Ringling Bros to bring circus to Amarillo on Sept 26
Amarillo readers learn Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey will perform on East Tenth Street between the Madden and Bivins additions. Advance representative W. J. Conway secured the contract with a tentative date of Saturday Sept 26, though a minor lease adjustment may occur. The circus previously visited Amarillo three years ago for a matinee. Attendance then surpassed that of any city its size.
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W. J. Conway
East Tenth Street
Madden
Bivins
Conway
Ringling Bros
Amarillo
Evolutionary Muse Voices Through a Stuttering Butterfly
Fragmentary dramatic exchange features Rastus and Widow in a surreal scene about evolution and ancestry. The malformed dialogue hints at a mythic origin, with a butterfly metamorphosis motif and a chaotic, comic undertone.
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Mosu
Rastus
The Monster on Screen at the Fair Theatre Tonight
Spectators gasped as The Monster played at the Fair Theatre. Lon Chaney stars as a mad surgeon in a Roland West production with Johnny Arthur Gertrude Olmsted and others in supporting roles. Eve's Secret shows at Mission Theatre with Betty Compson Jack Holt Clarence Badger in The Moon Flower adaptation.
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Yester
Roland West
Metro-Goldwyn
Crane Wilbur
Johnny Arthur
Gertrude Olmsted
Ells-Herald-Examiner
Amarillo
Mission Theatre
Betty Compson
Jack Holt
Clarence Badger
Elsie Ferguson
William Collier Jr
Vilage
d'Enville
Monte Carlo
Many attractions planned for Lubbock Exposition this fall
The Panhandle South Plains Fair will hold its twelfth annual session from September 30 to October in Lubbock. Building enlargements for the agricultural industrial and automobile pavilions are approved, with more premium list items and free attractions. Football games include Texas Technological College vs McMurry College and local high schools will participate. A half mile race track and automobile races may be added. The fair aims to be a farmer’s exposition with increased premieres and features.
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Lubbock
Panhandle South Plains Fair
The
Fair Association
Texas Technological College
McMurry College of Abilene
Plainview
Slaton
Finley Barrell Bequeaths 25000 To Izaak Walton League
The Chicago financier Finley Barrell who died last week left a will filed in probate. It includes a 25000 bequest to the Izaak Walton League of America for the league's activities. Barrell was a national director and avid sportsman noted for his ethics and devotion to outdoors recreation. Thousands of sportsmen mourn his passing.
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Finley Barrell
Chicago
Izaak Walton League of America
Barrell
R. H. Ames
Lake Forest
Vacation recap with football hopes and remarks from Panhandle readers
The writer reports a pleasant vacation visiting friends and family. They note a stop at the Elks Club to hear the Razorbacks discuss football prospects and mention local teams, the Legionnaires, and regional sports tensions. The piece blends travel reflections with regional updates and a wish to avoid future earthquakes.
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Elks Club
Home Guard
Razorbacks
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