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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
5
Vernon Record notes on life’s changes as tidings of joy or sorrow travel far and wide. Some lives find gladness through new hope while others face loss, as angels bear murmurs toward a heavenly understanding where earthly mysteries are resolved.
Ruth Cameron muses on the so called crazy way people resist recommendations. She notes Sir Walter Scott and Audubon as examples of how strong praise or instruction can provoke counterintuitive rejection. The piece explores human perversity and the psychology of avoiding what is urged.
The Philharmonic Music club in Amarillo organized a Red Cross fundraiser on Registration Day. Tickets and confectionery profits from a Elks versus City Leaguers baseball game yielded 120 dollars. Thanks were given to Elks, Russell and Cockrell for tickets and ads, and Mr. Taylor for booth space and profits. Junior patrons aided with ice cream sales and promotion.
New York April 7 wartime influence shows in millinery as women seek practical durable hats. Fine straws make up many wide brim models with reshaping potential, while white hats dominate though black straws remain popular for contrasting summer frocks.
The Epworth League of Polk Street Methodist plans an annual moonlight picnic this evening at Cliffside. Leaguers and church youths should meet at the Annex at 7 45, with cars awaiting at 8 00 for transport to the site. Girls should bring small lunches.
The B Y P Uy of the First Baptist church invites all church youths to a moonlight picnic Friday evening at Cliffside area. Meet at the church at six then ride to the grounds in cars. Girls to bring food, and boys to supply antos.
Mr and Mrs Frederick Kendall attend commencement in Granville Ohio for their daughter Miss Racheal Kendall who completes the requirements at Denison University this year. Mr and Mrs KR Smith of Kansas City are guests of Mr and Mrs Barnes.
A Chicago stomach specialist warns that daily laxatives do not cure stomach trouble and lists conditions like gas ulcers and appendicitis as dangers. Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for stomach liver and intestinal ailments is advertised as restoring health, with one dose claimed to prove its efficacy and Randall Drug Stores selling it.
The piece centers on Joan a young widow who urges villagers to refuse brides to departing soldiers. She is jailed escapes and trains mourning women to confront the King. Herbert Brenon showcases dramatic handling of war’s impact without actual battle scenes.
Mrs Fields arranges a special program for Fields Union Mission Sunday School children to be rendered Sunday afternoon at o'clock in Almario. Adults interested in home mission work are invited to attend and encourage the youngsters as they participate, followed by a candy tree for the children.
Some sellers offer Edison Mazda Lamps while others do not. Buy only from dealers known to stock reliable lamps labeled Edison Mazda to avoid inferior products.
The city commission resumed unfinished business and awarded HW Robertson the audit contract from April 1916. Nine firemen from the two Amarillo companies will gain $5 monthly effective June 1 due to rising living costs. Morrow-Thomas Hardware secured the contract for 1,060 feet of Boston tire jacket tubing for local stations. no hose had been bought for about two years.
May Day exercises will be held at the B P OK Lodge room in this city at 15 o'clock Thursday June 14. C H W Yost chairs the program committee with R G ten and H J McClure on the committee. The program will include two or three musical numbers a patriotic address a speech on the history of the flag and tributes to Old Glory. A five piece orchestra is secured and other features may be added for what is expected to be one of the best events in the city.
Edgar Wilson Jr was fined in corporation court for operating a car while under legal age. He allegedly struck Antos Riley, injuring lip and teeth. Another youth, Hertram Lockwell, was fined for operating without proper license and speeding.
Fragmentary quotation about the sun and Edison Maz da Lampa with references to life light and breight phrases attributed to Aitken. The readable text is largely nonsensical and contains no clear event or identifiable persons.
Mortuary reports Peneral at Cerna and City Clerk P L Blake returned from Gorinan after attending the funeral of Padgar K Sewell, Amarillo druggist. He died in a local sanitarium and was buried Tuesday at the German cemetery. Rev Armstron g and Rev Walker led services at the Methodist church. large attendance of friends and local officials included P J Blake and Miss Boulse Partly city resident Mr Bowell had led Denver Pharmacy for four years. Previous to Amarillo he was a real estate agent in Moran.
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