Traveling men banquet frames Amarillo progress and pride
More than two hundred traveling salesmen gathered at the Amarillo hotel for a banquet organized by the City Development Board and the Amarillo Tri-State Fair association. Speakers praised Amarillo’s growth from a 1900 population of 1 480 to over 21 000, highlighted local gas oil fields and agricultural richness, and urged traveling men to help sell Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Board O of City Development
Amarillo Tri-State
O. V. Vernon
Board of City Development
L. Q O. Thompson
J. Lindsay Nunn
Ernest G. Albright
Walter B. Allen
Vernon
Thomson
Thompson Drug Company
West Texas
Mr. Thompson
Texas
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Washburn
Plains Pipa Line Company
Who Wins This Time
A contest invites Amarillo and Panhandle residents to submit witty titles. The doctor smiles as the nurse backs him while a surprised victim smokes and drops a cigar. One entry per person, ten words max, due Friday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fats
Amarillo
Panhandle
Contest Brings Readers To Pick Globe Title Winners
Pittsburgh readers and contest editors clash over one title rule as numerous entries pour in for The Globe title contest. Cash prizes go to five winners while many others receive honorable mentions from readers in Canyon Texas and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fong
Pittsburgh
Globe
J. R. Durrett
Tyler Street
George W. Lyon
Clyde Street
Katherine Cobb
Polk Street
Irene Jones
Canyon
Tex
Letter Campaign Aims to Bring 1925 Convention to Amarillo
Amarillo officials urge a friendly push urging Panhandle and West Texas business leaders to write letters supporting Amarillo as host of the 1925 West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Brownwood. The Board of City Development will dedicate three days of its trade trip to lobby for the event, with several men already agreeing to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Board of City Development
Panhandle
West Texas
Brownwood
Development Board
Justice Joins Clarence Cook and Mattie Spencer
Clarence Cook and Miss Mattie Spencer were married yesterday afternoon before Judge H. R. Airheart Justice of the Peace in a civil ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice
Clarence Cook
Mattie Spencer
H. R. Airheart
Justice of the Peace
Local notes from Amarillo and Panhandle travels
A collage of brief city notes records residents visiting Amarillo and nearby towns, travels, and services. Mentions include Miss Coop of Pampa, Miss Nell Crain Goodnight, J A Guthrie of Canyon, Mrs M C Westerfield Spearman, and Purina rep Mr Young. Also notes Panhandle pipeline booster fundraising, art shop shifts, and Perry Pearson’s two day trip to Clovis New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Ward
Jacksonville
B. F. Moore
Aline Whatley
Jim Leek
Bishop
Amarillo
Perry
Pearson
Clovis, N. M
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Thomsen
Mr. Thomsen
Rogers
Mission Theater
Daily Globe
Ordway— Saunders CO
Fuqua Building
Sunsouine Dry Cleaning and Dye Works
Register and Tribume Syndicate
Dee Moines
Times
B. A. Jones
Herman Foster
Fillmore Street
Nellie P. Hills
Wills Street
Mt. Washington
T. A. Kay
Pampa
Anna J. Hills
Gracie Williams
Jarret Eubank
North Pierce Street
T. G. Offuth
Floyd Garwood
West Sixth Street
Bill Childers
Madison Street
H. A. Williams
Vera Williams
Mister Moon
B. R. Hooks
Taylor Street
Satan
Rosa Cook
Locust Street
Richard Baker
Georgia Avenue
J. L. Smith
H. R. Wallace
John Cook
O. W. Floyd
Rastus Johnson
B. Baker
Sherwood Blasder
Winfield BE. Miller
St. Peter
Richard Sanderford
D. A. Jones
Guy Mathis
East Sixth Street
Billie Harmon
East Tenth Street
Emma Grace Lakey
Guy Harmon
Pauline Irons
F. J. Somers
van Buren Street
Lula Mae Irons
Skinner
B. G. Denny
Burlington Street
F .J. Somers
L. B. Garrison
Gwine
Vilda Cotton
Spruce Street
R. T. Wilson
Pierce Street
J. D. Kerr
R. E. Brown
Buchanan Street
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Ae A McAfee
Aylor
the Panhandle
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