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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1927
Page
2
A playful poem where the speaker imagines a vintage golf club passed from ancestors. Mistress Mary accepts the relic with a smile as a new driver replaces the old heirloom. Mary’s mother chides the cost and warns about implying new clubs unless the bills are paid.
Will Bedwell 48 was found slain in a locked Tarrant county jail cell after a fight with J T Farrar 30 an inmate in the insane ward. Authorities say Bedwell was beaten on the stone floor and a jail key vanished from his pocket amid unclear motive. Farrar is described as a gassed ex soldier incoherent in the ward.
Third baseman Gunther of the Amarillo Texans was knocked unconscious by a pitched ball from Evans of Denver in the third inning. He was released from Northwest Texas hospital this morning and appeared not seriously hurt, though initial fears of a skull fracture were unfounded.
The annual report from Director of Budget Lord says the Coolidge administration reduced government costs in the last fiscal year. He notes federal workers nicknamed the staff the Loyal Order of Woodpeckers for cutting expenses and credits the policy with saving $91,000,000 in cash and many more millions prevented from being spent.
The Bremen crew led by Loose notes ambition to cross the Atlantic westward in a Junkers plane as soon as weather improves. Thunderstorms halted the start and fog near Ireland obscured bearings. the aircraft landed safely off the west coast of Ireland after a northerly North Sea course.
Amarillo voters are urged to back a council program promising lower advertising rates for newspapers and utilities, a municipal pool, shorter police hours, parks, trees, and street improvements. The plan calls for public lake access, a golf course, regulated traffic enforcement, extended bus routes, and pro-growth policies to attract industry. It emphasizes a smaller spread between crude and gasoline prices and aims for a livable, prosperous city.
A column from Amarillo covers a prank letter from Oklahoma claiming to be a son, a brutal golf scene with Bennie Boynton and Eddie Johnson, local gossip on oil boom prices, invitations to play, race with time, and humorous remarks about peaches, guns, and temperance.
The article traces Judge Gary’s life from a Wheaton farm birth on October 8, 1846, through his DuPage County judgeship, law career, and ascent to president and later chairman of United States Steel. It notes his role in forming the steel giant with Morgan and Schwab, his optimism, and estimates of a multi‑million fortune surpassing fifty million dollars.
The Dole California to Hawaii flight with Paul Schluter and Goebel was planned to reach Honolulu in about 22 hours after launch from the California coast. Nine pilots and navigators, including Lieut. William C. Davis and A. H. Eichwaldt, faced delays and earlier crashes with three fatalities among entrants.
Letters to Tack expose cruelty neglect and danger from a self styled poison maker and a horse abuser in the community. A subscriber warns about a dangerous toxin a university lab produced and a reader seeks help for an abused horse amid ongoing animal cruelty concerns.
The excerpt shows a dispute about the cost of a Stevens Browning 12 gauge shotgun. It claims a price discrepancy between $50 and $500 and notes a Winchester Model 12 with one barrel retails for $51.05. The speaker rebuts Parker and Tack about market pricing and asks the reader to consider the actual amount paid.
A reader addresses the Amarillo city government with a detailed critique of subway costs across railways. The writer claims bond guarantees to build the project for specified sums and questions officials' statements, urging officials to pursue a least cost, safety oriented solution benefiting North Amarillo.
Amarillo plans a special round trip train to the Texas Aggie Tech game in Lubbock on October 28. Panhandle A and M club sponsors the train with many ticket orders already. Round trip from Amarillo is 4.62 dollars, regular one way plus 25 cents, with similar rates from points between towns. Football tickets are 2.50 dollars and may be reserved in the Amarillo railroad ticket office. Write E. R. Brame, Santa Fe city ticket agent, to reserve with checks.
Sydney Edward Dyer 32 of Rome Georgia died at the Algiers veterans hospital from an infection caused by a gunshot wound inflicted by his wife in February 1926 at Beaumont Texas. He served in the Navy in World War I and had been divorced since the shooting.
Mainline Santa Fe trains diverted through Amarillo due to washouts at Syracuse and Trinidad Colorado. The Scout led the detour at 3 20 pm with eleven trains rerouted between Belen New Mexico and Newton Kansas. Freight delays expected, officials hope schedules resume soon.
Five persons were killed and six injured when a blast ripped through a wall and fire ignited an apartment house on Séigneurs street in Montreal. Vinzense Collette, 36, died while searching for his wife and four children who fled. MacDonald family members suffocated or escaped as neighbors aided survivors. initial cause suspected to be a gas leak.
Two young men caught gambling on West Sixth street were fined $10 each after a police interruption of a sidewalk craps game where 15 and 20 cents were in play. The incident halted by an officer led to the penalties.
Letter writer denounces residents as knockers while railing against a North Amarillo dinner pail man and his children. He accuses officials of partisan favoritism in a Tuesday town vote and laments alleged lack of notice east of Buchanan street.
Markets across Chicago Oklahoma City Fort Worth show hogs cattle and sheep receipts. Chicago hogs 35 000 top 11 10 cattle 21 000 fat steers 14 60 veal 14 50 15 50 sheep lambs 6 00 7 00. Oklahoma City cattle 2 200 steady hogs 600 steady Fort Worth hogs 1 000 top 10 70 cattle 5 800 calves slaughter steers slow steady butchers and cows prices listed.
Hogs 15,500 higher with top at 11.20. Cattle 8,000 with vealers up 50 cents to 16.00. Sheep 3,500 steady. lambs 10.25 to 13.50, fat ewes 4.50 to 7.05. Also cotton seed oil prices and grain quotes from Chicago and Kansas City. foreign exchange and U S bonds notes included.
Poultry prices steady for fowls springs broilers and turkeys with ducks geese and roosters listed. Bar silver at 64 14 Mexican dollars 41. Potatoes steady with Missouri sacked Irish cobblers 1.60 to 1.85 and Virginia Maryland barrel Irish cobblers 3.75.
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