President Coolidge Fishs for Thought as Farmers Divide
A jumbled passage discusses President Coolidge vacationing to fish a lake rumored fishless, with note that if he fishes he may catch fish and think hard about wheat and cotton farmers North and South. It touches on divorce cases, Mussolini remarks, and Prohibition funding while referencing Laemmle, rail travel, and ancient Judea. The mix includes weathered news items and literary quirks.
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President Coolidge
Congress
Mediterranean
Healy
Veret
Committee 10 fixes amounts on Amarillo rail aid plan
Preliminary plans to raise 75000 for a Rock Island railroad right of way from Amarillo to Liberal were set at a finance committee meeting. Plans include bank underwrite to start track laying Monday and a donor list targeting 230 contributors.
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Rock Island
Amarillo
Liberal
Do. A. Morse
Walter Barlow
Great West Mill
Frank Kell
Wichita Falls
Amarillo Mill
Col. C. T. Herring
Mr. Herring
Lee Bivins
W. H. Fuqua
R. B
Colonel Herring
Martin Jarett
Polk Street
R. L. Wright
Taylor Street
Ed Hardin
Wedding Groom Missing Sparks Citywide Search
Frantic bride awaits as friends search jails and streets for the groom to be before the wedding. Authorities say the case tests local customs and law as the Underwriter rum running dispute highlights American jurisdiction beyond twelve miles.
Ten Story Medical Arts Building Planned at Polk and Eighth
Amarillo plans a ten story Medical Arts office building to cost about 1 million dollars at the Polk Avenue and Eighth Street corner. Charles Fisk will erect it, with Louis J. Haini of Dallas financing. completion expected by March 1. The project is designed for professional use and the architect is Guy Carlander. Amarillo doctors and dentists approved the plan.
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Medical Arts
Eighth and Polk
Charles Fisk
Louis J. Haiini
Dallas
Dentists
Amarillo
Guy Carlander
Fisk
Amarillo Bank and Trust Company
Hainni
Fort Worth Medical Arts
San Antonio Medical Arts
Baker Hotel of
Charlie Fisk
Eighth and
Polk Streets
Polks Streets
Boston Tea Party Seizure Tops $1 Million in Liquor
Customs officers valued the alcohol seized aboard the steamer Cretan at over $1,000,000, the largest contraband haul in Boston harbor history. More than 80,000 gallons had been unloaded by noon with roughly the same amount still in the hold.
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Associated Press
Boston
Melhorn Sets Fast Pace in Golf Meet
Melhorn of Chicago posted a record first nine at Scioto Country Club in Columbus in the opening round of the national open golf championship. His pace was rapid, though the final nine slowed, leaving observers to compare scores with the fast start.
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Melhorn
Associated Press
Columbus
el Mehlhorn
Chicago
Scioto Country Club
Chris E. Kiser Dies in India of Cholera
Chris E. Kiser, former manager of the J. J. Case company Amarillo branch, died of cholera in Singapore India Wednesday. Mrs Kiser visited Amarillo recently and is now in Hot Springs New Mexico. He left Amarillo in 1924 to lead Case operations in India and had planned a return to Amarillo this year. Kiser was linked to the early Boy Scout movement in Amarillo and served in local clubs.
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Chris E. Kiser
J. J. Case Company
Singapore
India
Kiser
Amarillo
Hot Springs
New Mexico
Case
Chris Kiser
Boy Scout Movement
Rotary Club
Local Ledger Snippet Hums About Debtors and Agents
Fragmentary notice records EK Hubbard and J W denbias with mentions of Steinway and Beas Meate. Names and terms are garbled. no clear dates or actions are visible.
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EK. P. Hubbard
Steinway
J. W. Denbias
Wild Hold Up Ride Ends With Gunshot Embroiled Scene
A chaotic street hold up unfolds as a sedan is riddled with a shot during a wild chase. Onlookers describe a tense confrontation as identities and exact locations remain unclear amid the fray.
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Negro Riddles
Lightning strikes radio. woman and two grandchildren escape
Mrs. D. J. Addison and her two young grandchildren narrowly escaped serious injury when lightning struck and destroyed a radio receiving set at K. F. Addison's home in Abilene. The bolt shocked all three, shattered the radio cabinet, scorched walls, and temporarily affected Mrs. Addison's hearing.
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Associated Press
Abilene
D. J. Addison
K. F. Addison
Power workers to walk out in New York too
Interborough Rapid Transit power house employees plan to join the strike. A spokesman said the action will take place by Friday midnight, authorized by a delegation of the general committee of the Interborough Brotherhood.
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N. Y
New York
Power House
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Lavin
Eteikers
Interborough Brotherhood
Moody Into Texas Dormitory Affair
A murky local item from Texas centers on a campus dormitory incident involving regents and administrators. The report hints at disciplinary actions and an investigation into campus housing turmoil with unclear details and several misread names.
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Moody
Texas
McMan Company Buys Coon Ranch Royalty
McMan Company acquires a royalty on the Coon Ranch, adding an asset to its portfolio. The brief note confirms the purchase and cites the involved parties, with no further details on price or terms.
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McMan Company
Coon Ranch Royalty
Man Found With Ties Near River After Attack
William Deckert, a former German army aviator and local farmer, was found unconscious with hands and feet bound to a log drift along the Missouri river inland district near Decatur, Missouri. Authorities investigate disputes with nearby residents over land rights as a possible motive.
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Decatur
Missouri River
William Deckert
Teldetewam
Wedeerday
Cheapitel
Tee Tewne
Sieewreted
Het der
Man Held in Jail Wanted by Oklahoma Authorities
L. P. Perkins, jailed in Potter County awaiting appeal on a four year liquor sentence, is wanted for murder in Wewoka Oklahoma. Deputies report Perkins has prior liquor arrests and bonds posted, with a Seminole County deputy to extradite him to Oklahoma. Perkins is held on a $5,000 bond and linked to associate Roark known as Red Dunn, later jailed for life for murder in France.
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L. P. Perkins
Potter County
Wewoka
Oklahoma
Wiley Pollard
Perkins
Kelly Richards
Seminole County
Pollard
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Red” Dunn
Roark
Dunn
Leavenworth
France
Praise for prosecutor in Laredo death case rewards
District Attorney John A. Walls received nine reward envelopes totaling 1100 for officers and citizens who helped arrest and convict Herminio Garza Williams and Cruz Martinez, executed June 12 for the murder of Sterling Huntley, a Pittsburgh geologist. Walls declined a reward. rewards funded by two individual donors and corporations.
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Associated Press
Laredo
John A. Walls
Herminio Garza Williams
Cruz Martinez
Sterling Huntley
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Walls
Ell
Fights Operation Fraud Accusation In Ouachita County
Merton charged with obtaining money by force pretenses and larceny in a case involving an eye operation on Mr OG. KR Mearphy fled after information was filed. Morphy of Oeckie county faces related charges as the case proceeds before Geverser Dergeree.
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Presaustin Japeek
Merton
Mr. OG
KR Mearphy
Ouachita County
Arkansas
Geverser Dergeree
Ty Morphy
Oeckie Eoerty
Genet Marte
Foots
Morphy
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