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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1924
Page
2
At Fort Worth market cattle 4 700 head with 1 900 calves. beef steers 33 25 to 37 50 per cwt. Hogs 800 head to 10 20 top, bulk 9 55 to 10 15. Sheep 200 head slow. lambs 8 59 to 12 per cwt. feeders 6 to 8. yearlings 8 to 9. wethers 7 to 8. stockers 3 to 4 50.
Hogs receipts 404 in Wichita market steady with top at 9.05 and bulk 9.25 to 9.60. cattle receipts 600 with calves included, overall weekly drop 19 to 25 points except select cattle and calves. beef and veal price ranges listed. Kansas City reports cattle 4,000 calves 1,000 slow with hogs 4,000 steady. St Louis shows Hog prices 10.25 top and cattle 2,500 slow with lambs higher. general market activity across regions with varied price movements.
Market report shows hogs at 30 006 with top 10.95 and bulk 10 to 10 230, heavy butchers 9.90 to 10.10, sows 8.50 to 8.90, killing pigs 9.25 to 9.40. Cattle 9 000 with feeders 8.25 to 10.50, stockers 5.25 to 8, cows steady. Sheep 17 700 with lambs 12.76 to 14, ewes 5.50 to 7. Fat sheep weaker.
Mini-article lists produce prices and items from Amarillo market including leghorn hens ducks turkeys and eggs with prices per unit and weights noted. Also mentions related poultry terms and a line about infertility cells and back charges.
Local growers are offered prices by the Great Vege Mill and Elevator Co for wheat at No 1 hard basis 1 17 per bushel and other grains priced per 100 pounds or bushel including maize oats barley and rye with some figures garbled but indicating standard commodity pricing in the region.
Ruth Hobart released on $4,500 bond by Clarendon citizens plans to visit sister Mrs. Mattie Ray in El Paso. She was at the Oriental hotel after leaving Potter county jail and has been connected to grand jury testimony in the slaying of her husband W Hobart on July 14.
Police hold J. B. Bishop, 51, after neighbors reported a fire at his Beaumont residence. Firemen discovered the charred body of his wife with a skull bullet wound during the blaze, prompting an investigation into the fatal incident.
Harley Sadler's company will perform Saintly Hypocrites and Honest Sinners at 2 or 3 o'clock Sunday in the Municipal Auditorium. Admission is free with a free will offering for the Children's Home. The event, organized by Hanson Post No 54 of the American Legion, follows requests from the community and receives wide religious and educational praise.
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce pushes a membership drive led by Bill Bennett and S. J. Cole to oppose an alleged shift to a mileage basis for freight rates. They warn higher rates would cost Panhandle crops and threaten factories, while promoting a 1926 convention in the region to attract investment and $500,000 in spending.
Amarillo boards report pledges from 55 West Texas towns for the 1926 West Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting. About 20 000 visitors are expected over three days with an estimated 10 dollars per day per person, suggesting up to 900000 in spending and economic boost for the city.
Judge Robertson portrays himself as a reform candidate in western Texas urging fair play and denouncing mob rule as he campaigns for governor. Ernest Thompson notes Robertson’s past support for Berton and contrasts Ferguson’s impeachment with his current bid, while Robertson holds a meeting in Lubbock.
Interviews highlight Amarillo growth noted by a visitor from eight years away. Gin talks are urged to aid farmers while a federal court case against the American Express Co. heads to September. A list shows Texans insured for large amounts, plus a gubernatorial appeal in a contentious race.
The Amarillo High School annual staff announces a refund to advertisers. Charles Crees the business manager kept costs tight and returned about 28 percent of payments to advertisers. Charles Green and his associates receive praise for the annual and fair dealings with supporters.
Row O Wyland a noted worker among boys and in church relationship campaigns will visit with J P Fitch on October 27. He will cooperate in Boy Scout work to boost interest among church workers and city ministers. His visit is seen as a red letter day in the local scout movement.
Judge J W Sanders of Canadian will not seek the associate justice seat on the Seventh District Court of Civil Appeals to replace Judge Boyce. He prefers continuing his law practice after attending the Robertson political meeting. Amarillo reports W D Fish may again pursue the appointment while M J Jackson launches a campaign following a friendly petition.
Dallas August 7 charges of murder were filed against Mrs Idna Corlee after the death of Mrs George L Rine a saleslady shot five times at her place of employment yesterday Mrs Corlee is jailed A death statement from Mrs Rine denies claims of domestic trouble in the Curlee family
North Adams, Aug 7 Three workmen died when a staging at a Berkshire Cotton mill collapsed sending them 144 feet to the ground. The accident occurred during a ceremony on the mill premises.
Two Americans are reported killed in San Marcos de Leon during a Peralta attack. Government forces guard the frontier and American marines in Honduras are sent to the border to repel revolutionists.
Atlantic City N J August 7 members of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor predicted national interest in the publication last night of correspondence showing that John W Davis Democratic presidential nominee sought a conference with Samuel Gompers and explained why the council refused to defer endorsement of the La Follette Wheeler candidacy and after Mr Davis acceptance address The correspondence passed between Samuel Gompers president of the federation and William B Wilson former secretary of labor and United Mine Workers official now on the staff of the Democratic national committee
Harmon Benton reports eight teams will compete in the stock and grain judging events at the Amarillo Tri-State Exposition. Portales New Mexico has pledged a team and Channing also promises to send entrants. Three day passes will be provided for participants and their managers as the contest joins the exposition.
C A Clark of the Portland Cement Association and H A Sawyer visiting Amarillo from Dallas traveled to Colorado by way of the Panhandle. Clark praised Texas roads, praised state highway work, and predicted a wonderful fall for Amarillo with strong crop prospects and general prosperity in the region.
The Amarillo Refining company has shipped 75 tank car loads of gasoline distillate and gas oil to towns in the Panhandle since opening. There are now twenty five men employed by the concern.
Amarillo board members of the Hoard of City Development will not meet tonight due to directors attending the Amarillo Country Club meeting and many being out of town. O V Vernon cites convenience and scheduling as the reason for the cancellation.
Washington notes released on August 7 show crop conditions for August 1 with percent of normal readings across major crops. Spring wheat 79.7, corn 70.7, oats 88.2, barley 80.7, buckwheat 87.7, white potatoes 85.4, sweet potatoes 70.2, tobacco 71.7, flax seed 86.4, rice 83.4, hay 84.4, pasture 84.0.
London August 7 A P More than 150 000 persons in Great Britain or one in every 200 are mentally deficient Minister of Health Wheatley declared at a conference He questioned punishing mentally defective individuals confined in prisons and urged reflection on moral responsibility and care.
Fair officials at a morning meeting decide to restart construction of Tri State exposition buildings despite insufficient funds and guarantees. Work on live stock poultry auto and merchants buildings will begin tomorrow with a large crew to avoid further delays.
Frank Wyburn, former Amarillo Rotary president now in Dallas, told a luncheon Rotarians Amarillo is among five Texas cities likely to surpass 90 000 population. The program featured Horace Russell and B F Bennett of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, with talks on business obligation and youth guidance.
H L Westphal, noted field and sporting writer, will cover the Tri-State Field Trials on August 12 to 14. He will report for Dog World and American Sportsman and submit stories to multiple magazines. The meet expects 500 plus dogs across four events.
Nahant Mass August 7 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on his sick bed warns Republicans against the calamity of Gov Charles W Bryan becoming president. He says a Bryan win could occur if Coolidge fails to win a majority and the vote is thrown to Congress. He predicts a possible house deadlock and that farmer labor and other Republican senators might join Democrats to elect Bryan.
Crowds swarm the Globe office to claim two free tickets to Her Marriage Vow. Any couple married since January 1, 1924, presenting a marriage certificate receive two passes for the film’s Mission theater showing today and tomorrow along with a month’s Globe subscription. Newlyweds urged to join the throng and get tickets and subscription.
Democratic candidate John W. Davis stated in a published letter that he is not and has never been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The note answered a World Tomorrow editor’s question about charges and vowed to clarify his stance on religious tolerance in his acceptance speech.
The Amarillo Armature Shop at 405 497 East Third Street is manufacturing a three phase twelve horsepower motor from a two phase eighteen horsepower unit for the Junior Coffee company at 106 Johnson Street. Proprietors I Harrah and L J Symmonds run the shop, the only armature facility in this Panhandle region.
Almost two inches of rain fell in Fort Worth and nearby areas last night. The moisture extended west into West Texas and reached the Oklahoma line to the north. Heavy rain was reported southwest especially around Coleman and Ballinger.
Rob Emmett and family drove 260 miles in ten hours from Colorado to Amarillo. They stopped at Mineral Wells, where he praised the camping grounds as the finest he has ever seen or heard of.
In Buffalo on August 7 Henry H Lyons shot and killed his wife and two sons shortly after midnight before turning the gun on himself. The tragedy ends with Lyons taking his own life.
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