Tactless Texan letter fills Amarillo plains with homesick humor
The El Paso Times notes Henry Ansley’s illness is mostly homesickness for Amarillo and the Panhandle. Dr Tack plans to visit, urging friends to send letters and postcards to lift his spirits and help him recover. The piece blends local gossip with light commentary on farming, Hoover era politics, and upcoming regional events.
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Old Tack
el Paso
Henry Ansley
Hoe
Henry
Plum
Amarillo
Panhandle
Dr. Tack
Plains
Amarillo man promotes Yellowstone tour for high school boys
A letter urges parents to send their sons on a four to five week trip guided by Mr. L. McNeill of Amarillo High School. The bus tour covers Taos to Yellowstone with stops at Grand Canyon, Yosemite, San Francisco, and other sites, costing about 150 dollars with most expenses paid.
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Yellowstone Park
L. McNeill
Amarillo
H. A. Nobles
Mr. McNeill
McNeill
Sone
Pampas
Alogious
Prof. McNeill
Prof
Lone
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Teapot Dome
Casper
Cheyenney Pike's Peak
Lookout Mountain
Estes Park
Denver
Garden of the Gods
Plains Country
Taylor Street
Texas
Yellowstone National Park
Taos
Petrified Forest
Painted Desert
Grand Canyons
Long Beach
Cal
Pasadena
Red Wood Forest
Yosemite Valley
San Francisco
Sacramento
Reno
New Salt Lake City
Yellowstone
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Pikes Peak
Home
Appeal Letter From Ex Soldier Seeks Help After Family Tragedy
The writer describes 87 months of overseas service, injuries from gas exposure, and a fall from prosperity after returning home. He recounts marriage, two sons, business success, and a wife who deserting them led to ruin. He asks for assistance amid hardship and custody worries. He mentions a Michigan Detroit setting and a visit to the family storefront.
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Tack
Scotland
Detroit
Thief scales roof to rob leather store
A burglar entered West Texas Leather Company at 608 Taylors by climbing a roof and entering through a rear window. Thief or thieves obtained about $12 in small change and exited into an adjacent vacant building. W. L. Ottinger reported the break in this morning and detective Dick Graham led the investigation.
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West Texas Leather Company
Taylors
W. L. Ottinger
Dick Graham
Detective Bureau
Leather Company
District criminal court officials begin month long vacation
District criminal court officials started a month long vacation after closing the April term last Saturday. The court will reconvene in late August with a three week term at Canyon before resuming here. Judge W BE Gee's district civil court remains busy until Thursday before taking a vacation due to the judge's absence for the state bar association meeting in San Antonio.
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District Criminal Court
Canyon
W. BE. Gee
District Civil Court
State Bar Association
San Antonio
Girl Flier Sets Speed Records in Atlantic Flight
Amelia Earhart, the transatlantic aviator, established a new international women's speed record by averaging 181.18 miles per hour over a three kilometer course. Earlier she set another mark at 174.9 mph over 100 kilometers, with observers from the National Aeronautic Association and the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
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Detroit
Amelia Earhart
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Loan Association Is Sued Here for $9 500
Amarillo Building and Loan Association sued in district civil court by J. S. Cunningham a local rancher and stockholder seeking 9500 plus interest and an injunction blocking a merger with Texas Plains Building and Loan Association He also requests an audit of the books asserting repeated requests for repayment have been denied and alleges numerous charges in a lengthy petition
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Amarillo Building and Loan Association
J. S. Cunningham
Cunningham
Texas Plains Building and Loan Association
Abandon Hope of Finding Graham
United Press reports in Los Angeles July 7 that all hope of locating Maury Graham, missing airmail pilot, is abandoned. Graham’s wrecked plane and its valuable cargo were found two weeks ago near Cedar City Utah, ending an organized search for the pilot or his body.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Maury Graham
Jemmy James
Western Air Express
Graham
Cedar City
Utah
Rightful medical procedure defies maternal plea
A 1930 court decision orders a necessary operation over a mother's protest, likening medical anesthesia to divine will. The piece recalls early clergy opposition to anesthesia and cites Genesis as justification. It notes a midwife and noblewoman who were executed for easing childbirth pain.
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Justice Hanson
England
Adam
Texas voters resist Sterling bond plan and governor bid
Senator Hardin denounces the 350 million dollar Ross Sterling bond platform as dangerous and criticizes a governor’s race purchase. He notes a backlash in Texas with Jim Ferguson and his wife losing enthusiasm while Amarillo grows rapidly. Reverend Goree begins a three week revival in Oklahoma after departing Wednesday.
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Ross Sterling
Hardin
Texas
Sterling
Jim Ferguson
Senate
Amarillo
W. W. Lynch
Air routes claim several pilots and passengers in crashes
Reports detail multiple fatal aviation accidents. Bert Kogle and Duane L. Heller, both Chicago residents, drowned when their Aquaplane cabin plunged into Lake Michigan near South Haven. Dick Dodds of Santa Ana, crewed by Martin Wilsha and John W. Gorman, perished in a Crescent Bay dive at Laguna Beach and Floyd Bennett Field fatalities involve a Floyd Bennett Field instructor.
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Chicago
Mackinac Island
Mich
Continental Airways, Inc
Bert Kogle
Duane L. Heller
Lake Michigan
South Haven
Dick Dodds
Santa Ana
Cal
Union Oil Co
Laguna Beach
Crescent Bay
Dodd
Martin Wilsha
John W. Gorman
Floyd Bennett Field
Barren Island
New York
Italy Challenges EU Security Foundations
Italy’s Fascist government argues that a European union must mirror League of Nations premises including armament limits, guarantees against aggression, and arbitration of disputes. The stance asserts security requires disarmament and a harmoniously developed system.
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European Union
League of Nations
Three Die In Auto Crash Near Here
A car carrying four men crashed into a tree near here yesterday killing W. R. King of Beaumont Texas E L Comer of Alto Texas and W L Berry of Mendenhall Mississippi The surviving Louis Campbell of Oklahoma suffered a fractured skull
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Oklahoma
Here
W. R. King
Beaumont
Tex
E. L. Comer
Alto
W. L. Berry
Mendenhall
Miss
Louis Campbell
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Life Of Changes And Spiritualist Faith
A portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed Sherlock Holmes creator, detailing his wartime writings, Slater case advocacy, knighted status, and later shift to spiritualism after World War I. The piece notes his influence, wealth, and public affection as a British figure.
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Oscar Slater
Sir Arthur
Glasgow
Slater
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle A Life in Letters and Faith
The article outlines Arthur Conan Doyle born Edinburgh May 22 1859 into a family of artists. It traces his creation of Sherlock Holmes 1887 and follow ups The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Return. It notes his Boer War service as a physician and his turn to spiritualism after 1914 including papers on survival of the dead and a 1924 shift to serious work.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Edinburgh
Charles Doyle
John Doyle
H. B
Punch
Richard Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur
Sherlock
Dickens
Sharpe
Holmes
Doyle
Brigadier Gerard
Sir Henry Irving
South Africa
Langmanfeld Hospital
Germany
William Hope
Crew
United States
Markets Kansas City Livestock Report July 7
Hogs 0 000 steady to strong top 9.80 for 170 240 lb. cattle 8 000 calves 1 000 light yearling steady others weak to 254 lower stockers scarce steers good 600 900 lb 9.25 11.50 900 1500 lb 9.26 12.00 cows good 6.25 8.26 vealers milk fed 5.50 9.50 stocker feeder steers 4.25 10.50 sheep 6 000 lambs 15 25 higher lambs good 9.0 9.8 ewes 2.0 0.36 higher
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Kansas City
Fort Worth
Chicago
Associated Press
Louis
Still a fisherman at heart and a poet at play
The piece recalls a lifelong fishing impulse revived by a boy and summer waters where bass of the past are remembered. The narrator, aged yet hopeful, describes casting lines by reedy patches and water lilies, hearing the old reel sing as a symbol of enduring passion despite time and duty.
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