Old Tack’s father column spotlights a famed wordsmith
A visiting father to Old Tack showcases a life of prolific writing, claiming over 225,000 paragraphs authored across five decades. The piece riffs on old fashioned sayings, social conduct, and quips about marriage, money, and human folly, interwoven with a gubernatorial candidate’s Amarillo stop.
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Old Tack
Tack
Panic-stricken student pleads after restricted flight
A 21 year old pharmacy student, wearied by three weeks of mad flight, faced disgrace linked to a girl's death. He spoke with attorney W. P. Mor and described his fearful, tired state and travel from Oklahoma City to Morrison.
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W. P. Mor
Okla City
Jails Adopt New Menu and Fewer Fines for Prisoners
Regulations at the jail specify no more fines for inmates and present a revised two meal daily schedule. A federal inspector approved the changes along with a new menu listing breakfast and dinner for each day of the week featuring bacon, rice, vegetables, bread, and fruit desserts.
Amarillo Sees 105 Degree Heat Record Last Day
Cooler temperatures arrive after a 105 degree heat peak in Amarillo yesterday. The city set a water usage record with 210.8 million gallons for the month, while the hottest day last June 17 1924 stood at 106.5. City officials note the month was the driest in 42 years with daily averages at 6.8 million gallons. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tomorrow as temperatures ease to the mid 90s.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
H. R. Smith
H. T. Collman
Revolt in Austria Ties Nazi Plot to Dollfuss Death
Evidence cites Franz Heil a courier linked to Austrian Nazis. Anton Rintelen, Vienna envoy to Italy, implicated after suicide. Propaganda chief cites decoded messages showing German government collusion, while officials face pension cuts following the upheaval.
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Engelbert Dollfuss
Franz Heil
Hollerschlag
Munich
Germany
Walter Adams
Rintelen
Cour
Woodward Leads in Texas Election Tabulations
Election tabulation shows Woodward ahead of McCraw in governor race due to late West Texas returns. Allred leads in governor race with Hunter and McDonald trailing. Woodward also leads in attorney general, with McCraw second. Ferguson calls Allred Hobson's Choice criticizing McDonald's policy failures and relays relief commission clash.
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William McCraw
Dallas
Walter Woodward
Woodward
West Texas
Allred
Hunter
Charles C. McDonald
Clint C. Small
Edgar E. Witt
Maury Hughes
Ferguson
Hobson
Austin
U.P
Jim" Ferguson
Forum
James V. Allred
Tom F. Hunter
C. C. McDonald
McDonald
Caliham Rites at Claude Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam W. Caliham 58 will be held at 2 tomorrow afternoon from the Claude Methodist Church. Rev J S Huckabee will officiate. Burial will be in Claude Cemetery. Survived by three brothers and three sisters. She died yesterday evening at Claude home. Pallbearers listed. Burial by N B Griggs & Sons Amarillo.
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Sam W. Caliham
Claude Methodist Church
J. S. Huckabee
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Tom Brummett
R. A. Campbell
Landon Doak
B. H. Conner
Luke Bagwell
Clifford Walker
Claude Cemetery
Griggs & Sons
Amarillo
Amarillo. Mrs. Caliham
Claude
R. A. Blaine
Celine
John Blaine
William Blaine
Edinburg
Finley
Celina
J. L. Pafofrd
Frank Sewell
No Divorces Granted In Porter County Last Month
No divorces were granted in Porter County last month because both district courts were in vacation. Yet numerous divorce cases have been filed in District Clerk Ben Smith's office in recent weeks and eight new suits were filed on the first two days of this week.
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Potter County
Ben Smith
Markets Show Mixed Trading Across Cattle and Cotton
Kansas City market notes cattle and calves with varied demand and price moves from 6.50 to 6.75 per cwt, fat cattle down 18-25 cents, stockers steady, hogs and sows mixed. Cotton in New Orleans rose early on bullish crop data, later retraced. October near 18.10 and December 13.20 before slight pullback. New York Stock Letter reports gradual gains amid dullness, Grains and Cotton firming on weather and crop news, silver higher, ruble steady.
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NY Central
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Penney
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Sant Iinen Western Tinion
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