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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1927
Page
11
The report lists livestock activity from Oklahoma City, St Louis, Chicago and Kansas City. Prices show cattle, hogs, calves, vealers, lambs and cows with tops and steady or mixed movement. Buyers noted steady sow markets and varied feeder, stocker and bull price ranges.
A Washington White House address by President Coolidge was described as heard clear and strong in Berlin via a National Broadcasting Company cablegram. The speech defended opening western territories for national benefit and emphasized religious support with a firm foundation.
General Summerall addressed a joint gathering of descendants of the American Revolution praising William Pitt the elder and George Washington. He cited Pitt’s faith in liberty and the balance with Britain, and noted Washington’s founding of an independent nation. He warned preparedness as a safeguard for peace.
Paris February 22 The death is announced of Bor is Frederick Derlanger, daughter of John Slidell and Confederate commissioner to France. She was 84. Slidell was sent to Paris by Jefferson Davis in 1861 and never returned to America, living in England until his death in 1871.
Maj Tadeo Borges Uruguayan aviator postponed his planned departure from Malaga because heavy rains along the coast hindered the flight from Italy toward the Guay coast. The move comes amid deteriorating weather conditions over the Mediterranean route.
Sheriff Wiley Pollard reports about 100 gallons of liquor awaiting destruction after a court order from District Judge Henry S. Bishop. Chief Deputy Sam Ramsey to file papers and prepare the order as the county continues seizing bootleg liquor and destroying hundreds of gallons in the past two months.
H L Boone 50 a carpenter died this morning at 40 North True Street after a brief illness. He was a Christian church member and Woodmen of the World. Survived by widow four daughters and a son all residents of Amarillo. Body to lie in state at Griggs Funeral Chapel until tomorrow afternoon with services planned for Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the Citizenship Training club and their guests enjoyed a George Washington party Monday at 507 Prospect Avenue. Bridge and Forty Two games filled the evening with Mrs. M. L. Fuller and Mrs. Vernon Hancock earning top scores. a salad course followed for a list of attendees including Mr. and Mrs. John Moore and Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Fuller.
Mrs. Maggie A Rhodes, 70, wife of J Rhodes of Textine, died at a local hospital after months of illness. She was active in the Baptist church since girlhood, and the Rhodeses had retired from their Texline ranch to Amarillo. The body lies in state at Griggs Funeral chapel. relatives from Honey Grove to arrive for services likely in Texline. She is survived only by her husband. all four children have died.
J A Kirkman says he has returned to Amarillo after living in El Paso for six years and is now with the McCarty Motor company offering Studebaker Pierce Arrow and Erskine cars. Billie Keen notes the tough work of a court stenographer and the need for steady nerves on a busy trip. F H McGregor remarks the other fellow never loses by taking his advice.
PORT SAID Feb. 22 The eighth British destroyer flotilla arrived here from England and proceeds toward China. Out of gas? Phone 1000, Pineapple harvested in Hawaii this season valued at 35 million dollars.
Amarillo hosts a three day motor show at Tri-State fair grounds with eighteen local dealers and three accessory firms presenting new color and body options plus engine and chassis upgrades. The event runs Tuesday to Thursday from 2 to 10 pm with all spaces filled. admission 50 cents for adults, children free with adult.
Funeral services for R A Andy Knox longtime Amarillo resident who died yesterday evening were held today at 3 PM in the N B Griggs and Sons chapel. Knox a Santa Fe railway switchman for years was a member of the Odd Fellows Elk and Polk Street Methodist Church. He is survived by his widow and four brothers J B Knox W B Knox H E B Knox and Ben Knox. Rev Lewis N Stuckey conducted the rites with pallbearers from the Canton degree of Odd Telons in Amarillo.
Washington officials received a preliminary draft of President Diaz's treaty proposals with the United States. Details are not disclosed but the plan is understood to seek guarantees for Nicaragua's protection from external attack or internal disorder caused by outside interference.
Presidential handshakes are withheld for now and no callers are received at noon due to official business. An artist offers artificial human eye services soon with sittings arranged a week or more in advance. two first eyes cost $25 with Dr. Wolcott at 222 Blackburn Building.
Yonkers New York February 22 Mrs Blanes R Green sales manager earns a 100000 yearly income. Fifteen years ago she started selling corsets to support an invalid husband and a young daughter.
An advertisement from Terakana Texas touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach remedy and blood enricher. R G Leverett of 1630 West 5th Street endorses its use for appetite and indigestion, urging readers to request a trial package by sending 10 cents and writing to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo New York.
Delegates to the Panhandle Council Boy Scouts of America fill Amarillo hotel registrations as 27 counties aim for full representation. At 1:30 pm the meeting opened with committee reports, Eagle Court of Honor honoring George Washington's birthday awarded fifteen Eagles, and G A F Parker of Hereford led the sessions. Officers to be elected and the year's plan outlined this afternoon.
The joint conference of miners and operators in the central competitive soft coal field ended without a new wage agreement to replace the Jacksonville pact expiring March 41. A sub-committee failed to reconcile demands and adjourned sine die. If talks do not resume and an accord is reached by April 1, union miners will automatically cease labor in the central bituminous field.
About 100 contractors and material men submitted bids last night to the Polk Street Methodist church building committee for a new church plant at Fourteenth and Polk. J Roy Smith of Amarillo and the R H Hunt Company of Dallas acted as architects with bids expected to be let tomorrow. The church will cost around 450000 to 450000 for the building plus parsonage, with total outlay near half a million dollars.
The piece defends George Sand against claims of immoral conduct and numerous lovers. It argues she was intelligent and passionate, lived among men unworthy of knowing her, and that her good deeds outlive any alleged faults, noting French money is valued differently.
Five years in the penitentiary was the sentence imposed on K. P. Phillipe by the jury on a charge of highway robbery tried yesterday in district court. Phillipe pleaded guilty to the hold up of January 7 of W. V. Spencer, an employee of the Nu Way laundry. A. D. Payne defended Phillipa. W. J. Flesher prosecuted for the district attorney.
A study list asks about Washingtons defeats and strategic choices, Howe’s timing, key officers, Prussia’s Frederick the Great remarks on Princeton Trenton, Congresss role, Hessians in Trenton, Washingtons fortune pledge, Burke reason for failure, Brandywine, Lafayette rank, end of war proclamation, wartime expenses, presidential inauguration, 1793 war actions, death year and place, and death cause.
Fragmentary questions and numbered items recount key events in George Washington's career from the French and Indian War through the late 18th century. The list mentions Braddock’s expedition, Fort Duquesne, Dorchester Heights, Trenton, and the Neutrality Proclamation among other events and dates.
Col Ernest O Thompson, new Texas Tech regents chair, spoke at a Lubbock Kiwanis luncheon pledging two 20 dollar scholarships for standout male and female juniors over ten years. A committee led by Lubbock officials will award them. he also urged a cotton textile mill near the college and a 500000 dollar funding drive.
Letter from Lee Satterwhite to Canyon Texas officials describes a proposed bill to add an assistant district attorney for Potter County. Governor Moody may veto fearing existing county attorney remedies and constitutional limits on district court proceedings. About forty criminal cases await trial, delaying justice across the district.
After a week long strike involving about 1000 workers in Shanghai, most pawnbroker clerks return to work. Two hundred key participants were denied positions and voiced strong discontent. The dispute centered on wages, food, and commissions with employers gaining a partial victory.
A farmer’s wife in Balen Germany tucked $76 in her apron and fed the chickens, only to find that a goat had eaten the notes. The correspondent notes she achieved more in three minutes than could be done for $75 by telephone.
The task of broadcasting the carillon of the Park Avenue Baptist church is among the week's most difficult. The bells sit hundreds of feet above street level requiring microphone placements in the tower and on nearby rooftops for each live WJZ program.
On Sunday evenings after the Major Bowes radio program ends, Bowes reads a brief poem before bidding listeners good night and signing off the two hour broadcast.
Ajaville’s grand opera star Mary McCormic returns to Amarillo on March 1 praised for wide character range from Micaela in Carmen to Musette in La Boheme. Critics like Herman DeVries commend her artistry and vocal gifts elevating both roles beyond expectation. Her career crown highlights and homecoming add to the evening’s prestige.
The article notes light observance of Washington's Birthday with closed federal buildings and sparse displays. Schools held small programs while Panhandle Boy Scouts saluted the flag in court of honor. A local incident mentions a Mexican customer delaying car service, asking if it was George Washington's birthday.
Funeral services for 42 year old O B Wooley who died yesterday at 6 45 PM will be at 4 PM at the Central Presbyterian Church Rev St Thorneen officiating assisted by Rev B L Fincher Wooley had health problems for a year he was an Imperial Barber employee during four years in Argarilia He belonged to the Central Presbyterian Church and the Woodmen of the World and once served as president of the Barber Union Pallbearers were George Walker Ceal Sanders W Gray J L Moats J W Hardin and A F Amerson Easton phone 1000
An old advertisement touts Adjerika as a dual action bowel cleanser that clears both upper and lower poisons. It claims rapid relief from gas bloating irritability sleeplessness and headaches and promotes better eating and sleep. The testimonial by Frank Ott endorses its effectiveness. Available at Amarillo Post Office Drug and other druggists.
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