Railroad Rounds and Rumblings in Amarillo and Childress
Railroad Roundup reports Denver staff returning to duties in Childress and Amarillo including brakemen and conductors. Notices note Mardi Gras fare sales to New Orleans, through Pullman service to Fort Worth and Dallas, and a new Santa Fe time card. Also listed are personnel updates, travel plans, and equipment changes across lines in January and February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Robert Baker
Santa Fe Freight Terminal Office
Baker
Santa Fe
Pullman
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Dallas
Sweetwater
Texas & Pacific
Baalmann's Gas Tablets Promised to End Stomach Gas
An advertisement touts Baalmann's Gas Tablets as a permanent solution for stomach and intestinal gas. Claims include relief from gnawing pain, dizziness, heart palpitations, drowsiness, and cold limbs, with a yellow package sold at RANDAL DRUG CO for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baalmann
Randal Drug CO
City Commission Fails to Meet Amid Member Absences
The city commission did not hold its weekly session due to two members being away. Mayor Lee Bivins was out of town and Mr. and Mrs. J H Harris attended to hear their daughter Miss Mary MecCormic perform in New Orleans. W H Brymer was the only member present in Amarillo. Several civic matters are ready for announcement once papers are signed this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bivins
J. H. Harris
New Orleans
Mary MecCormic
W. H. Brymer
Amarillo
City to Hire Southwestern Bell Experts for Amarillo Street Renaming
Amarillo will get engineers and city planning experts from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. to renumber and rename houses and streets. A special committee accepted the offer by J. B. Patterson. Dallas and Fort Worth experts will review maps, Banks Jones will confer in Dallas, and results will be returned for a city commission ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dallas and
Fort Worth
A. W. Smalley
J. B. Patterson
Stevens
Dallas
Patterson
Banks Jones
Camels Carts and Autos Create Barge Manchuria Traffic Tangle
A chaotic scene in Barge Manchuria blends camels donkeys carts with wheel felloes from bent poles as automobiles invade. Spectators flock to the oddly scenic traffic jam while a taxicab driver reportedly earned 2000 dollars in six days driving nonstop. Horses and oxen are said to be frightened by the autos, worsening the impasse with no quick solution visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barge
Manchuria
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H T. Stallworth
Denver
Childress
Mildred Fletcher
Omil
Tia Juana
New Mexico
Kansas
Winstead
Mrs. Winstead
Andildren
California
el Paso
J W. Moda
D. ©. West
Hutchinson
F. Schooler
Pete Brock
Tom Grifty
Ward
yard @lork
W. C. Kretsinger
May's Infirmary
Taylor Street
A. J. Morris
Stovall
Rock Island Lines
AmawWilo
Rock Island Road
McMullen
Rock Island
H. D. Buckner
W. W. Carter
John Moore
H. A. Gilmore
Emporia
Kan
Ben Locke Haw
Lackawanna
Mllinois Central
Railway Age
France
New York
Phone Company
United States
Smith County
Sry
Gro Mand
Knox
Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company
Knox Avenue
Johnstown
N. Y
America
the Panhandle
Texas
Capitol Hotel Co, Inc
Capi
Tol Coffee Shop
Fe Olp
Pierce Street
Capitol
S. N. Hatcher & Sons Planing Mill
Luckett Ave
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