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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1916
Page
8
A brief notice highlights Vivian and Martin in Israel Zangwill’s play Merely Mary Ann featuring a Fox Feature as the promotional hook.
C L Laughridge of this city has been appointed post master and will assume duties once Senate confirms. The appointment ends a bitter Democratic struggle in the county where Sam Brown Judge Carroll and W H Hans were the other candidates. Miss Shumard of Tennessee visits Moqui Snake dance points of interest and plans a tour to Inscription Rock and Yuni village.
The party forced the nomination for state on Mr Page, aiming to place one of the strongest men on the ticket as determined by party leaders.
The Gem theater offers an exceptional lineup with Blue Bird pictures premiering Friday night in Gallup. Eight reels play tonight featuring Charles Chaplin and a five reel drama At Bay. Sunday includes Chaplin and Monday features Merely Mary Ann by Israel Zangwell with Fox studio.
J J Baker assistant manager of the Golden Rule store has gone to Long Beach California to wed Miss Hazel Vieregg formerly of Florida. The ceremony will be on the 29th of this month. The couple will travel the coast then return to Gallup to begin housekeeping in a residence rented by Baker. The bride to be is from a well known Florida family and they became acquainted in Florida as children. Baker is the brother of Mrs. P C Pinson of Gallup.
Crown Point groom Wade C. Smith and Prescott Arkansas bride Lorraine Laverider married in the city on Wednesday. The Rev Emmons performed the ceremony at the Page hotel with intimate friends attending. About forty visitors traveled from Gallup and nearby to Oribia where Maqui Indians hold a snake dance. Ford Harvey and Mrs Harvey with their children joined the group, along with Mr and Mrs Little of Chicago. Little is described as the scientific engineer for the Chicago North Western railroad.
A local advertises selected White and Brown Leghorn and Rhode Island Red roosters and pullets from western stock. Young roosters priced at 1.75 dollars each and pullets at 1.00 dollar. Contact P O Box 34 Grants New Mexico.
0. F. Jenkins of Texas will arrive in the city within a few days to open a drug store in the Waring building on Coal avenue. He brings a carload of modern equipment after 25 years in the business. Jenkins, formerly of Pampa, is highly recommended by locals and is a member of Jenkins Drug Company known in Oklahoma for sound finances. The new store promises to be one of the finest in the state.
A scale model of the planned Gal lup depot and Harvey house is shown at McKinley County Bank. The U shaped ground plan features a front wing and mission style design similar to Santa Fe railroad stations in the southwest. The exhibit will run several days and is lit at night to suggest the finished look. Harvey eating system managers Jacobson and Reed visited the city Wednesday.
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