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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1926
Page
8
Western and midwest markets show cattle calves and hogs trading mixed across Amarillo Fort Worth Kansas City St. Louis Chicago and Kansas City cash grain. Highlights include cattle strength in Kansas City and softer hogs in Chicago with varied sheep and lambs values. Poultry butter eggs and potatoes also tabulated with regionally varied shifts.
In New York on August 2, cotton seed oil closed easy with prime summer yellow at 15.50. Crude prime values ranged January 10.74 through December 10.75, while August 13.75 and September 13.00 showed notable shifts. Total sales reached 9,500 units.
Stocks continued higher in New York on August 2 with gains led by public utilities motor and investment rail shares. Hartimore and Ohio hit new tops, early buying lifted Chrysler North American and carriers while General Motors and autos attract attention in a steady market with renewed demand for empire stock issues. Foreign buyers and freed grains supported the overall demand.
A 16 year old female inmate from a mental health facility was located in a car. Police are investigating the circumstances and potential custody issues. No further details available in the readable text.
Secretary I G Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange reports the commercial crop for year ending July 31 at 15,614,707 bales, up over last year and 1922 25 totals. Southern consumption reaches 4,778,926 bales, with world consumption and exports highlighting record demand driven by cheap low grade cotton use. Further port movements and data to follow.
Amarillo bankers and city leaders joined Rock Island officials as Col. C. T. Herring hammered the ceremonial spike to mark a new Rock Island line from Amarillo toward Liberal. The event highlighted expanding Rock Island terminal facilities and a main line rivaling Santa Fe.
A collage of clipped remarks from Orla Allen T E Johnson Skeet Gibson Speed Ravey Lon Fishback Dutch Mantell Walter Wilson and others. The humor and oddities touch on sports oil markets and local events with playful mishearings and garbled lines.
A man identified by a card on his person and Mr Murry of Shreveport died in Borger after likely drinking canned heat. He was found behind Palace Produce Saturday morning and died later at Borger Emergency hospital. Arrangements send the body to Shreveport for burial.
A new society in London forms the Disappointed Sisters club for women who have faced love disappointments or prefer to avoid men. Members pay fines for mentioning men and meet in a city center lounge with a dining room and writing space. The club plans to discuss any topic except male company.
Fragments indicate a local parcel or subdivision named Selle 163 Lats Peshendie Addition with unclear details. Readable words point to a property or land record entry, likely noting an addition or assessment but lacking concrete actions, dates, or involved entities.
In Mexico City and San Antonio reports, Monsignor Crespi says the Holy See may urge a truce with the Mexican government over church reforms. He forecasts no revolution if compromise avoids bloodshed and plans to seek papal guidance before returning to Rome.
Prose appears garbled with many missing words and random characters. Readable names, dates, or events are not discernible. Unable to extract a coherent news item or actionable facts from the fragment.
The city of Amarillo schedules a hearing on August 10 1026 before the City Commission to approve a paving curb and gutter assessment plan. The plan divides costs among Glidden & Sanborn and Holland Additions with a total not exceeding three fourths of project cost. The payment schedule runs five yearly installments with 8 percent interest and includes attorney fees and collection costs.
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