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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1928
Page
5
Kansas City, Feb 3 The jury in the Myrtle Withey case was dismissed by Judge Ralph Latshaw with no verdict after weighing whether she killed her husband William J. Withey for $1000 life insurance and freedom to marry another man. The four jurors favored conviction of second degree murder.
A list of warranty deeds and land transfers in Amarillo area names buyers sellers and property details including lot and block numbers with amounts from ten dollars to fourteen thousand. Also includes a car registration entry for Nettie B. Walden, 1009 Monroe.
Brown skunk hide exhibited in Stockton Kansas by fur buyer H. H. Wildrix differs from typical jet black with a narrow white stripe. Collected in Trego County it is the first of its color seen by local fur buyers who have handled tens of thousands of hides. Wildrix gifts the skin to W. H. Keilholtz for tanning into a wall decoration.
Amarillo Oldsmobile Co at 115 Polk St showcases new Oldsmobile models used for Panhandle sales. Local executives include General Manager Jack Refrogal and directors G Odom, George Turnley, and Harry Knapp. Prices for the new lineup range from 925 to 1086 dollars with a full stock of parts. Also listed are building permits and a note on Christian Shaw, founder of the linen thread industry.
London authorities debate flood defense schemes after the flood disasters in which fifteen people drowned. Proposals range from dredging to a vast half mile long barrier at the river mouth, backed by Lord Desborough, to convert lower Thames into a fresh water lake.
A proposed barrage across the river would span 2,200 feet and create a navigable depth of 65 to 35 feet enabling vessels of 30 feet draft to reach near central London. The system would stop tides, use adjustable gates, and feature a ten foot roadway. Parliament may be asked to decide on flood control if smaller authorities fail to agree.
Edith Mae Cummings, prominent millionaire real estate operator and head of the Edith Mae Cummings School of Business Science for Women, denounces leisure wives as social parasites and urges laws requiring able-bodied women to work, arguing lack of purpose and community harm. She compares leisure to a river with no course and urges married women to find meaningful work aligning with their talents.
Police court has issued several fines for speeding through school zones and for failing to stop at stop buttons on streets without lights. The traffic department warns all drivers to stay under ten miles per hour in the school zone at all times to avoid arrest.
A Globe reporter found a notable stock of horseshoes in a wholesale hardware house and asked who buys them. The reply was direct: to blacksmiths. Many horseshoes were recently sold at Borger for oil field work.
An Oklahoma City reader praises Tanlac for easing years of stomach trouble, improving appetite, energy, and sleep. The ad claims universal digestive relief from Tanlac, made of roots, barks, and herbs, offered at under two cents a dose with a money back guarantee if it fails.
Rex Claude Priddy of Farmingdale, in a Riverhead jail interview, calmly discussed killing his wife and son. He cited a motive tied to fear of losing them due to an incurable disease diagnosed in college days. He described lying awake at night and being unable to shift the subject.
A parent expressed fear that illness could transmit to other students, contemplating the harm to their sons and the wider school community.
In the Norfolkshire hamlet of Trocking residents have long relied on rainwater while nearby Docking bought drinking water at two cents per pail. The Ministry of Health approved a plan to provide each cottage a home water supply at a far cheaper yearly rate, replacing the primitive system.
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