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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1927
Page
16
Recipe page notes a cream French dressing with lemon juice olive oil salt and pepper and beaten egg. Also features an Apple Fluff Bellflower dessert mixing grated apples powdered sugar and egg white with pink dye and rose flavoring.
Des Moines Iowa Aug 19 Aimee Semple McPherson facing two refusals from local groups. She sought an airplane ride with Col Lindbergh for Aug 29 which was denied. A request to address the state fair on Aug 28 was also rejected as the day’s program was full.
A tense, dual watch unfolds along Lake Erie as U S customs guards and Canadian rum runners prepare for a night attempt. Small boats guard the coast while bigger fleets lurk beyond, engines silenced, lights out, amid high liquor prices and a race to smuggle ships full of liquor.
Oklahoma City report from state auditor A S Shaw shows the general administration cost for the year ended June 30 1927 rose by 1 635 377 with operating expenses up from 11 701 984 to 13 337 321 and salaries paid totaling 6 581 937 up 797 350 while traveling expenses fell from 371 000 to 344 000.
Oklahoma City August 18. Jess Williams must serve life for a ten year old murder in Atoka county Okla. He served in the AEF then returned married and settled in Burkburnett Texas. Williams was convicted three years ago after Minnie Woods told officers of the crime. He allegedly killed Willis Sexton a Choctaw Indian at his wife's request and the remains were buried under hay.
Historical note records the first year's salary for a Michigan circuit rider as hay oats socks mittens and cash totaling 118 dollars. The items reflect frontier service rewards and the era's barter element alongside monetary pay.
Sam Reid, jailed in Glenn County for three years, launches a clemency plea to Governor Young. He seeks a full pardon while demanding no alimony payments as his ex-wife has remarried, and he calls for a state inquiry into his alleged martyrdom.
The so called alimony martyr, Reid, vows a full review of his 1925 case in which Superior Judge Claude Purkitt ordered support for his daughter Zada May Reid. He offers evidence from his wartime service and farming success to argue his wife should not have custody, and he will pay more than four times the court’s support, only if their daughter is placed in a good Christian home. Anna L. Saylor of the state welfare department may investigate. Reid, a major local political issue, seeks to topple what he calls unjust alimony laws through the Alimony Payers' Protective association. He also promotes cheaper kitchen bills with duplicate pots.
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