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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1925
Page
3
In Portales New Mexico on May 19 the city voters approved by 20 to 1 a proposition by a Texas utilities company to buy the municipal electric light plant. The plant will transfer to the new owners who run a large Texas power system in the near future.
Llano Cemetery Association urges lot owners to adopt perpetual care contracts. Public nonprofit seeks endowments to fund long term upkeep in the original grounds. J C Gulekie has already contributed 300 dollars for two lots, with more contracts hoped for from other owners.
Three branches of the Federation of Labor will open meetings in Amarillo Thursday preceding the state convention. The painters plumbers and barbers will conduct sessions and state conferences or councils will be held for the remainder of the week. Entertainment events are planned alongside official business.
Alice Joyce and Percy Marmont star in Frank Borzage's film version of Zoe Akins' play Daddy's Gone a-Hunting at the Fair Theatre. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture follows an artist's search for freedom amid Harlem flats and Fifth Avenue luxury. Marmont plays Julian the artist, Joyce Edith, with Virginia Marshall as Janet and Ford Sterling as Oscar. The cast includes Helena d'Algy Holmes Herbert Edythe Chapman Martha Mattox James Barrows and James Macethern. Adapted by Kenneth B Clarke with Chester A Lyons as photographer.
Advert says sufferers relieved by Black and White Ointment which rapidly cures itching eczema. It claims nationwide popularity with sales over two million packages yearly and notes the 50 cent size contains three times the content of the 250 size and is economical.
Speers leads a DeS and a he that Ne bill, Footligh resente, by Armstronghee Comed Company, praised as one of Amarillo’s cleverest fare bills. The ensemble features Baby Fe Will, Scott, Lucille Kellum, Edith Black, and a Stone Siste Act with 12 numbers.
Charles Ray headlines at the Mission Theater in Percy a delightful evening praised as a wow with a hot house flower turn wild and laughter to wash troubles away. A two reel comedy with Stan Laurel and the latest sport reel accompanies the feature.
The copy urges workers to treat sluggish liver function with Herbine to restore health and ambition. It warns symptoms like languor and a “blue” feeling may lead to a sick spell, and promotes a 60 cent bottle sold by all druggists.
T. B. Dysart of Allen-Dysart Motor Co. reports heavy interest in Rickenbacker cars in the Panhandle Plains. Displayed two sedans and a coach with more arrivals expected, planning stock of 20 to cover 10 counties. Dealers are being sought with responses pouring in from several cities.
A brief fashion note praises bobbed hair styled with a subtle Golden Glint Shampoo tint, highlighting a chic, glossy finish for this season.
The United States Army is experimenting with aerial bombs six times larger than those dropped on Paris and London during the war, signaling a new scale of explosive power under development and testing.
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