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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
6
The Salvation Army asks Amarillo housewives to donate serviceable clothing bedding furniture and reading materials during spring cleaning. Donors should call 1553 between 9:36 am and 1 2 30 pm to arrange pickup of items for the organization’s work.
Mrs Terry presided as a splendid paper on the Dangers of Childhood was read and followed by a reading by Mrs Pearl Sellers. A committee was appointed to nominate officers for next year and delegates were chosen for the district meeting of Parent-Teacher Clubs to be held at Canadian April 8 10. Among the nominees besides the president Mrs George Hilton were Mrs Tom Tinkle and Mrs Pearl Sellers with Mrs G Wilson as alternate. The Red Cross certificate won by the school was framed and hung in the school.
Reserved seating for a massed piano concert is offered at Collins Drug store. The promotion highlights available seats and urges early purchase, noting the venue and event details for patrons.
Doctors and druggists tout Calotabs to break up a cold or grippe. One or two tablets at bedtime with water claim to purge the system by morning, with no nausea or food interference. Sold only in sealed packages, ten cents for pocket size, thirty-five cents for large family package, guaranteed by druggists.
The Marion Shop in the Fair Theater building opened yesterday under proprietor Leo Greenberger. A large crowd, mainly women, shopped all day as huge bargains on women’s wear drew hundreds. The sale will continue until the $10,000 stock is sold out.
Legal summons to multiple defendants including James Elliott and others in Potter County. Plaintiff Panhandle Improvement Company seeks trespass to try title and removal of clouds on Lots 1 2 8 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and 19 in Block 422 Mirror Addition Amarillo. Court set for April 20 1925. case No. 4425.
Favorable spring weather prompts renewed drilling in the Pampa district of Gray county. Wilcox Oil and Gas No. 2 spudding near LeFors, with multiple wells resuming drilling at various depths and locations from Pampa to Roberts county, including Wilcox No. 1 and Anderson No. 1 Bradford. Reports of a new location by Texas Company near Saunders ranch and a productive shallow showing in a completed gas well area.
The Richards store stock is being sold off by J M Adams in a bankrupt sale. Crowds gathered at the door at opening yesterday and shoppers entered in small groups to avoid congestion. Goods are selling quickly and stock is rapidly depleting.
An advertisement offers Peterson's Ointment as a cure for leg ulcers and skin diseases. It claims ulcers and sores heal fast, pimples and blackheads vanish in under 10 days, leaving skin clean. Includes customer testimonial from Rochester and mail order details from Buffalo. Also promotes Dickey's Eye Water for sun and wind burned eyes at 25 cents.
WDAG aired Jameson fiddler program last night drawing broad approval from listeners. John Dees Tom Walter and Annie May Jameson presented a two hour show with many reports of radios enjoying the old fiddlers. Jena University in Germany makes physical training mandatory for students to curb drinking.
Local businessmen in Ralls formed the Ralls Retail Merchants Association to guard against bad accounts and cold checks and to promote credit business growth. C A Fenske aided in establishing the group, which will affiliate with state and national bodies. Officers elected include A B Robertson president J H Payne vice president J M DeBolt W C Paddy W E Conley R J Belcher and R B Loflin as directors.
Promote McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound in sugar coated tablets as a fast way to add 5 to 10 pounds in 30 to 80 days. Advertises drugstore availability at City Drug Collins Drug and Austin Drug. Offers money back if 5 pounds not gained in stated period and claims 10 pounds in 30 days is common.
Reduced fares on a certificate plan to Amarillo for the Southwestern Launderers and Allied Trades convention July 7 to 9. Rates apply from Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Tickets on sale July 6 to 9, final return July 18. One-way tickets with certificate receipts. 250 receipts trigger half-rate re-transportation. Dr Wolcott moves to new Central Office Building.
German philosophers greet the decision by international congress managers to admit German as an official language at the conference in the United States next September. A German delegation is expected to attend.
In Panhandle, March 19, five drilling projects start this week in the Carson Hutchinson county oil district. The campaign aims to be the greatest in the proven Panhandle field. Operators include Middlton No 1 Weatherly section 18 block Y, Hutchinson spudded Thursday, Magnolia No 1 Burnett estate NE of section 115 block 6, with Carson building a derrick for a well to be completed using rotary tools. Gulf and Panhandle Refining Co. also begin two wells.
In Hutchinson county near the Canadian River the Perkins ranch area hosts multiple wells. Sleveny Bros. Ponca City plans another well as Gulf Production on survey 1 yields strong output. Burnett estate Jack Crosby No. 2 reports 1000 feet on its second lease well with daily high grade production around 00 barrels. Plains Pipeline links the field to Panhandle city, moving about 2500 barrels daily, with 1000 barrels routed to Big Four Refining. local oil supply firms expand at Panhandle City including Dunnigan Supply International and Bridgeport Building 8 Main Street under construction.
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