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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1925
Page
2
Fort Worth market report lists cattle receipts 200 head with varied prices. Hogs total 1,600 with ranges from 8.50 to 11.25 dollars. Sheep show no current lot, lambs and feeders priced, goats listed as 1.50 to 3.25 dollars.
Wichita receipts show 300 hogs with steady market. top hog price 10.60, bulk 10.25 to 10.58, top cut outs 9.75. Cattle receipts 100. butcher cattle 25 to 35 cents higher. fat heavy calves steady. others weak to 25 cents lower. stock steers dull to lower. Amarillo grain prices note No 1 hard wheat 1.60 per bushel. soybeans and barley listed. Amarillo Cotton Grain Exchange led by Higgins and Alex Hyman & Co.
Poultry items listed with weights and prices. Leghorn hens under four pounds, 10 cents per unit. broilers and roosters at 16 to 10 cents per pound. geese and turkeys priced by weight with toms at 16 cents and no.2 turkeys at 8 cents. Butter 14 cents. Eggs delivered price $12.00.
N C Nobles backs accepting Randall county land swap to extend Amarillo limits. A B Hays supports a high school baseball team and San Dies contenders. Sheriff’s workload cited as busy but improving. Cattlemen’s convention eyed as largest ever by Wm O’Brien. Sam Vaughn bets on Panhandle golf within six months. Bob Myers promotes Plainview hustle and growth. Moore county highway seen boosting Amarillo progress. Julian Bivins embraces radio hobby. J N Beasley favors immediate Randall county offer to extend county line south.
The first regular monthly meeting of Hanson Post Number 54 of the American Legion will be held at 7:80 o clock Tuesday night in the American Legion home. The session will review 1924 activities and discuss plans for 1925. The new executive committee will be installed and all members are urged to attend.
Meyer and Meyer, Amarillo clothing firm, will add J. F. Perry as Panhandle representative to showcase samples. The move aims to cut mail delays and provide on site service for customers in the Panhandle. In Waco, service on the Bell Meade streetcar line by Texas Electric Railway began January 1.
Thirty nine employees of Nobles Brothers Grocery at Amarillo and Plainview were honored at a banquet in the Amarillo hotel. President H A Nobles presided. Speakers included I A Cowhand and R E Bob Myers, with guests from Merchants Biscuit Morton Salt Bliss Syrup Armour Oats. The firm, founded in 1899, noted volume and growth including two branch sales last year.
Central Labor union prepares for a major meeting at the Central Labor temple at 7:30 PM Tuesday. Officers for 1925 will be elected and will also serve as officials for the upcoming State convention of the Federation of Labor. J W Hardin urges full attendance. the state convention begins May 25 and runs a week, with the week before filled by Printers, Plumbers, Barbers, and Painters conventions.
The Texas case against Mrs. Ruth Hobart and E. T. Miller for murder in the Ho bart death will open in Potter County District Court on Monday January 26 as the regular January term begins. No venue change has been filed, and officials expect transfer to another county later in the term. A prior trial ended with a hung jury. Court opens in Canyon for a three week term with an unusually light docket.
Potter County contains 879 qualified voters for upcoming elections with 24 days to settle poll taxes or obtain exemption certificates. Precinct 7 has none qualified while Precinct 9 has 119 voters and 34 exemption holders. Local residents A L Ludden and family returned from vacation reporting plentiful quail. Toney Chisum notes December was his strongest month in eight years, selling over 20 more cars than usual.
Glen Frazier, proprietor of a tailoring shop at 710 Polk Street, suffered facial and hand burns when gasoline fumes ignited behind a cleaning and tailoring business at 1305 Polk Street yesterday. A small explosion occurred and the fire was quickly put out, damaging only the rear of the cleaning establishment.
E G Barks resigns as Tulsa Chamber of Commerce secretary and buys an oil business stake with R W Crowder. Various residents travel, recover from flu, and report crop practices and local gossip around Amarillo Fort Worth and Waco during holidays and after.
The piece mocks political power and money in shaping child labor policy, noting Massachusetts failed to ratify a constitutional amendment. It cites AFL leader Green urging support and recalls behavior of statesmen and a congressman's wife over etiquette. Voltaire is quoted on defining democracy.
Amarillo water board urges a city election to raise the tax limit and issue 1.75 million dollars to build a water producing and distributing plant at Word ranch site. Jones reports costs and potential revenues, with Doherty engineers largely approving the plan and the city purchasing or sharing water via the current company.
At a Saturday meeting mayor Blasdel named M Blanchard to chair a railroad engineers committee to review Jones reports. Representatives from North Side East Side San Jacinto and other sections will join future sessions with Rock Island and Fort Worth Denver lines invited to assist. Six water board members attended alongside city officials and engineers.
James Calvie Montgomery aged 10 months, son of Mr and Mrs J Montgomery, died at home 506 North Johnson St after several days illness. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at Cond Baptist Church, Rev F D Pearson officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Beaumont streetcars in November covered 12 thousand miles with only one towing incident, a claimed world record.
Wil mer Reinheimer announces quick liquidation of stock at Reiny's clothing store at Polk Street and xth due to move to a new office building. The sale continues into next week with stock moving rapidly as the proprietor plans to vacate once cleared out.
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