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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1925
Page
3
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims two fold action to soothe inflamed membranes and inhibit germs, with creosote as the active ingredient. The product is touted for bronchitis asthma and other respiratory issues and offers money back if not relieved.
A thief entered Dr. E. A. Johnston’s office in the Puckett building through a transom and stole several score quarter grain morphine tablets. Fingerprints were left at the scene. no Bertillon trace or solid lead. Police hunted for clues as investigators speculated the thief observed the storage prior to the break in.
James Owen Curtis Jr of Amarillo and Claude Newton Harrison Jr of Canyon were designated by Congressman Marvin Jones to take the West Point entrance examination. Curtis, son of J O Curtis, is a top Amarillo high school graduate now in a post graduate course. Harrison, son of Mr and Mrs Claude N Harrison, is the former Canyon mayor’s son.
Amarillo High School debaters host Clovis representatives in a two day contest. On Friday the Clovis girls will debate Amarillo girls Jean Nette Reece Polly Harris and Waneta Montgomery on the Child Labor Amendment. Saturday night the Clovis boys travel to Amarillo to debate Donald Honey W A Criswell and George Tate on the same topic with Amarillo defending the negative. A 25 cent admission supports the travel expenses. Room 806 at the High School building hosts the event under Miss Marcella Walker.
Notice from Banking Commissioner Chas O Austin calling a stockholder meeting on January 11 1926 at Amarillo Bank Trust Company to decide whether liquidation remains under the commissioner or a receivership is appointed, following full payment of deposits and claims. The statement notes insolvency and readiness to pay unclaimed deposits and liquidation expenses.
In East Las Vegas New Mexico on December 11 the San Miguel County Game Protective Association denounced alleged discrimination by the state game and fish warden against the district. The group with 60 new members and potential 200 members criticized the allotment of 82 000 fingerling trout for stocking Santa Fe creek as greater than allocations to San Miguel or other county streams, despite San Miguel streams having shorter mileage.
In district court this week Roy Williams William Brien and Mayor Lee Bivins pursued a case against KE 8 Collins and Hugh E Exum. The jury answered special issues and the court entered judgment in favor of Hugh Exum and against Collins for 1000 dollars.
A brief 19th century style advertisement promises stronger eyesight for children with Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
Dr L J Mims, steward of the State Baptist board, announces a gift valued at 16000 to Wayland college in Plainview Castro county. The donor is Mrs Captain Harrison Trow Hereford as part of a drive to raise 160000 for campus development including dormitory construction and building overhaul.
Amarillo youths from the Hi club will sell five dollar memberships at Josh's gas house at Eighth and Polk to join the Amarillo Auto Savings club. Each sale earns sellers 50 cents with daily prizes up to five dollars and weekly ten dollars, culminating in a twenty five dollar prize. Forty percent of gross receipts go to the HiV club for an older boys conference next February.
Special to the News reports about 22,000 bales of cotton ginned in Dawson County to date. Farmers hold some for higher prices while many sold as soon as gathered. Separate notes from Lamesa mention Dawson County Farm Bureau members joining a Texas planting association, seed purchases to be paid from the 1926 cotton crop, and the Lamesa Chamber of Commerce planning a January banquet with a 1926 work plan focused on agricultural development. Plans for a tri-county institute in Lamesa December 21–23 anticipate 250 teachers with a strong faculty already secured.
Plainview report notes a Dallas fielding misstep as W J Klinger of the Texas Land and Development Company discovers a basement dug on a vacant lot and contractors nearly begin building a residence there. He alerts them to the error before further work proceeds.
In Stephenville police and Blackburn brothers inspect clothing from the robbed store to match a boy’s head found nearby. The search centers on identifying the robbers who took suits and tied the head in the victim’s clothing. Cotten fears for his son but learns the youth’s hair and eye color do not match.
Special to The News from Slaton reports geologist Heller, recently from California, has spent six months between Slaton and Lubbock developing a gas and oil field. The 10,000 acres needed for the project are secured and a contract for drilling a deep test well will be let soon. The site is on the west side of Yellow Creek.
A site about four miles from Posey community lies halfway between Slaton and Lubbock. Actual drilling may begin within ninety days. If oil is found it could benefit the surrounding country more than most events. Mary hopes Jack speeds up proposal, while Mabel admits she dislikes him.
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