Dune Dwellers and the Will to Adapt Across Ages
A 1925 Star Company piece blends science and journalism, noting Roy Chapman Andrews’ discovery of early animal forms in dunes, debates on human origins in Asia, and the idea that cultures and races evolve. It discusses American wealth, modern crime in cinema, aging, and human adaptability from sea level to mountains, ending with debt terms to Belgium and Uncle Sam as lender.
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Roy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
Shabarack
Tas
Belgium
Uncle Sam
Tire firm forms Liberia plantation mega project
Harvey S S Firestone, tire maker, plans a million acre rubber plantation in Liberia. A $100,000,000 corporation will be formed to oversee the venture with continuation noted on page two.
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Arvey Ss. Firestone
Liberia
Weather Outlook Tonight Through Saturday
Tonight showers likely followed by a fair and warmer Saturday. Temperature ranged from 62 to 82 degrees today with last year at 97 and 71 degrees.
Boxing Card Postponed At Coney Island Stadium
The light heavyweight card at Coney Island stadium tonight featuring McTigue Marullo and Slattery Rosenblaum has been postponed until tomorrow night due to rain.
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Associated Press
New York
Coney Island Stadium
McTigue-Marullo
Slattery-Rosenblaum
Storm kills 10 year old in home collapse near Wayland
Plainview August 21 Thirty minutes after W W Harrison family moved into a small frame house near Wayland college a storm caused walls to collapse fatally injuring Thurman Harvison ten years old and slightly injuring another son and Mrs Harvison The boy died at a sanitarium Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning Rev Pat Horton First Baptist Church officiating Mr Harrison father of the dead boy is a ministerial student at Wayland college No other storm casualties or damage reported A local rain storm dropped about an inch of precipitation
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the Globe
Plainview
W. W. Harrison
Wayland Collegere
Thurman Harvison
Torrow
Pat Horton
First Baptis Church
Harrison
Wayland College
Navy men punished for liquor importation on Beaufort
Washington reports four Beaufort officers punished after a Norfolk liquor importation case. Lieutenant Rohow loses five numbers in promotion, Lt J G Hill loses fifty numbers for importing liquor, Chief Pay Clerk Gallagher pays 40 a month for ten months, Machinist Hendricks loses ten months seniority and 40 a month for a year. Commander Fuller and Lt Baker were found not guilty.
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Associated Press
Washington
Beaufort
Wilbur
Norfolk
West Indies
F. M. Rohow
J. G
Roland D. Hill
James P. Gallagher
United States
Frank M. Hendricks
D. W. Fuller
C. W. Baker
William Boyce of Amarillo in Colorado Train Wreck
William Boyce Jr the son of Judge and Mrs Wm Boyce was a passenger on a train wreck near Leadville Colorado last night. Judge Boyce said railroad officials had not notified him that his son was among the injured list.
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William Boyce, Jr
Judge
Wm. Boyce
Leadville
Colo
Judge Boyce
Tax reduction advocates comforted by treasury
New York on August 21 tax reduction advocates were soothed by a treasury tabulation showing July internal revenue collections at 125,866,699 dollars, up from 110,814,885 dollars in July 1924 despite the lower schedules that took effect this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Treasury
Name Day Law Administrators Named by Treasury
Washington announces the 24 prohibition tal administrators who will enforce the law nationwide starting September 1. Each district lists an acting or designated administrator with city headquarters including Boston New York Buffalo Pittsburgh Philadelphia and more. Districts span from Roanoke and Charlotte to Seattle San Francisco and Honolulu with Puerto Rico also included.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition
The
Treasury
R. B. Sams
Boston
J. A. Foster
New York
R. Q. Merrick
Buffalo
Frederick
Columbus
B. E. ,Wing
Chicago
W. B. Moss
St. Louis
A. C.townsend
St. Paul
A. W. McCampbell
Omaha
Herbert H. White
Fort Worth
John F. Vivian
Denver
Colo
Elias Marsters
Relatives Await McCaulay Return With Kidnapped Sons
In San Antonio relatives of Mrs. Robert Garcia McCaulay awaited her arrival with her two sons Lewis age 3 and Robert Jr. age 7, abducted yesterday from their father in Clarksville Tennessee after divorce filing. The aunt Teresa Garcia said they expected arrival momentarily.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Robert Garcia McCauley
Lewis
Robert
Clarksville
Tennessee
Miners Picket Warily At Bell and Zoller Mine
About 150 miners supporting a wild cat strike clashed with guards as bricks and clubs battered autos along the Bell and Zoller mine number 1 route. Two bystanders were slightly injured. guns were present but no shots fired. approximately 200 pickets moved toward work under sheriff and deputy protection. Adjutant General Black was notified but no troops were requested.
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Associated Press
Zeigler
Bell and Zoller
Henry Dorris
Denton
Carlos Black
Springfield
Globe defends water fight as Amarillo readers surge
The Globe reports a flood of new subscribers in Amarillo while defending its stance on the City Light and Water company dispute. It challenges mill ionaire interests and questions the water plant sale price, urging transparency and court access for homeowners.
Writ of error granted in Blankenburg contempt case
Boston August 21 Chief Justice Rugg of Massachusetts Supreme Court issued a writ of error to Judge Prest of the probate court in the case of Mrs Ida M Blankenburg of Tulsa Oklahoma sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court The charge stems from alleged perjury in contesting a will of Lotta Crabtree The defendant is free on $1000 bonds awaiting the writ hearing returnable October 6 in Boston
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Associated Press
Boston
Rugg
Massachusetts Supreme Court Today
Prest
Ida M. Blankenburg
Tulsa
Okla
Lotta Crabtree
Hijacking Charge Against Man in Penniman Shooting
Indictments charging robbery with firearms were returned against J. L. Daily for the Penniman shooting and robbery Sunday night. Penniman and a young woman companion were accosted in front of her house and ordered to drive to the outskirts, where jewelry and money were taken. The gun fired accidentally. Penniman's condition was reported improving with good recovery chances.
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Associated Press
Dallas
J. L. Daily
Graham Allen Penniman
Penniman
Famous For Food at Amarillo Hotel Café
The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel known as Famous For Food offers meals in the Panhandle’s meeting place. The ad mentions car rental available on site and storage services by American Warehouse Co at 113 East 4th with contact 1521.
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Amarillo Hotel
the Panhandle
East 4Th
Call
Three in car wreck near Corsicana leave one dead
Corsicana August 21 Mable Guitn 20 a waitress is dead and J H Moore 20 Olen Wharton 28 are seriously injured after a car they rode in turned over near the city late last night.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Mable Guitn
J. H. Moore
Olen Wharton
Air Mail Route Hinge on Amarillo Landing Field
City officials urge rapid air mail progress by shaping a local landing field with 160 acres and a park. The Board of City Development expands the industrial committee and backs securing an agricultural experiment station and improved Santa Fe railroad access. Col Ernest Thompson cites strong West Texas Chamber interest. O V Vernon to attend Dalhart meeting.
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Amarillo
W. O. Gatton
Board of City Development
John E. Hill
Ernest O. Thompson
Ted
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
James A. Bush
Col. C. T. Herring
Santa Fe
Ninth and
Grant Streets
O. V Vernon
District West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Dalhart
Pullman Train Flim Flam Gang Believed Broken Up
Atlanta officials say a Pullman train flim flam ring known as the mitt game has been broken up with the arrest of Jack Lance and Nantha Cole. The gang operated on southern trains, drawing rooms, and framing passengers to fleece them of thousands. The Birmingham girl, 15 or 16, described as Nantha Cole, was among those identified.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
South
Jack Lance
Nantha Cole
Birmingham
Ala
Lance
Death toll at Mackinac rises to 43 after explosion
New Port Rhode Island August 21 Mackinac disaster death toll reached 43 as Miss Bessie Mullin of Pawtucket died at the naval hospital. Hospital authorities expect at least five more to succumb to burns in the next hours.
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Associated Press
New Port
R. I
Mackinac
Bessie Mullin
Pawtucket
Naval Hospital
Huge Amarillo Power Plant Proposed by Southwestern Public Service
Officials of Southwestern Public Service plan a large power plant to serve Amarillo and surrounding towns including Kansas City and El Paso. They discussed gas supply with Mayor Lee Bivins who said he could not engage in private negotiations as mayor and would not resign to do so.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Bivins
Amarillo
Kansas City
el Paso
Panhandle
Pampa
White Deer
Canadian
Lee Bivins
Mr. Bivins
Amarillo Gas Company
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Ama- Tillo Gas Company
City Light & Water Company
Three Suicides and a Buckshot Incident Reported in St Louis
St Louis reports three personal crisis cases last night. John Young 75, realtor, fired buckshot into his head after worrying over financial losses. Rudolph Bruening 37, technician, swallowed poison due to ill health. Charles Saum 58, unemployed six months, hanged himself.
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St. Louis
John Young
Rudolph Bruening
Mechanician
Charles Saum
Games Postponed by Rain Across Multiple Cities
National Boston and Philadelphia report two postponed games due to rain with makeups scheduled for Saturday and Monday. Brooklyn notes Chicago postponement and local vendor promotions as part of the day’s brief.
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The
Associated Press
National
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis-Philadelphia
Assssified Press
Brooklyn
Foot and Mouth Disease Hits Sheep Near Houston Deep Water Herd Slaughtered
Government veterinarians ordered the destruction of about 800 sheep near Deep Water south of Houston to curb a foot and mouth outbreak. The herd was killed and buried in trenches near south Houston, part of a broader eradication drive that has already destroyed about 5,000 cattle with hundreds more under observation. Authorities fear southern spread could require thousands more cattle destruction.
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Associated Press
Houston
South
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Galveston Road
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Ane
Star Company
Asia
America
Erlin
Murnau
Herr Murnau
Sweden
Illinois
Bana
Vetiler
Moltke
Mont Blanc
Mount Blanc
Equator
North Pole
William Boyce
Colorado
Name Day Law
Addiva
Globe Today
Globe
City Light and Water Company
Water Company
Henry L. Doherty
Blankenburg
Witherspoon
Wichita
American Warehouse Co
Gar Wrege
T Be
Dad’s Chili Stand
East Fourth Street
Iron “Horse
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