Fire Credit Record Expanded and Public Fire Loss Figures
Local agents gain a maximum 15 percent fire insurance credit on policies written after March 1 1928 through February 28 1929 based on Amarillo’s 1925 1926 and 1927 loss ratio of 270. Jeff M Neely cites nationwide and Texas fire loss data and urges stronger fire prevention and public responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neely-Greenhill Insurance Agency
T. M. Campbell, Jr
Fire Insurance Commissioner of
Texas
Amarillo
Jeff M. Neely
Noeely-Greenhill Agency
United States
Treasuries
Brooklyn Bridge
Navy Department
Plan Sterilization Law for Insane in Texas
Fort Worth reports a proposed Forty-first Legislature bill to sterilize criminally insane patients. Representative Grady Woodruff cites existing laws in other states and a Supreme Court upholding, noting 12 000 insane in Texas facilities but about 5 000 would be affected. A medical board would assess insanity with doctors deciding on sterilization only if no cure is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Fort Worth
Grady Woodruff
Paradise
Wise’ County
United States Supreme Court
Virginia
Woodruff
Texas
S P Agents Visit Amarillo Interests
C S Elliott division freight and Passenger agent and G B Hogan veling freight and passenger s of the Southern Pacific were Amarillo today calling on local jobbers and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Elliott
G. B. Hogan
Southern Pacific
Amarillo
Why emulsified cod liver oil aids rickets
Emulsified cod liver oil provides fats and vitamin D that improve calcium absorption and bone mineralization. The fat improves digestion and uptake of vitamin D, which helps regulate calcium and phosphate metabolism essential for healthy bone growth.
14 Year Old Slayer Spurs North Carolina Prison Reform
Alfred Denton, 14, who confessed killing farmer T. C. Tent, influenced North Carolina to reform juvenile punishment. Governor McLean ordered youths under 16 removed from state prison and road camps, with Bridges reviewing cases and several offenders sent to state training schools.
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International News Service
Raleigh
N. C
Alfred Denton
T. C. Tent
Nash County
North Carolina
Denton
McLean
State
Edwin B. Bridges
Pink Conner
Pitt County Road Gang
Stonewall Jackson Training School
Bishop and Brother Arrive in Laredo From Mexico City
Bishop Serafin Armora and his brother Rev Dr Dunstain Armora arrived in Laredo Texas from Mexico City. They had been in hiding since July 1926 when churches were closed in Mexico. They stay at the Josephine sisters home who fled Victoria Tamaulipas after the 1926 school edict.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Serafin Armora
Dunstain Armora
Mexico City
Armora
Tamaulipas
Frederico Escobar Arce
Republic
Josephine Sisters
Victoria
Papes Diapepsin promise to ease indigestion fast
A bold pitch explains indigestion ages youth and warns to act quickly. It touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quick neutralizer of excess acid and anti fermentation, claiming global use and a 60 cent package from druggists to restore health and vitality.
Ben Ward Indian War Veteran Granted U S Pension
Denver reports Ben Ward, a veteran of the Indian wars now past 80, was granted a government pension. His frontier exploits include friendship with Buffalo Bill, a scout for the Second Nebraska, visits with Sitting Bull, ties to Wild Bill Hickok, and a daring 1866 caravan incident in Wyoming where he used firecrackers to signal danger to Indians while pursuing Helena.
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My International News Service
Denver
Ben Ward
Ward
West
Buffalo Bill
Nebraska
Imid
Sitting Bull
Wild Bill” Hickok
Jesse James
Kit Carson
Fort Kearney
Helena
Montana
Laramie
Big Horn Mountains
Wyoming
Joint-Base claim in town relieves painful rheumatic joints
A local pharmacist touts Joint-Base as a low price remedy for inflamed, tormented joints. The descriptive pitch suggests soothing, penetrating relief through regular rubbing to ease swollen joints.
Indians Run Siege as Wagon Train Reaches Safety
The narrative describes a group escaping toward a caravan with Bill and the speaker fighting alongside, taking position under a wagon bed for cover. On the fifth day a migrant train with 200 soldiers appeared and dispersed their enemies, leaving the dog unharmed.
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Bill
London to Paris in Ninety Minutes Flight Record
A Handley Page Jupiter air liner piloted by Captain A 8 Wilcockson for Imperial Airways landed at Paris in ninety minutes for a 225 mile leg averaging 150 mph. The seven ton aircraft, powered by three Bristol Jupiter engines, is described as a record for its size though the overall London Paris record remains 87 minutes on a smaller craft.
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International News Service
London
England
A. 8
Wilcockson
Imperial Airways
Paris
D. H. Napier
Two Oklahoma officials suspended on indictment
ADA, Okla February 24 Two Pontotoc county officials were suspended after indictment by the county grand jury. Sheriff W B Walker faces charges of neglect of duty and taking money from liquor violators. Court clerk L F E Franklin is charged with failing to account for funds. New appointees take over sheriff and court clerk duties.
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United Press
Ada
Okla
Pontotocounty
County Grand Jury
W. B. Walker
L. FE. Franklin
Walker
Franklin
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J. M. Neely
S. P
Scott’s
N.C
Benward
U.S
Bill Hickok
St. Bernard
Merzet
Babe Ruth
the Studebaker
McCarty Motor CO
Fillmore
mHeE_SE
America
Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
All Labors
Sheriff's Office
Jon Beck
Brooklyn
N. Y
Phenoleptol Co
St. Johna Place Station
Rumford
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Jarett
Jarett’s Fashion Shop
Polk Street
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