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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1925
Page
2
Oscar Rudolph. Ka main, 1 an. Cotton Grain Stocks Provisions Amarillo Cotton & Grain EXCHANGE Amarillo Texas F.C. Higgins Mer Alex Hyman & Co New Orleans La Phone 3004.
A jumble of quirky quotes and old sayings features Walter Creesete speaking hesitantly about pretenses and a Texan fashion mistake. Dwight Newby notes the classic glass tumbler evolved from a drinking vessel designed to prevent a wearer from bending over.
Letters recount a white albino goose sought after by L B Newby with a stated mount promise, and Henry C Harding recovering a four year old trapped bald eagle. Other notes praise local efforts, express patriotic sentiment, and applaud Amarillo news coverage and editorials.
The weekly meeting of the Lee Ad Club discusses a campaign theme Trade in Amarillo. Debate centers on ethics and effectiveness of door to door soliciting and implications for local merchants and households.
Quoted remarks from Horace Rue about Florida's beauty and landscape. Railroader discusses Southern Pacific leadership changes and severance pay. Various figures comment on culture, morality, or consumer choices from Theoenia to Judge Lindsey and Arthur Brisbane, reflecting era opinions.
Chicago January 10 recommendations from the eleventh annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges urge building stadiums stopping gambling and athlete recruitment placing intercollegiate athletics under faculty control making coaches part of the faculty and enforcing all eligibility rules.
William Reinheimer, owner of Reiny's store, says the closeout sale is progressing well and he is quitting the clothing business after current stock is sold. He reports selling 750 grab boxes in a 20 minute period yesterday as part of the clearance.
City officials and water board outlined a plan to raise 1.75 million dollars to secure water from the Ube Word ranch site 24.2 miles southwest, with options to buy the City Light and Water Co or build a new plant. A second election on tax limits may be needed to support bonds. Municipal leaders urged unity and public disclosure of all details as six water board members attended.
Cattle sale planned in Amarillo tied to a stockmen's convention with feeders and buyers from Hereford Claude Plainview Canyon and more. Committees named include Program Entertainment Publicity and Transportation as cattle from multiple ranches enter for the March 1 auction from leading area firms.
Canyon Randall County News publishes four weekly papers and one monthly organ with Clyde Warwick praised for a strong local plant. T M Moore notes letters on shop work course state wide publicity last year. Fremont Meade says college return reshaped his attitude toward work.
Marion Reynolds of Shamrock and A A Ledbetter of McLean filed a suit in the U S district court for title and possession of 720 acres known as the Mrs A Shoe maker place near Zubach Tex against Foy Kelley of Zubach Tex The attorneys said preparations are under way to obtain a writ of sequestration to give Mrs Taylor possession of the land
Bob R. Clark successor to Texas Hide and Produce will relocate around January 15 to the 1200 block on West Sixth Street. Clark says business growth and need for larger quarters and a better location prompted the move.
Plans for the consecration of Riahopetect BK in North Texas at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on Sunday January 18 at 10 o'clock have been announced. Bishop Thomas F. Gailor of Memphis will preside with invited bishops Frederick B. Howden George J. Kinsolving James R. Winchester Robert H. Mize Harry T. Moore Clinton J Quin Henry Mikell William T. Capers and James Wise. The district convocation follows January 19 and 20 with the parish meeting at 11 o'clock this morning for all members to attend.
In line with recent state recommendations, the board allocated 1000 for the Senior and Junior libraries. New equipment was bought for the commercial and mechanical departments. Miss Ellis Lipscomb was hired for San Jacinto school. Laura Whitcomb replaces Anna Lancaster at McKinley. Lancaster moves to Ty ler street, vacating Grace Know’s post after her resignation to marry. Jessie Adams succeeds Mrs. Ben Donald at Wilson school.
Thomas F. Turner and Joe B. Dooley, Fort Worth & Denver railroad lawyers, left for Fort Worth to attend the funeral of George Thompson senior partner of Thompson Barwise Wharton, who died Friday night. George W. Wharton, a former Amarillo lawyer and ex exalted ruler of the BPOE, was associated with the firm.
Topeka Jan 10 The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was ousted from Kansas by a supreme court decision The court ruled the Klan was doing business illegally and selling lodge paraphernalia and supplies violated Kansas corporation law The court allowed a future charter application but halted current operations.
Chicago reports a surge in crime as bandits rob safes and a hotel while a gunshot victim escapes after a hold up. Police leadership defends morale and crime statistics, but the Chicago crime commission contends crime is increasing and police morale is weak.
Work in the Oliver-Fable addition in the city’s south side proceeds favorably. William Oliver reports the first home foundation nearly finished and water mains installation advancing rapidly. Gas mains are laid and paving should resume with improving weather. date for formal opening has not been announced.
Representatives of Wilson and Company from the Panhandle and western Texas met at the Hotel Palo Duro to outline business plans for 1925. Over twenty attendees viewed meat product samples. attendees included W. R. Grove and W. H. Martin of Oklahoma City, C. R. Harriman, IL McCoy, A. A. Snodgrass, Joe F. Roberts of Amarillo, and C. Pinkerton, local sales manager.
President Coolidge named Charles Beecher Warren of Michigan former ambassador to Japan and Mexico and chairman of the 1924 Republican resolutions committee as attorney general to succeed Harlan Fiske Stone who was recently chosen for the supreme court.
All living Texas former governors will attend the Pat Neff farewell banquet in Austin on January 17, except possibly C. A. Culberson and Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson governor elect. The invitation list was announced tonight.
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