Griggs and Sons marks twenty years as Panhandle funeral leader
N S Griggs and Sons celebrates twenty years as the Panhandle’s oldest exclusive funeral directors and largest. The Amarillo firm began with one horse drawn ambulance and eight staff now fields eight licensed directors with expansion into Canyon and three-state service.
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N. S. Griggs
Panhandle
Griggs
Griggs and
Polk Street
Albert Parks
Mre
Irma Griggs
Dallas School of Embalming
David F. Tudor
Griggs Ambulance Service
Roy L. Slay
Amarillo
Claude
National Select Morticians
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Texas
Texas Association of Funeral Directors
National Funeral Directors Association
Atlantic City
National Association
Texas Association
Barres College of Embalming
Chicago
Echols College of Embalming and Plastic Surgery
Philadelphia
Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home
Canyon
Randall County
Score liquor suspects held at Brownwood
More than a score of liquor suspects arrested at Brownwood and Coleman by raiders led by federal agent W L Zent and deputy prohibition administrator George A Hammonds were brought here for hearings before the United States commissioner. Fourteen arrested at Brownwood for possession and sale of liquor destroying federal evidence and resisting an officer. Seven arrested at Coleman for liquor possession.
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Iated Press
LAN
Regelo
Te Tex
Brownwood
Coleman
W. L. Zent
George A. Hammonds
Prohibition
United States
Members Night Dance At Amarillo Country Club Saturday
The Amarillo Country Club hosts its regular Members Night dance tomorrow evening with dancing from 9 to 12. Music will be provided by Joe Norman and his orchestra, and all members are invited to attend.
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Amarillo Country Club
Joe Norman
Stomach Ulcers Increase Death Rate Warns Authorities
Officials warn stomach ulcers are linked to rising deaths and urge sufferers to seek a new treatment praised by patients. Howard Rogers of Jerome Arizona reports relief after using the Udga Medicine Co. formula, now offered free booklet by the Minnesota firm for interested readers.
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Howard Rogers
Jerome
Ariz
Udga Medicine Co
Dakota Bldg
St. Paul
Minn
Enot
Ady
Ambitious Panhandle dreams and 1929 weather tale
The speaker envisions a future as Texas governor or U S senator while Amarillo grows to 200000 people and Tack predicts a harsh 1929 winter. He jokes about cattle feed shortages, wheat hopes, rising country club dues, and movie theater sound effects as he reflects on life in the Panhandle.
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Texas
United States
Saturday Evening Post
Amarillo
Tack
Panhandle
Folke
1929
Motlow Returns From Austin After Highway Talks
County Judge Sam B. Motlow returned from Austin where he conferred with the state highway department about the conditional designation of the oil field highway and other matters. He said no announcement on findings but hinted that the county commissioners may award construction contracts soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam B. Motlow
Austin
State Highway Department
Motlow
Probe into Speculative Loan Warning Triggers Banking Probe
Washington February 8 A House banking panel bill seeks to explain why the Federal Reserve warned on speculative loans. Representative Black asks Congress to consider stopping the board from manipulating securities markets. A stray line mentions a call about a large police dog and a damaged storefront incident.
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United Press
Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Representative Black
Democrat
New York
Tday
Congress
Letters About The Saturday Evening Post Rejected
A writer pleads to publish a post in The News-Globe instead arguing editors errs in rejecting a top story. Another letter author admits temper and torn manuscript after The Saturday Evening Post decision while Tack discusses Friedland critique of a theater revue.
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Mr. Tack
Saturday Evening Post
George Lorimer
News-Globe
Saturday Frening Post
Amarillo
Ellis
Great Plains
Engineers Plan First Banquet by Tri-State Technical Society
Members of the Tri State Technical society will hold their first banquet and dance at the Herring hotel Saturday night at 9 o'clock. The new engineers group has 45 members, mostly recent city transplants with an average three year stay. W. B. Miser will give a brief society history and impromptu talks will outline future plans. The program includes musical entertainment and dancing with officers and directors listed.
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Tri-State Technical Society
Herring Hotel
W. B. Miser
F. A. Foster
Episcopal Church
W. R. Prentice
James C. Cade
T. M. Caldwell
Cade
Max Bauer
Roy G. Seaman
C. L. A. Rockemole
Harold Walsh
C. L. A. Bockemole
Max C. Bauer
Ned DeBolt
FE. J. Broderlin
C. A. Washburn
R. M. Curry
Society
H. A. Appleby
Geo. E. Broome
M. C. Blanchard
Max €. Bauer
F. J. Broderlin
Co. C. Coursey
Oscar W. Carlson
C. R B. Clegg
L. H. Davis
P. A. McCarthy
F. C. Mayback
Wm. Pirschell
Paul R. Rose
Chas. Schoblom
J. TD. Stokes
H. E. Samson
R. Spooner
A. W. Sherwood
D. D. Small
A. K. Webster
O. W. Wright
E. G. Wesson
J. B. Wilbite
W. G. Windsor
H. M. Warren
Panhandle Plains publicity committee invites conference attendance
Publicity details note the Rock Island agent in Denver and T. B. Gallaher of Santa Fe as speakers. Sam Braswell of Clarendon heads the Panhandle Plains publicity committee and invites anyone interested to attend the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Denver
T. B. Gallaher
Santa Fe
Panhandle Plains
Sam Braswell
Clarendon
Novel Dance and Drama Set for Valentine Theatricals
Ama rillo hosts a February 14 high school auditorium show featuring new dance routines and dramatic scenes by Mrs Dana Harmon Trent pupils. The McKinley school PTA backs the event with proceeds funding basketball equipment for the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Dana Harmon Trent
McKinley School
Stirratt to Open Studio on Taylor Street
Amarillo pioneer photographer J. A. Stirratt announced he will open a resident studio at 1004 Taylor Street in the old annex of the Central Presbyterian church. He has been in Amarillo two years and is well known in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Brown
J. A. Stirratt
Amarillo
Taylor Street
Central Presbyterian Church
Mr. Stirratt
Senate finance panel seeks 181000 for prison needs
The Senate finance committee instructed a subcommittee to draft a bill appropriating $181,000 to address deficiency requests of the penitentiary system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austis
Senate Finance Committee
Sean
Severe Panhandle Cold Snap Quieted by Light Snow
Panhandle weather remains cold with lingering blizzard conditions after a early week cold wave. Ample frost and ice cover persist across towns from Amarillo to Tucumcari with subfreezing temperatures and minor wheat moisture benefits cited by stockmen.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Tucumcari
Lunacy charges filed in geologist husband death case
In Fort Worth, Feb, lunacy charges were filed against Mrs. Fannie Ross Peters 28 after her husband Gustav Peters 35 died last night from gunshot wounds she admitted inflicting. Peters a geologist, was initially charged with murder but District Attorney Stuart ordered the lunacy complaint. Peters said he left a week earlier and she shot him in self defense amid alleged abuse and fear of divorce. She had not been arrested by 10 am today.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Fannie Ross Peters
Gustav Peters
Peters
Stuart
Richards ties in 1928 election bet case and stakeholdership
In testimony Richards describes how he helped A A Crabb get a job and how a $2000 election bet was arranged with Orville Mathews as stakeholder at the Republic Bank. He denies any personal gain, says he signed checks, and recalls related meetings at Hoover headquarters and a Greenville cornerstone event.
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Richards
Crabb
W. Ray Adams
W. T. Ramsey
Republic Bank
Orville Mathews
Tipps
Morris Mayfield
Hoover Headquarters
Southland Hotel
O. B Colquitt
Tom Love
Dr. Rosser
George McBlair
West
1144 Lodge
Mathews
Greenville
Cornerstone
Amarillo airport dreams spark city pride and growth
An upbeat feature urges Amarillo to embrace aviation, arguing air links, mail flights, and a new municipal airport can position the city as a key aviation hub. It notes night beacon scenes, the romance of air travel, and potential factories, lines, and mail routes shaping the economy.
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United States
Amarillo
Amaarillo
Happiness Built From Simple Things By Edgar A Guest
A poem reflecting a man who finds happiness in birds blossoms friendly trees books neighbors family and simple pleasures rather than wealth or fame He thanks God for life and shares joy with trusted friends gardens hills fishing and modest daily delights enduring through time with a gentle devotional tone.
Livestock Markets Across Cities Highlight Prices And Receipts
Receipts and price trends for hogs, cattle, sheep across South St Joseph and Denver stations, with hogs trading mixed to steady, top hogs near 10.00, cattle and yearlings firm, veal to 14.50, and strong sheep demand with wool lambs around 16.40. New York cotton and commodity notes report futures activity, butter and eggs prices, and a firm stock market opening led by energy and equipment equities.
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Evan
United Press
Denver
Erie
New York
Worth Street
Associated Press
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Kennecott Copper
International Harvester
Johns Manville
Radio
New
U. S. Realty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Midland Steel Products
Union Pacific
Kroger Stores
A. M. Byers
Western Dairies
General Electric
Mexican Seaboard
Packard Motors
Wright Aeronautical
Consolidated Gas
Marine
Goodyear
Sterling
Senator Defeats Recommitment on 175 Million Road Bond Issue
Archibald Parr fails to recommit the 175 million dollar road bond measure in the Senate after voting aye in committee. Debate centers on understanding the committee report. Hornsby and other chairmen face obstruction as report delivery is blocked. A minority report may accompany the original resolution. The page lists numerous corporate names and oil interests alongside the session note.
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Archie Parr
Senate
Parr
J. W Hornsby
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Big Bull Ranch
the Panhandle
John Gilbert
Greta Garbo
Missouri Bottoms
Kansas
O. W
Erasmus
Humphrey
Highland
Toadies
West Eighth Street
West Line Street
Fred Dierdorf
Terre Tlaute
Ind
Filith Mac
M Burn
Charles
Fred
Helen
Pauline
Wilma
Richard
Edwin
Edith
Anatole Friedland
The
Fair Theater
Colorado
Borger
the Associated Press
Sweetwater
Waco
Corsicana
Greenville, Tex
Breckenridge, Tex
San ‘Angelo
Tex
Wichita Falls
Brownwood, Tex
Vernon, Tex
Vernon
Pampa
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
California
Nebraska
Texas Panhandle
Missouri
Wheat Belt
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Earth
Tari
Edgar A. Guest
Transit Grain and Commission Co
Ft. Worth
Feb
James E. Bennett & Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
Andea Copper
Atchison Topeka & 8
Atlantic Refining Co
Ajax Rubber
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Barnsdall Corporation
Brooklyn
Canadian Pacific Ry
Cerre de Paseo
Ily Chesepeske & Pee O Ry
Chile
Chrysler Motors
Coca Col
Conlogeum
Continental
Motors
Crucible Steel
Davidson Chemicals
Dodge Motors
Perreade
Dupont de Nmours
Erik Ralroad Wees
Eeeneee
Fleischmann Yeast Seer
iFord
England
Fox Movies
Freeport
Texas General Asphalt
General Motors
New General Mills
Glidden
Gold Dust
Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Tires
Graham Paige Motors
Great Western Sunar
Great Northern Iron
Greene Cananea Copper
Houston Oil
International Paper
International Petroleum
Montgomery Ward
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
IB National Dairy Products
Neon Light
Nevada Consolidated
North American Cement
St. Northern Pacific Ry
Pan-Amer
Pet. & Trene
Pennsylvania Ry
Pere-Marquette
Phillips Petroleum
Pure Oi
Purity Bakery International Tel
Teleg
Jordan Motors
Kelvinator
Lima Locomotive
Lowe's, Inc
Lorillard Tobnero
Louisiana Oil & Ref
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Oil
Missouri Pacific
Pierce-Arrow Motors
Postum
Radio Corp. of America Radio Corp
News
S.e
Sears, Roebuck & Gan Seneca Copper
Sinclair
Skelly Oil
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield
Kolster Radio
Loose-Wiles Co
Mack Trucks
Marland Oil
Middle States Oil
Missouri, Kansas & Tex
Prairie Oil Prairie Pipeline
Reading Railway
Royal Dutch Shell Union Oil
Shulte Stores
Southern Pac ‘Southern Railway
Saandard Com
Tobacco
Standard of
Indiana
New Jersey
Standard
Stewart Warner
Studebaker Motors
Texas Gulf Sulphur Texas Corporation
Texas & Pacific Ry
Texas, Pacific Coal & 0
Tidewater Oil
Timken Roller Bearing
Transcontinental Oil
Union Pacific Ry
Union Carbide
Itaneoa Universal Aviation
United States Rubber
United States Steel
TTB
Vacuum Oil
Tms Vanadium Mecel
Victor Talking Machi
Warner Brothers
Majestic Radio
Napier
Igy
Panhandle Music Co
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