Graham Hotel Contest Seeks Name for New Building
The Graham Hotel Corporation invites all residents and shareholders to submit proposed names for the upcoming hotel. Entries may come from individuals or entire households, with the candidate name placed at the top of the letter. Names from Graham and beyond are welcome, and no favors will influence the selection committee.
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Graham Hotel Corporation
Graham
Throckmorton
Copperton
Jean
Loving
Newcastle
New Jersey
Young County
New Mexico
Graham Mayor Urges Bond Vote For Water Sewer and Jail Plans
Graham Mayor E. S. Graham explains bond issues on May 21 for water and sewer upgrades plus a potential city hall and jail. Water plan includes a 150000 dollar bond, a larger 10 inch main and a 500000 gallon reservoir to boost supply, dam repairs, and pumping enhancements. Sewer bond of 40900 dollars funds extending sewers and moving the disposal plant across the creek. Building bond of 20000 dollars may fund a jail or joint county project, or a future city hall or community house.
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Graham
Salt Creek
American Legion
Enjoyable Time for Shriners at Meeting Thursday
The Graham Shrine held a bus iness and social session at the Masonic Hall last Thursday evening with jokes and talks on Masonry by Noble Ed Sauers of Eliasville. A Dutch lunch was served at Saint Louis Cafe followed by a round table joke sequence. Members voted to hold a similar banquet on April 14 with ticket sales managed by Jim Smith and County Surveyor John Meyers.
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Graham Shrine
Masonic Hall
Noble Ed Sauers
Eliasvile
Saint Louis
Frisco Exposition Arrives in Graham for Spring Festival
The Frisco Exposition Shows and a 25 piece Mexican concert band arrive by rail Sunday between 3 and 4 PM. The band performs at the courthouse lawn at 5 PM for about an hour. The big show train unloads to open rides and shows early Monday. The American Legion booked the festival, promising a grand holiday for Graham.
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Graham
Court House
The
American Legion
Water Mains Laid as South Bend Modernizes
South Bend advances with six inch water mains in the business district and storage tanks proving sufficient for a several thousand population. Fire plugs will be installed, the new fire department readies for operation when water is supplied. Gas supply plans have been arranged and abundant fuel and lighting gas will be available. Mr. Moore promotes the gas plant and Chamber of Commerce Secretary Hansen notes rising membership and optimism about oil field development nearby.
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South Bend
Mar
Moore
Hansen
Chamber of Commerce
Italy to Abolish Coffee Monopoly Secured During War
Rome reports Italy plans to end the wartime government monopoly on coffee. Finance and Commerce ministers favor restoring free coffee commerce with a regular import tax to protect state revenues. The move mirrors other long standing Italian monopolies like tobacco and salt, and follows price hikes since wartime control began.
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Italy
Rome
Mar
United Press
National Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce
Gun Club Prepares Affiliation With Trap Association
Graham Gun Club aims to affiliate with the American Trapshooting Association via the Texas State Sportsmen's Association. Milton Withers secretary said the move allows members to shoot at registered targets and have year averages recorded nationally. The club will hold one registered shoot monthly in April May June September October November December and two in July August.
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Graham Gun Club
American Trapshooting Association
Milton Withers
Texas State Sportsmen’s Association
National Association
Withers
County Auditors Hire to Audit for Two Years
Hillsboro March 17 Commissioners Court has hired an auditor to audit the county books for two years and four months and to assist the County Auditor in installing a new accounting system.
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Hillsboro
Mar
Commissioners’ Court
Auto Show Canceled for Waco Plans Shift to Cotton Palace Display
The Waco Automobile Dealers' Association has called off its spring auto show. The group will cooperate with the Cotton Palace Association on a large auto show to be held in Waco during the exposition period.
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Waco
Waco Automobile Dealers’ Association
Cotton Palace Association
Mysterious death of youth cleared by companion
Vigil Decker confessed to murdering Leroy Lovett in a shack on the Tippecanoe River and placing the body in a buggy along the railroad to fake identification and collect $28 000 life insurance. Lovett was found wearing Decker's clothes.
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Warsaw
Ind
Decker
Leroy Lovett
Tippecanoe River
Lovett
Police Shoot and Kill Woman Booze Runner on Border
Detroit report states Mrs Iola Weaver a reputed first woman whiskey runner was killed at the Canadian border during a confrontation with police. Her husband Patrolman James Weaver was wounded and she had admitted attempting to smuggle whiskey.
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Detroit
Mich
Iola Weaver
James Weaver
Weaver
French Premier Sails To Consult Harding
Havre France March 19 Former Premier Viviana sails for New York to consult President Harding on his views about the League of Nations.
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Harding
Havre
France
Viviana
New York
America
League of Nations
Ford's Paper Barred From St. Louis Streets
Police bar the Dearborn Independent from sale in St Louis beginning today citing it as a disturbance of the peace due to a campaign against Jews. Police Chief O'Brien announced arrests will follow for sellers of the weekly.
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Ford
St. Louis
Mar
Dearborn Independent
Henry Ford
O’brien
Consideration of League Resumed in Official Circles
Washington March 19 The League of Nations fight resumes behind the scenes with proponents urging President Harding to craft a definite plan to revise the covenant so America will accept it. Powerful American financial interests argue radical reform is vital to global economic recovery.
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Washington
Mar
League of Nations
League
Harding
America
Civilian and Policeman Dead in Dungarven Fighting
Dublin reports six civilians and one policeman dead after a four and a half hour battle between crown forces and Sinn Feiners at Dungarven. Military lorries and automobiles were destroyed by bombs in the engagement.
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Trish
Dublin
Mar
Crown Forces
Sinn
Japanese Bankruptcy Surge Hits City Courts
Tokyo reports a sharp rise in bankruptcies due to the Great Slump. Judicial officers note 1,420 filings in the first ten months of 1920 and expect the total for the year to reach about 2,000 as economic distress spreads across Japanese cities.
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Tokyo
Bymaite United Press
Japan
Water Plant to be Built by Texas 68 at Clear Fork
Eliasville March 19 The Texas Company has started a water plant four miles up the Clear Fork river to supply water for its development work. An eighteen foot dam with wings will form a sizeable lake. A timbered area beside the dam will be leveled into a park for employees. Headquarters camp and pumping plant are part of a project costing about half a million dollars.
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Eliasville
The
Texas Company
Clear Fork
Experts puzzled by strange worm destroying Vernon crops
Vernon Texas reports samples of a cut worm ravaging county fields and possibly the corn ear worm. A&M College and the San Antonio Bureau of Entomology staff, awaiting hatchings for final ID, agree on corn ear worm risk and urge precautions as wheat losses near Fargo rise.
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San Antonio
Big Parade Planned by American Legion for Spring Festival
Final arrangements were approved at a special American Legion meeting for a monster parade to open the Spring Festival. The parade assembles at Plum and Fourth at 4 30 P M and starts at 5 o clock with all ex service men in uniform or in parade units. Businesses will close to allow veterans to attend and many merchants will decorate cars to join the procession honoring World War veterans in Graham and nearby Young County.
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American Legion
Plum
Fourth Streets
Graham
Legion
Young County
Greek statesman puzzled by English landing form
In London on March 19 M Venizelos the Greek statesman faced confusion after receiving the disembarkation certificate required for entry to England.
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London
Mar
England
M. Venielos
Bond election urged to fund Graham water system growth
S Boyd Street, president of the Graham Chamber of Commerce, urged Graham citizens to vote for a bond issue to finance water and sewer main extensions. He warned growth from new oil fields could raise Graham’s population to 20 000 within a year and stressed the need to act now to avoid a calamity.
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S. Boyd Street
Graham Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Street
Graham
Street
Young County
Collect Big Amount in Income Taxes in Texas
Dallas March 17 Scott Reed collector of Internal Revenue estimates that about 8 000 000 will be received in income tax payments for the first quarter in the Northern Texas district covering 157 counties. He noted 3 000 000 has been received and 5 000 000 is in deputy hands. The year’s total for Northern Texas may reach 30 000 000. He expects 1920 to be 25 percent lower than 1919 due to community property changes. Reed’s office uses 65 clerks to tabulate about 160 000 returns with 65 percent under 5 000.
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Dallas
Mar
Scott Reed
Internal Revenue
Texas
Reed
Timbers On Ground For Roxana No 2 Well in Harding
Timbers are on the ground for the Roxana Pratt No 2 well near Harding Texas. The rig is expected to be completed within a couple of weeks. The Inglewright rig on the M K Graham lease is nearing completion and spudding is planned soon.
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Harding
Texas
M. K. Graham
Noted Newspaper Man Bertram Leston Taylor Dies
Chicago notices the death of Bertram Leston Taylor famed for the column A Line O Type or Two in the Chicago Tribune under B L T initials. He was regarded as the dean of American newspaper columnists.
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Chicago
Mar
Bertram Leston Taylor
Taylor
Chicago Tribune
Chinese Woman Frat Mender Elected at Chicago
Miss Zk Trung Wang of Soochow China has been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Chicago on March 16.
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Chicago
Zk Trung Wang
Soochow
China
University of Chicago
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John Meyers
City OF South Bend
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