Man Shot in Home as City Seethes Over Crime
The text reports John Shelly’s murder by a bullet through a window in his home killing him instantly. It cites a possible assassin at large, recalls a prior churchyard shooting, and notes rewards offered by Erasmus Tack and Mayor Lee Bivins for the killer’s arrest and conviction. It mentions local crime unrest in Amarillo and Borger and references public responses and commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shelly
Mr. Shelly
Carpenter
Episcopal Church
Shelly
Erasmus Tack
Lee Bivins
Globe
Snelly
Gordon
Old Tack
Amarillo High Rows Over Color Change For 1927 Sweaters
Amarillo high school officials deny adopting black sweaters with yellow letters for 1927. Rumors say the 1926 football squad pressed for black and yellow, threatening the Golden Sandstorm name and the team’s traditional gold colors. George Lindsay and supporters accuse a color shift to memorialize a poor season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Lubbock High School
Golden Sandstorm
George Lindsay
Lindsay
W. A. McIntosh
Santa Claus mask hides a mayoral bid
The column compares Tack’s political ambitions to a Santa prank. It questions whether he can run for mayor without discarding the jovial costume and warns that treating the bid as a joke may embarrass other candidates. The writer resists serious critique, clinging to the Santa illusion.
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Santa Claus
Polar
Tack
Old Tack
Amarillo
Slight Hitch Spoils Trade of Big Stars
Chicago February 18 The proposed trade would have sent Eddie Collins and Earl Sheely to St Louis for George Sisler and Marty McManus but collapsed when Collins refused to play in western cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eddie Collins
Earl Sheely
St. Louis
George Sisler
Marty McManus
Collins
Team Colors Decision Sparks Dormitory Debate
A school official stated that football players preferred sweaters with a black background and that no alarm was warranted. He said the majority decision would be followed, even if he did not favor the change.
Civil service exams set for Borger post office clerks
C M Tyler and W W McDonald of Amarillo civil service board to conduct exams in Borger on Saturday for post office clerks. Over thirty applicants expected as Borger post office reports rapid growth with eighteen clerks employed in under a year. Subsequent exam at Amarillo federal building for Whittenburg postmaster slot.
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C. M. Tyler
W. W. McDonald
Civil Service Board of
Amarillo
Borger
Tyler
Federal
Whittenburg
District cage tournament draws announced at Canyon
Drawings for the district basketball tournament pair Miami with Hedley Tulsa with Panhandle Canyon against Clarendon or Booker and Bovina against Stratford. Preliminaries end this afternoon semi finals at 10 am Saturday final at 1 pm Saturday. West Texas Teachers college officials will referee the games.
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Canyon
Miami
Hedley
Tulsa
Panhandle
Clarendon
Booker
Bovina
Stratford
West Texas Teachers College
West Texas Teachers’ College Buffaloes
East Texas Teachers College
Sperka's Sermon To Be About New Book
The Amarillo Jewish congregation will hold services at St Andrews Episcopal church annex tonight with Rabbi Joshua Sperka speaking about a new book by Leaha Morton titled I am a Woman and a Jew. The public is invited. Lord Finlay of England, age eighty, takes an hour long golf lesson daily and plans to continue until age 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Joshua Sperka
Leaha Morton
Lord Finlay
England
Pat Forrest on Trial for Slaying W. A. Gray in Kerrville
Medina City constable E. H. Freerichs testified he saw Pat Forrest stamp on and drag the body of W. A. Gray in front of Forrests automobile. Witnesses placed Forrest with Gray at a poker game and showing checks and money claimed as Gray’s winnings. Dr. J. O. Butler described Gray as bruised with signs of being run over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kerrville
Tex
E. H. Freerichs
Medina City
Pat Forrest
W. A. Gray
Forrest
Gray
Freerichs
J. O. Butler
Bandera
Pimples to boils labeled as skin eruption remedy
Advertises S. S. S. as a reliable blood purifier for skin eruptions including pimples and boils. Claims 8, 8S, 8 cures and strengthens blood. cites testimonial from Mrs. J. W. Barker of Cincinnati. Notes product made from medicinal herbs and sold in two sizes at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Saturday Evening Post
Honest Dan
O. W
Hiner Lewis
Plains Capital News
Amarillo Central Labor Union and Building Trades’ Council
E. H. Boyd
Chamberlain
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Park, Des Moines
Fifth Street
San Jacinto
Blackburn Building
Orc
Great Britain
London
Wales
Scotland
Cleaners, Overs
West Fifth St
Sperka
Williams Hardware Co
Johnson
Donecen
Delux
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States
Stetsons
Polk ST
China
Taylor ST
Price
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