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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth reports cattle, calves, stockers, cows, heifers, and hog prices with volumes. Cattle 7 500 calves 1 000 lower prices. hogs 1 909 lower top 9 50. sheep 500. Kansas City shows cattle 10 000 calves 2 000 steady. hogs 5 000 lower top 9 25. sheep 3 000 higher native lambs 12 50 to 13.
Beef and pork prices shown for August with hogs at 9.50 to 9.65 and pigs killed 8.25 to 8.60. Cattle trading 13,090 head with top steers 10.90 and fed steers 10.40 to 10.75. Sheep 15,000 head higher with native lambs 13 to 14.25 and range lambs 13.26 to 13.76.
Hog receipts reach 1 300 with top at 9.35 and bulk 9.15 to 9.50 while cattle receipts total 1 400 including 400 calves. Beef steers 5.75 to 7.25, cows 3.4 to 4.76, stockers and feeders 2.75 to 4.6. A Panhandle drug store sells more ice cream than any Amarillo shop. oil men are noted as big ice cream eaters.
Readable text lists prices for various poultry items including hens, leghorn hens, broilers, roosters, turkeys and toms, with weights and price points. Mentions butter, eggs, and rates tied to losses and cases, indicating a general market price sheet.
Local growers receive prices from Great Weet Mill and Elevator for wheat and maize with bids by grade and bushel. Futures data show May and Sept contracts for wheat and corn with open high low and close figures.
Panhandles panhandle for hundreds of bog fanciers as Wheeler hosts dog trials north of Wheeler six miles away. Judges Wheeler Henry and Dr Cochrane oversee events with top speed chases and bird flushing. Night dances, tent camps, and a piano saxophone band accompany the gathering. Golf plans emerge with Amarillo Country Club leaders announcing committees and possible city and Panhandle championships.
The Amarillo independent school district announces a September opening for all schools including the Senior High, Junior High and multiple elementary campuses. Classification of first year and upperclass pupils will occur September 1 through 5, with staff and rooming needs urged to aid teachers arriving after September 1.
All applicants for teachers examinations are asked by school officials to report at the high school Friday and Saturday mornings at 8 30. Try a Daily Globe want ad.
Potter county residents back Wiley Pollard for sheriff citing competence and experience. Pollard pledges law enforcement in Amarillo from day one while local notices touts quiet nights and civic improvements. Local business ads promote Harding’s Ranch meals, beauty parlor services, and seasonal promotions alongside hospital surgeries and family visits.
Railway workers and managers travel Amarillo on business and discuss water wells, maintenance, and construction projects. Officials from F. W. & D and Rock Island visit, while city plans for street improvements include a public hearing set for August 26 1924 with detailed assessments and rights across abutting properties and railways.
Public notice summarizes a city resolution approving an engineer's report for Harrison Street improvement in Amarillo and setting a hearing time and place with notice by the city secretary. The project covers raising grading filling concrete curbs gutters and brick paving on a four inch foundation.
A 1924 city resolution directs a public hearing on improvements and cost apportionment. Notices will be published three times in Amarillo newspapers, with optional mailed notices to abutting property and railways. Hearing date to be set, then assessments become a first lien and personal liability.
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