Nobles Hopeful of Temple for Amarillo Masons
A Pullman party of 40 to 50 Masons and families left Fort Worth to attend the Imperial Council meeting in Portland Oregon June 22 23 and 24. The Panhandle brief argues Amarillo should have a Temple noting wheat yields bank deposits and a planned $450000 coliseum and strong rail and highway links.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas
Imperial Council
The
Masonic Lodge
Portland
Oregon
Fort Worth
Denver
Khiva Shrine Club
Masonic Hall
Committee On
Government will open employment office here
Jr. C. Butler of Kansas City will arrive by Monday to open a government employment office in the Panhandle Plains Chamber of Commerce rooms. The office will help secure harvest hands from Fort Worth and nearby regions while a government rule restricts sending workers out of Kansas.
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Jr. C. Butler
Kansas City
Panhandle Plains
Panhandle
Notion of thrift alarms shopper as needs grow scarce
A remark notes that in modern times a woman feels stingy when choosing not to buy purchases she does not truly need, highlighting rising frugality as a social attitude shift.
Plainview Rate Dealer Addresses Local Association
R. E. Harte an automobile dealer from Plainview spoke at the Amarillo Panhandle Automotive Association banquet at the Amarillo Hotel about starting a Plainview chapter with sixty charter members. W. H. Blaine outlined Amarillo payrolls and dealer counts while parking on Polk street was set for study. Toney Chisum presided over the dinner as 46 members and 3 visitors attended.
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R. E. Harte
Plainview
Amarillo
Polk Street
Toney Chisum
Association
Panhandle Laundry to Triple Plant Size in Amarillo Plan
Panhandle Steam Laundry announces a near term enlargement adding a 60 by 140 foot annex behind the current facility on Pierce Street. George Lindsay says the three story foundation will support a three department modern plant with a family wash towel service and hat renovation. About 25 new workers will be hired as new machinery arrives, with full operation hoped for the fall business.
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Panhandle
George Lindsay
Pierce Street
Map
Auger
Santa Fe
Lindsay
Amarillo
Mexican Woman Arrested After Knife Incident at 113 Buchanan
A Mexican woman, wife of Francisco Estrada, was arrested at noon by Policemen Chesshir and Sammons at 113 Buchanan Street after allegedly using a knife on another Mexican woman, the wife of Antonio Perez. In jail she claimed Perez sells liquor, and a search uncovered a gallon demijohn a half gallon bottle and two pints of liquor substitutes concealed in loaf ends. The Estrada woman faces trial in the corporation court this morning.
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Francisco Estrada
Chesshir and
Sammons
Buchanan Street
Antonio Perez
Perez
Estrada
Corporation Court
Rere Contracts To Be Let Soon In Potter County Road Work
Potter County will let contracts for road work estimated between 800000 and 960000 within a month. County Engineer J F Witt said blueprints and specs will be ready in Amarillo by July 1. S H Howell holds the grading and culvert contract for highways 33 and 13, to be jointly performed 50 50 with McKnight Transfer Company to meet the deadline.
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Potter County
J. F. Witt
Dallas
Amarillo
S. H. Howell
McKnight Transfer Company
A. T. Dickey
Kiwanis Club Holds Large Attendance Meeting
Kiwanis luncheon at the Harvey House featured speakers S Chumley W H Blaine and Dr YW Virgin discussing cross road humor history and fair play. C M Humphreys received attendance award. W C Irvin presented gold cuff buttons for Kiwanis emblem. Next meeting may host a round table on a $300000 bond issue for a coliseum library and municipal building.
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W. H. Blaine
YW. Virgin
Kiwanis Club
Harvey House
Mr. Chumley
Blaine
Amarillo-Panhandle Auomotive Association
Capital
Ichaol
Virgin
C. M. Humphreys
W. C. Irvin
Kiwanis
Kiwanis F
Amarillo
Workmen Begin Alleys Pole Installation Citywide
George H. Hill of Southwestern Tel and Tel Co says a Wichita Falls crew will start placing all telephone poles in city alleys from near the Fort Worth and Denver tracks to Sixteenth Street and from Santa Fe tracks west to Washington. New poles are being distributed in the alleys in parts of the city.
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Wichita Falls
George H. Hill
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
Fort Worth
Denver
Sixteenth Street
Santa Fe
Washington
Plan to ready site for construction gang arrival
Management intends to have everything in readiness so the construction crew can start work immediately upon arrival.
Eastern Star Officials Visit Amarillo Chapter
Mrs. Maggie B. Moody of Corpus Christi Grand Matron of Texas led an official Eastern Star visit to Amarillo with Mrs. Hattie Beadle and Mrs. F. I. Houghton. About thirty members attended at the Masonic Hall as talks and instruction were given. They plan further visits to Plainview Lockney Dalhart Clarendon and Channing. Gifts were presented to the visiting officers and they were entertained at 701 Harrison Street.
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Maggie B. Moody
Corpus Christi
State of Texas
Order of Eastern Star
Hattie BE. Beadle
Chillecothe
Texas
F. l. Houghton
Memphis
Grand Examining Board
Order
Masonic Hall
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Plainview
Lockney
Dalhart
Moody
Houghton
Clarendon
Mrs. Jeadle
Channing
Mrs. Moody
Mrs. Stoughton
Fannie B. Anthony
8S. P. McKinney
Harrison Street
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down 1919 primary law
The Illinois Supreme Court unanimous ruling declares the 1919 primary election law unconstitutional. State and county party central committees are dissolved and old committees revived, ousting the Thompson faction in Chicago and restoring the Dine Brundage forces. The decision disrupts planned statewide elections and conventions.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Thompson
Chicago
Try to Locate Woman Involved in Elwell Case
New York June 16 investigation into the murder of Joseph B Elwell a sportsman and whist expert shot in his home Friday centered tonight upon the woman in the case In an effort to learn her identity Mrs
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph B. Elwell
Housekeeper Questioned Over Elwell Murder Evidence
Mark Larsen was taken to the district attorney to be questioned after she said she found Elwell with a bullet wound and hid a negligee slippers and boudoir cap in a cellar wash tub to protect a woman. She described two young visitors, one 25 and another about 24, who frequented the Elwell home.
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Mark Larsen
Elwell
District Attorney's Office
Dooling
Descriptions of Elwell Movement Near Time of Death
A witness described Elwell as a short, fat 24 year old. She recalled his movements from Tuesday onward noting a Wednesday wedding attended and a Thursday request to store his wedding coat in a cedar chest, indicating he would not need it.
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Elwell
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