Tack's Challenge and Culbertson Challenge in Amarillo
A long note from Old Tack claims Culbertson will win the contract bridge tournament and offers to analyze hands free. He challenges any Amarillo pair for a 30-rubber match using Culbertson versus Lenz methods, predicts public staging at The Herring or a local auditorium, and teases possible eliminations. He also ventriloquizes weather, local notices, and jokes, ending with stray items about lost dogs and prairie life.
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Tack
Culbertson
Old Tack
Amarillo
Plains
Lenz
O' Reiger
Herring
O. W
The Horns of a Downtown Marriage Perspective
The narrator contrasts car horns and city life with insights on married life in downtown work from the News- Globe office. He notes wives waiting outside, spouses racing downstairs, and the idea that a man earns for a family while luck shapes earnings. He argues women should understand work and money dynamics, praising wives who support their husbands.
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News- Globe
Mr. Izzard
Mr. Bartlett
Mr. Cannon
Mr. Malin
Mr. Underwood
Mr. Hawk
Mr. Johnson
O. W
Cotton Would Close Dead End Streets in City
T W Cotten of Cotton Bruner Atwood realtors asks the city to remove three dead end streets. The letter outlines plans to open the ends from Hayden Street to Twelfth Avenue with 300 and 600 foot end sections. Separately, Boston banks shut nine institutions with deposits totaling 58.7 million, led by the Federal National Bank of Boston with its five branches.
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T. W. Cotten
Cotton, Bruner & Atwood, Realtors
Twelfth Avenue
Hayden Street
Mr. Cotten
Boston
Massachusetts
Federal National Bank of
What a Pal Pair In County Jail
Two West Texas cowpunchers told how a “friend” lured them to drink then betrayed them. They were jailed in Potter County on drunk charges after their ride turned sour. Each man paid fines in Justice J. W. Minter's court.
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West Texas
Potter County
Panhandle
J. W. Minter
Cloud Burial Planned for Amarillo Man in Boise City
The body of D. M. Cloud 58 year old Amarillo carpenter found dead in a tourist camp north of Amarillo will be sent to Boise City Oklahoma for burial probably Wednesday Death ruled a poison overdose in a personal crisis By Justice of the Peace C G Landis The body was found fully clothed without shoes by the landlady Two bottles with poison labels were found on a nearby table Surviving are a widow Mrs Dulcie Cloud and three children Willis Cloud Boise City Mrs Leonard Johnson Mobeetie and Maxine of Amarillo Arrangements by N B Griggs & Sons
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D. M. Cloud
Amarillo
North Fillmore Street
Boise City
Okla
Justice of the Peace
C. G. Landis
Mobeetie
Cloud
Dulcie Cloud
van Buren Street
Willis Cloud
Leonard Johnson
Mabeetie
Maxine
N. 8
Griggs & Sons
Poems and Letters on Weather and Virtue from an Amarillo Letter Writer
A reader sends a fan letter to Tack and shares a long poem about now and here. The note includes two poems praising writing and weather prophecy and recounts the writer’s Texas roots, publishing history, and plans to connect with Tack for future verse.
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Borger
Air Mail
Amarillo
R. E. Davidson
Buy Now Dollar Takes Up Task of Shop Early Bill
Buy Now Dollar begins a pre Christmas tour of Amarillo stores following Shop Early Dollar’s untimely end at Mistletoe Creameries. Managers and merchants are urged to notify Globe News when Buy Now enters their possession, continuing the promotional stunt through pool stops and lunches.
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Dollar
Buy
Shop
Amarillo
Will R. Winch
Paramount Publix Theaters
Pool
Toney Chisum
Morrow- Thomas Hardware Company
Senate considers spending cuts as tariff plans unsettled
Speaker Garner and Senator Robinson announced that the committee would pursue reduced government expenditures but gave no specifics on tariff or tax revision. Senator Capper introduced a resolution in the senate to authorize an investigation of short selling and stock market practices he blamed for prolonged low mood.
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Garner
Robinson
Arkansas
Washington
Capper
Kansas
Senate
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
New York
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
American Can
General Electric
Allied Chemical
Woolworth
Precincts Redrawn Narrow Amarillo Control
Surprise road and the Canadian River west of Amarillo were moved from Carl Hill's precinct to the Amarillo district. Lynch supported the change calling it a step in the right direction though it did not split the city as he hoped. Petition by J O Guleke for a reform, with Tom Cotten Jim Bush and Jack Sheers present, cited local leaders like Guy Carlandey BE Fish J B Dee C P Atwood Perry Pearson J H Bishop Roy Britain as backers. These precinct changes are the first since Potter County's 45 year organization.
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Amarillo
Carl Hill
Lynch
J. O. Guleke
Tom Cotten
Jim Bush
Jack Sheers
Guy Carlandey
BE. Fish
J. B. Dee
C. P. Atwood
Perry Pearson
J. H. Bishop
Roy Britain
Potter County
Brake Tests Must Be Made, Police Warns
Amarillo police announce a city ordinance requiring brake tests on motor cars every 30 days. Police Chief W. R. McDowell urges strict enforcement to reduce accidents caused by defective brakes. Penalties range from 10 to 200 dollars.
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Amarillo
W. R. McDowell
McDowell
Slaton Cleared Of Burglary Charge In Amarillo Case
Grady J. Slaton 23 of 1119 Tyler Street was found not guilty in district court of burglary at Amarillo Senior High School last October. Prosecutors sought to prove ownership of a money sack tied to the theft, with testimony from school officials. He faces related charges for a Plainview High School safe cracking, with trial set for January.
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Grady J. Slaton
Tyler Street
Criminal District Court
Amarillo Senior High School
Slaton
Plainview
H. 8. Bolin
Bolin
Poetless Poet Warns of Financial Crash
A fragmentary verse from a writer calling themselves the Poetless Poet rails at a Tackless Texan of Amarillo and jokes about finances, purses, and pets while promising to stand pat. The crude taunt seems satirical rather than a reportable event.
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Amarillo
Pat
Interest Rates and Loans in Texas Sparks Letter Debate
A letter discusses why loans are hard to obtain in Texas and why interest rates are high, signaling concern over lending practices and economic conditions. The missive appears in Tack Letters on page 6.
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Mr. Tack
Texas
Wellington and Nelson Rest in Separate British Tombs
Guedalla portrays Wellington’s funeral with a list of titles. The iron duke lies in a stone sarcophagus at Saint Paul’s, alongside Nelson, who swayed Napoleon’s plans at Boulogne. Both men shape England’s safety, yet the public rarely visits their dim, shared chamber.
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Wellington
Guedalla
Duke of Wellington
Prince of Waterloo
Netherlands
Duke
Ciudad Rodrigo
Spain
Duke of Bruney
France
Great Britain
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Portugal
England
Dover Castle
Cinque Ports
University of Oxford
Saint Paul
London
Lord Nelson
Nelson
Napoleon
Boulogne
Crypt
Lady Hamilton
McAdoo Focuses On Disarmament In Dallas Visit
William Gibbs McAdoo wartime treasury secretary arrives in Dallas with wife to address world peace and disarmament. He declines to comment on potential Democratic presidential candidacy, saying his sole aim is disarmament and not partisan politics.
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Dallas
O.R
William Gibbs McAdoo
the Treasury
McAdoo
Texas
Racketeer Admits to Police in Amarillo Arrest
Amarillo police arrested H. L. Hopgood after he attempted to cash a forged check. Hopgood admitted to being a racketeer and to past prison terms, and police noted a stolen motor vehicle in his possession. He also claimed that he can identify capital prizes from punch boards.
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Amarillo
H. L. Hopgood
W. R. McDowell
City to Begin Street Improvements After $60,000 Grant
The city will award contracts for nearly twenty street projects after receiving 60000 from the county for aid on the North Fillmore Street subway. The total program runs about a quarter of a million dollars with the city paying one fourth. Bids were received weeks ago and the engineer department has completed all estimates to start work.
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Fillmore Street
Three Men Held on Pistol Charges in Potter County
Three men Van L Snider Joe Mitchell and W G Clayton are held in Potter County jail on concealed weapons charges. Bonds were set at 500 dollars each. They were arraigned in Potter County court at law on charges filed by County Attorney Rhea Myers.
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van L Snider
Joe Mitchell
W. G. Clayton
Potter County
Rhea ©. Myers
County Attorney Moves Into New Courthouse
County Attorney Rhea Myers and assistant George S. McCarthy moved into offices in the new Potter County courthouse on Tuesday. Justice of the Peace J. W. Minter began moving from the old building and expected to be settled in the new courthouse later today.
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Rhea
The Problem of Parents
Poem by Edgar A. Guest reflecting on the enduring issues of folly theft and wrong. It envisions how future generations will face life with courage taught by parents and society. The piece emphasizes training children to act on knowledge of right and wrong amid temptation and struggle.
Grain and Livestock Markets Report
Market notes from Chicago, Kansas City and New Orleans cover grain bids and live cattle prices, hogs, and sheep. Cattle futures show mixed demand while cotton and grain exports update trade activity and weekly shipment totals across major U. S. ports.
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Chicago
Kans
City
Baching
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas City
Fire and Gas Explosion Damage Two Stores
A fire and gas explosion early Tuesday damaged the Crystal Cafe at 406 Taylor Street and the Ed Green Clothing Store at 408 A Taylor Street. Flames from the cafe ceiling sparked by a stove ignited gas, shattering a display window next door. alarms rang 5:08 to 6:10 and a second call followed from 619 West Twenty-first Avenue for a hot water heater fire. Chief George B. Cooper said minimal damage there and smoke damage at Ed Green's.
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Crystal Cafe
Taylor Street
Ed Green
West Twenty-first Avenue
George B. Cooper
Bridge Celebrities Clash In Sleek Washington Match
The Ely Culbertson Lenz confrontation spills into the press room as Oswald Jacoby weighs in on trisecting an angle amid banter about misbids and no trump contracts. Culbertson and Lenz volley quips while Mrs Culbertson urges kibitzers away.
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Oswald Jacoby
Lenz
Bridge
Culbertson
Ely
Mr. Lenz
Sidney
Safe Pleasant Way To Lose Fat
A brisk weight loss claim advertises dropping 15 pounds in a month while boosting energy and health. It promotes Kruschen Salts with a morning dose and diet changes, promising rapid results and a money back offer through various drugstores.
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America
Vox Drug Co
City Drug Store
Post Office Drug Co
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F. Clark Brokerage Co
T. Close
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A. M Byers
Allies
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Allig-Chalmers
Amerada Am
U.S. Pipe & Fdy
Case (J. L) Co
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Chesapeake, Ohio
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Lambert Co
K& Serene
Bereteeence Loew's Inc
Liggett Myers Tretenene
Louisville G & Boisseeeeenss
Monteomer
Mack True’ Ten Ae
Manfield & Co
Nat'l Fellas Hess
Nat'l’ Dairy Pr
Seyesey
Nat'l Cash Reg
Nevada
North America
Aol
Oliver Farm
Impots
Radio-K-Orpheum
Remington Rand
Motor Car
Rep Iron & Streets
Reynolds Tobe
Steeee O
Sears Roebuck
Seheedee
Safeway Stores
Teen
Simmons
Atpae Sou
Cal Edison
Sian Brands, Inc
Seeeee
Stand
Gas
United Carbon
Warner Bros. Co
Maryland
Crucible Steel ‘ Aeage
Yellower & Coach , Ween
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Mr. Culbertson
B. C. Ch
Ristopher & Co
Pisk
McGee
Dalhart
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