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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1924
Page
3
Mrs. John Ray testified she saw a tourist shoot a two year old child, throw it from a car, compel the woman back inside, shoot her three times, then drive away with both bodies. Peace officers from three eastern Oklahoma counties searched for the alleged slayer and his vehicle with no trace found.
Miss Crudgington hosted a 24 guest bridge party at 1710 Tyler with Mrs. Robert Crudgington assisting. Sweet peas and flowers adorned rooms and prizes went to Mrs. Horace Jones high and Mrs. J Q Weard low. Miss Florence Hendricks hosts Miss Magnette Woffett of Fort Worth as guest. Hoyle Bridge Club honored by Mrs. Will Manning at 1610 Tyler with prize to Mrs. A S Douglass and ice course for about 24. Priscilla Needle Club met at Mrs. F H Madison’s 1913 Fillmore for an informal afternoon.
The Panhandle area anticipates a strong corn price after a historically small crop. Amarillo welcomes John M. Mathias, a fire insurance agent returning from Carlyle with his family and locating at 208 West Sixteenth. Beauty parlor staff at la France, 106 East Sixth, remain on call. A taxicab incident with three would-be harvesters ends with the driver speeding away. Mosquitos worsen in Elwood park amid overgrown weeds described as a prolific crop.
Members of the club spent time sewing and embroidering before a delicious ice course was served to conclude the gathering. The brief item suggests a social club activity and hospitality as the event's closing note.
Special to The Globe reports crop conditions around Clovis New Mexico. Currie county has ten thousand acres seeded to cotton with expected heavy yields. Recent rains boost prospects for corn sorghums broom corn and truck crops. Wheat nearing harvest is producing 15 to 40 bushels per acre.
Mrs. Miriam Ferguson will speak on the court house lawn in Canyon at 4 o clock on August 28. She and her husband will be met in Amarillo by a delegation led by Mayor Claude Harrison and others. A large delegation is expected to accompany the Ferguson party to Amarillo for the Panhandle rally Tuesday night.
Half Minute Interviews capture local sentiment as residents like farmer James Blair and Rev. G W Shearer praise Judge Rishon and the Amarillo Globe. Voters applaud candidates and railroads note scenic trips and California goodwill in five weeks here.
Bristow Oklahoma August 15 The Sartin Brothers gas well six miles NW of Bristow reported largest producer in Oklahoma was ignited by lightning early today and by noon all attempts to extinguish the blaze failed. The well capacity is said to be 115000000 feet daily. It was out of control when ignited as owners had tried to check the flow all week. Experts were summoned to Bristow to assist in extinguishing the flames.
Texico Tex August 15 Heavy rains boost crops in this section. Farmers anticipate the heaviest broom corn Indian corn and related crops harvest in the area’s history.
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