Letter from Leslie Prescott to Ruth Burke continues
The narrator recounts a rapid journey by air to an aviation field and boarding three passenger planes owned by Mr Sartoris. They travel to his yacht offshore, where a lavish dinner unfolds. Sartoris expresses loneliness amid crowds, preferring personal company over hotel dinings, as the scene shifts toward tomorrow when another letter will be read.
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Leslie Prescott
Ruth Burke
New York
Ruth
Mother
Jack
Atlantis
Mr. Sartoris
America
Amarillo Daily News merges and staff details listed
The Amarillo Daily News, a Panhandle morning paper, notes a merger with Daily Tribune and Daily News in 1981. Publisher J. Nuon and J. L. Nuni are named with general manager M. Warren and editors. Ads and circulation departments listed with phone numbers. Covers Panhandle Texas and adjacent states, dispatching twelve to twenty four hours ahead of Denver and Dallas papers. Subscription and carrier rates shown with combination rates with Evening Post. Associated Press rights and circulation bureau notes included.
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Fillmore Streets
Amarillory
Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Denver
Dallas, Worth
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Oscours
Evening Post
Dailys
Carr
Daily News
Coimons
Constate Lanied
Rille
Mall
Associated Press
Associated Fresa
Focal News
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Notice to the Public on Corrections Policy
Public notice states The News will correct erroneous reflections on individuals firms or corporations upon being called to the editor’s attention. It emphasizes no intention to injure reputations and promises prominence to warranted corrections.
Plainview’s Contest Sparks Panhandle Rivalry
Plainview has hosted its popular pretty homes contest, drawing friendly rivalry with rival towns. The yearly event encourages homeowners to improve exteriors by planting trees and flowers and maintaining lawns, elevating Plainview’s reputation across Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Plainview
Texas
Fruit potential in the Panhandle noted in Daily News
The Daily News reports panhandle regions like Hereford and Wheeler producing exceptional fruit. Dispatches describe bumper crops in Hereford and a 50 acre peach operation in Wheeler, suggesting widespread potential across Panhandle cities for diversified farming benefits.
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Daily News
Panhandle
Hereford
Wheeler
Song of the Printing Press by Robert H. Davis
The piece elevates the printing press as a mythic force melding past and future, proclaiming it as voice, light, knowledge, and power. It affirms global reach, human endeavor, and the press as recorder of all mankind’s achievements, ending with jumbled lines about women, a former Kaiser’s wife, and a Baltic island lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Davis
A Thought on Sin and Pain Across Faiths
A brief contrast notes James 1 15 linking conceived sin to death while contrasting with a Buddhist view that pain stems from sin. The quotation frames theological contrasts and reflects on moral cause and consequence across traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Numerous Quips Reflect Era Headlines and Odd Anecdotes
A collection of pithy lines evokes a bygone newspaper stylization with jest about presidents named George, railroad porters, Ford’s navy, Chicago burglars, a gagged barber, Kaiser visits, Russia crops, Roosevelt Africa race, sheets on beds, domestic tales of elopement, popular sentiment, rope made of cotton, and speculation on human ancestry.
Texas governor clemency sparks prison pardon debate
In Wheeler County Texas readers discuss Governor Ma Ferguson turning prisoners at large via clemency. Religious groups and women's clubs lead protests while supporters defend the policy. Critics question the wisdom and cost of pardoning hundreds as Jim Ferguson set a high first year pardon total. Some pardons are deserved, but near 700 inmates questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler County
Texan
Shamrock
Texas
Ma Ferguson
Ferguson
Jim Ferguson
Chicago Underworld Promises and Pull Behind Each Rise
A vivid line depicts bankers and railroad workers in Chicago facing a shifting criminal power structure. Promising careers clash with constant promotions in the underworld, where every appointment draws a fresh king each morning, and every rise carries a hidden pull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Allus
Leading Texan may be asked to state day program
A prominent Texan may be invited to deliver the principal address at the state Day program closing the West Texas Farmers Congress to be held August 25 to 27. The plan, agreed at a courthouse meeting led by Miss Laura V. Hamner, calls for delegations from each state to give patriotic talks. It may take a few days to know who will deliver the address due to invitation and acceptance steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Farmers Congress
Court House
Laura V. Hamner
Beer flows east as bootleg syndicates shift to lager
Prohibition director Merrick reports a rising tide of real beer entering eastern cities, surpassing hard liquor in illicit trade. Three carloads were seized, bringing thirty day total to 6000 barrels valued at 160000 dollars. Breweries near Scranton and in New Jersey and Massachusetts are blamed, with investigators to focus on freight cars and the mid Atlantic region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Prohibition Department
Prohibition
Merrick
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Scranton
Penn
Middle Atlantic
Arctic Aviators Face Obstacles At Every Turn
MacMillan and Byrd, commanding the Arctic expedition, struggle to base on the polar sea as 17 days of flying weather loom. Clouds, fogs, and snow hinder plans to locate a 1,000,000 square mile unmapped area base and cache fuel and food. Beitstad Fjord offered the best landing hope, but Byrd cautions delaying till conditions clear.
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Associated
Pies
Washington
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Donald B. MacMillan
R. E. Byrd
Polar Sea
Etah
Beitstad Fjord
Hayes Fjord
Byrd
Downpour Fails to Dampen Klansmen Picnic Ardor
In Waco Texas on Aug 13 thousands of Cen tral Texas Klansmen gathered at the Klan Klavern and ate 8000 pounds of barbequed meat from a 250 foot pit begun Wednesday evening. The Grand Dragon of Texas attended. Klansmen from Cincinnati and a United States Senator spoke. Fireworks and red flares lit the wet scene as rockets failed to form a cross.
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Associated Press
Waco
Central Texas
Klan Klavern
Grand Dragon of
Texas
Amateur receives news from polar exploring party
Bruce Stone owner of AMM radio station in San Jose successfully carried out what may be the longest distance radio contact yet achieved with Navy-MacMillan expedition stations in polar regions. He sent a CQ and received several messages in return despite distance and atmospheric conditions. Stone’s station is among ARRL members aiding daily reports to the United States and Canada from the polar party.
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San Jose
Cal
Bruce Stone
AMM
Navy-MacMillian
Stone
Radio Relay League
Canada
Polar Exploring Party
Hamlet’s Father Voice At Kronberg Castle Rumor
At Kronberg Castle, scene of Hamlet, a sea breeze whispers through a device producing a sound like swear. Legend says it is the voice of Hamilet’s father abjuring the prince to fulfill his duty.
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Kronberg Castle
Hamilet
Halt in U S Belgium debt talks amid White House visit
Washington and Swampscott Aug 13 A temporary halt in funding negotiations for Belgium s war debt to the United States was called as the Belgian cabinet met in urgent session. Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot prepare for a weekend briefing with President Coolidge at Plymouth as the American commission seeks an agreed plan with Belgian approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
Belgium
United States
Brussels
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
Coolidge
Plymouth
Swampscott
Vermont
American Commission
Dalhart Child Dies Suddenly at Home
Henry Edwin six months old, son of Mr and Mrs H Be Dromgoole, died at his aunt Mrs Eula Decker’s home in Dalhart at 9 last night. The parents live in Dalhart where the father is a Rock Island conductor. The infant was well before dying within minutes of the mother noticing illness. The body will be prepared by the Fines Undertaking Co. and sent to Dalhart for burial on the noon train.
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Henry Edwin
H. BE. Dromoole
Eula Decker
Fillmore Street
Fort Wath
Denver
Fines Undertaking Co
Dalhart
Western roads seek five percent rate rise in ICC hearing
Western railroads announced they will ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for about a five percent rate increase at a hearing next month in Chicago. Based on railroad valuation figures, a higher rise could be needed to deliver a 4.5 percent return on investment as required by the Transportation Act, though carriers say they do not intend to impose a change that would harm western commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central
Sally Jones
Oil spraying from Gulf well No 9 in Carson county
A fine spray of oil is issuing from Gulf well No 9 in Section 107, Block 5, Carson county, refuting rumors of a 1000 barrel flow. Officials expect it to be a good producer after concrete sets, with drilling to resume in a few days. The sand production begins at 2,900 feet depth. In Arlington cemetery Bryan is buried where about thirty-three thousand graves honor veterans.
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Gulf Well No. 9
Section
Block 5
Carson County
Gulf Company
Amarillo
Crossword Puzzle Word Links and Clues From Daily News
A Westerens word puzzle hints that puzzle 27 horizontal reveals an interesting word by checking a dictionary. The list covers many clues across horizontal and vertical themes including nouns, pronouns, actions, and objects such as engraver crowns headed items gifts and tides.
The Etiquette of a Telephone by Cynthia Grey
Cynthia Grey laments rude and intrusive phone behavior, urging brief messages and courtesy. She notes misdirected calls, long visits, and invasive questions, arguing callers should treat operators and strangers with politeness and restraint.
Child kills self with gun left in car in Wisconsin
In Solon Springs Wisconsin on August 18 Louise Jane Gouge four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Gouge crawled into the family car in the yard and shot herself with a revolver found in the car side pocket.
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Associated Press
Solon Springs
Wis
Louise Jane 4
Edwin Gouge
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Los Angeles
Flapper Fanny
Are Martin
George McManus
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East
U. S
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Westerens
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John Smith
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