East Engulfed by Beer Flood
East cities face a flood of illegal beer as supposedly defunct breweries in New Jersey Pennsylvania Massachusetts and the Midwest allegedly pour beer into the East to offset liquor shortages from the rum blockade. Divisional Prohibition Chief R Q Merrick says three Pennsylvanian carloads pushed last month’s total to about 6000 barrels valued at $100000 at the source with twice that in bootleg markets. Federal narcotics agents joined raids resulting in nine arrests 500 cases of whisky 60 barrels of beer and 4000 gallons of alcohol seized.
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Associated Press
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Middle West
Prohibition
R. Q. Merrick
Federal
Narcotic Squad
Railroad News and Folks by John Moore
Local rail community notes list moves of Santa Fe staff and agents in Amarillo Canadian and Denver. Entries mention trips by R W Prentice J W Wiley F J Mackie and J M Wiley purchases and shifts in yard and freight service. A moving picture gag about clothes adds local humor.
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W. D. McClure
Pierce Street
Sedalia
Missouri
R. W. Prentice
Santa Fe
Clovis
Amarillo
J. W. Wiley
Dallas
F. J. Mackie
Plains
M. Howe
Albuquerque
la Junta
Denver
Howe
John Purcell
Chicago
Pacific Coast
J. M. Wiley
East Fourth Street
J. J. Ott
Aew
Pat Murphy
EE. H. Christian
Warl, Jr
Eagle Nest Dam
New Mexico
A. C. Hill
Canadian
Woodward
Winslow
Joe McFadden
L. W. Watson
J.T. Lawrence
John C. Roberts
W. T. Price
Red Goose School Shoes
F. E. Shuey
Kansas City
Eugene
Oregon
F. ‘Tl. Tate
Hereford
Shuey
Herbert H. Pollock
Bill
Joshua
Heer
G. Mills
Johnson Street
Western Packing Company
Building Permits Rise in Dalhart
Special to The Globe reports Dalhart issued building permits in early August for seven residences an apartment house and two brick business buildings. repairs were approved for fifteen business and residence properties alongside new construction.
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The
Globe
Dalhart
Old Timers Program Set Near Hereford for Aug 30
An all day celebration for aged residents will be held ten miles west of Hereford at West Way on Sunday August 30. Attendees from three counties are expected, with a noon basket dinner, preaching in the forenoon, and an old time singing bee after dinner. County maps, 113 West Seventh.
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the Globe
Hereford
West Way
Interstate rail line projects announced in Texas
The report notes an Amarillo bound car delivering packing house products on Thursdays. It mentions the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing a new line between Raymondville and Edinburg with bids invited, and a Kerrville to Brady road bridging eighty five miles connecting two rail systems. Mason County seizes freight link opportunities.
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Vision
Amarillo
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Brownsville
Texas
San Francisco
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Mason
Llano
Brady
Judge Will Not Chase Wolf From Scott Door
Alpena August 14 Mrs Edna J Scott returns to Detroit to press for livelihood while Judge Frank Emerick weighs an absolute divorce from congressman husband Frank D Scott. Court rejected a temporary $50 monthly support increase despite pleas noting publicity blocks her nursing work and job prospects. The judge pledged an early decision to secure permanent upkeep.
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Associated Press
Alpena, Mich
Edna J. Scott
Detroit
Frank Hemerick
Frank D Scott
Emerick
Ward E. Peck
Scott
Nurses’ Association
Shamrock Handler Plans Feeding 4000 Sheep This Winter
H. C. Rawlings near Shamrock will feed about 4,000 aged sheep this winter after purchasing the herd from San Angelo parties. He operates feeding programs for sheep and cattle yearly and praises sorghum grains and cottonseed meal for fattening.
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H. C. Rawlings
Shamrock
Mr. Rawlings
San Angelo
Mexican plants arrive to adorn ambassador’s Washington home
A carload of Mexican plants arrives in Washington D.C. to decorate the residence of Ambassador Manuel Tellez and his daughter Emelie, enhancing the ambiance of the embassy.
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Washington, D. C
Manuel Tellez
Mexico
Emelie
Starving Philadelphia Couple Appeals to Police
Joseph Martin and his wife Ethel, ages 23, of Philadelphia, faced near three days without food as they slept in parks and begged for work while others feasted in nearby night clubs. Mrs Martin collapsed on the Hippodrome steps. hospital aid followed after a milk feeding. Cab drivers collected for the pair as Martin described losing a well paying job as a mechanic.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph Martin
Ethel
Philadelphia
Martin
Hereford C of C to visit tech college board meets
Hereford Chamber of Commerce plans a good will trip into Grady and Bellview New Mexico communities Tuesday August 18 with short addresses to promote the Texas New Mexico highway. The caravan departs Hereford early Tuesday and will be in eastern New Mexico all day.
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Hereford C
Tech College
New Mexico
Fort Worth
Globe
Hereford
Hereford Chamber of Commerce
Grady
Bellview
Cotton consumption for July 18 down from June
Washington noted July cotton consumption reached 483 898 bales of lint and 62 513 linters, down from June totals of 493 765 lint and 60 577 linters. For the year ended July 31 1925 the lint consumption was 6 191 349 bales and 651 065 linters versus 5 680 554 lint and 636 738 linters in 1924.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau Today
MacMillan Plane Damaged While Two Fly On in Arctic Reach
The MacMillan Arctic expedition proceeds with two planes after NA-2 was damaged at Etah in a storm. NA-1 and NA-3 remained intact as explorers plan an intermediate base at Flagler Fjord Ellesmere Island about 190 miles from Etah Greenland. A reconnaissance flight set for Thursday night to select a sub base between Etah and Cape Thomas Hubbard on Axel Heiberg Island.
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Associated Press
Washington
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Flagler Fjord
Ellesmere Island
Etah
Greenland
Bowdoin
Wriagley Wjord
Asto
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Axel Heiburg Island
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