Nation Builds Roads Across the Plains and South
An editorial urges new highways to close the gap on the Colorado to Gulf Way, citing bond defeats in Wilbarger county and pending district elections. It argues that vast federal road investment will advance civilization, education, and commerce, comparing roads to arteries of a great empire and noting the link between good highways and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbarger County
Colorado
Gulf Way
Vernon
Electra
Dantime
United States
Washington
SPLENDID LIST OF NEW BOOKS
Washington December 8 1928 reports a long weather forecast with drought and moisture patterns across North America. A library listing introduces new and old masterpieces including Life of Christ by Giovanni Papen, Truth Women by Josephine Dasham Bacon, and selections like White House Handbook of Oratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Newton
Life of
Christ
Giovanni Papend
Italy
Henry James Forman
Hater
Henry Race
Asamerica
Josephine Dasham Bacon
Edgar Lee Masters
Stephen Crane
Robert Bridwes
Rupert Brooks
Bliss Carmen
G. K. Chesterton
Robert Frost
Veehel Lindsay
Amay Lowell
Alfred Noyes
Thomas Nelson Page
James M. Barrie
Robert E. Lee
John Drinkwater
Lear
Anna Morgan
White House
Waldo Richards
Paul M. Pearson
Boy Trotzky ElevenYearOld Arrested In New York
Leo Graneff a New York City boy known as the Boy Trotzky was payroled to appear later in Children's Court after police found rockets packed with anarchist literature. He admitted being a Communist and said many classmates aged ten to twelve shared his views. The National Security League and police aimed to suppress child Communists and a moralizing plea urged parental discipline to "save America."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Graneff
Li Vear
New York City
Trotzky
National Security League
America
Simmons College Thanksgiving Homecoming Draws Exes in Texas
Abilene December 3 1929 Simmons College held a homecoming gala with 2590 to 100 attendees for the annual football clash between Simmons Cowboys and Heward Parine ending in a three point tie. Exes and students from 36 towns gathered for reunions and a five hundred place dinner hosted by the Abi lene Sinonens Club. visitors hailed from Texarkana Dallas Lubbock Tulsa and many Texas towns while rainfall kept some away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Dev
Almont
Plaes
Simmonites
Simmons Cowboys
Heward
Fockey
Abilene Sinonens Club
Heeinae
Cridwell Fine Arts
Attendanes
Texarkana
Arkansas
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Pexas
Dallas
Wave
Lubbock
Haskell
Seymour Abilene
Easthind
Anson
Cisco
Junger
Comanche
Wichita Alls Winters
Clede
Merkel
Tuscola Crowell
Rising Star
Sylvester
Tacmesa
Desdemond
Westbrook
Stanton
Harrell
San Angelo
Baird
Breckenridge
Sweetwater
Throckmorton
Quangh
Ballinger
Wertherford
Stamford
Vernon
Glick Sand Claims Car in Red River
Doans crossing on the Red River is the site of repeated near disasters as a Ford belonging to Dan Briscoe of Hoss Oklahoma sank in quicksand during a Sunday trip toward Vernon. The vehicle became submerged with only the top showing before neighbors and Briscoe family workers pulled it out Monday. Mrs Briscoe steered, one child drove, and the party reached shore safely. The car was left at Doans for repairs while the family continued to Vernon. Mr and Mrs T H Price announce the birth of a girl last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mber
Atlantic
Portland
Ore
Pacific
Deceim
North America
Afbca
Dillon
North Pacific Ocean
Asiatic Ocean
North Atlantic
Shoma
Sneevil
Doans
Dec
Doan
Ford
Dan Briscoe
Hoss
Okla
Vernon
Deans
Unusual Elk Lodge Record Noted For Few Deaths
A Bik Memorial service filled the Elk Lodge rooms with a large crowd on Sunday. Judge P. K. Morrill of Altus was unable to attend, so Mayor Harry Mason delivered the memorial address. Miss Georgia Castleberry sang. In four years the lodge reported over 800 members and only one death, Blair, the sole member to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bik
P. K. Morrill
Altus
Ola
Harry Mason
Georgia Castleberry
Elk Lodge
My Blair
Candyland Kitchen Delights Mentioned In Market Snippet
A fragment notes sweets and snacks at Candyland with references to shelled nuts and crystallized fruits. The brief hints at a cooking scene and market setting, indicating a confectionery focus without full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Candyland
Air Cop Arrests Sky- Traffic Violators
Howard Calvert stunt pilot and manager Frank O Neil arrested in Akron by Air Patrolman Harold Kullberg for sky traffic violations. Convicted of a city ordinance crime, they were sentenced by Judge Zesiger to one day in a tethered kite balloon displayed publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Calvert
Frank O'Neil
Akron
Harold Kullberg
Zesiger
Illness Update Touches Parker and Tanner Family
Mrs. B J Parker, ill for a week, is reported much better. Billy Tanner, son of Mr and Mrs Gaines Tanner, remains seriously ill at his grandparents home, Mr and Mrs T Eakle. Mrs Tanner and family, residents of Dallas, visited Ms M F Lewellyn and her daughter during a trip to Wichita Falls, where the boy fell ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.J. Parker
Uch
Billy
Gaines Tanner
T. (. Eakle
Tanner
Dallas
M. FE. Lewellyn
Boyter
Gene
Wichita Palls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ntire Nation
Fostep's
Miss Newton
Boy Trotzky
Simmons College
Glick Sand
Red River
T. H. Price
M. L. Bird
Vernon, Tenas
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Fr. L. Massie
Farmers State Bank
Ay Ated Calvert
Franko Netth
Bleeman H Harold
Price Mattress Factory
Deaf Smith Street
E. L. Witty
Fentress & Walker
Waggoner Bank Building
Vaughn Mercantile Co
West Maiden
Sti
ART
Vernon Drug Store
Eastman Kodaks
Chinaware
Renfro Hardware
Veldyne
Flamingo
Marvella
Gerona
Ormandale
Dixon Dry Goods
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