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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
2
Fort Worth and Oklahoma City report cattle hogs and sheep prices with ranges for calves yearlings fat cows and sows. Kansas City prices show cattle hogs lambs and grain bids with wheat corn oats kafir maize figures.
Amarlio produce listing shows various poultry terms and stock items including hens Leghorn and broilers with weights and codes. It references multiple brands and farm terms such as Old Tom Turkeys and packing stock notes alongside railroad and regional company names.
Stocks weakened at the open as London’s bank rate hike to five percent spurred fears of changes in the U S Federal Reserve rate. Key industrials including U S Steel American Can Allied Chemical and Mack Trucks fell about a point while Crubible Steel General Electric Woolworth and Chrysler also slipped. Gimble Bros jumped early then retreated and Murray Body dropped to a new yearly low. foreign exchange opened steady with the dollar at 4 84 to the pound.
Trading closed with several Allied Chemical American Can American Car & Foundry American Locomotive American Smelting American Sugar American Tel & Tel American Tobacco American Woolen Anaconda Copper Dye & Fuller textile issues showing gains while others slipped. Notable entries include American Water Works and several large industrials.
Due to her mother’s illness Laura V Hamner county superintendent will keep her office at her home 1111 North Fillmore Street where she may be reached by personal calls or phone The teacher examinations Friday and Saturday will be held at her home A rural school teachers meeting will be in Miss Hamner’s office at the courthouse with a rural faculty member in charge.
A blaze in Council Bluffs Iowa caused over a million dollars in damage affecting the Continental Furniture Company and multiple nearby structures. Night watchman J McManigal suffered serious burns while eighty Grand hotel guests evacuated in their attire as flames consumed the hotel and several blocks. The Shugart block Smith building Continental Furniture office and railroad company offices were destroyed along with shops and plumbing firms.
Wet snow fell across the Panhandle section with a 34 degree reading and a brisk wind. Officials noted 13 inches of precipitation by 3 pm and forecast closing snow by 7 pm with fair weather expected tomorrow. Count Salm retains Hanover and denies calling the countess in Palm Beach.
There There There Miss Reba Bivins at 809 North Tyler Street is recovering from a tonsil operation. Louis Conner and J M Webb attend the Masonic Grand Lodge in Waco this week. The East Amarillo and North Amarillo Choral clubs met at the Pearce home to rehearse for the Potter county singing convention.
Vermillion known as W H Vermillion bound over for action by Armstrong county grand jury after examining trial. He is accused of holding up Clifford Walker and robbing the First National Bank at Claude. His wife, jailed on loot concealing charges, is reported penniless and released for lack of evidence.
Palo Duro camp Modern Woodmen of America elected officers for 1926 at a regular meeting. Succinct posts named include consul, advisor, banker, clerk, escort, watchman, sentry and camp physicians. Managers appointed to serve with holdover. The group plans a move to the new I O F building on January 1. National Lecturer Gilroy may visit February 12.
Forty four head of Jersey cattle including twenty four cows nine heifers and one bull will be sold at auction on December 8 at the Woods place two miles north of the city. Col Ray Barber will be the auctioneer. The stock are registered and high grade.
The Amarillo poultry show features a wide range of breeds from R I Reds to Partridge Wyandottes with entries from Foster Wichita Falls Withe Deer and Norman's Red Farms. Notable exhibitors include J W Richards Weatherford and D Mack Stewart Canyon with Black Langshans White Leghorns and Buff Orpingtons.
Des Moines reports the Turken, a turkey and chicken hybrid, will be shown at the upcoming poultry show with ten specimens. Breeder Roy Feck bets Turkens may fetch 70 to 80 cents a pound next November as judges weigh turkey like meat with finer texture. The event features many breeders from Amarillo Fort Worth and Hall county alongside entries of Leghorns Reds Rocks Wyandottes and Bantams.
A scrambled note recounts born luck versus wise real estate buying, then describes James Traina, an escaped convict, who fooled guards with an empty hand while a guard with a rifle stood by. Traina forced a companion to walk by his side as the plot unfolded.
The Amarillo Music company will host an open house tonight featuring a Panatrope demonstration, a Brunswick phonograph model praised by O. V. Wray. Wray invites the public to attend and enjoy a thoroughly entertaining program as the store stays open all evening.
A fragmented narration notes Traina evading a watchful guard with a terse warning in a German camp context. The passage reflects on fate and potential heroism, suggesting Traina’s varied life outcomes depend on starting conditions at birth.
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