Highway bids announced for Dallas and nearby counties
Austin April 14 An announcement of bids to be let April 23 covers about thirty miles of concrete paving thirty miles of asphalt topping and drainage structures with bridges in Dallas county Polecat Creek two miles from Kosse and nine miles on highway 705 from TherkHmis to Midway. Bids also advertise six hundred thousand dollars work across twelve counties including Cottle Montgomery Hill and Hull counties plus grading drainage and concrete pavement on several state routes.
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Highway Commission
Dallas
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Midway
Hardly
Jasper Counties
Nueces River
Motley County Five
Baducah
Cattle County
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Willis
Walker County
Jones County
Jiallns County
Kentman County
Hull County
Jorge Bridge
Red River
Galveston County
Texas Wity
Atale
Uvalde County
Wily
Trrmas
Zovulla
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Sweet Line
Dimmit
Unrrize Springs
Childress County
Cote County
Childrens
Jonea
Anson
Tiarlin Cattle County
Enducah
Gillespie
Masons
Kendall
Champion Miss Valentine wins citywide jackstones title
Washington Irving Junior High pupil Miss Margaret Valentine seizes the citywide jackstones crown funded by The Light. The lengthy notes mention highway grading projects across several Texas counties including Galveston Uvalde Dimmit and Childress with references to grading drainage and concrete works along multiple routes.
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Margaret Valentine
Washington Irving
the Light
Award Silver Loving Cup In City Jackstones Contest
Miss Margaret Valenting of Washington Irving Junior School won the silver loving cup in the citywide jackstones contest held under the San Antonio Tight and Playgrounds supervision. Pauline Pierce and Elizabeth Peters won gold medals as runner ups with silver medals to Doris Peters and Kathryn Mezzetti.
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Jacksonex
Margaret Valenting
Washington Irving
Adrzamoon Street
San Antonio
Dlaygrounds
Margaret
John Baneati
City Playground
Pauline Pierce
Washington
Elizabeth Eters
Doris Peters
Kathryn Mezzetti
Crockett School
Largest Neon Sign Erected in Dallas Sets Southwest Record
The Mercantile Bank and Trust of Dallas unveiled a monumental electric neon sign reaching about one hundred feet in height and weighing six tons. Described as the largest neon sign to be created in the Southwest, it dominates the cityscape with a powerful candle power.
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Dallas
Mercantile Bank and Trust Company
Van
Life-Saving Talk Energizes Junior Business Women
Carl Cartwright, supervisor of life saving corps, spoke at the Junior Business and Professional Women's Club meeting at the St Anthony hotel on water safety and self science. Twenty new members were honored, twelve joined after his talk, and swimming instructions were announced. Richard Harrison led songs with Anna Alor accompanying Mary Aveaur School students.
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Carl Cartwright
Lifesaving Corps
Hei Ciress
St Anthony Hotel
Honor Avesta
Cartwright
Richard Harrison
Anna Alor
Mary Aveaur School
Engine Runs Down Big Timber Wolf
An incident near North Bar Ontario involved a locomotive striking a large timber wolf after sighting it on a curve. Engineer Lafantasie throttled forward to strike the animal with the engine pilot while Conductor W C Watling then finished off the wolf with two blows.
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MonrKie Ad
North Bar
Ontario
Lafantasie
W. C. Watling
Wilkins On Antarctic Flight And Future Exploration
New York April 11 Sir Joubert Wilkins praised the research work behind the Antarctic expedition and commended the planer's instruments and the plane used. He showed moving pictures of the flights and emphasized future benefits for weather observation stations and military oil interests from Arctic and Antarctic exploration.
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New York
Joubert Wilkins
Vacuum Oil Company
Sir Hubert
Wielson
Arctic
Antarctic
Advange
May Day Declared Child Health Day by Moody
Governor Van Moody issued a proclamation designating Monday May 1 as Child Health Day across the state. He urged nurses physicians welfare workers health agencies schools churches and all organizations to collaborate with the state health department to provide activities promoting the health and development of children. The governor stressed that every child should have opportunities for healthy play and development and called for a statewide program to protect and improve child health.
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Austin
van Moody
Congress
Nursery for Calves on Indiana Parr
The Graham farm east of here has erected a large oak calf nursery. The barn measures 30 feet by 5 feet and can care for four calves. The structure is now housing calves on the farm.
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Waaasuington
Tad
United States
Graham Farm
Here
Man Dies After Cranking His Car in Arook, Mass
Obed T Lugser of Center Street To died at home after cranking his car and entering the house saying it was too much work. He died of heart failure within moments. Lugser was 63 years old and from Nantucket. The notice blends obituary with local misc items and faint testimonials.
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Obed T
Lugser
Expressmaty
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J.B. Stevenson
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