Klingman Opens Ministry at First Christian Graham
Dr. C. C. Klingman has begun active ministry at the First Christian Church of Graham after moving from Central Christian Church of Comanche. He and his family are in Graham and inviting county church members to attend. He preached both services and announced June sermon topics, with Trinity themes for Sundays and I New commands and new names for evenings. The public and invited visitors are welcome to attend.
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C. C. Klingman
First Christian Church of
Graham
Central Christian Church of
Comanche
First Christian Church
North Carolina Drives Prosperity with Road Bonds and Growth
North Carolina’s highway boom tops the Manufacturers Record, with a $76 million three year program funded by state, county and federal aid. The plan included a $50 million bond issue, a $15 million second issue, and a $7 million county addition, transforming education, agriculture and industry as roads spurred record crops and rising prosperity.
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North Carolina
Frank Page
Highway Commission
Texarkana Texas votes large road bond issue
Texarkana Texas Precinct No 1 backed by civic groups approved a 490000 bond for road development by about 20 to 1 after 2000 votes. The plan includes 74000 more from state and federal aid, boosting hopes for top road networks in Bowie County and the region.
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Texarkana
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Bowie County
Arkansas
Goldanith Quote on Soul, Entertainment and Distress
A compact reflection notes that a happy soul opens all things to entertainment and even distress may lose its sting. The maxim suggests inner disposition shapes perception and experience, implying serenity tempers hardship and enhances enjoyment.
Balloons Save Your Car at Graham Tire Shop
Balloon display at Graham Tire Shop draws attention as vehicles undergo service. Shoppers linger to admire colorful orbs while staff answer questions about tires and maintenance, turning a routine visit into a small local event.
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Graham Tire Shop
Tax Levy Supports School Districts in Young County
Citizens across Young County vote unanimously for a 75 cent school tax levy while Huffstuttle district petitions for a 50 cent levy and 1800 bond issue. The region aims to place modern, well equipped school plants in every community, with many districts maintaining eight or nine month terms.
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Huffstuttle
Terialize
Orth District Eyes Three Teacher School Plan
Sentiment in the Orth district favors expanding to a three teacher school next year. Orth, a Young County school, has legal support from its citizenry. About two years ago a tax measure was voted unanimously.
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Orth
Rural consolidation vote may add three-teacher school
If the June 7 vote favors consolidating True and Hardy schools, a new three-teacher rural school will be added to the growing list of better rural schools.
Rural school building boom expands districts
Fourteen new structures and extensive additions have been erected in the county common school districts since September 1921. The projects add 32 classrooms and mark the greatest building activity in a comparable period for rural schools.
Markley to Erect Modern Two Room Building This Summer
Markley plans a modern two room building with an industrial room to be erected during the summer. If plans proceed at Huffstuttle and Center Ridge, additional modern one room buildings will be constructed where present.
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Markley
Huffstuttle
Center Ridge
Free Harry K Thaw Freed After 16 Years In Confined Custody
Harry K Thaw, who killed Stanford White, was released in Philadelphia after 16 years of intermittent confinement. A judge directed unconditional liberty as his mental state was found sane, with his mother discharged as committee and his estate restored. Thaw will likely answer pending charges in New York over a 1917 assault.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Common Pleas
Monaghan
Mary Copley Thaw
Thaw
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Hospital
John M. Patterson
New York
Frederick Gump, Jr
Kansas City
Gump
Consolidation Brings Better Schoolhouse and Staff in Tonk Valley
In Tonk Valley three poor one teacher schools were consolidated in spring 1922. The district now has a brick building and three well trained teachers for eight months of instruction. A nearby church group also erected a building near the school, fueling community spirit and addressing social and educational rural life issues.
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Tonk Valley
One-Eyed Connelly Takes Finally to Work in Hollywood
One eyed Connelley, famed gate crusher, abandons roams for craft in Hollywood. After years chasing ringside access he settles to rise in film. He moved to build exterior sets for Torment at First National, then to United Studios as work appetite grows.
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One-eyed Connelley
Hollywood
Oneeye
Maurice Tourneur
First National
National Theatre
Advertising Solicitor Calls for Times Listing on Subway
A crowded New York subway car halted with a jerk, lights out, then a young man began shouting who lost a pause and offered his services as an advertising solicitor. He urged riders to advertise in the Times with a special rate.
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New York
Times
Norfleet the Texas Ranchman Tracks Crooks Across America
A Texas ranchman, Norfleet, hunted fraudsters for four years, chasing leads through all states except Maine and into Canada and Cuba. He helped trap 69 criminals, aided Denver’s Lou Blonger gang case, and exposed a nationwide swindle ring run from New York. He notes a cunning disguise ethic and subsisted on raisins and pecans to stay alert.
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Norfleet
McClure
Texas
Bunco
Union
Maine
Cuba
Canada
Denver
Lou Blonger
Joe Furey
New York
Congressional Committee On Claims
Dallas
Rogues Gallery
Amarillo Prepares Entertainment for Texas Press Meet
Amarillo Texas May 26 The Texas Press Association delegates will gather June 18 to 20. A special train from Fort Worth will be met at Childress with a public reception and band concert at the depot June 17. The program includes a June 18 opening, a banquet, a Palo Duro canyon barbecue, and visits to Canyon and West Texas State Teachers College.
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Amarillo
Texas
Texas Press Association
Fort Worth
Childress
Palo Duro Canyon
Canyon
West Texas State Teachers’ College
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Johnson District
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Connelly
Stetson
Oxfords
J. P. Alexander Co
Liberty Theatre
Louis DE Louis
Joseph Bradshaw
Ruth Forgay
Rector’s
Baron DE Louis
Leavenworth
Jackie Coogan
the King
Jackie
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