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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1924
Page
6
The annual Boy Scout fund campaign will start Monday April 14. Meeting of the executive committees at the Amarillo hotel outlined plans and solicitors who must raise 26 770 for the year were to be called together Monday at noon to divide territories.
A 7 by 10 foot super shanty, finished and painted like a house, drew crowds on Lake Champlain as Edward Irving of Crown Point completed it for ice fishermen. Capt. Ian Mackensie presented a plan to invite hundreds of Hebridean Scots to British Columbia to take up fishing in place of Oriental labor. Mrs. T. H. Campbell of Dumas is presently in town.
A health notice urges drinking lots of water and using Jad Salts to flush and stimulate kidneys to activity. It claims backache, headaches, bladder irritation, and other urinary issues may improve, and advises physician exams at least twice yearly.
Here There and Everywhere ER. Blumenthal has returned to Prague Okla. Tom Brummett Claude ranch man is here today. Mrs B Stubbs of Hrick Okla is in the city on business this week. Lee Bivins returns from Kansas City trip. Mrs Huber Canyon visits 705 Madison. N N Thomas Moore-Poston company returns from New Mexico. City Cleaners and Dyers advert 2866. Annie Laura Sawyer Canyon Normal in Amarillo today. Mrs J W Gilliam leaves for Fort Smith Ark. Eva Meeks improving in local sanitarium. Bobby Joe and Mavis Rucker have measles. Mrs Frederick Kendall returns from Boston. Fern Cornelius moved from Northwest Texas hospital after appendectomy. Bourrells host daughters Florence Ponton and Clare Roberts. Hair tonic naming contest prize $50. Traveling men banquet at 7 pm by Chamber of Commerce. Col Ernest Thompson telegram from W G McAdoo thanking him for support on train. McAdoo party lacked time for supper in Amarillo.
City plans to enforce ordinances on gardens poultry and livestock inside limits. City manager Jett D Bartlett says enforcement will be strict but not hardship, aimed at protecting people raising gardens as residents cooperate. Mrs L T Wilson of Childress visits briefly.
Wealthy New York broker George B. De Long and fellow traveler Robert Louisa Coleman of San Francisco were killed by Albanian bandits on a mountain road along the Tirana to Scutari route. The American Minister to Albania reports the incident as a tragic murder during a world tour.
City warns keepers to confine chickens ducks geese guinea fowl pigeons and other fowls to private premises to prevent trespass and nuisance violations under Ordinance 269 Section 18 City Manager Jeff D Bartlett signs the notice dated April 19 1924 detailing penalties for at large fowls and trespass on lawns or gardens.
Historic hoax story of a so called letter from Christ with commandments to observe Sabbath and church duties appears in papers. The text alleges blessings for possession and curses for publication, plus a warning about judgment day and prosperity for houses with copies. Separate notice advertises school additions bids in Amarillo Texas with bidding details and conditions.
The city enacts Section 1 of Ordinance 346 banning running at large of cattle horses mules jacks jennets swine and goats within Amarillo limits. Owners may stake animals on vacant lots with permission and secure tethering. Section 2 imposes fines up to 109 dollars for violators. enforcement begins April 11, 1924.
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