Railroad Rounds and Rumblings in Fort Worth Era
A 1933 column blends 1837 crisis parallels with Fort Worth and Denver Railway relief efforts. It details the Emergency Benefit Fund supplying Amarillo to Texline with meals, fuel, clothing, and medicine, financed by up to 1 percent of monthly earnings. It notes divisions serving hundreds of people, plus local officials J. W. Mode and C. R. Allen.
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Europe
West
Fort Worth
Denver
Emae
Fort Worth and
Wichita Valley
Amarillo
Childress
Wichita Falls
J. W. Mode
Texline
C.R. Allen
J. D. Scott
Margy Red
Elizabeth Jeannette Gwaltney
Hearne
Sinterment
Bural
Griggs and Sons
Amarillo passes junk dealer licensing to curb theft
An Amarillo city ordinance requires junk dealers and junk wagon operators to obtain annual licenses, post bonds, and keep detailed transaction records. Dealers must tag each purchased article, avoid buying from minors, verify buyer identities, hold articles 10 days, and can face penalties from five to two hundred dollars for violations. The measure follows similar laws in other Texas cities.
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Amarillo
Texas
Funeral for former Cowboys Speaker John W. Woods
Funeral rites were arranged for John W. Woods 57 once known as the Cowboy Speaker He died after a two year illness in Dallas Woods authored the married woman's property rights act aided passage of the compulsory education law and sponsored creation of the Girls Training School at Gainesville He was a longtime lay leader in the Methodist Church.
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Dallas
John W. Woods
Texas House of Representatives
Woods
Giis
Gainesville
Methodist Church
Boy Killed in Kyle Collision Involving School Pupils
Houptrief 16 died and several Kyle school students including Hazel Blum were injured when they rode on a car’s running board after a school ride home yesterday. The car was driven by a classmate.
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Houptrief
Kyle School
Hazel Blum
Ces
Sion
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John Moore
Daniel Webster
Detroit
Raymond Foster
Rock Island Rolling Stock Recorder
Dalhart
Mississippi
Chicago
America
Courthouse Grove
Eee
Rand New
J. Skuys
Watners
Polk St
LUX
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Pennsylvania
Furman Williams
Santa Fe
Canadian
Webster Lee
Globe News
Goodyear
Adkisson & Gunn Tire CO
Pampa
Borger
Kyle
Tex
U.P
Elmon
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