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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
1
The item recalls John Kopzynel in Jersey City shunning smallpox vaccination and later facing illness while his wife and five children stay healthy. It also mocks League of Nations crop substitutions for opium and lampoons political reactions to labor strikes, religion, and war.
The Amarillo forecast is partly cloudy and warmer for tonight and Saturday. Temperatures today range from 65 at 7 a.m. to 86 in the afternoon with highs and lows near last year’s 89 and 61 degrees. The Amarillo Hotel Coffee Shop advertises as Famous For Food.
Mrs Jona Pierpont Morgan dies at noon at her Glen Cove Long Island home after a two month illness from sleeping sickness and gradual recovery followed by sudden cardiac collapse. Doctors report lethargic encephalitis preceded the fatal event. Morgan rushed to her side from his yacht as she declined over twelve days.
Thirty of forty five Western Union employees receive eighteen month bonuses totaling 560 dollars to be paid tomorrow. Each bonus equals 15 percent of one month’s salary with 3100 going to commercial downstairs staff and the remainder to upstairs traffic workers. The chief operator earns the largest bonus at 32.25 dollars. Nineteen telegraph operators are in Amarillo office. last bonus was paid in February.
Mrs J O Whittington purchases the two story building at 409-11 Polk street from W L Thompson of Kansas City. Engmans cafe Pattons Tailor shop occupy the lower floor Khiva Shrine headquarters upstairs Col C T Herring owns the south half. Price is said to be around 35000. deal arranged by John Griffin.
National league game report from New York on August 14 notes Brooklyn lost 2 to 3 to New York. Box score cites Osborne Taylor Scott and Snyder with pitching and batting. Local vendors Dutch lunches and Dad's Chili Stand listed at 117 East Fourth Street.
A Globe promotion offers a free glass baking dish with each classified ad paid in advance. The ad urges readers to use classifieds to support purchases, presenting the dish as a pleasant gift and a bonus alongside the advertising benefit.
Amarillo speakers urge a South Plains Trade Trip from Monday to Wednesday visiting 22 towns. W. B. Patterson claims Amarillo sits atop a vast oil field with "doodlebug" instruments confirming multiple productive wells and a forecast of large oil and gas potential near Amarillo.
Amarillo official C B Davis says assembling material for the Amarillo to Liberal Kansas Rock Island road will begin near year start with surveys and ROW efforts ahead. Work may start at Liberal and Amarillo with hundreds of men. bridge over the Canadian River is a major challenge and completion expected within a year.
Oshkosh August 14 Roy P Wilcox of Eau Claire a lawyer was nominated as the Republican candidate for United States senator to fill the LaFollette vacancy He will oppose Robert M LaFollette Jr who has announced his candidacy Both will run on the Republican ticket
Amarillo residents rush to join the West Texas Chamber of Commerce as 700 letters went out yesterday and early checks poured in. Col. C. T. Herring, organization’s first president, led by sending his dues, signaling renewed local support. Officials expect to reach 500 memberships with minimal difficulty.
The Amarillo A B club votes for a joint meeting with the Panhandle organization two weeks from tonight. The event will be a wine roast at an unsettled Box Canyon location. George Truitt urged higher club interest and Charles H. Keffer pushed to grow membership. Roy Greenhill delivered a humorous address.
Prince L Campbell president of the University of Oregon died in Eugene Oregon on August 14 according to a late bulletin from the university.
Bishop Logan H Roots of Hankow China urged Institute of Politics members in Williamstown Mass to push governments to finish the Shanghai riot inquiry. He cited widespread disorder and anti foreign demonstrations as a result of the riots.
Open All-Age stakes set to start this afternoon as the Tri-State Field Trials near closing on Saturday. Open derby winner Manitoba Ziegfeld owned by Russell Gillette, second Shinnery Tip owned by Joe Henson, third Collie Ransom owned by Dr. Cochran of Commanche. Prize money included a $400 purse for the derby and the $1,500 Amarillo trophy awarded to J R Patterson of Walters Oklahoma for Stylish Bill in Members All-Age stakes.
Emil Hertner spoke to Amarillo realtors at Hotel Palo Duro about plumbing stock, noting 12 000 to 13 000 articles used in the trade and the need to return to the shop. Architect Parker urged hiring architects for building. in Amarillo only 22 of 522 July 1924 to July 1925 homes were designed by architects. John Wayland headed the program. The board thanked the fundraising committee for the cotton gin project.
In Los Angeles on August 14, Judge Victor McLucas sentenced Claude Holcomb and Charles Z Stevens to ten years to life in San Quentin for plotting to kidnap actress Mary Pickford. Adrian Wood was acquitted. The trio were arrested May 30 after six weeks of investigation.
A youthful robber forced a mail truck driver to hand over a pouch of registered mail from a CBQ train and rode to a waiting car before escaping. Federal agents in Chicago investigated the loot while checking its amount, noting money from Chicago banks for local factory payrolls inside the pouch.
Seattle was rocked by an earthquake late last night. A UW seismograph recorded a shock lasting over a minute with a maximum intensity of thirty seconds, but no damage was reported.
The United States and Belgium debt negotiations were suspended today for a Monday conference with President Coolidge Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot. The notice appears amid a US debt commission briefing as talks pause for high level discussions.
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