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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth cattle receipts 300 calves 50, trade active and steady. Hogs 1,000 mostly direct to packer with top 10.80 and various brackets from 7.50 to 10.80. Sheep receipts 50 and market unquotable with lambs and yearlings listed in broader ranges.
Hog receipts 700, market up 10 cents, packer top 10.30, bulk 10.19 to 10.25, top cut outs 39.25. Cattle receipts 209, market nominally steady today. week butcher cattle steady to strong, veals 200 higher, top 9.50, stock calves very slow, stock steers cows and heifers dull and weak to shade lower.
Amarillo Grain and Cotton Exchange lists Wheat basis No. 1 hard at $1.60 per bushel and corn and maize prices per 100 pounds. Figures for oats and kafir shown with the same price range around $1.60, with mixed cereal values and contact info for F. C. Higgins and Alex Hyman & Co. in New Orleans.
Local notes recount yesterday's visits and a string of holiday movements. Families gather across Hereford and nearby towns as Miss Bonney travels from Amarillo to Texhoma for Christmas and a reunion with relatives. A theft incident is noted on Buchanan street with auto laprobe and candy missing.
A reflective verse imagines Jesus wandering on Christmas Eve through a city crowd. It questions whether He would ride in a church committee procession or walk alone along Park Street to hear hopeful prayers from the broken. The speaker ends with a stark image near the Hamon-Whittington Mortgage Co. doorway.
A historical price list shows live poultry items such as leghorn hens ducks geese broilers and turkeys with per pound rates and other goods including butter eggs and a delivered service price. Entries include turkey hens and toms over specified weights and assorted poultry categories with small cent per pound figures.
Communists clashed with fascists at Cusec co near Milan last night as Reds tried to block entry to a hotel. One fascist was killed and another wounded before police dispersed the violence.
Ten bishops of the Episcopal church have accepted invitations to participate in the consecration of Rev. E. Cecil Seaman as bishop of North Texas. More than 150 out of town visitors are expected for the ceremony at St. Andrew's Episcopal church, Amarillo. If January 18 cannot be set, services may occur on January 15. Rev. Seaman and family will stay with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Trigg at 1628 Washington street briefly. The missionary district annual meeting for North Texas runs January 19–20, and will be the first presided by the new bishop.
The Oklahoma state text book commission adjourned sine die after adopting all contracts for books in the session begun December 11. Attorney General Keeling approved most contracts on technical points. A unanimous resolution bars destruction of texts after contract expiry and, if the song Texas Our Texas is approved, it will be printed on the flyleaf of each textbook for 1925.
Mrs Minnie Louise Hardin aged 54 wife of Thomas Hardin died at 5 39 PM Saturday at the home of her daughter Mrs I G Howard 1700 Johnson Street after several months illness She is survived by her husband two daughters and three sons with burial expected in Pearsonia Oklahoma under Griggs Undertaking Company care in charge Relatives advise pending funeral arrangements The Fall
report from The Globe describes a murder charge connected to Miss Monts eight years prior. Teal, Tthe suspect, could not be identified in a body viewed in Muleshoe. Sheriff doubts the California victim is Teal. search continues in Foard county origins.
A Globe reader asks if they should take a hot water bottle to bed as temperatures are forecast to fall four to twelve degrees below zero. The Globe notes it answers readers questions by phone and promises to find out information when needed.
Wiley Pollard H K Stanfield and Jess Buadwiley will be sworn in as sheriff county attorney and constable of Potter county on Thursday January 1 Mr Pollard will succeed Less Whitaker who completes one term as sheriff Whitaker plans to move from the jail building to 1703 Pierce street and may take a job as a machinist with the Rock Island railroad Charles Herbert named chief deputy Pollard undecided on number and personnel of deputies Stanfield on honeymoon in Tennessee expected back Tuesday and may have an assistant Henry L Ford current county attorney will open a law office in the Smith building The officers will likely be sworn in late Thursday afternoon after the bonds are approved by the commissioners court
W J Blackwell died last night at 10 25 at his son B V Blackwell s home 1210 Harrison street He leaves three sons B V Blackwell Amarillo Tata Blackwell San Bernardino Calif and Lloyd Blackwell Amarillo two daughters Mrs Donna Green Miami Tex and Mrs R S Wright Amarillo three sisters Mrs Margaret Yarham Vernon Tex Mrs Fara Cogle Cable Tenn and Mrs Susan Grimmitt Columbus Ky two brothers S S Blackwell Mills Springs Mo and E E Blackwell Hohenwald Tenn The body is at Blackburn Funeral home pending final arrangements and will likely be taken to Clarendon for burial He was a member of the Christian church.
Two divorces were granted by Judge Henry S. Bishop in district court yesterday. Allene Tipton received a divorce from B. Tipton on grounds of harsh cruel and inhumane treatment. John A. English was granted an absolute decree of divorce from Addie W. English.
James Butler an 18 year old bank messenger with Commercial National bank was abducted by a man and woman who forced him into their car and drove several blocks before tossing him out. The pair robbed him of 1600 dollars in the incident reported in Kansas City Kansas.
Richard Baird a 13 year old school boy was seriously injured by a crude brass sealed bomb found on his mother's ironing board. The incident follows a prior Christmas bombing that mangled Attorney Ernest M. Torchia.
District Judge Lewis H. Jones in Temple Texas removed all legal disabilities that could affect Governor-elect Miriam A Ferguson in managing her property after Ferguson and her petition. The judge expressed a wish to also remove disabilities from former Governor Jim Ferguson and urged Senate action to expunge the record of impeachment.
Fred Westbrook a carpenter at 509 Lincoln Street fell from a scaffold yesterday morning at the Chase Green building 611 Taylor Street breaking several bones in his left foot. He was taken to a local hospital by Griggs Undertaking ambulance and could not return home last night. Westbrook is employed by Albert Randall.
C 58 Jackson founder and publisher of The Oregon Journal died in Portland after a long illness. He built the Oregon Journal into a leading Pacific Northwest daily, with Philip L. Jackson serving as active head since his retirement. Berlin report shows Reich trade deficit of 405 million gold marks in November.
The Globe advertises a new rate of one and a half cents per word for want ads, outlining pricing policy adjustments and eligibility for classified listings.
Chicago December 27 William D Shepherd foster father of William McClintock millionaire orphan denied rumors of foul play in his ward death. He insisted the youth died of typhoid fever and that the will favoring Shepherd and his wife was drafted at the boy's request. He also said he visited a local germ lab with his physician to examine typhoid cultures.
In Fort Worth on December 27 Raymond and Lloyd Hunn brothers were wounded when a gun carried by one of them accidentally discharged. The incident occurred today and left the pair suffering injuries.
Five Russian workmen were killed and several wounded in clashes between Trotsky and anti-Trotsky factions near Kursk. The reports come via unconfirmed advices to Tidningen.
London reports indicate a Brazilian loan is pending from South American banking circles. Details are noncommittal with a definite announcement expected before January.
Vatican officials report more than seventy thousand pilgrims crossed the Holy Door of St. Peters over the past forty hours as part of Holy Week observances.
Hamburg boasts of establishing Germanys first Bureau of Information on Matrimonial Matters in less than a year. The Prussian landtag may approve creating similar bureaus in other cities. Advice is free to all, with mostly unpaid staff dedicating time to promoting happier marriages. Tricycles, 113 W. 7th.
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