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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1925
Page
6
A humorous item notes that a simple worm drawn with an old willow pole can outfish a high powered fisherman. It asks what hinders such a fair wager where the little man holds the fish and the money. Entrants are urged to submit titles by Friday noon and keep under ten words.
Local readers submitted witty balloon themed titles for a chance at cash prizes. Mildred Gussen Hoven leads with Ale Wool and a Yard Wide, while Lida Roach and Adeline Phillips share other top entries. Honorable mentions include J R Durrett Delmar Durrett and G J Teel among many Texans.
G. M. Small of Los Angeles joins the firm of T. M. Bruner and Company. He brings fifteen years in real estate across Denver Los Angeles and Amarillo. Small says he is glad to return to the area. Mrs. Small and their son have arrived. Greater Movie Season in Amarillo begins August 31. Bicycle tires at 113 West Seventh.
Mrs. Charles Boles returns from San Francisco with visit notes as Amarillo sees construction activity. Miss Imogene Locke injured in an auto wreck at Plainview on Tuesday 18 recovering. Civic chatter highlights growth with two new businesses and a drive in filling station on West Sixth Street. Cattleman Nick Alley trades in Hale Center and Panhandle newspapers hype the Tri State exposition.
Texas National Guard units Battery B 131st field artillery and Medical detachment return to Amarillo after a two week encampment at Camp Stanley near San Antonio. Regimental leaders Col John B. Golding and Capt William Boyce Jr. are Amarillo businessmen. The 131st won the camp’s top honor, a horse, amid strong unit performance. sickness was rare and morale high. Next year the group will encamp at Palacios with plans to support families of about 100 men.
A Texas yarn says millions of grasshoppers swarmed Cisco at night, darkening streets and leaving slick carcasses. A city truck hauled them away while thousands of fish in nearby Lake Cisco reportedly fed on the pests, echoing an old Panhandle tale from Dr. J. D. Landers as weeds thrive.
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