Budding Wives Learn Art of Cooking At City Schools
Women over 14 enroll in free home economics classes at Main Avenue High and Brackenridge Memorial schools under the Smith Hughes act. Miss Katherine Joseph teaches at Main Avenue with demonstrations on balanced diets. Brackenridge sessions are led by Mrs Laura Gilbert with dressmaking. additional classes in millinery and dressmaking operate at Navarro and other sites. New classes planned and expanded vocational work to be extended to colored schools.
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Nic
Main Avenue High School
Brackenridge Memorial School
Smith-Hughes
Co-On- SreBne
Katherine Joseph
Romane Street
Emma Pirie
Ban Antonio
Brackenridge
Laura Gilbert
Colima
South Brazos
Allen McNeese
Hugh Hughes
Elsie Pickett
Brackenridge High School
1635 Garden Street
Otloeck
Sarah Tizzini
Navarro School
South Pecos
San Fernando Streets
Miss Pirie
Adkins Community Faire draws large crowd day two
The Adkins community fair continued Sunday after a Saturday opening with rodeo performances, band concerts, and agricultural exhibits drawing strong attendance. Congressman Harrys M. Wurzbach spoke, Sayers beat Adkins for best county agricultural exhibit, Joseph Harbardier of Sayers won the only cash premium from the farm bureau, and judges C. H. Alvord and Luker assessed agriculture and livestock. President T. H. Abbott praised day one and expected a big Sunday turnout.
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Adkins
Harrys M. Wurzbach
House of Representatives
Sayers
Joseph Harbardier
Sayers Community
Farm Bureau
C. H. Alvord
Luker
State Department of Education
Praise of Nueces schools cited for high standards
Corpus Christi Texas October report by A W Evans supervising state high schools commends Nueces County High School for improvements in the past year. It notes high order instruction, increased school tax support, an enhanced improvement program and the introduction of physical education courses praised by George B R Clark president of the board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Ter
A. W. Evans
State Department of Education
George BR. Clark
Board of Trustees
Lecture on Christian Science by Dr John M Tutt in Kansas City
Dr John M Tutt C S B of Kansas City Missoni and board member of The Mother Church presents a lecture on Christian Science. The event takes place in the Main Avenue High School Auditorium in Boston Mask on Thursday evening October 16 1924 at 8 oclock with the second church of First State Antonio extending a cordial invitation. Attendees are asked to be seated by 7 55.
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John M. Tutt
Kansas City
Missoni
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mask
Main Avenue High School
Second Church of
1St
Antonio
New York Banks Hold Unclaimed Deposits Exceeding 10 Million
New York banks report more than 10 million dollars in unclaimed deposits. The funds have lain idle for twenty years, with banks required to advertise for owners once a year for five years.
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New York
Women Meet Tuesday at 6 30 P M at Menger Hotel
The Professional Women's Club calls a session for Tuesday evening at 6 30 at the Menger hotel. The item list includes plumbing and electrical work and adv for Kirkwood Wharton and Hertzberg Kercheville Thompson lawyers. Also mentions Alamo Jewelry Co and a Sunday dance at Martinez and a Dinty Moore garden offer opening soon. New York exhibition news notes Metropolitan Museum of Art plans November 11 opening of its Early American wing with notable collections.
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Professional
Menger Hotel
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
America
Brooks Pilot Tops Wichita Trophy Race at Brooks Field
Lieut Julian B Haddon won the Wichita Eagle Trophy race at Wichita Kan in a 60 mile run at 127.6 mph. Lieut TP Smith placed second and Maj Harvey S Burwell fourth. Winners flew De Havilland airplanes as Brooks Field and Kelly Field aviators entered other races scheduled Sunday. Walter Beech won the Ines Trophy for 40 miles at 92.7 mph aboard a Swallow. Basil Rowe won the Allen Hinkle Trophy for civilians in 26 39 58 for 50 miles at 112 8 mph. Wind slowed races and six more events are planned.
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Julian B. Haddon
Brooks Field
Wichita
Kan
Tp, Smith
Kelly Field
Harvey S. Burwell
Haddon
Lieut
B. BH
Nolan
Fort Riley
H. R. Rivers
Scott Field
de Baviland
Walter Beech
Basil Rowe
Allaben
SVA
Wisconsin Sets Record With Big Pea Harvest
Madison reports Wisconsin can harvest half the nation's peas this year. The state ships an estimated 10,210,000 cases, an 18 percent rise over the old record. Advertisement notes Heer and McCollum undertakers with quick ambulance service and a 24 hour lady assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Heer & McCollum, Undertakers
Shenandoah Repairs Under Night Lights In San Diego
In San Diego on Friday night the dirigible Shenandoah suffered damage when its rear carriage struck the ground while mooring on North Island. Mechanics worked overnight repairing the giant airship as Commander Zachary Lansdowne inspected the repairs, with a Seattle departure now not expected until late Monday or Tuesday.
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San Diego
North Island
Navy
Seattle
Zachary Lansdowne
U S Behind Group Move Of Railroads
Washington conference on the Interstate Commerce Commission plan to consolidate the nations railroads into a few systems. Commissioners Cox and Lewis led the talks with rail executives Patrick Crowley Samuel Rea Daniel Willard and the Nickel Plate firm. Officials declined to discuss details and said action would not come for at least six weeks.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Comerce Commission
Commission
Great Eastern Railways
Patrick H. Crowley
New York Central
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Daniel O. Wil‘lard
Baltimore & Ohio
van Schwaringen Brothers
Nickel Plate
Cox
Houston Thieves Target Coffee Sheds
Police report a coffee theft wave in Houston affecting Duncan Coffee Company and Woods Coffee Company. The Woods firm recently lost four sacks in the ongoing incidents as authorities investigate the case.
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Houston
Veisil Cottes
Duncan Coffee Company
The
Woods Coffee Company
Woods
Franco Germanic Trade Pact Delayed In Paris
Negotiations for a France Germany commercial treaty were adjourned for a week to allow German delegates to confer with Berlin advisers over disputed clauses. The pause enables further study and possible resolution before resuming talks.
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Paris
France
Germany
Berlin
Prison Population of Texas Drops to 3622
Austin reports the Texas prison population at 3622 as of October 25, with counts spread across multiple facilities including Huntsville prison and various farms. The drop follows court recess for vacation and parole term expirations in summer, with expected gradual rise through next spring.
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Austin
Leras
Ena
Asylums
Blakely Farm
Blue Ridge Farm
Clemens Farm
Darrington Farm
Histham Farm
Ferguson Farm
Goree
Huntsville
Harlem Farm
Imperial Farm
Ramsey Farm
Retrieve Farm
Shaw Farm
Senior Farm
Wynne Farm
Government delays tariff bill as prices rise in agrarian properties
Berlin reports the government faces a new price rise in agrarian properties and will not rest the protective tariff. The measure likely to be presented to the Reichstag aims to avoid opposition from the Left while signaling changes in agrarian items.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Girl Takes Own Life After Suitor Fails to Call
In Brooklyn on October 1 a 20 year old Miss Margaret Payne killed herself by inhaling illuminating gas in her kitchen. The suicide followed a quarrel with her father and disappointment over a suitor who did not call the previous night.
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New York
Margaret Payne
Brooklyn
Oklahoma bandits routed in running bank holdup
A passerby glimpsing the scene through the First National Bank window halted a holdup by three bandits in Shidler Oklahoma. Five people were shot as a hastily formed posse pursued. one bandit was captured, and John Drake of Fort Smith was fatally shot, Tom Lee was wounded, while the other bandit Vernon James escaped with several thousand dollars.
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Shidler
Okla
First National Bank
John Drake
Fort Smith
Tom Lee
James , Vernon
Vame
Adkins Fair Showcases Rodeo and Basketball Close Call
Floyd Spivey and Arthur Terrell rope and tie a yearling in 13 seconds during the four event. H W Wiseman from Lavernia lifts a steer until it tires. Sayers beat Cavernia 9 to 7 on a court set up on a dance floor. Gate receipts top $600 with $1000 expected Sunday as another rodeo and a Ford car guessing contest draw crowds. Dancing to follow Sunday night.
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Floyd Spivey
Arthur Terrell
Adkins
Irs
Modern American girls praised for care and style
Emily Lloyd, beauty specialist, cites America as boasting a hundred pretty girls today. She says the modern girl is no more shapely or prettier than her mother, but she has learned to care for and accentuate appearance with better hair, skin, and overall grooming.
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Sys
Chicago
America
Emily Lloyd
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Adkins Community Faire
CnLnnl
Nueces
Kirkwood & Wharton
Hertzberg-Kercheville & Thompson
Brady Buldy
Alamo Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
Kirkwood & Wharton, Cr
Martinez
New Braunfels Orchestra
Theo
Arizi
Mis
Dinty Moore
Brooks Pilot
U. S
Sloan, Wilbert & Pelphrey, Tue, Undertakers
Broadway
Se Woltz & Marx Co
Texas
Tailleur
Self
Oklahoma
Otago
Milady
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