Gas Sale in Farmington
A Farmington item corrects a rumor that Mesa Grande Gas sold its Durango system to Southern Union. Manager Hamman of Mess Grance Durango notes no final deal was concluded. The piece also urges apple growers to improve orchards and spraying to boost Farmington apples in markets.
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Farmington
Mesa Grande Gas Company
Southern Union Company
Durango
Republican
Hamman
Mess Grance Company
Election On The Question Of The Sale Of The Town Hall And Jail
Voters must have paid real estate tax in the year before election to be eligible. Tax receipts issued after November 28, 1928, are required at the polls. Husbands and wives may vote on the same tax receipt. Exempt property voters may cast ballots on tax papers.
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Aso Wie
Time to support the Red Cross Relief Drive
A community message urges continued Red Cross support and dime and nickel donations to meet future needs. It notes news notes, student reports, and Thanksgiving plans at the Junior High School, including perfect attendance lists, class speed tests, and a PTA program.
Local Girl Weds at Durango
Miss Ruby Harris wed David Mareas in Durango with Rev Latitia officiating. The bride, once living in Parmington with her parents for three years, has many friends in Durango. The groom, a popular Durango student, is a young man well known in the community. They plan to reside in Durango.
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Ruby Harris
Durango
Duran
Protecting St Anthony's Orphanage in Albuquerque
The piece notes 205 boys at St Anthony's Orphanage with 30 under school, 15 bottle-fed, receiving weekly four pounds of something and daily potatoes. Sisters and coal donations support the dairy and food, while predicting 1950 will bring big farming year with high crop and meat prices. The Ovavajoes envisioned buying Rolls Royces as drought relief and crop yields vary, yet optimism remains despite hardship.
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St. Anthony's Orphanage For
Albuquerque
X Coal Companies
Farmston
Junior High School shows talent and posters for play
The program highlights new stars among us with posters by Charlene Westcamp Donna Norton Lou Els Blake and others. Charles Brown and Melvin McCarthy performed a comedy skit. Top arithmetic performers are Lou Ella Blake Melvin McCarthy Houston Walker Mildred Carver Lewis Steele and Wilma Bonne Garrett joins La Plata department.
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P. Grim
Charlene Westcamp
Donna Norton
Lou Els Blake
Charles Brown
Himself
Melvin McCarthy
Lou Ella Blake
Houston Walker
Mildred Carver
Lewis Steele
Wilma White
Bonne Garrett
la Plata
Denver Fund Aims At Half Million For Realmvi Chest
Denver raises about 250000 in two days toward a three quarter million goal for a Realmvi Chest. The campaign, long supported by the city, is praised as a beacon of humane spirit and Christian conscience elevating Denver among American cities.
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Denver
Hoover Seen as Great Executive Leader For Nation
Peoria letter writer calls Hoover a leading business figure who may not rival New York governor as politician but could be one of the best working presidents the country has had.
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Floover
New York
Peoria
Ster
Hoover era speech outlines labor and wage policy
The article previews a Hoover administration address by Arthur Brisbane on labor, capital, and peace. It discusses wage policy, producer prices, and government aims to avoid wage reductions while boosting prosperity, with focus on business leaders and unions.
Red Cross Roll Call drive committees named for Farmington area
Local Red Cross Roll Call committees named with H. Moore as treasurer. San Juan county divided into three units with chairmen for Arte', Farmington town, and county. Farmington quota set at 200 with multiple district volunteers listed by town and street sections.
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Yoll Call
Red Cross
Farmington
On Cross
H. Moore
San Juan County
Roll Call c
Arte
Uade
The
West Town
Behrend
Arrington Ave
E d H. Foster
Carl Eaton
Behrend St
Arlington Ave
R. E. A. Drolet
J. A. Wiles
Central Town
Orchard Street
Main Street
J. L. Patterson
Willis Martin
East Town
Vine Ave
Ain Street
R. C. Woods
F. H. Anderson
South Town
M. D. Moran
H. H. Kinnaird
G. L. Butler
Cc. C. Mamma
West Mesa
Nina Clark
J. C. Rosebrough
East Mesa
H. N. Weldon
Bertha Ricketts
F. C. Beaty
L. O. Hickerson
Nellie Legg
Ruth Baldwin
Main St
W. L. Smith
J. W. Elliott
Fragmented Suppressed Testimony and Puzzles In 20th Century Discourse
A jumble of remarks touches on crime and coverups with a murder tied to unpaid sums around $200000. The piece muses on underworld silence, Mellon era tax shifts, Wall Street fluctuations, and aging puzzles on human origins. It invokes Osborn and the American Museum while debating poverty and public works in New York under Mayor Walker.
Duke of York Overcomes Stutter with Aid from Australian Specialist
Englard reports the king’s second son, the duke of York, has overcome a stuttering issue after help from an Australian specialist. The prince no longer refers to the father as the king. A woman signs about bank stocks and asking where he stands, noting her own stake and the bank’s management.
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Englard
Duke of York
Oy King Features Syndicate, Inc
Fruit Industry Stakes in Farmington Support Board of Inspectors
Farmers fear loss of the Farmington area fruit trade if a functional growers association fails. A local board of inspectors could certify shipments as sound and clean, and properly classified, with packers paying a reasonable fee for cooperation.
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Farmington
Board of
Board of Inspection
Turkeys Roaming Away and Marshal Burnham Injured
The article notes turkeys restless during holiday season wandering long distances to escape danger from wolves coyotes and bobcats. Marshal Burnham was seriously hurt on Broadway while attempting to right a scraper, thrown from it and suffering a hip injury. Dr Reece hopes no fracture or dislocation is present after X rays.
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Marshal Burnham
Broadway
Reece
Oil fields show steady output and promising drilling outlook
J. F. Crosa from the Bloomfield section reports oil fields in the general area are in good condition. Pumping wells have slightly increased output and the forecast for further drilling in new projects appears promising.
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J. F. Crosa
Optimist predicts Detroit race outcome despite unreported precincts
An optimistic reader says the eleven unreported precincts out of a reported 2,071 will overturn the current tally and change the verdict, arguing that a 17,000 vote lead might be reversed by late results.
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Detroit News
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