Salvation Army to serve doughnuts at Texas Legion meeting
Waco Texas September 6 doughboys will find Salvation Army help at the Texas department American Legion convention September 11 to 13. Lt Col George Wood Dallas will address opening session and Salvation Army will provide rest rooms housing and refreshments for veterans and their companions. A downtown rest hall and booths near the hall will offer doughnuts coffee and letters for weary veterans as memory of wartime days returns.
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Waco
Tex
Texas Department American Legion
Salvation Army
Legionnaires
George Wood
Dallas
Housing Committee
France
Kansas City
National Legion
Col. Wood
Henry resigns from Ku Klux Klan in Texas bid for Senate
Former U.S. Senate candidate Robert L. Henry of Waco announces his resignation from the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He cites high officials in Atlanta and Texas as the reason, stating the Klan's principles must survive in the Republic and vowing to uphold them as before joining the organization.
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Waco
Robert L. Henry
United States
Ku Klux Klan
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
Texas
Klan
Republic
Valley Mills
Sun Office Sale: 75 Sheets Typewriter Paper 25 Cents
Local Sun office advertises a deal on typewriter paper offering 75 sheets for 25 cents. The reader is invited to take advantage of this low price at the Sun office.
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Sun
Ford Company's Assets Exceed 400 Million Dollars
Lansing Mich Sept 2 Total assets of the Ford Motor Company amount to 40982013292 according to the annual financial statement filed today with the secretary of state for corporate tax returns. The statement covers June 30 1922 and shows a surplus of 28993529640. In state holdings the assets are valued at 21541566292 including cash on hand 14508566931 plant land and buildings 8162601503 machinery and tools 3953107934 and goodwill 2051798582. The Ford interest also filed returns for Dearborn Publishing Company 12496155 and Lincoln Motors 25000000 in cash as total assets.
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Lansing
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Dearborn Publishing Company
Lincoln Motor Company
Lincoln Motors
Idle Brain Devil's Workshop Telegraphy School Ad
Help that boy and girl learn a good trade. Telegraphy is easy to learn with strong pay and guaranteed employment. Our faculty are real insiders with railroad and Western Union connections. Fall term opens September 10th. Enroll now and save. Sherman Telegraph School, 3813 Sherman, Texas.
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Western Union
Sherman Telegraph School
Sherman, Texas
Texas
Jealousy Provoked Attack Mentioned on Blanton
Abilene Texas September 2 An echo of the bitter fight in the lower house of congress placed Congressman Thomas L Blanton of Abilene at the storm center The congressional convention of the Seventeenth Texas district unanimously adopted resolutions commending Blanton naming him the party nominee by 31 451 to 18 846 over former Congressman Oscar Callaway The resolutions say Democrats in his district have vindicated him against attempts to expel or discredit him and commend his efforts to clean up the government printing office and curb waste
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Abilene
Texas
Congress
Thomas L. Blanton
Seventeenth Texas
Blanton
Oscar Callaway
Callaway
Mondell
Blanton Praised as True Friend of the Masses
The record praises Congressman Blanton as a steadfast ally of the people. It defends him against attacks in and out of Congress as unjust and motivated by jealousy, and notes the broad confidence and commendation he enjoys from constituents in Texas and across the nation for his efforts to improve conditions.
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Blanton
Texas
Eight Strike Breakers Die In Pittsburgh Fire
Eight strike breakers employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad were burned to death when the Modoc Building near the main line tracks caught fire on a Sunday. Fire trapped more than fifty workers on the second floor as flames spread rapidly. three are unaccounted for. Firemen and police rescued others, doctors and nurses were brought in, and investigations by federal and local authorities began.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Modoc
Kiremen
Wilkinsburg
West Texas claims record 75 mile cotton row debut
Vernon reports a 75 mile long cotton row claimed by John L. Hunter near Margaret in Wilbarger and Foard counties. Hunter, long a prominent farmer, guards the marvel amid limited local notice as word spreads of this extraordinary field feature.
Circular cotton planting among wheat grower county official
A wheat grower and county commissioner plants 15 circular cotton rows over 200 acres. He starts at the field edge and drills inward in a giant circle, the longest row on record. West Texas offers to pit it against the South as labor scarce makes cultivation difficult and workers complain there is nowhere to stop for dinner.
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Sun Office
West Texas
South
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R. C. Hoyle
Wolfe, Freeman & Wolfe
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Hayes
Grove
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EK. W. Grove
Jvc
Poland
China
J. A. Cherry
Wolfe City, Texas
W. T. Nicholson
Daily
Congressional Record
First National Bank
C. B. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
W. C. Huffines
Sears Auto Co
the Planters National Bank
Council H. Buster Farms
Council H. Buster
Peter Fashion
King Liberator
Homer H. Caston
Mangrum Brothers
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