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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
5
A poetic comparison celebrates Amarillo’s wealth of sweet peas in bloom. The piece describes sunset purples, lavender, crimson, mauve and rose tones, likening them to dreamlike visions as daybreak awakens the garden spectacle.
A lengthy column imagines Amarillo hosting a vivid Sweet Pea show inspired by a San Francisco display. It offers planting tips for rapid bloom, then shifts to hat trims and fashion accents including painted brims, sailor shapes, and embroidered ribbons. Social club events feature hosted teas, needlework, music, and games with refreshments.
An old advertisement promises a freckle treatment method using ethnie double strength sold by any druggist. It guarantees removal of freckles with a few applications and offers a money back guarantee if it fails, noting the remedy costs only a small amount and requires about an ounce for severe cases.
The Ladies in Society of Buchanan Church host a social for Second Baptist Church members this afternoon 3 to 5 at Mrs. Saunders 202 North Pierce. Mrs W H Standish entertains Pajarito Club at her home Circle B First Japiat Church. Circle meets at 4 at Mrs Records 1815 Fillmore. The & c. Club gathers at Winnie Lewis 1004 Buchanan at 3 this Friday. Missionary Society program listed at First Baptist Church with hymns prayers scripture and varied offerings. Tabernacle Church ladies hold ice cream social on church lawn 1509 Buchanan Friday June 16 to build fund. Fast Side Clock Christian Church holds market at Ladies Store Saturday July 7.
Readable fragments show a summer course titled oratory and elocution offered to improve health for sick or weak individuals. It mentions Miss M. Green wood Hardy and location at 208 West North Street with address 1608 and a vague reference to study assistance.
Locals Vive O Bokle and Miss Olver Rae Kakle are expected to arrive in Fort Worth from Tennessee this week for visits. Mr and Mrs Arthur Osgood have moved to Mir and Miss Ho Bo Wheeler of Rocky, Okla. Rebekah Ware of Memphis, Tenn. has arrived to be the guest of her grandparents. Mr and Mrs K Boye live on Menno Street and are hosting visitors from Panipa and Amarillo with Drs Pennock noted.
An advertising blurb touts Dr James Headache Powders as fast relief for dull throbbing or splitting headaches and neuralgia. It urges readers to buy a dime package at the drug store and promises dependable results with no needle.
The article recalls Congress in 1779 setting the 13 stars and 15 stripes as the flag’s design. Across cities and towns patriotic events mark Flag Day with bells, parades, and school celebrations led by a public procession in Washington. President Wilson reviewed the parade and delivered a Flag Day address at the Washington Monument to a large crowd.
Pupils of Glad Marsalis will give a recital at the Polk Street Methodist Church Annex next Friday night at sea terms, showcasing the Dunning System of Music Study under the auspices of the Amarillo College of Music. bh. F. Myers. Distor.
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