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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
10
A reader seeks guidance on looking thinner and asks how to balance leg and hip measurements. An expert replies that at 5'3" a weight around 126 pounds is ideal and urges building upper body mass while maintaining natural proportions. Tips include weight gain leaflets and beauty exercises, plus nail care and forehead wrinkle massage.
M M Boykins 26 ran amuck with a shotgun at a dance hall in Oklahoma City injuring five, two fatally perhaps. Victims include Roy Thorp, Jack Cox, Thurman Leggs as witnesses describe. The shooter fired from a window then wandered nearby before deputies found him in a corn field. Authorities say the house contained over 100 gallons of wine.
LL A Keck and C D Nobles drove a Moon car from here to St Louis and back visiting Ohio Indiana Missouri and Oklahoma in seven days covering 1945 miles. The trip reported no punctures or car trouble with roads east of the Mississippi paved.
W. A. McIntosh, superintendent, says Amarillo public schools will likely use a temporary gym this year as the district weighs a new high school for the southwest area and enlargements at San Jacinto and other ward schools. The plan hinges on cost and timing, with funds in the bank but classroom needs prioritized.
George H. Wright of Huntington West Virginia took the grand prize for best dressed attending the National Association of Retail Clothing Merchants convention in Chicago. He says he changed clothes eighteen times in one day to display his wardrobe. The report notes other items on a busy page including crop predictions for Canada and upcoming shows in Amarillo starting August 31.
Special to The Globe Hereford August 28. Mass meetings will be held in Deaf Smith county next week as Col C C French extension field man for Fort Worth stock yards now with the West Texas chamber of commerce promotes diversified and intensified farming. County Agent R O Dunkle and the Hereford chamber of commerce back the live at home plan and intensified farming program with poultry culling demonstrations ahead of the county fair September 18 and 19. Businessmen from Hereford plan to attend. First address Monday at Hereford chamber lunch. Tour stops include Dawn Freye home Monday 2 pm and West Way school 8:15 pm. Ray Hershey place Tuesday 2 pm and Wyche school 8:15 pm. L C Moore home Wildorado 2 pm Wednesday. Askern school 8:15 pm. Kelly Gray home Tierra Blanca Thursday 2 pm. Ford school 8:15 pm.
The Amarillo American Business club will hold a picnic and supper at Gordon Country Club this evening, skipping the noon luncheon. Members families and guests will leave Ham's corner at Eighth and Polk at 6 pm and return before midnight. The Creator Movie Season starts August 31 with The Iron Horse.
Amarillo's eight story structure nears completion with the last brick set at the top. Observers note the Panhandle region appears poised for further growth, predicting a brighter outlook within thirty days as the city’s skyline gains another tall addition.
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