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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1928
Page
8
Lubbock chamber leaders thanked residents of Hobbs Loving, Lanette and Seminole after a Friday tour to the new oil field near Hobbs New Mexico. They called the trip a boost for Lubbock's standing and South Plains goodwill with rail and highway development discussed.
Texas citrus grower Mibhon Maupin of Harlingen district reports a grapefruit crop this year with a net of about 1500 dollars. The sworn statement to the Texas Citrus Fruit Growers Exchange lists Maupin and S. P. McKee as signatories. Expenses cited include planting and exchange charges totaling around 1990 dollars.
Four West Texas Chamber of Commerce executives conducted a two day tour from Abilene to central Texas towns to discuss traffic problems and promote the new territory structure. They met in Abilene, San Angelo, Sweetwater and Lubbock with local chambers hosting round table discussions and receptions.
Proartent A M Huauitland Vernon and Homer J Wade Blaniford of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce will appear before the board of control here Monday and Tuesday to urge a selected appropriation for teachers. Colleges in West Texas. A Shanghai paper mill is rumored to use river bank seeds as raw material in fusion slang.
Bus passengers rise as Union Bus Terminal reports more than 20 percent growth in receipts this year. Forty four daily schedules operate to and from Lubbock with multiple lines including North Plains to Amarillo and South Plains to Sweetwater. Managers Abbott, Arch Tyler, and Leo Randan note high ridership across routes to Spur, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, Vernon, Lubbock to Leyland, and Big Spring.
Lindsey Theatre Enterprises announces a 875000 upgrade over three months including Vitaphone and Movietone machines for the Palace Theatre. Remodeling near completion will raise seating to 1500 with leather seats and a super cooling system, plus a five year Paramount contract and plans for 42 sound pictures next year.
Funeral services for three month old Little Pural Eugene Friverll of Mro and Mrs N Frigzell on Vail Avenue were held yesterday afternoon at 4 at the Bye mina Brothers Punersh home with Rev White of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment was in Lubbock cemetery. Surviving are the parents a brother Stanley four years old and grandfather L B Frizzell. An uncle L H Fezzell of this city also listed.
Alvey Griffith is appointed as herder for billygoats and bullfrogs in Cameron Parish swamps by the Orange-Cameron Land Company, as part of efforts to keep the marshes safe for bullfrogs and to supply a growing market for frog legs.
Texas health officer Dr Manton Carrick warns against heavy meals in heat and advocates fruits vegetables and plenty of water. Mothers urged to protect babies with cool boiled water, light clothing and outdoor naps. Also notes a 24 hour clock in Fretenwalde Germany strikes 24 times at midnight.
Fragmentary text notes a Roman technique for joining iron with copper from two thousand years ago. It then briefly mentions wheelbarrow legs lengthening from experiments related to industrial fatigue and asbestos as a topic, with garbled continuation about tents and weaving.
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