West Texas Land Boom offers frontier for capital
Stamford May 5 West Texas land drives a new frontier for enterprising Americans as cattle ranches divide and sell, drawing tenant farmers from the South and grain growers from the Middle West. Land prices rise from 15 to 40 dollars per acre, with potential to 100 200 amid expanding railroads, towns, schools, and welcoming communities. Write the West Texas Chamber of Commerce at Stamford for details.
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Edwin. J. Clapp
Stamford
West Texas
Middle West
West
Texas
Indiana
West Terns
Texas, Panhandle and Gulf
Fort Worth
Tutumeari
N. M
Wear
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Tex
Better Homes Week Declared In San Antonio
Mrs. Sallie King Hopkins, chairman of the publicity committee of the City Federation of Women’s Clubs, announced Better Homes Week in San Antonio from May 10 to 17. The same dates mark the national campaign week. Mrs. B. F. Morris leads the local effort. The talk urged thrift as a foundation for home improvement and warned against ornate homes without financial education.
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Sallie King Hopkins
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
San Antonio
B. F. Morris
Pastors Attend Linton Conference in Bee County
Beeville district delegates at the Linton conference include Rev J T Curry of San Antonio, Rev H M Ratliff, Dr R J Causing of Kingville, and other clergy opposing Methodist unification plan. Delegates elected to West Texas annual conference in San Antonio in October include Stubbs, Pionan, Cage, and others with alternates listed.
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Alice
W. G. Sparks
Sinton
R. Gillette
Mathis
A. Simons
Beeville
A. W. Wilson
Bishop
M. K. Fred
Robstown
X. Swimme
Corpus Christi
T.C. Dongiase
Alicc
Honor Society Initiation At Menger Hotel Banquet
An initiation of 35 members to the National Honor Society will be held with a banquet at the Menger hotel at 7 o clock Tuesday night. Main Avenue high school students elected to the society will receive their certificates. Albert Hartman, a recent graduate and society member, will lead the initiation.
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Menger
Main Avenue High School
Iehola All Department ‘Naval
Albert Hartman
Breach Threat Tackled as Colorado River Deluge Presses Imperial Valley
May 5 report from Calexico says work crews are throttling flood risk along the Colorado River after a breach in levees protecting Imperial Valley California. The valley lies largely below sea level and faces rising waters as trains and other relief efforts try to halt further damage.
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Colorado
Imperial Valley
Calexico
Cal
York
Colorado River
One Dog Calls Aid as Second Saves Master
May 5 Bakersfield California. H G Hobright slips while fishing and falls over a cliff. A fox terrier guides W P Cummings to rescue. A Siberian stag hound drags Hobright back from the brink by his trouser leg. The dogs intervene before first aid is given.
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Bakersfield
Cal
H. G. Hobright
Hobright
W. P. Cummings
Kansas City
Cummings
Ingrown Nail Righted Itself Overnight With Outgro
An old method claims a few drops of Outgro in the nail crevice reduce inflammation and pain and cause the nail to turn outward healing quickly. Outgro is described as a harmless antiseptic for chiropodists sold in drugstores.
Ailments of Young Girls Improve with Vegetable Compound
Mrs Vernexa Carpenter of Evanston Wyoming recounts monthly troubles with illness from before marriage to after five children. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and energy allowing her to do housework and care for twins and five other children.
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Evanston
Wyoming
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vernexa Carpenter
1272Nd Avenue
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Houston Street
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