Plainview Growth Seen Driving Panhandle Prosperity
E B Miller, Plainview Herald manager, lauds Southwest expansion and Panhandle boom. He cites Plainview projects including a 290000 dollar Elk lodge four stories with gym and dances, a 250000 dollar hotel, 800000 dollar elevator, 65000 dollar bank, eight stores, Weyland College dorms, and 50 to 60 homes under construction. Land values rise, charter disputes delay paying contracts, and irrigation land fetches 150 to 200 dollars per acre.
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Plainview
Miller
The
Elks of
Texas
Weyland College
Interscholastic League District Meet Details Unfold
The Interscholastic League District Meet will be held April 16 and 17 at Quanah with literary and athletic events. W. M. Gourley will chair county debating and declamation contests, Miss Maimie Allen will run the essay contest, J. N. Fulcher the spelling contest, and S. T. Porterfield the athletic entries. Rural schools may enter one boy and one girl in declamation, urban schools four declaimers across junior senior boys and girls, with entries due by March 27.
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Fou
Austin
W. M. Gourley
Oklainton
Mamie Alien
Fargo
J. N. Pulcher
S&. T. Porterfield
Mr. Fulcher
Two Irishmen on roof tease after fall in comic exchange
Onlookers hear one man ask if the other is dead or alive after a misstep. Mike swears he is alive, while the other calls him a liar. In a separate note, Mrs. R. V. Manis and her mother Salena Hammond travel to Fort Worth for the Rebekah Grand Lodge and the Fat Stock Show.
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Mike
R. V. Manis
Salena Hammond
Fort Worth
Rebekah Grand Lodge
Crow Sisters Showoff in Quiet Midwestern Visit
Mrs. Bettie Fisher of Chicago and Mrs. Benson of Wichita Falls visit Miss Jennie T. Murray this week. Beautiful printed roles and georgettes noted among crowds as hosts share light conversation and gossip.
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Bettie Fisher
Chicago
Benson
Wichita Falls
Jennie T. Murray
Crow Sisters
Jnc. H. Young
McFall Tractor and Supply Company
Vernon
W G McDonald Service Car Drives Specialty Phones
W G McDonald Service Car operates in the country offering specialty phone services. The unit is managed by W G McDonald with day 26 and night 100 headquarters listed at Fergeson Drug Co.
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Fergeson Drug Co
Be Pisher Returns From Dallas and Dublin Visit
Be Pisher arrived back yesterday after visiting his mother, sisters, and brothers in Dallas and Dublin Texas.
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Dallas
Dublin
Texas
Crow Sisters advertise new percales and ginghams
Short items list 20 pieces percale at 25 cents a yard and 20 pieces gingham at 60 cents. Crow Sisters promote spring draperies and children’s dresses. Local residents, including Chas Wood and William Keesee, travel for business. A lighthearted party quip concludes the page.
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Crow Sisters
Lip
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. B. Miller
Panhandle Area
Herald
Elks Lodge
Southwest
Panhandle
Irving Ball
Quanah
W. M
Hiterscholastic League of Texas
Ball
Margaret
Henry
CVE Ney Homie
W. G. McDonald
Trinidad
Wyn. Cameron & Co., Inc
Liberty Dare
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Smallory
Dixon Dry Goods Co
Home of
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Swartwood & Company
Chas. T. Wood
aledSut Soc
Crow Sisters, Lip
William Keesee
Vernon Wednesday
R. B. Richardson
E. Nowlin
Federal
Petit Jury
W. I. Stephens
Wichita County
W. H. Stephens
Mrs. T. Stephens
R. L. Freeman
Lawton, Oklahoma
Ates
W. Henry Rogers
J. F. Juchanan
Sumren Greene
Regina Greene
Shreveport
Rogers
Phat
General Auto
E. E. Coleman Vernon Hardware & Imp, CO
Eastman Kodaks
Premio Came
Eastman Autographic Curling Films
Eastman
Xins
Quartette
Ek and King Co
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