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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1929
Page
2
In a candid column, the writer laments this February’s severity and compares global cold snaps, noting Europe’s frozen Danube and Balkan chill. He cites regional Panhandle weather as unusually harsh, says the nation faces a long cold spell, and references a photo of W. M. Clary in tonight’s paper.
A collection of vivid excerpts mentions Polk Street goings on from Mr Clary's Nebraska ties to gas politics with Prairie Oil and Standard Oil, a city battle over a gas company, a coon hunting anecdote, church fund disclosures, lost pets in Amarillo, and a homeowner plea for a missing screwtail dog named Jack with rewards.
The Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co. promotes a new accident policy paying up to 100 monthly for 24 months in total disability and 1000 for death, costing less than one cent a day at 3.50 annually. No medical exam required, 10 days free inspection, return policy if not satisfied.
R R Murray of Amarillo Texas says after five years of stomach gas headaches and nervousness Orgatone finally improved his condition He claims a ten pound weight gain and better sleep with no ill effects He urges others to call and verify the benefits and notes the medicine is sold only by City Drug Store under a special representative.
Crowds attend opening at Tenth Avenue Methodist Church as the $20 000 brick building at Tenth Avenue and Roberts Street is dedicated. Bishop John M. Moore of Dallas preaches on the Realties of Life and a collection of 2482 is drawn to cover open building accounts. congregation gives 1455. Rev I E Walker leads a two week revival starting last night with services daily.
A Herald Examiner copyright story says Edward G. Seubert president of Standard Oil Co of Indiana would become chairman of the board if Col. Robert W. Stewart is defeated for re election on March 7.
The report notes 23 degrees in Wichita Falls with a 30 degree drop overnight and a 35 degree morning low. A north east wind drove temps down to near zero in the northern plains with subzero readings in Bismarck and Williston and Minnesota snow.
W. Clifton and Co. of 118-B West Side street are named as the exclusive agents of Soncy Heights replacing Helium Heights in a photo caption error. Dr. W. V. Clark of the Lubbock Clinic visited Amarillo yesterday. Italy bans exhibiting films depicting war episodes nationwide.
W R Daerlington of Kansas City offers a Euro Home Remedy for piles with a bold promise. If it cures the patient pays $1, if not nothing is owed. Contact 1158 Euro Bidg. Kansas City Missouri.
Review of two films in Amarillo noting The Redeeming Sin at Mission Theater and Synthetic Sin at another screens. Praises Nagel and Monkey Face actor performances while critiquing Dolores Costello in a Paris underworld role and the implausible plot with repeated rescues. Mentions child actor Philippe De Lacey and fish-obsessed plot element. calls The Redeeming Sin fairly good entertainment if painted backdrops are overlooked.
North Side Reader from Dumas Texas on February 12 1929 prints a letter asking Erasmus Tack Amarillo Texas to disclose birth and marriage years and years married with 1929 figures along with the coded answer 3855. It mentions hospital visits and requests more letters.
An essay notes the cost of baths in Amarillo with 50 gallons per bath, 40000 residents bathing weekly, and $800 weekly on cleanliness. church contributions total about $650, bridging cleanliness and godliness while comparing metered versus unmetered water use and national averages.
Judge Frank Willis former Texas Panhandle attorney and son of the first judge Willis died in New York City after illness. Survived by widow and daughter Maurine of Amarillo, mother and brother Newton P. of Canadian. He moved to Amarillo in 1926 to serve Whittenberg interests and fought land title and navigable stream cases.
Bishop E C Seaman of Texas states that some Episcopalians favor modifying or repealing prohibition while the church organization supports strict enforcement. He notes the Church Temperance Society began as a voluntary group and was disavowed as official at the last national convention.
About thirty Girl Scouts joined a first aid training session led by Miss Erie Maud Smith from Northwest Texas hospital at the local headquarters last Saturday at 1 30 PM. She covered bandaging ivy poisoning care, bleeding control, and other basic first aid rules. Many troop captains were present, and several non first class scouts passed tests for first aid badges per director Mrs M L Fuller.
Amarillo Hoo Hoo plans a March 2 event at the Amarillo hotel to initiate a large class of kittens into cats. The ceremony marks the first in a series across the Panhandle with local members preparing for the event.
A garage where murders occurred is cited as the crime scene while statements vary on the effect of the police crusade. Saloons reportedly operated despite a weekend of intensified raids by Swanson and a 400 arrests tally, yet no major gang leaders were seized. Six of the massacre victims were to be buried today.
The Hernia Specialist Dr. Andrew Kaiser offers a no cash deposit 30 days trial of a rupture appliance with no leg straps elastic belt or hard pads. He guarantees quick relief and freedom from discomfort with a simple three day test then a small price if satisfied.
Local liquor violations led to five arrests over the weekend. Lucian Hughes was seized Saturday with a broken half gallon of whiskey and posted $1000 bond. A south city raid near the Randall county line yielded beer and whiskey and two men were taken into custody. Sid Wilson was arrested on a Canyon liquor charge. A raid on servants quarters produced a small whiskey quantity. Dixie Craig was among those arrested.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh is due to depart Bolling Field for New York shortly after noon. He will hold key meetings before his departure, including with House Speaker Longworth, Paul Henderson of the T A T, Major Lanphier, and Assistant Postmaster General Glover.
Petit jurors summoned for district criminal court this week were excused until Thursday when Henry Long charged with criminal assault will be heard. An additional 100 men will appear with regular jurors. George Meredith case for jewelry theft was called but passed due to an indictment error. Three cases against Justin Crane were passed due to absence of a key witness. W B Tarwater retrial set for March 1 after a two year swindling sentence.
A historical column recounts real policemen enforcing prohibition by shooting seven bootleggers after hijackers exposed illicit operations. The piece contrasts such violence with a damsel’s remark about royal marriages and cites Mussolini’s publicity savvy. It also notes a Lima Ohio case of Fred Conrad starving to drive his father from the home, with doctors predicting a week to live.
Edgar A. Guest warns that wealth and prowess fade with age and disease. The poem urges humble awareness, noting time, grief, and death as equal equalizers. It urges readers to walk openly and read life, since mortal triumphs end at the grave.
Chicago livestock totals 68 000 hogs 10 to 20 cents higher steady to 10 cents lower with lambs 15 to 25 cents lower. Prices listed for slaughter steers cows vealers and calves across weight ranges. Kansas City reports 11 000 hogs 10 to 25 cents higher top 10 10 200 250 lb. cattle 11 000 calves 15 200 steady to weak. vealers milk fed 8 50 13 00. lambs 25 cents to 80 cents lower.
Fort Worth market reports 2 100 hogs 2 600 sheep with price ranges and tops including hogs at 9.70 cattle up to 10.50 for fed steers and 11.25 for yearlings cows around 8.00, calves heavies 11.00. Oklahoma City shows cattle 1 300 calves 200 hogs 1 900 with heavy steers at 10.75 and top hogs at 10.05.
Baker Luther Allen, 31, is expected to live after an overdose of drugs yesterday. He was found in a Fourth Street garage by a patrolman and taken by police to a local hospital. He said he was from Aurora Colorado and had been in town only a few days.
The Associated Press reports steady to higher hog values 15 to 20 cents, with 160-220 pound hogs at 50q 1060 and packing sows around 9.40. Cattle totals around 2,500 with steers and yearlings mixed, cows at 7.25 to 8.40, vealers 15.75. Sheep receipts 1,200 with no direct sales, packers aiming lower. lambs 16.00 to 16.50, culls 11.50 to 13.00.
Liverpool market shows spot cotton easing with American sales at 4100 bales while futures barely steady. New York and New Orleans futures pull back from intraday highs as March months liquidate. Butter eggs poultry and Chicago prices are listed. New York stock letters note firm opening with gains in key issues and a prior week shakeout stabilizing techs and coal groups.
A San Antonio bandit held night man Al Barrett at gunpoint in the Merchants Transfer office, forced him to stay seated, opened the safe with tools from a suitcase, and took between 1000 and 1600 dollars before fleeing.
Four black residents died in a Hammond Indiana tenement fire sparked near the Central Fire Department. An injured man and a woman with a broken leg were among victims, injuries occurred as occupants leaped from a window to escape the flames.
In early trading, foreign exchanges opened steady with cables advancing about 1-16 of a cent to around 4.85 and 11-82. The modest rise signals cautious buying momentum as markets digest ongoing currency flows.
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