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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
2
Fort Worth and Wichita market notes show cattle, hogs, and sheep trading with steady to lower tones. Fort Worth lists cattle range from brieves to yearlings and calves, hogs top at 10.85, sheep lambs and feeders varied. Wichita reports hogs weaker with top 10.35 and cattle steady with beef steers to 8.50 and stockers 3.50 to 7.26.
Oklahoma City on January 15 reports cattle at 800 head steady with top lights $7.50 plus and stockers scarce, hogs 690 down with tops $10.75 to $10.85, stockers to $10.25. Kansas City 4,000 cattle and 12,500 hogs show mixed demand, hogs slow, lambs $17 to $17.75. Chicago lists large volumes with varied prices across cattle hogs and sheep. East St Louis shows hogs lower at $10.90 top, cattle steady with vealers up to $12.75 and cows $4 to $6.50.
Amarillo Cotton and Grain Exchange advertisement lists Higgins manager Alex Hyman and Co. of New Orleans with contact by phone 3004 for cotton grain stocks and provisions.
Listing of poultry and animal prices including hens, leghorn hens, broilers, turkeys hens and toms with weights. butter and eggs priced per unit. Mentions cold storage or mold concerns and delivery notes with prices ranging from 10c to 54c per unit.
New York January 15 District Attorney J H Banton said prompt action may be taken against Jimmy O Connell and Cory Dolan for involvement in the 1924 bribery scandal if baseball commissioner Landis provides evidence of a crime under New York statute. The code section classifies baseball bribery or attempted bribery as a felony with penalties up to five years imprisonment and a $10000 fine.
The housing committee of the National Association of Real Estate Boards declares rent control in the District of Columbia a national issue. The report was read at the convention in Dallas on January 15, but no action was taken.
The piece urges vegetarian meals regular hours and minimal excitement to fight cancer while noting the limits of medical knowledge. It also recalls Mussolini’s stance against secret societies and a Mogellan memory of Morgan and the Maine. It reports Mexico tightening Asiatic immigration rules and Saenz calling rising anti Asiatic sentiment across the west coast.
Washington society prepares a grand inaugural ball at the Mayflower Hotel on Connecticut Avenue to raise funds for charity. Organized by Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, the event aims to showcase the capital’s social elite with space for up to 6,000 guests across the main ballroom and adjacent rooms, near the White House.
Harold McCormick files suit in Indianapolis asking that 123,824 shares of Standard Oil of Indiana stock be held in trust for Anita Oser, infant daughter of Mathilde Oser. The stock comes from a Rockefeller created trust valued over 20 million dollars, with Edith Rockefeller McCormick relinquishing rights in 1918. The suit argues the grandchild owns the fund, held for retirement at age 30.
The speaker argues that modern science redefines religious symbols, accepting Jesus as more than a historical figure. He maintains belief in Jesus while rejecting literal interpretations, portraying Jesus as the exemplar of human suffering and social injustice.
Guthrie Oklahoma January 15 two bank robbers captured by a sheriff s posse after the Meridian Bank of Meridian robbery were identified as John Hill and William Johnson former Lincoln county boys Both refused to give names Hill wounded and hospitalized Mrs Heath bank president fired on the men A third member remains at large Loot totaled 350 with all of it recovered
Palo Duro camp No 11994 Modern Woodmen of America and Royal Neighbors held a joint installation at the W O W hall starting 7 30 PM A dance followed with Three Muskeeters Orchestra The Woodmen officers listed include Consul A P Fowler and banker E Lacy Among Royal Neighbors officers named are Oracle Mrs H B Martin and recorder Mrs Royce Gaut
Mrs Fred Kreisman wife of a former St Louis mayor died at her home in St Louis this morning. She and her first husband Charles Whitman lived for years on the SS ranch northeast of the city which they owned and she was widely known among pioneer residents of this section.
Los Angeles on January 15 a divorce suit lists actor Alexander Carr as defendant. Helen Cressman Carr asserts cruelty and seeks five hundred dollars weekly alimony after a three month marriage.
Walter Bartruff manager of the Amarillo J. T Case Threshing Machine Company branch announces the local unit ranks third globally behind Kansas City and Dallas. He praises Panhandle growth, predicts Amarillo lead within two years, and notes related letters about E. Kiser in India.
In Washington DC a crusader sword design dominates the sarcophagus for Woodrow Wilson now being placed in the National Cathedral. Workers set the sarcophagus sides of Minnesota limestone, with a canopy background and iron grill to finish. The structure will fit Bethlehem chapel niche where Wilson’s tomb remains marked by a tablet. The president’s body will stay in the crypt beneath the chapel for now.
Moscow reports say Bolshevik officials and press view Secretary Hughes resignation as a sign that the United States may soon recognize Soviet Russia. They credit his departure with possible policy change and publish cartoons portraying him as an unyielding foe of the Soviet.
New York January 15 Gerald Chapman the notorious mail robber was identified by mail clerk John T Green as the lone bandit who held up a Long Island railroad car last Tuesday night and escaped with 10000 dollars in cash Chapmans whereabouts have been unknown since his escape from the Atlanta penitentiary Green viewed many photographs in the rogues gallery before naming Chapman with certainty.
Washington January 14 when the house judiciary committee reported a bill to make prison sentences mandatory upon conviction for violation of the prohibition laws. The action signals bipartisan push for tougher enforcement in the dry law era.
A vintage advertisement lists pattern numbers and yardages for tunics skirts dresses and aprons in various sizes with fabric needs and optional transfer patterns. It ends by promoting the Fashion Magazine as a guide to economical stylish dressmaking and suggests adding 10 cents for a copy.
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