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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
1
The narrator notes curious scenes from Mond and Nome Alaska to Los Angeles and Sarasota where race and real estate fads appear. The piece, penned on a train, credits the Times-Dispatch of Rich for inspiration.
Ragged column notes RS. ROBERT GARRETT of Cumberland county as court clerk candidate. It cites sympathy for her jailed husband and recalls the former clerk’s five year sentence for shooting Rev. E. S. Pierce. The piece links crime, frontier lives, women’s resilience and public sentiment as it threads through local and national headlines.
A UVA prom belle married the university’s football captain, but hardship followed: divorce, misery, and poverty culminated in the woman’s suicide, a grim chapter echoed in literary lines about enduring happiness despite sorrow.
Tennessee Democrat Senator Mackeller calls the Underwood measure a calamity for the South since the Civil War. He notes many senators agree but fears a monopoly’s push. He expects a Coolidge veto, citing Henry Ford’s information on the Muscle Shoals affair.
The article argues Dr Kate Waller Barrett is a likely candidate at the Democratic convention noted for a strong ovation. It claims a female governor or mayor represents a large household and that women voters would push officials to consider women and children's needs.
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and partly cloudy and colder on Friday. Thursday brought a warm February day in Amarillo with a high of 65 and a low of 31.
Rescue workers began prospecting in a new shaft at Sand Cave to reach Floyd Collins after thirteen days trapped. The test aims to locate a natural passage while continuing the shaft and planning tunneling if needed. Reports of Collins’ status remain uncertain as sound tests prove inconclusive.
Interest has been renewed in extending the electric interurban railway through Canton to Tyler. Residents along the proposed route are urging the project, aiming to boost local travel and economic growth.
Four or five men robbed the Bank of Martin City near Kansas City and stole $1,200. They kidnapped cashier Sam J. Roberts who was alone in the bank and drove him to Kansas City where he was released. Roberts alerted Charles Stultz to lock the bank after the robbers left.
Huntsville Texas February 12 Representative T K Irwin said he will introduce before the joint prison investigating committee a resolution demanding the resignations of at least nine prison system officials. He targets J A Herring as potential impeached if he refuses to resign and names include L H Bush C J Davis C C Hamphill F C Maxey N C Thornton RK McAdams F C Whatley and Captains Raider and McAfee among those to resign.
Amarillo entrepreneur Elmer Lewis announces moving the Real Service lot north of Hotel Palo Duro on Third Street to erect a modern filling station and auto park occupying a quarter block. Construction starts immediately and should finish by March 1. The facility will offer gasoline oil greasing and car washing services.
Berlin dispatch reports 71 bodies recovered from Stein mine at Dortmund after a fire damp explosion last night. Officials say toll will reach 116 as more details emerge. The news item notes the disaster and the ongoing death count.
In New York on February 12 a divorce hearing revealed Dr. Herschel C. Parker once exposed as a Cook faker was allegedly hypnotized by Swami Radechandan and taken to India to promote anti British propaganda. Parker, missing since 1919, was described as a broken map by his wife Evelyn Noegele Parker.
Chicago and Illinois marked Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with tributes led by state and city officials. Lincoln memorial observances included cabinet members Weeks Work and Wilbur, former Governor Lowden, and Judge Elbert H Gary. In Springfield Lincoln’s law career and grave site were highlighted as ceremonies continued in New York City with the National Republican Club dinner featuring Secretary Hughes.
The Amarillo Real Estate board holds a Friday luncheon at Hotel Palo Duro to review tax valuations with former county judge Ray C. Johnson as lead speaker. Johnson will address equitable assessments and improvements, with music and strong attendance efforts planned. The Canyon meeting is a Globe sponsorship.
A note lists American Warehouse Company as a merchandise storage provider with the contact phone 101. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel promotes itself as famous for food.
A wedding ceremony will be performed on the Mission theater stage on Wednesday night February 25. A handsome young couple will receive abundant gifts as flowers form the backdrop. Watch The Globe for details of Amarillo’s Mission wedding party.
Independence Kansas February 12 The Prairie Oil and Gas company announced a price increase of 20 to 23 cents per barrel for Mid continent crude oil purchased at wells in Kansas Oklahoma and North Texas The new base prices vary by gravity from 1 34 to 2 10 per barrel depending on Baume degrees and quality The Windjacket Pipe Line Company and the Sinclair company later met the advance.
The Doughboy scandals will be staged at the Municipal auditorium March 3 and 4 under Hanson post No. 64 of the American Legion. Directors Mik Hollander and Dr. R. Parcells lead the effort with business manager Larry Meyers handling duties as preparations advance.
A real shooting during Hell's Bells at the Wallack theater in New York today led Eddie Garvie to court. He waved a pistol at stage rivals shouting Out of this house you coyotes and it discharged, wounding Clifton Seif in one arm while leading leading actress Shirley Booth to faint as the curtain fell.
In Detroit on February 12, Mrs. Delsedia Lowry, 27, died from severe burns after a gasoline torch on her husband Clifford Lowry’s bed ignited. The couple had a marriage pact allowing the killing of an unfaithful partner. the husband, who fled the flames, had accused Lowry of infidelity a week earlier.
David A. Page, who began on Wall Street at 16 earning $6 weekly, is set to be elected president of the New York curb market at 41. Governors favor his selection with no opposition expected after earlier service as broker at 21 and two years as vice president of the exchange, now indoors.
Walter Kingsland of Hutchinson County reports selling 20 cows and calves to C. L. Smith of Clarendon. The week sees several small stock cattle trades amid rising demand signaling improving livestock industry conditions.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan will serve as unpaid policemen following Chief John Trotter of detectives accepting an offer from J. M. Macdonald, national officer of the Klan. The patrols will operate in groups of ten and will not be masked. The agreement appears connected to Southland Life Insurance Co. and J. A. Bradley, Amarillo hotel agent.
Amarillo will host the Tri-State exposition from September 26 to October 1 1925 with Clarence A Wortham carnival to headline a large program. O V Vernon secretary says officials from Kansas State fair booked the carnival and racing features will highlight the Panhandle event.
Mineola New York February 12 Julius Fleischmann Jr and Mrs Henry C Yeiser children of the late Julius Fleischmann yeast manufacturer are the chief beneficiaries under his will filed yesterday Other bequests include 200000 for educational or charitable purposes Mr Fleischmanns former home and 20000 shares of stock of the Fleischmann company to certain employees and a 100000 trust for a cousin William N Fleischmann of New York City
N A Goodson Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs N A Goodson 505 Van Buren street died at 5:00 am Thursday Funeral services were held at the residence at 2:00 pm Thursday Burial was in Liano cemetery under Griggs Undertaking Companys charge
Albuquerque New Mexico February 12 reports of a threatened uprising among Navajo Indians near Cuba New Mexico in reprisal for the death of a tribesman were received in various authoritative sources Tuesday but denied by a freighter who arrived from Cuba yesterday
The public health service concludes after investigation that the typhoid outbreak in New York Chicago Washington and other cities is traceable to an oyster distributing company near West Sayville New York.
Memphis report details a gypsy queen leading a roadside raid that netted about $10 000 in cash from Steve Tinne near Memphis while followers held others at gunpoint. Sheriff Knight pursues details as the two Romany tribes clash in Chicago and Memphis amid a lengthy feud.
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