French exorcists mob scene and war talk in 1925 column
In a Paris telegraph, a Rome priest is rescued from fanatics who bound him and beat him with ropes in a church. The piece cites trials, dictatorships spreading from Greece to Spain and Italy, and calls for arbitration with Japan while noting U.S. limits. It also covers the Osage murder ring case and rail travel costs versus historic steamship fares.
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The
Star Co
Tennessee
Frank Munsey
Paris
West
Our Lady of Tears
Weather Forecast Tonight and Saturday Fair
The forecast calls for clear conditions tonight and Saturday. Temperature extremes from a year ago were 46 and 2 degrees. today’s hourly readings begin at 7 a.m. with listed times through 11 a.m.
Essex Coach Offers $899 Plan with $295 Down
The advertisement promotes an Essex Coach package priced at 899 dollars with a 295 dollar down payment. It also notes The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is described as Famous For Food.
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Essex
Amarillo Hotel
the Panhandle
Snowstorm Brings Jubilant Relief to Texas Farmers
Heavy snow blanketed Dallas Slaton Lubbock and Amarillo as a Rocky Mountain storm moved into North and Central Texas. Farmers welcomed continuing snowfall while other states faced mixed conditions with rain sleet and chill. Temperatures ranged from 24 in Amarillo to 42 in Galveston with a broad cold wave reaching the Mexican border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Amarillo
Dallas
Texas
Slaton
Lubbock
Associated Press
Mexican
del Rio
Galveston
Rio Grande Valley
Jan
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Great Lakes
Missouri
Dixie
Ohio
Potomac
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
South
Florida
Miami
Wichita Falls
Waco
Fort Worth
Abolition of Rail Labor Board Urged in Senate Bill
Washington Jan 3 Abolition of the railroad labor board and creation of a federal mediation board of five members is provided in a bill introduced by Chairman Watson of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee at the request of railroads and railroad organizations.
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Rail Labor Board
Associated Press
Washington, Jan
Railroad Labor Board
Federal Board of Mediation
Watson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Chauffeur and Family Found Dead in Manhattan Home
New York police report a chauffeur Thomas King his wife Nora and three children were found dead in their Upper West Side residence. The couple and two of the children were beaten with a razor slashed throat. authorities believe King killed the family and then died by suicide after turning on the gas.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas King
Nora
Upper West Side
Manhattan
King
Express Charges On Money Upheld By Interstate Commission
Washington January 8 the interstate commerce commission dismissed the New York federal reserve bank complaint holding express charges on money transport reasonable.
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COMMI
Associated Press
Washington
Interestate Commerce Commission
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Grand Jury Probes Osage Death Ring in Indian Country
Anna Brown's battered skull is presented to the U S grand jury in Guthrie as investigators pursue a suspected Osage murder conspiracy alleged to involve about 2 000 000 dollars in Osage money. Liquor for witnesses is noted and traffic code enforcement begins with immediate fines.
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Associated Press
Guthrie, Okla
Anna Brown
United States Grand Jury
Edwin Brown
United States Attorney General
Brown
Old Time Fiddlers To Be Heard On WDAG Broadcast
Walter Irvin of the Cooper-Irvin Ford Agency announced a Saturday night radio program from WDAG featuring old time fiddling numbers akin to Mellie Dunham's Maine style. The list of fiddlers will be announced at 9:30 PM as Ford National Display week begins.
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Walter Irvin
Ford Agency
Cooper-Irvin Ford
WDAG
Mellie Dunham
Fiddler
Maine
Henry Ford
Panhandle
Pressman Chief Renamed in North American Union
Mary George L. Berry remains international president as all other officers are unanimously re elected in a Balloting result announced by Major Berry. J W Clifton notes O V Vernon retiring secretary of the Board of City Development has given Amarillo fine service describing him as a gentleman and a scholar.
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Associater
Knoxville
Tenn
Mary George L. Berry
International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union of North America
Major Berry
J. W. Clifton
O. V. Vernon
Board of City Development
Amarillo
Floods Displace Hundreds in Mexican States Nayarit and Durango
News from Tepic reports floods in Nayarit and Durango devastate crops and property with hundreds homeless. A Nogales dispatch confirms mass displacement but few casualties. railroad damage near $250,000 noted as President Titcomb tours the affected area.
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Mexico City
Nayarit
Durango
Associated Press
Nogales, Ariz
State of Nayarit
Mexico
Tepic
Nogales
Tuscan
Ariz
Sud Pacifico de Mexico Railroad
H. B. Titcomb
Man Confession Ties Theater Robbery to Texas Crimes
A jailed man in Amarillo signed a confession that may link the Fair theater robbery on New Year’s night to store and post office robberies in Texas. He says he came to Amarillo with two men in a stolen car, last seeing them December 24, and one remarked that as the New Year bells chimed they would make a big haul. Police seek the other two suspects.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle High to Play Golden Sandstorm Tonight
Panhandle High faces Amarillo High in a basketball game at 7 45 tonight. The arrangement came together late this afternoon.
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Panhandle High
Panhandle High School
Amarillo High School
Missing Amarillo Woman Found After Disorienting Return
Mrs. David Barnhill reappeared at 100% Johnson Street after a daylong disappearance. She reported waking with a severe headache and could not recall details of her journey from Hereford, saying a man invited her to ride in a car and she later spoke to her daughter by phone. Her exact location and events remain unclear as doctors monitor her condition.
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David Barnhill
Johnson Street
Barnhill
Postoffice
Frioeur
Hereford
Amarillo
Gladys Kuil
Pose Clark Cain
S&s
Action on health bill put off until Tuesday
City commissioners met in special session to postpone action on the health ordinance until the next regular session Tuesday night. The meeting focused on police department investigations and examining old city accounts. J. W. Stokes presented plans for an incinerator plant with bids ordered for a 25 ton daily plant costing about 12000 dollars.
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City Commission
J. W. Stokes
Apostle Paul Used a Stenographer Says 1930s Greek Records
The Associated Press reports Henry O. Lloyd of the University of Chicago claims Paul had a stenographer who copied his letters in shorthand. His thesis cites Greek papyri as evidence and notes shorthand was a recognized trade, highlighting a 164 AD Oxyrhynchus contract showing an ex-magistrate apprenticing a shorthand writer.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Paul
Henry O. Lloyd
University of Chicago
Lloyd
Oxyrhynchus
Canadian Wheat Cooperatives Promoted by Regina Leader
George W. Robertson of Regina outlines Canada’s wheat marketing plan as applying business methods to agriculture at a co operative school led by Judge L. Gough. He notes 78 500 members of the Saskatchewan Wheat Producers and 150 million bushels handled this year. Robertson praises Texas and Oklahoma pooling as the model Canada copied and cites Argentina’s use of the plan. He toured sixteen years ago from Scotland and is regarded as Canada’s expert on marketing evils. Other attendees include Paul Gleeson John Manley Cecil Mann Henry Mueggensberg and Bishop Seaman. The evening program featured a nigh school orchestra and piano numbers by Mrs. M D Ramsey.
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George W. Robertson
Regina
Canada
L. Gough
Roberts
Saskatchewan Wheat Producers, Limited
Robertson
Texas
Oklahoma
Argentina
Scotland
Paul Gleeson
The
Southwest Wheat Growers
Enid
John Manley
Wheat Growers
Cecil Mann
Association
Henry Mueggensberg
Bishop Seaman
Nigh School
M. D. Ramsey
Interior Bill Under Review as Nye Case Proceeds
In Washington the House weighs an interior bill while Nye’s case continues in the Senate. House committee hearings address a rubber investigation as government officials testify in the aluminium inquiry.
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Associated Press
House
Nye
Senate
House Committee
Death of Paul Bibee in his room at 704 Harrison Street
Paul Bibee, 19, a clerk at Triplett Drug Store, was found dead in his room at 704 Harrison Street around 1:30 AM. A chlorform bottle, two thirds full, was found under his pillow, and coroner Dr. Landis indicated probable death from accidental chlorform overuse. Bibee had borrowed an overcoat earlier and intended to visit a girl friend. he was last seen Wednesday night leaving the store at 9:40 PM. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. D. Caneno, and siblings Fred, Francis, Frank, and Jack. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Paul Bibee
Harrison Street
Bibee
Triplett Drug Store
Sixth and
Harrison
Earl Evans
Evans
D. Caneno
Childress
Fred N
Francis
Oklahoma
Frank W
Carlisle
Jack Bibee
C. G. Landis
Seine Continues to Rise Sparks Anxiety in Paris Suburbs
Paris reports Seine rising with expected upward trend over Sunday if no rein occurs. Anxiety grows in low-lying areas near the river as damage rises from houses built since 1910, many flimsy. Saone near Lyons also rising. Belgium sees Escaut flood conditions persistent. overall area returns toward normal elsewhere.
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Paris
Seine
Saone
Lyons
Belgium
Escaut
Committee Urges House On Italian War Debt Pact
Washington Jan 8. The house Ways and Means Committee backs approval of the war debt settlement with Italy to aid American agricultural interests. A minority led by Rep Hull opposes ratification calling it more a cancellation than settlement. The Crisp report says Italy can pay and notes it has cut its army since 1913.
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Associated Press
Washington
House of the War
Italy
Ways and Means Committee
Hull
Tennessee
Crisp
Dallas Chiropractor Fined and Jailed in Act Violation
S W Anderson a Dallas chiropractor pleaded guilty to violating the Texas medical practice act in district court. He was fined 50 dollars and given a 30 minute jail sentence.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Jan
W. H. Anderson
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