Dodge Brothers Set New Record in Week Ending April 11
Dodge Brothers report record retail deliveries for the week ending April 11 surpassing all prior weeks. Retail deliveries averaged over 1,300 per production day with total over 7,000, while new retail orders rose about 19.7 percent versus 1924. Production runs at 1,100 cars daily, with deliveries and orders about 200 daily above production.
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Dodge Brothers
Dodge Brothers Motor
John A. Nichols, Jr
Texas Motor CO
Dodge
Essay prize winner lauds El Paso in Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly awarded a $100 prize to an El Paso citizen for best essay on What Section in the United States Do You Like Best. The piece extols El Paso as the New Southwest front door, praising irrigation, hospitality, pioneer spirit, and the region's dramatic landscapes and skies.
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Collier’s Weekly
el Paso
United States
Paul of Tarsus
New Southwest
America
Cortez
Controversial Castellane Marriage Sees Vatican Verdict
The Vatican has scrutinized the marriage of Le Comte Boni de Castellane and Anna Gould, with six church trials. Two rulings declared invalid and four valid, the latest by three extra Cardinals holds the union valid, allowing potential remarriage within the Church.
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Church of
Rome
le Comte
Comtesse de Castellane
Anna Gould
le Comte Boni de Castellane
Vatican
Mellor Wins U S Classics in Boston Marathon Clash
Chuck Mellor defeated Clarence De Mar to win the U S Marathon title in Boston. He finished the Olympic distance of 26 miles 385 yards in 2 hours 36.2 seconds, claiming the national championship last week.
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Chuck” Mellor
L Mechanic
U. S
Clarence de Mar
Boston
A Moment in Dreamland by J. D.
Poem in which the speaker journeys at night to a dream land by a stream guided by God. A fairy like world unfolds with flowers, a moon, and a rose that blooms then fades into a forget me not as the speaker awakens to return to reality. The piece ends with thanks to God for the dream.
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God
J. D
Dressmaker From Paris Dazzles at National Theatre Show
A big fashion show picture titled The Dressmaker From Paris comes to the National Theatre. Leatrice Joy and Ernest Torrence star in a comedy love story set in Paris and a Western town with fourteen international beauty models. The film highlights Parisian fashion and glamorous feminine attire chosen by famed judges.
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National Theatre
Paris
Leatrice Joy
Ernest Torrence
American West
Ten Thousand Rabbits Slain in Midland County Drive
Midland April 23 Ten thousand rabbits were shot by about five hundred sportsmen in Midland County Tuesday. The big rabbit drive halted business and schools, with Dr E Calloway hosting a barbecue and picnic to conclude the event.
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Midland
West
Texas
E. Calloway
Contraband at National Theatre May 6 and 7
A Crosland Paramount drama starring Lois Wilson Noah Beery Raymond Hatton and Raymond McKee screens next Wednesday and Thursday May 6 7 at the National Theatre The plot follows a young newspaper editor who investigates a sheriff disappearance while battling rum runners and bootleggers in a tale of action humor and romance.
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Alan Crosland
Paramount
Lois Wilson
Noah Beery
Raymond Hatton
Raymond McKee
National Theatre
Jack Cunningham
Clarence Budington Kelland
Jedges Jost When Jed Thompsons Boy Sailed For Europe
A fragmentary note recalls Jed Thompson and his son sailing to Europe. The tale hints at challenge and limits faced abroad and the hard lessons learned along the journey.
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Jed Thompsons
Europe
Field of the Texas Farm Bureau debated in Texas
The Progressive Farmer discusses a split among Texas Farm Bureau members over the bureau’s mission. Some want it to act mainly as a support for cooperative marketing, while others call for broader work including production methods and living standards to boost farmers’ prosperity.
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Texas Farm Bureau
Bureau
Farm Bureau
Texas
Retirement of Southern Pacific official after forty eight years
Mr. Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the board of directors and of the executive committee of the Southern Pacific Company, has retired after forty eight years continuous service with the Southern Pacific Railway Company.
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Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Convicted slayer of Pottsville grandmother shown remorseful
Awaits chair inmate from Pottsville Pennsylvania identified as 15 year old has been convicted of killing his grandmother and is to be electrocuted this week. The final photo depicts the youth expressing remorse.
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Wmn
Cavilier
Pottsville
Send name and address for 5 cent Chamberlain offer
A vintage ad invites readers to send name and address with 5 cents to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa to receive a trial package. It includes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion and stomach trouble, and a soothing salve for burns and skin affections.
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Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Bible themed sticker crossword puzzle from Elizabeth Embree
Crossword puzzle built around biblical terms and names with clues across and down. The grid features numerous Bible related entries including places, people, and concepts, challenging solvers to recall scripture references and language.
Cotton Contest Aims to Boost Farm Prosperity in Texas
The contest promotes intensive farming on fewer acres to raise cotton yields and quality, encouraging crop rotation, terraces on rolling land, fertilizer use, and converting freed land to corn oats hay gardens and fruits. It seeks self sustaining farms with lower costs and greater regional wealth.
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Texas
Balanced living motto copy prompts action
A concise motto encourages reducing excess in habits and increasing deliberate, healthier behaviors. It contrasts habits like worry with work, riding with walking, frowning with laughter, drinking with breathing, eating with mindful chewing, and preaching with practicing.
What the Birds Save for Agriculture
An estimate from Prof. E. E. Smith says birds save the United States about one hundred million dollars annually in agricultural benefits. The text argues birds are worth far more than their saved value to the country.
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Prof
E. E. Smith
United States
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