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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
8
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Across Amarillo Kansas City Chicago Oklahoma City St Louis markets on Dec 9, cattle and hog prices moved mixed with steers strong to higher in Amarillo while Chicago reported steady to higher hogs and steady cattle. Grain and poultry also showed mixed moves as traders awaited wheat developments.
National Park Service figures show Hot Springs Arkansas as the country’s oldest and most visited of nineteen parks. The Hall Mills trial verdict is unsatisfying and may erode respect for law. local notices report residents moving, hospital recoveries, and travel for Santa Fe and related railroad personnel.
Judge Reese Tatum awarded J N Bishop and wife $500 actual damages and an injunction against E M Blackburn over operating a funeral home in a residential district on South Polk Street. The four day district court hearing raised questions about zoning for funeral homes and potential appeal timing remains undecided.
An excerpt reports Landis claiming he did not seek the commissioner role in the baseball defense league. He addressed the Professional Denke Leagees gathering, insisting he would serve faithfully if reappointed, noting his past efforts and questions about his future. He jokingly claimed more bowsers to baseball than there are boleherike in Moerow and spoke about his path into baseball work.
The Hobson piece reports a rally led by Hal C. Randolph and colleagues urging rigid enforcement of 18th Amendment laws. Capt. Richmond P. Hobson criticizes “wet” propaganda and cites drops in whisky consumption, accidents, and funerals as proof of prohibition’s benefits. The speech calls for nationwide mobilization to protect the supreme law.
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Northwest Texas Methodist conference commission members held executive sessions in Clarendon and planned a mid January report. Rev C P Clark of Vernon said the subcommittee recommendations to the conference would form the basis for future newspaper coverage. Present were Rev L N Lipscomb Plainview Rev Hicks Pampa and G A Parker Hereford.
Earl Curry reports rapid entry growth for the Fifth Annual Tri-State Poultry Show with birds arriving from Oklahoma New Mexico Kansas Missouri and Texas. Due to bad weather the entry deadline was extended to Friday at 8 am as birds are placed in exhibit pens.
Funeral services for John Thomas Baker aged years were held at 1 20 PM today at the family home in Claude after his death Wednesday morning. Baker was a prominent landowner and cattleman in the Penbendie area before moving to Armstrong. The service was conducted by Bee M Hawkins and included remarks from J E Wal and others.
One thousand two hundred copies of Amarillo Realtor, described as the most elaborate public ity magazine here, are being mailed to hand picked industrial concerns across the United States. Claude C. Wild says the Board of City Development aims to attract investors for area building and expansion in Amarillo and the Panhandle.
Officials in Potter County remind motorists of license law requirements and deadlines. The message urges timely renewal and documents ahead of due dates to avoid penalties and enforcement actions.
Mrs Forest Hart Field Farley of Austin was elected president and Mrs W Edgeworth Muse of Glen Rose was chosen vice president of the Texas division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the state convention. Farley belongs to the Albert Sidney Johnson chapter in Austin and Muse to the Winnie Davis chapter in Brownwood.
In Louisiana, a boiler explosion at the Urania oil field killed oil worker Red Bester, 09, of Lewman, and left others injured, with one reported fatally injured. The incident was confirmed by a report from Tulles.
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