Carranza Flees Besieged Mexico City Trains
Carranza uttered the words We are lost Good bye gentlemen as he fled the besieged trains near San Marcos on May 14 accompanied by a small cavalry escort The Liberal government lists remaining officials and generals including Luis Cabrera and Francisco Urquizo The Treasury cargo shows gold and silver bars with little coin Refugees recount hardships and accuse Carranza of spurning safe conduct Offers of surrender from Generals Gonzales and Obregon loom over Vera Cruz drive Cavalry pursues Carranza across difficult terrain while commencements and school events close in Llano with a large class and the senior play San John the commencement sermon to be delivered at the opera house
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City of Mexico
Carranza
San Marcos
Cofre de Perote
Mexico
Liberal Revolutionary Government
Luis Cabrera
Treasury
Juan Barragan
Francisco Urquizo
Ygnacio Bonillas
United States
National Treasury
Manuel Aguirre Berelanda
Interior
Gonzales
Obregon
Vera Cruz
Camarillo Guajardo
Llano
Youdal Fichtenbaum
Wallace Roberts
Sid Dees
San John
Minter
Austin
Opera House
Opera House Next Week Presents The Beauty Market And More
Amusements list for next week at the Opera House with Monday The Beauty Market First National, Tuesday Kingdom of Dreams First National, Wednesday Witness for Defense with Elsie Ferguson, Thursday Valley of the Giants with Wallace Ree, Friday Hornets Nest with Earl Williams, Saturday Tower of Jewels with Corrinne Griffith. Regular prices apply except Wednesday and Thursday when admission is 25 cents. Floyd McCollum visiting town. Mr and Mrs Joe Kerr and baby return home after visiting Llano relatives.
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Opera House
First National
Kingdom of Dreams
Witness
Elsie Ferguson
Valley of the Giants
Wallace Ree
Hornet’s Nest
Earl Williams
Tower of Jewels
Corrinne Griffith
Chautauqua Series Opens June at Liano Opera House
The White and Myers Chautauqua arrives Tuesday June 1 at the Liano Opera House. The five day event includes ten performances with season tickets priced at 2.50 for adults and 1.25 for children.
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Big White & Myers
Liano Opera House
Mack Sennett Comedy "Yankee Doodle N Berlin" At Llano Opera House
Mack Sennett presents his latest big comedy at the Llano Opera House next Saturday night May 22. The film features Sennett’s famed cast and bathing beauties with up to date satire of the Armistice era. The article notes the cast, plus local notices on arrivals, health, and a newborn in Saba as well as travel plans of several residents.
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Mack Sennett
Llano Opera House
Mr. Sennett
Tillie
Mickey
Hohenzollerns
Sennett
Opera
Courthouse Window Fall Injures Miss Kathryn Atkins
During a Callan trial a crowd in a second story courthouse window caused Kathryn Atkins daughter of J D and Mrs Atkins to fall about 21 feet 7 inches. She suffered a three place back fracture and a sprained ankle but doctors expect recovery after a three week stay in Temple.
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Callan
Kathryn
J. D. Atkins
Temple
Callan Jury Delivers Not Guilty Verdict in Llano Trial
The Llano court heard a high profile jury trial in the Callan case with the jury returning a not guilty verdict after several days of testimony. Crowds filled the courthouse from Saturday through Tuesday as Attorney Blanton of Gonzales wrapped the State’s argument.
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Callan
Llano
Blanton
Gonzales
Court House
Mrs. Appleton's Niece Ruth Chambliss Dies in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs H Appleton learn of Ruth Chambliss death in San Antonio. They depart to attend the funeral and condolences are offered by The News.
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H. Appleton
Mrs. Appleton
Ruth Chambliss
San Antonio
Latham Barnett Dies in Dallas Hospital
Latham Harrison Barnett died after a ten day illness of typhoid fever in St Pauls Hospital Dallas at 11pm Tuesday May 18 He was born June 23 1897 in Click Texas and aged nearly 23 He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs W J Barnett and brother Owen Religious services were held at the Presbyterian Church with interment in Llano cemetery A News notice extends sympathy to the family.
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Latham Harrison Barnett
W. J. Barnett
St. Paul's Hospital
Dallas
Owen
Latham
Presbyterian Church
Llano
Click
Texas
Cherokee Junior College Commencement Week Events
A sequence of events for Cherokee Junior College includes a ball game versus Lampasas on May 27 at 5:00 pm and 8:00 am, Merchant of Venice play, class day exercises, declamations, balls, fine arts, final debate, May fete, commencement address by Judge Dean, and a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Lee of the University of Texas, with vesper services on May 30.
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Lampasas
Merchant of Venice
Judge Dean
Dr. Lee
University of Texas
Oil booms and floods shape Big Springs in 1920 letter
In Big Springs Texas on May 16 1920 M C Wilkes reports heavy rain floods and oil excitement. He notes oil wells showing at several depths and companies investing while locals fear loss after big sums, lease prices rise and strangers flood town. Farming lags but cattle prosper and livestock improves as the NS readers are wished prosperity.
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Thee Home Company
Baller
Perry couple wed in Cherokee at Southern Hotel ceremony
Mr Qosenardeus and Miss Myrtle Perry married last Tuesday in Llano then left by noon train for San Antonio and nearby Cherokee. Rev Harris officiated at Ligno Christian Church before triad time. The couple, reared in Cherokee, receive best wishes from friends and relatives as they begin life together.
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Qosenardeus
Myrtle Perry
Llano
San Antonio
Cherokee
Southern Hotel
Rev. Harris
Ligno Christian Church
Ides
Finish planting cotton and improve hog and crop care
Finish planting cotton as soon as possible and plant hay crops. Cultivate shallow after a first cheap plow pass and maintain a good mulch. Inspect corn brace roots and avoid uprooting them while continuing deep but effective cultivation. Sell roosters and infertile eggs, cull boarder hens, and spray for insect trouble. All surplus vegetables should be canned. Sheep and hog clubs thrive with 100 head of Polish China sows. add a dairy cow for profit. Crops late but county yields are modest to good. A. J. Cotton, County Agent.
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Llano County
Texas
Poland
Farmer
A. J. Cotton
A M Box Declares Candidacy For Llano County Tax Assessor
A M Box announces his candidacy for Llano County Tax Assessor in the Democrat Primary of July 1926. Born and raised in Llano County, he notes Army service in France where he lost an arm and injured another, yet asserts full qualification and asks for voters support.
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Llano County
Albert M. Box
France
Llano County Endures Heavy Rainstorm Visit
A torrential downpour swept Llano and nearby areas last Saturday afternoon with near three inch rainfall reported by Observer Tarretce. Streets flooded and minor damage occurred while the deluge was largely viewed as a county blessing. Miss Lee Ella Halford, teaching in Llano, departed this week for Mullin, Texas.
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Jupiter
Pluvius
Llano
Vacinity
Ligne
Tarretce
Doe
Lee Ella Halford
Mullin
Texas
Retailers Across Nation Cut Clothing Prices Significantly
A widespread wave of price cuts in ready to wear clothing and shoes spread from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Reports from 24 cities show reductions from 15 to 20 percent or more, with some silk items cut as much as 50 percent. Merchants cite tight money and poor transport, while some stores run no profit or underselling campaigns.
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Chicago
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Minna
Teading
Topeka
Kan
St. Louis
Tacoma
Seattle
San Francisco
AL Everett
Mass
Nebraska
Omaha
York Neb
Wichita
Kansas
Coffeeville
Minnepolis
Knoxville
Tennessee
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Cherokee Junior College
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