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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
10
Southern Pacific engineer R D Quattlebaum warns that automobile drivers are to blame for crossing crashes. He calls reckless drivers the weak link endangering trains and urges editorials to educate the public about railroad safety and accountability.
Dieting to gain weight emphasizes gradual eating and avoiding overload. Suggested menus include breakfast of baked apple bacon eggs and hot milk, luncheon with lamb chop roast beef and baked potatoes, and desserts. Emphasizes milk products greens and fruit for health. avoid excessive fatty foods.
Oscar Randal of Amarillo, an animal connoisseur, argues no animals are truly dumb except the giraffe. He notes the giraffe lacks vocal apparatus and cannot talk or grunt. He insists all other animals have the ability and urge to vocalize.
A new bank named Guaranty State Bank of Farwell will open tomorrow in Farwell Texas. Henry Wilkinson of Hereford, a noted North Texas financier and president of Hereford’s First State Bank, will inaugurate the bank. An Amarillo firm plans a large opening deposit as the community expects a needed financial institution.
A Paris observer notes shifts in 1920s fashion with fewer bobbed hairdos and aggressive makeup, cigarette use waning among the stylish set, and a move toward pastel silks, muslins, and KuSha fabrics. Shorter skirts rebound with fuller backs while bare arms and backs decline in popularity except among show girls.
Dorothy Ellingson a 14 year old confessed killer of her mother Anna Ellingson was questioned for twelve hours then remained described as lively as ever. Police rounded up three of seventeen youths sought for delinquency as accomplices including David Stein Keith Lord and Harry Loser. The girl admitted a clandestine life and after the shooting spent the night at a party and later read papers recounting her mother’s death. She was captured after a companion informed on her.
An importer in Constantinople ordered a large Greek woven carpet featuring a vacaimble of the American dollar. Turkish authorities refuse to allow transit, deeming the piece counterfeit money under customs restrictions.
The county clerk's office lists numerous warranty deeds and releases for parcels in Glenwood Roberts Place Plem and surrounding blocks. Transfers show buyer names such as Owen Mash burn Adams Shirk and Ward. properties include lots in blocks 17 9 12 35 74 and 200 with values ranging around 135 to 17600 dollars, including several lot and tract descriptions and lot 27 block 2 C Larry Comings to H Harmon and others.
Flight across the Sahara to Lake Tehad postponed this morning due to fog. Two French airplanes were set to depart from France with Captain Georges Pelletier Doisy commanding one craft. The Paris to Tokio route and Auto parts location at 113 W. 7th are noted in the scattered report.
Boston police seek extradition for Arthur Whenham held in Brooklyn to face larceny charges over an alleged Stradivarius violin valued at 256 600 belonging to Mrs Sarah C Sears. Sears sued Albert P Smith Boston merchant who holds the violin, restraining its removal from a bank vault. Police say Whenham stole the instrument and sold it for 50 million? Smith reportedly bought it for 5 000.
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