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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1924

Page

3

Farmers Sales Day Held Here on July 1

Amarillo announces monthly Farmers Sales Day to take place on Tuesday July 1 on the lot south of the municipal auditorium. Col Ray G Barber of Hereford will auction articles, with 5 percent of selling price as auctioneer fee. Entries sold to highest bidder. bidding not allowed to be interrupted. Entertainment features are planned by the Advertising and Salesmanship Club and the Board of City Development.

Amiarillo Fartners Board of City Development Col Ray G. Barber Jereford Fom

Amarillo Eye and Ear Institute Promotes Specialized Eye Care

Amarillo Eye and Ear Institute at 1104 Polk offers comprehensive eye, ear, nose, and throat care. Dr Claude Wolcott, physician, proprietor and manager, provides expert visual testing and eyeglass fitting by appointment. Phone 982.

Amarillo Earispensa Polk Claude Wolcott

Hear Great Gospel Sermons at Christian Church

A religious bulletin announces uplifting gospel sermons at the Christian Church located on Eighth Street and Taylor Avenue. Services invite the community to attend and participate in worship led by local pastors.

Christian Church Eighth Taylor

Ow is your chance to acte in your old piano

An opportunity note encourages action to make use of an old piano. The piece invites readers to act, emphasizing practical steps and potential benefits from repurposing or donating the instrument. No additional names or organizations are provided.

Palo Duro Hotel Nearing Opening at Third and Fillmore

Workmen have completed the hotel's exterior at the corner of Third and Fillmore streets. Co. C 7 Herring constructs the building with Mrs. B Fisher set to manage. Plastering is finished except for the lobby, and carpenters will start flooring the fifth floor ballroom tomorrow, using hardwood maple. Col. Herring expects a September 1 opening.

Palo Duro Third Fillmore Streets Co. C. 7

Tooth of Large Animal Found by Local Ranchman

Frank Givins, a rancher north of Amarillo, unearthed the leg and tooth of a mastodon on his ranch after erosion exposed the find. The eight by six by four inch tooth is shown in E D Green's Clothing Store at 408 Taylor Street. Bones of similar type have been found across the Panhandle.

Frank Givins Amarillo E D. Green Taylor Street

Texas U Athletic Stadium rushed for Thanksgiving readiness

Concrete pours into foundation forms begin at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin as contractors push to have the facility ready for the Thanksgiving game. Delays due to plan changes for bedrock foundations and surfaced water in excavations were resolved, backing the project schedule.

Texas U. Athletic Stadium Associated Press Austin Tex Texas Memorial Stadium Ork

Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Assistance

We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and kind help during the death of our son and mother M. V. Retherford. Connie Retherford Vivian Tutor Maye Roth Nellie Scott Sedalia Mo Mariah Burnette F. C. Long Los Angeles Denver provided support.

M. V. Retherford Connie Retherford Vivian Tutor Los Angeles Calif Maye Roth Denver Nellie Scott Sedalia Mariah Burnette F. C. Long

Light Showers Reach Amarillo and Vicinity

Light showers fell in Amarillo and vicinity last night with benefit to late wheat oats and cotton crops. Santa Fe railroad logged light rainfall at Lubbock and more rain is expected today.

Amarillo Santa Fe Railroad Lubbock

Police Warn Lawrence Brothers Headed Toward City

Police received word yesterday that the Lawrence brothers were passing through Lubbock on their way to the Christian Church at Eighth and Taylor. Fort Worth officers seek the pair in connection with a killing linked to a cliff incident from Okmulgee.

Lawrence Lubbock

Promised at N Y Continued From Page One

Fragmentary manuscript text suggests a political discussion on language use and wider framing. Leaders debated wording while avoiding controversy, seeking consensus on terminology and implications for ranks and broader policy.

Postal Workers in ay Canadian Towns Returning to Work

Postal workers in several towns and cities returned to work after government offers to all men who resumed duties by 8 o clock. Reports say the strike was not observed in Toronto and Montreal officials denied full success there. The latest dispatches indicate some success only in Toronto and Windsor.

Associated Pros Toronto Estort Montreal Oronto Windgor

Hamilton Hotel Fire Destroys Texas Inn

Fire swept the Hamilton Hotel in Roby Texas this morning awakening guests who fled their rooms as flames filled the building. Fire crews battled the blaze with guests escaping unharmed.

Hamilton Hotel Roby Texas Hamilton Myrely

New Elevator Ready to Receive Grain at Kenyon Firm

The Kenyon Grain and GoA Company completes a 20000 bushel grain elevator between Polk and Tyler on the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad, just south of the J I Case office. Will Kenyon, manager, states the facility will buy and sell wheat oats barley rye maize and kafir and all other farm products. Owned by W C Kenyon and his sons Will and John.

Kenyon Grain and Goa Company Will Kenyon Polk and Tyler Streets Fort Worth Denver J. I. Case Company Kenyon Company W. C. Kenyon Will John

Car stolen here is recovered in New Mexico town

The Auburn car stolen from A. F. Reeves air inspector for the Santa Fe railroad was recovered in Tucumcari New Mexico. It was found abandoned on the outskirts of the city, and Reeves has gone there to recover the vehicle.

New Mexico Auburn A. F. Reeves Santa Fe Railroad Tucumcari N. M Less Whitaker New Mexico City Mr. Reeves

Amarillo Lions Head to Omaha for International Convention

H. A. Gardner and Porter R. Underwood departed yesterday noon to Omaha Nebraska to represent the Amarillo Lions club at the International Convention of Lions. Gardner, a five year member, has not missed an International meeting in that time.

H. A. Gardner Porter R. Underwood Omaha Nebr Amarillo Lions Club Lion Gardner Lions Organization

Ford Coupe Stolen From Local Citizen At Hotel

A Ford coupe owned by J. Hall was stolen from in front of a local hotel yesterday afternoon at 4. Officers had not located the vehicle by late last night and asked sheriffs in surrounding counties to assist in the search.

J. Hall Bifternoon

Luther Hughes Convicted In Amarillo Liquor Case

Luther Hughes was found guilty by a district court jury yesterday afternoon of selling intoxicating liquors and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The trial began Friday morning, with three young men aged 18 to 20, sons of prominent Amarillo residents, serving as principal witnesses.

Luther Hughes Hughes

District Court to Begin Final Week of Term

The April term of district court enters its final week starting Monday at 9 a.m. after nine weeks in session. Civil matters will be treated this coming week. The local court does not reconvene until August 25 for a ten week term, while Judge Bishop and District Attorney Fletcher plan a four week term at Canyon beginning August 4.

Bishop Fletcher Canyon

Seals Move Northward Off Pacific Coast

Seals move north earlier this year with large bands spotted off Cape Blanco California. Coast Guard cutter Snohomish ordered to patrol with the herd northward to Dixon Entrance as captains report the unusual migration.

Associated Press Cordova Alaska North Pacific Ocean Cape Blanco Calif Coast Guard Snohomish Dixon Entrance

Brake Law Laxity Ignites State Brake Standards Debate

Legislative committee of the American Automobile Association finds lax brake control laws. Connecticut, sole state with an explicit brake performance requirement, is cited by Thomas P. Henry as a key example.

Legislative Committee The American Automobileation Connecticut Thomas P. Henry

Elevator Race With Bandits Captured in City Skyscraper

In Chicago a downtown skyscraper chase involved three pickpockets who robbed a man of 450 dollars and forced him from an elevator. Fred W. Wiggins pursued on the roof, glimpsed a suspect on the tenth floor, and the thief was captured on the ground after a pair of elevators raced to the lobby.

Associated Pros Chicago Fred W. Wiggins

Intimate Lincoln friend Charles B. Ferrison Cox dies

Elizabeth New Jersey June 21 Charles B Ferrison Cox father of Mrs Frank A Vanderlip of Scarborough New Jersey an early Illinois pioneer and intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln died last night at the home of his daughter Mrs Waldo Adams in Elizabeth He was aged and lived a long life noted for his associations with Lincoln and Illinois politics.

Lincoln Associated Press Eizabeth N. J Charles B. Ferrison Cox Frank A.vanderlip Scarborough Illois Abra Lincoln Waldo , Adams

Twenty injured as trolley car wrecked in Middhury

Special to The News from Det Midh. reports at least twenty persons injured when a street car jumped the tracks and wrecked into a tree shortly before midnight. Several ambulances removed the injured.

Fly Denies Marvin Wrote Pro Bill At Klan Meeting

Amarillo druggist W G Fly swore that Z E Marvin did not write or introduce a measure at a Dallas Ku Klux Klan meeting on May 21 1924 to prohibit whiskey sales in drugstores. Fly said he dictated the resolution and Marvin opposed it and offered to help pass a prohibition bill with a $1000 pledge.

Marvin KLAN W. G. Fly Amarillo Z. E. Marvin Texas Ku Klux Klan Dallas Mr. Fly Ku Klux Klan Fly Henry L. Ford Potter County Texas Mr. Marvin W. C. Wright Plainview

Davidson Says Klansman Will Run With Him In Runoff

Lieutenant Governor Davidson, running for Texas governor, declares the runoff will be against a Klansman and he will win by a large majority. He notes Neff is away at the Democratic convention and describes the Klan as a growing political force in Texas. He defends his campaign amid charges from Lynch Davidson and asserts the farm and labor movement is misunderstood by opponents.

Associated Prog Austin Analaysis Texas Davidson Neff New York Lynch Davidson Farm and Labor Organization

Sale of Beer by Glass Voted Down in B C

Vancouver voters rejected selling beer by the glass under government control in city and major towns. Early returns from rural districts showed incompleteness. Urban districts favored bottle sales under government control, effectively opposing on tap sales.

B. C Associated Press Vancouver British Columbia

Italian Socialists Rally Over Matteotti Slaying

A massive Geneva mass meeting was held by socialists protesting the murder of Italian socialist deputy Matteotti. The event drew an international cross-section of labor leaders and delegates from the International Labour Conference, signaling a broad, symbolic response to the assassination.

Geneva Matteoti Jouhaux Franc M. Merten Edward Wention Arald

Young Friends of Leopold and Loeb Questioned

A dozen friends and acquaintances of Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb will likely be placed on the witness stand at the trial. Prosecutors aim to challenge defense alienists by detailing the youths daily activities and associations with the two defendants.

Associated Hicago Nathan Leopold Jr Richard Loeb Robert Franks Newt «Eck

Ship Seized for Hauling Down Flag of United States

Boston June 21 A steamer seized by the coast guard for hauling down the American flag and registry change without authority, not for rum running, seized fifteen miles from No Man's Land. Assistant US Attorney Carroll said he wired Washington for instructions as Acushnet was brought into port after sighting Taboga in fog.

Associated Press Boston Coast Guard Acushnet Panama United States Carroll Washington No- Man's-Land Block Island Acush. Net Taboga Rene Toy

Al Smith Suggests Candidates Appear Before Convention

Special to The News New York June 21 Al Smith proposes that presidential contenders explain their platforms before the national convention Roosevelt says a challenge unlikely to be accepted by rival camps. He claims his candidate is gaining support as delegations arrive and predicts Smith will secure the nomination beyond doubt.

Madison Square Garden New York City Dency Democratic Party New York al Smith Trewarer The New Franklin D. Roosevelt York John W. Davis Underwood Roosevelt Smith

Steamer George Washington Refloated After Grounding

The American liner George Washington, outward bound, grounded near Calshot Spit Light off Southampton. She was refloated shortly after and resumed her voyage.

Southampton Eng George Washington Calshot Spit Light

One Street Car on Duty in Atlantic City

One trolley car operated in Atlantic City after a strike by motormen and conductors of the Atlantic City Street Company who walked off this morning. Buses and private carriers were unable to handle the demand. The city awaited further developments as authorities inspected alternatives and crowd conditions.

Atlantic City Cnry Wa Ae Ventor Euffors

Sikes 4 Tha Limited Detotem Event

The readable fragments reference a person named Sikes involved in a limited event or detotem. Details are sparse but suggest a local note or brief about a due action or occurrence connected to Sikes and a town or organization. Further context from the source would clarify specifics.

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