Old Desk Replaced After Twenty-One Years At Amarillo Bank
Charles A. Fisk emptied the old roll top desk as Amarillo Bank and Trust Company moved to new quarters. The desk from 1906 showed decades of use and had been remodeled after the 1914 fire. Hidden papers twenty years old were found. The new executives’ desks and chairs are solid walnut with glass tops, supplied by Elliott Office Supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Fisk
Amarillo Bank and Trust Company
Mr. Fisk
Elliott Office Supply Company
Fisk Medical and Professional
Fisk Investment Company
American State Bank
Amarillo Bank & Trust Company
Airplane Crash Brings Big Suit
Evansville Indiana case reports J Dennis Racener faces two damage suits totaling 7500 dollars over a July 15 1928 crash. Plaintiffs Ray Kuhl owner of the airship and Floyd Stork pilot allege Racener seized dual controls and caused a tailspin that wrecked the plane leaving Stork injured while Racener escaped harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Kuhl
Floyd Stork
Racener
Pilot Stork
Stork
Girl Skips 392 Miles From Edinburgh to London
Miss Agnes Pratt a nineteen year old Newcastle girl plans to skip from Edinburgh to London a distance of 392 miles in five days. Her brother will play the mouth organ during the journey and a doctor will accompany her. The wager was sparked by a taunt claiming women lack backbone and the feat will involve about ten hours of skipping daily with an auto support caravan and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Newcastle-On-Tyne
Agnes Pratt
Newcastle
Edinburgh
London
Volcanic Island Krakatao Active Again
The volcanic island of Krakatao near Batavia Java has renewed activity. Fragments of red hot rock were hurled about 200 feet into the air after recent severe earthquakes and underground rumblings. A second unrelated sentence about mosquitoes appears in the source text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Batavia
Java
Vec
Krakatao
Uncle Dan Negro Becomes Oil Rich After Lease
In LOLING Texas newspaper story Uncle Dan Lamkin a Black farmer rises from poverty to wealth after oil is discovered on his Gonzales County land. Early Thursday United North and South Development officials wake him to secure a lease and his fortunes turn dramatically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Associated Tress
Loling
Tex
Uncle Dan" Lamkin
Gonzales County
United North and South Development Company
Sandstorm High School Paper Hosts Banquet Tonight
Amarillo High School’s Sandstorm will hold a birthday and victory banquet at 8 pm tonight at the Amarillo Athletic Club. The event honors the paper’s recent state competition success and the second anniversary. City leaders are invited, including Mrs. Gervis Taylor and Superintendent W A McIntosh. Guests will bring a toy gift for the poor, presented later. Bill McMillen will serve as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Sandstorm
Amarillo
James L. Quicksall
Bill McMillen
American steamer Nevara wrecks off Tampico in gale
Dispatches from Tampico report the American steamer Nevara ran aground on rocky shores in a gale. Heavy seas hindered rescue attempts, but the crew remained out of immediate danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Tampico
Nevara
Abilene Oil Man Wins Balm Suit Award
E. D. Gramling won $7,500 from Ira J. Ely in a suit alleging alienation of his wife’s affections. Gramling, divorced a year earlier and remarried, sought $25,000 from the Abilene oil man.
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Billy Hughes
Fisk
Fisk Mbdickl
Hughes
Ultra
Evansville
Ind
J. Dennis Racener
Vanderburgh County
Chuck Wagner
Wolflin Addition
Volcanic Island
Polk
Amarillo Electric Co
A. J. Arnold
W. L. Askew
W. H. van Shaw Co
Realtors
Nan L. Gilkerson
Dr. Powers
Drs. Wolfram
Streit, & Killough
Drs. R. D. Gist, I. Resco
A. E. Wimsett
Neal Hall
John HH. Vaughan
FISE
The
Dental Supply CO
Wichita, Kans
Cultra
Panhandle
Floor
W. M. Curl
F. Q. Kelleam
E. A. Johnston
E. A. Rowley
Physicians & Surgeons
Guy A. Carlander
D. W. Owen
Devlin
W. I. Dinan
George Ingam
J. N. Beasley
United States Bond Co
Leporin & Davis
W. J. Shudde
American National Life Insurance Co
W. F. Monning
Mar
F. D. Bauman
Cashier
Lincoln National Life
Brannen
Ben P. Manning
Henry D. Akin
Dr. W. Forrest Dotton
Amarillo Grain
Panhandle Grain
Acta
Barefield
Uhlman Grain CO
Tom A. King
Mgr
R. M. Bennett
U. S
Mex
Chas. A. Fisk
Fisk Medical and Profes
Admira
Fisk Medical & Professional Building
Vernon
Wiliams Co
Fisk Building
Khoury Bros
Fisk Bldg
8Th Ave
Americans State Bank
Eathat
S Street
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