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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1927
Page
4
Mexico City spent 7.8 million pesos on amusements in the past year with motion pictures leading at 4.5 million pesos, theaters under one million, bullfights at 780,000, dance halls totaling 250,000, and concerts 6,000. Tax revenue from amusements reached 838,109 pesos.
New York reports the Marines debut a pedigreed English bulldog named Private Padgett as mascot. Captain Hartley asserts the dog is a real devil dog after Padgett escaped a bathroom incident, leaving only a torn blue silk pajama coat as evidence.
Corsicana society notes update as Mrs. JT Herbert Cribble returns from a week with the Colemans. Norburn Burr plans a week in Miranda City while Miss Anne McKinney heads to Camp Walden for six weeks. Travel marks include Abilene, Georgetown, San Antonio, and trips through Oklahoma and the Great Lakes region with many residents visiting relatives and attending weddings and events.
A Galveston event announces summer plans with sreyhounds racing resuming in July and additional attractions added to The 7 Pressure Island. The Galveston Kennels Pair Association and NOW Neos promote an electrically operated attraction.
Elizabeth Ryan defeats Mrs Kitty McKane Godfree to advance to the Wimbledon women's singles semi final. The match ends with scores 0-1, 6-4, 6-4 in Ryan's favor. The English champion McKane Godfree is ousted as Ryan moves toward the title.
Geneva New York June 28 The Waco piloted by John P Wood led the planes of the 1927 National Air Tour to a noon stop at Geneva airport landing from Buffalo at 10 50 AM Standard Time. The second Waco piloted by W W Cleveland arrived next and a Hamilton flown by R G Paige followed. A crowd of nearly 10000 greeted the flyers.
Denison marks a 40 foot curb space with a bold sign This Space for Teams and hitching posts along the curb. In Greenville wolves threaten the neighborhood and an organized extermination effort is planned after depredations including killing small woodland game.
The third annual Chicago Rodeo runs August 20 to 28 at Soldier Field with $40 000 in prizes. Tex Austin will direct events attracting 100 to 200 riders from the west, including famed beasts and outlaw Satan from Mary Rinehart stories. Cowboys pay their own expenses and compete in roping riding and steer wrestling.
College Station June 28 a new mark of recognition for the Department of Architecture at A and M College of Texas. The Carnegie Corporation of New York named the college one of twenty in the United States invited to send a representative to Harvard University for a summer course in architecture sculpture and painting. Henry Norton June head of architecture announces the award and has named C J Winney instructor in architecture as the college’s representative to attend.
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