Rain Brings Repeated Flooding Across Plains and Winds
Heavy rains spread across Panhandle and Plains causing washouts and track damage. Fort Worth and Denver bridge near Tascosa, Rock Island lines near Port Mexico repaired after being washed out. Towns from Pampa to Lubbock report from five inches to light showers with widespread moisture. Multiple railroad lines resume service as conditions improve.
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Panhandle
Plains
Pampa
Amarillo
South Plains
Lubbock
Plainview
Forth & Denver
Tascosah
Rock Island
Pert Mexico
Conway
McLean
Ranswell
Wildorado
Fort Worth
Denver
Tascosa
Childress
Santa Fe
Friona
Hereford
Umbarger
Miami
Mendota
Glazier
Higgins
Shattuck
Gage
Fargo
Woodward
Selman
Hooker
Slaton
Muleshoe
Snyder
Dermott
Post
Justiceburg
Canyon
Tulsa
Abe
Rainfall Raises Hopes and Fears for Lubbock Cotton
Heavy nightly rains soak the South Plains with Levelland and Littlefield reporting about 3.5 inches. Farmers split between fears of a wet fall harming cotton and optimism that ground moisture will yield bumper crops. Local bankers predict best-ever business conditions this fall in Lubbock County.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Levelland
Littlefield
Lubbock County
Rain brings widespread totals across Plainview area
Good rains continue over the South Plains with Thursday night showers covering most of the Plainview district. Lockney saw the heaviest local total at 2.63 inches for Thursday. the week brings near six inches there. Reports also cited rainfall near Tulsa Olton Runningwater Littlefield Floydada Abernathy Hale Center Ralls Crosbyton and Silverton light showers in Petersburg. Feed crops in excellent shape while cotton around Plainview shows late but improving growth though stalks remain small and not as robust as last year.
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Plainview
South Plains
Lockney
Tulsa
Olton
Runningwater
Littlefield
Floydada
Abernathy
Hale Center
Ralls
Crosbyton
Silverton
Petersburg
Notice of sale of Paige Touring car by Frost Motor Co
On August 15 1925 between 10 A M and 4 P M at Frost Motor Company 507 9 11 Tyler Street a Paige Touring car Motor No 88498 Serial No 88527 owned by J M Buck will be sold at public auction for cash to satisfy a storage claim of 75 00 Frost Motor Company Silver was considered more valuable than gold by the ancient Egyptians.
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Frost Motor Company
Tyler Street
Paige
J. M. Buck
Frost. Motor Company
Tennessee anti evolution law attacked in U S district court
James R. Wilson of Rhea county filed a federal civil suit in Knoxville alleging Tennessee anti evolution statute violates the First Amendment due process clause. Governors and officials named as defendants. The complaint seeks over 3000 dollars in equity relief and notes the case differs from the Scopes trial while opposing Bible creation stories being taught to his children.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States District Court
James R. Wilson
Rhea County
United States
Austen Peay
Frank M. Thompson
A. T. Stewart
John R. Neal
Clarence 8. Darrow
Chicago
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Frank B. McElwee
Rockwood
Scopes
Dayton
Wilson
I, D. C. decision on grain rate scale attacked by Texans
Five Texas commercial bodies led by the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Industrial Traffic League filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a petition to reopen the grain and grain products rate case. They call the commission order for an 800 mile freight scale from Oklahoma to Texas arbitrary and unlawful and seek postponement of its effective date. The filing argues the mileage scale disrupts Texas destination groups long in existence and would injure Oklahoma wheat producers.
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Associated Pro Se
Dallas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Industrial Traffic League
Commission
Lions Club Visits Girls Scout Camp Near Amarillo
Lions Club members were guests of the Girl Scouts at their camp on the Delater place fourteen miles south of Amarillo. They delivered a special program with several talks. They left about 6 30 and the camp program began around 7 20, described as very interesting by attendees.
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Lions Club
Girl Scouts
Delater Place
Amarillo
Lions
Scott Declares He Is Sane and Won't Do the Nut Act
Chicago Aug 7 Russell Scott a former Canadian financier sentenced for murder and near gallows to death says he is as sane as anyone else He spoke to newspapermen denying the nut act and will be sent to Chester Asylum tomorrow with commitment order specifying return to Cook County sheriff if he ever becomes sane and eligible for execution.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Russell Scott
Chester Asylum
Scott
Cook County
Joseph B. David
Chester
San Angelo Man Is Elected Head of Cotton League
Charles B. Metcalf of San Angelo was elected president as the Cotton States Protective League completed its two day program in Dallas. Senator Earle B. Mayfield, the principal speaker, said railroad consolidations do not benefit agriculture. Other officers named were J. T. Strader of Frost as vice president and W. B. Yeary of Dallas as secretary treasurer.
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Dallas
Charles B. Metcalf
San Angelo
Cotton States Protective League
Earle B. Mayfield
J. T. Strader
Frost
W. B. Yeary
NEW OL WELL CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
Gillman Drilling Co of Okmulgee Okla starts a new well in section 6 block Y Hutchinson county on the Kingsland ranch on a turnkey basis delivering a completed well. The Travelers well is a southwest offset to the Twin-Six. No. 1 Whittenburg is drilling at 2445 feet and may extend the new pool north. top of big lime reached at usual depth. Coy Tollman visited the field and is with Midwest Extension Co. in Amarillo. Baby fish live on water lice.
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T. Gillman Drilling Company
Okmulgee
Oky
Block Y. Hutchinson County
Kingsland Ranch
South Hutchinson Oil Company
Whittenburg
Block Y
Hutchinson County
Dixon Creek
Coy Tollman
U. S
Woodrow Wilson
Outsiders barred as arbiters in hard coal fields
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers declares outsiders will not serve as arbitrators in the anthracite wage talks. He questions whether outsiders can arbitrate life, wages, and the miner’s ability to support his family. He denounces the operators’ bid to involve miners in outside decisions.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Ambassador
DANGER SIGNALS OF INDIGESTION ADVERTISEMENT
Warning from physicians about indigestion arrives this season urging caution as heat weakens the system. It lists eight indicators such as gas fullness restlessness and heart fluttering and endorses Ferraline as a quick digestive aid with a money back guarantee. Buy Ferraline from your druggist today. the Ferraline Co. Atlanta Ga.
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The
Ferraline Co
Atlanta
New element surfaces in Mary Louise Browning adoption tangle
New York Aug 7 A fresh twist emerges in the Mary Louise Spns adoption case involving Edward W Browning wealthy real estate operator Mrs Anne St John of Rye N Y seeks to cancel the six year old adoption and asks Bird Coler commissioner of human welfare to revoke Browning as guardian Browning denies plans to adopt another child and an investigation into the Dorothy adoption is announced by Vincent Visarra society for the prevention of cruelty to children A secretary statement claimed Mary Louise would be sent to her parents but Browning later repudiated it
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Associated Press
New York
Mary Louise Spns
Edward W. Browning
Anne St. John
Rye
N. Y
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Dorothy
Browning
Queens County
Coler
Mary Louise
Vincent Visarra
Society of Prevention of Cruelty
Mary
Mr. Browning
Sylvia Mullen
Dorothy Sunshine
Bird Ss. Coler
Commission of Public Welfare
Cinderella
Kew Gardens
Real estate operator's attorney child confession shocks court
An attorney for a real estate operator testified through tears that she is seventeen, not sixteen as previously stated. She expressed readiness to return to her parents and implied the homegoing would occur tomorrow.
Rev Milo Atkinson to Preach at First Christian
Rev Milo Atkinson of Wichita Falls will deliver the morning sermon at the First Christian Church here on Sunday morning He formerly pastored the First Christian Church in Amarillo and now serves in Wichita Falls on his return from a Colorado vacation
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Milo Atkinson
Wichita Falls
First Christian Church
Amarillo
Wichta Falls
Colorado
Ten of Twelve Indicted in Club Crash Charges Dismissed
Boston August 7 Ten of the twelve defendants charged with manslaughter in the Pickwick Club collapse deaths of 44 were discharged in Suffolk Superior Court as Judge Lummis ordered the jury to return not guilty indictments.
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Associated Pieg
Boston
Pickwick Club
Suffolk Superior Court
Lummis
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