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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1925
Page
6
The Imperial Family plans to abolish three royal game preserves on October 19 to revert them to public use and cut upkeep costs. Officials project annual Household Department savings around 200000 yen.
Advert describes Black and White Ointment and Soap as skin cures for pimples itch rash and eczema. Claims widespread use and rapid clearing of disfigured skin. Dealers tout popularity due to low price and large 56c size containing three times as much as 25c size.
In Oxford on October 19, an Industrial Welfare Society address quoted M A Cloudesley Brereton about the Prince of Wales disliked porridge as a boy. On his last morning at home before naval service he joked about not eating it, yet his naval first breakfast still started with porridge served in wooden bowls as officers watched.
Brooklyn resident Arthur Smith of 489 Hudson Ave reports Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment cleared a widespread facial and neck infection after five weeks. He notes itching stopped after two applications and no trace remained.
The General Convention's House of Deputies approved an $8,510,000 three year budget plan with a revised operating total of $3.51 million after interest and an auxiliary reduction. Washington DC as next meeting site was tentatively chosen, and 16 national council members were named for terms of three and six years. Bishops approved an amendment granting suffragan bishops a vote pending approval from the deputies and ratification by two-thirds at next convention.
Harvey Pitzpatrick state oil and gas inspector for the Panhandle district is called to Wichita Falls district in an advisory role through November 1. Panhandle operators may contact him via the Wichita Falls office. He reports Plains operators are observing gas conservation rules. P H Hertzog, ex Ama r ile Refinery and Skelly sales, now with Sullivan Refiners in Clovis New Mexico.
Panhandle oil men prepare to attend the Mid-Continent Oil Association gathering in Wichita Falls for three days starting October 29. President W. B. Hamilton and past president Walter Cline lead plans to give attendees a memorable time in the north Texas town.
Increased production is indicated in the Shoco No 1, Whittenburgh, SW of NW of section 12, block Y, south Hutchinson county, after drilling an additional twelve feet of hole to 2 960 feet. The well is owned largely by Amarillo parties.
A daily flow of about a thousand barrels of oil from the Dakota sand at 770 feet is reported at the Continental well located on Rat tlesnake Dome within the Navajo reservation in northwest New Mexico.
Twelve wells will be drilled in section 18, two 18, range 18, Artesia field at once by Danciger interests. A half dozen will be drilled by Levers and Wilson, with a like number to be drilled, all 448 feet apart.
P. FE. McCanahan will manage the new Oil Weir Supply Company plant now being erected in the Artesia oilfield.
Plans reportedly under way to enlarge the Sullivan refinery at Dayton in the Pecos Valley New Mexico field to a 3000 barrel daily capacity.
One hundred wells have been completed in the Pecos Valley field with less than 10 percent dry. The field is one year old.
Roswell becomes a focal point for oil operators who are advancing shallow oil field development in New Mexico, mobilizing activity and investment as regional extraction grows.
In Hollywood California a mass of French books yielded a grim satire noting bobbed hair as a preexecution custom during the French Revolution. The piece, written by a French woman during the Commune, says Royalist women cut hair to aid the guillotine blade and that the practice spreads among spectators and nobles alike.
On October 19 Le Roy Poole found a wallet containing $100 and located the owner. The owner rewarded Poole with a barbering for life and the barber added a goodwill order for free barbering as a token of gratitude, which Poole declined monetary pay.
Gilfillan Bros Inc markets Neutrodyne radios with new features including a straight line condenser, audio frequency transformer, and Vernier tuning dials. Claims improved selectivity and distortion-free tone across models from battery-powered to premium consoles. Export orders, notably nearly $200,000 from Japan, fuel rapid expansion with distribution via Peabody Electric Company in Muskogee Oklahoma.
Padua Oct 19 The Italian government declares October 12 a national holiday to honor Christopher Columbus and counter claims he was Spanish. Dr Camillo Manfroni proposes nationwide demonstrations in schools and public institutions to reaffirm Columbus as Italian, noting recent Spanish historians push claims of a Genoa birth. He argues proper Columbus Day celebrations can quell the uproar.
The brand promises better baking outcomes using fewer ingredients. It emphasizes efficiency and quality for home cooks seeking reliable flour for diverse recipes.
Reports from survivors claim the Clyde liner Comanche crew panic and fought passengers during a fire off Florida. Passengers praise officers of rescue vessel Meta while one observer accused the negro crew of drunkenness and misbehavior delaying lifeboat launches.
In Rio Arriba county New Mexico a country merchant Juan Garcia died a rich man without pressing debts. He left notes unpaid totaling about $100000 and wrote Paid in Full by God on many poor customers' records. Garcia ran two Lumberton stores and helped needy patrons with charity rather than demand payment.
President Coolidge's message to the American Gas Association urged the gas industry to focus on public service as its growth path. Addressing over 500 manufactured gas companies at Atlantic City, he emphasized balancing public gain with industry progress and duties to the people served.
Israel Klein reports a standardized code of road signals developed after three years of study. The American Engineering Standards committee will pursue nationwide adoption with support from the Bureau of Standards, National Safety Council, and AA State Highway Officials. The plan covers color, form, and placement for luminous and non luminous signals, including tail light color changes from red to yellow to indicate caution.
Washington October 19 Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr in a Mayflower Hotel conference with editors said public opinion is the greatest force and newspaper publishing offers broad public service He called the press the most influential driver of democracy and urged publishing free from bias as the highest civic service supported by representative government
New York report shows Newton Mass leads with 93 percent in bed by 9 15 p m while McKeesport Pa trails at 82 percent. Massachusetts and California top in longer sleep, with Chattanooga Montgomery and Springfield earliest risers. The average fifth grader rises before 7 06 a m and retires at 9 05 p m. 78 percent vaccinated for smallpox.
Center Point high school football coach Alfred Kline praised Beryl Hunter, 19, who has a cork leg yet plays center on the grid team. Hunter is described as a “game youngster” who makes tackles like the rest of the squad and asks no favors for his handicap. Last year he played on the basketball team.
At the Texas Poultry and Egg Association convention in Fort Worth Harrison F Jones of Chicago urged revising the term fresh for eggs He said fresh can mean poor quality and cold storage should differentiate lately laid from stored eggs He noted the industry value at about 966 million dollars nationally and 50 million in Texas Butter eggs and poultry output swells to half cotton’s value and exceeds all cattle.
The Mount Hebo Douglas fir area of the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon shows successful reforestation. Trees planted between 1912 and 1916 reach eight to 15 feet, averaging 10 feet. About 180,000 firs were planted beyond the initial program.
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