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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1920
Page
5
The annual Colorado to the Gulf Highway Association meeting begins in Amarillo on June 29 and runs two days to June 30. About 150 circular letters are mailed to route residents urging attendance. The entertainment committee and Grover B. Hill coordinate plans to host visitors during the sessions.
Forty or fifty Amarillo residents attended emancipation day celebrations in Clarendon yesterday. Most traveled by automobile to participate in the event.
The Post Office Blues began the trip by motor to Groom yesterday for a baseball game but heavy rain six miles from town halted travel. The team returned home and will stay idle today, it is understood.
The Federal Reserve Board released figures showing total gold held in banks at 675.2 million dollars and total reserves at 2.1 billion dollars. Liabilities include total gross deposits of 2.57 billion and petal liabilities at 6.15 million.
The Japanese war office announced via Tokio cablegram to Nippo Jiji that additional troops will be sent to Nikolaivsk. Earlier Bolshevik attacks in winter caused deaths among Japanese soldiers and civilians at Nikolaivsk.
In Council Bluffs on June 19, managers of Gerard and Meredith echoed the democratic situation en route to the San Francisco convention. They said the Volstead act should be improved.
Rain forced postponement of the Amarillo Elks versus Hereford game at City Park. The teams will resume today at 3:30 PM at the same diamond. Burleson and Merry will bat for the Elks. Oates and Dunaway are out due to illness or fitness. ticket holders from last Sunday may attend with their stubs.
Mrs W T Berry and her parents Mr and Mrs McCullen of Lufika Texas and Mr and Mrs Scott Shaihaugh and daughter Wilma Jene of Houston spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J C Berry at 800 A Jefferson Street. They head by auto to the Colorado mountains for a month's vacation then stop in Amarillo on return. Also notice that R J Foster is no longer employed by the Fulk National Detective Bureau and the bureau disclaims responsibility for checks he collected.
A carload of aliens listed as undesirables and anarchists were deported from New York on outgoing vessels. The group arrived from Oregon California Idaho and Illinois and leaves the city under orders issued today.
Washington reports Topeka Kansas population at 50,022, up 6,338 or 14.5 percent. Dubuque Iowa records 39,141 residents, rising 647 or 1.7 percent, while Woodlawn Pennsylvania shows 12,495 residents, increasing 699 or 5.6 percent.
A humorous note about Abe Martin remarks that a statesman is merely a politician who carries a fresh carnation each day. The columnist also mentions a mishap involving Mrs. Mopps’s little daughter scalded by a fall into hot beer.
Mae Edna Wilder touts a home remedy using oatmeal and Derwillo to restore skin beauty after sun wind and dust exposure. She claims one night’s use reveals a transparent velvety skin and removes freckles wrinkles and discoloration with a money back guarantee. Reports from several women praise dramatic improvements after weeks of use.
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