Canyon City Plans and Prospects for Rapid Growth
The Santa Fe proposed new union depot was sent to Canyon City Commercial Club for approval with a push for a larger, more commodious facilities. The city schedules major upgrades including a steam laundry, sewerage and water mains, bank fixtures, and several new enterprises, with a new hotel, church, and a state normal college cornerstone planned as crowds of 10 000 are expected for the dedication events.
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Union
Santa Fe Railway
State Railroad Commission
Austin
Canyon City
First National Bank
First National
First State Bank of
Canyon
Life Insurance Companies
Texas
Amicable
Waco
Lone Star
Dallas
Ft Worth
Amarillo Company
Amarillo
J. T. Service
Normal
R. A. Dobbs
Pecos Streets
Prof
Foster
West Evelyn Street
Turk
West Huston
Jno. Beglin
West Texas State Normal College
Sam Wiggins Seeks County Commissioner for Precinct 3
The News recommends Sam Wiggins for county commissioner in precinct 3. A Sebastian Ark. native, he moved to Kaufman Texas, then to Randall County about ten years ago to become a prosperous farmer. He seeks the Democratic primary nomination and has not held county office before.
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Randall County
Sebastian County
Ark
Kaufman County
Texas
Great Panhandle
Horace Greely
Sam Wiggins
Sam
Billionaire Special Train Planned From Pasadena to New York
Santa Fe officials plan a new nonstop Eastbound train named the Billionaire Special departing Pasadena on Friday with a Grand Canyon stop. Six private cars host the Andrew Carnegie party Mrs Russell Sage Major and Mrs Slocum Edwin Gould and family W Steward Webb and other New York financiers. A sleeper for servants an auxiliary refrigerating car and an automobile car accompany the private private cars.
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Santa Fe
Pasadena
New York
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Andrew Carnegie
Russell Sage
Major
Slocum
Edwin Gould
W. Steward Webb
California
Entertained Little Folks Easter Party At Home
Mr. and Mrs. David Thomas hosted an Easter party Monday afternoon for grandchildren Ruby Martin and David Meyers. Children enjoyed an egg hunt and games while mothers played forty two. A six o clock supper was served with names on Easter egg place cards. Attendees included Mesdames Dyson Davis Sellars Dowling Myers and others plus Misses Upfold Kleinschmidt Twachtman Stoxen Gamble Hoffman Usery Dorman.
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David Thomas
Ruby
Martin
David Meyers
Mesdames Chas
Dyson
C. Davis
L. L. Sellars
Thomas Dowling
E. W. Myers
Katie
Georgia Upfold
Rose Kleinschmidt
Ella Twachtman
Edith Stoxen
J. B. Gamble
Ed Hoffman
Dank. Usery
Dorothy Dorman
Mary Had an Easter Hat
A poem about Mary wearing a wide purple straw Easter hat trimmed with flowers and lace. Its size blocks through doors and prompts a sidewalk joke as a city official asks her to dismount from a vehicle. The verse ends with Mary laughing at the wide sidewalk.
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Mary
Poultry Yard Tips For Cleanliness And Feeding
Practical guidance for poultry keepers on cleanliness, egg dating, feed quality and portioning, brooder chick care, separating fighting stock, bean and pea additions to feed, and nest placement to prevent egg spoilage from wind exposure.
Out of the Ginger Jar and Other Witty Observations
A collection of aphorisms and quips contrasts everyday vices with common follies. The pieces lampoon promotion pacts lazy behavior and pompous eloquence while offering wry reflections on pride, ignorance, and social pretenses.
Rock Island Wreck Near Green Mountain Kills Fifty
Des Moines dispatch notes the Green Mountain Iowa wreck on a Rock Island line killed about fifty and left forty injured. A derailed engine and collapsed cars produced gruesome scenes as rescue workers and nurses aided victims. The commission blamed speed and partial car design, urging stronger coaches to prevent telescoping in future crashes.
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Green Mountain
Iowa
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago and Great Western
Rock Island
Des Moines
State Railroad Commissioners of
Green Moun
Mary AldersonRemembered in Farm Community Death Notice
Mrs Mary Alderson wife of J Alderson died after several days of pneumonia last Friday March 25 at home in Rohme Texas. Survived by husband five sons and two daughters including a Ft Worth son and daughters married to Chas Huffines Wichita Falls and M Boyd Hale Center. Funeral service at home then train shipment to family farm for burial.
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Mary Alderson
Alderson
Ft Worth
Chas. Huffines
Witchita Falls
Silence Gives Wisdom Worthy of the Owl
A short verse argues that wisdom comes from speaking little. The owl in a hollow tree sits mute all day, and the moral urges restraint to be esteemed, noting that famous men should learn to hold their tongue.
Miss Rose Kleinschmidt Heads Home From Visit
Miss Rose Kleinschmidt leaves Tuesday evening for Elgin Illinois after an extended visit with her parents in town.
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Rose Kleinschmidt
Elgin
Ill
Bohemian Settlement Rumored in Randall County Texas
Well pleased with land in Randall county Texas are S F Novotny Albert Kalous and Jos Zrutsky who returned from there this morning. Kalous and Zrutsky bought farms and plan to move soon with Prusek also purchasing a farm and preparing crops. Novotny will have land plowed with a steam plow and crop ready by his next trip, signaling a growing Bohemian settlement.
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S. F. Novotny
Albert Kalous
Jos. Zrutsky
Randall County
Texas
Mr. Kalous
Mr. Zrutsky
Kalous
John Prusek
Wanted A man to run Ae pumping plant and inspect sewers
Job advertisement from Canyon City mayor Jasper N. Haney invites applications for a competent man to operate the Ae pumping plant and inspect sewer and water use. Applicants must show competency and faithfulness to duty and furnish a bond of at least 500 dollars. Applications open publicly April 5, 1910, addressed to the Mayor.
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Canyon City
Jasper N. Haney
Grist Mill Assured Canyon to House Modern Flour Mill
The News predicts Canyon farmers will boost Panhandle Texas wheat output with a new up-to-date flour mill. Financing and skilled milling experts are in place, making this more than a Promise. soil and demand could feed plains residents and beyond.
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Canyon
Plains
Accident Injures Rev J M Harder At Bank Building
After a Baptist Church event last Tuesday night Rev J M Harder turned out the lights in the First State Bank building. The chair slipped causing a fall that broke two ribs on his left side near the spine and left him in severe pain with nerve distress along the spine.
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J. M. Harder
First State Bank
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W. Lowery
Bob
Smith
Geen Mountain la
Rock Island Railroad
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