City approves nine mile storm sewer project
The Amarillo city commission let a contract for nearly nine miles of storm sewer to drain most areas east of Fifteenth Street between the Santa Fe and Rock Island tracks. The plan includes multiple block lines on Grant Lincoln Second Jackson Sixth Eighth Eleventh Harrison and other streets feeding into the main lines and old outlet plus Rock Island right of way.
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City Commission
Fifteenth Street
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Grant
Fifth
Tenth Streets
Lincoln
Seventh
Second Street
Second
Madison
Amarillo
Jackson
Thirteenth
Sixth Street
Fillmore
Harrison and
Eighth Street
Jackson Street
Eighth
Eleventh Street
Sixth
Second and
Ninth
Taylor Streets
Old Town
San Jacinto Heights
Eighth Streets
Wounded Pampa Man Bound for Shreveport Hospital
L. L. Foster traveled through Amarillo on his way to Shreveport Louisiana to undergo an operation after being stabbed several times in a Pampa rooming house. Five wounds penetrated his lungs forming clots and the oilfield worker has been hospitalized for three weeks.
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L. L. Foster
Amarillo
Shreveport
Louisiana
Foster
25 Arrested in Soviet Spying Investigation
Moscow July 11 25 persons arrested at Leningrad announced by Tass in a report on a large spying organization said to be directed by a British agent. The group allegedly seeks details of the Red Army chemical resources and includes former naval and military officers.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Leningrad
Tass
Secret Service
Red Army
Daily Retail Market Survey: fruit and meat prices mixed
Market survey notes cloudy fruit and vegetable days with some price drops. Wax beans 10 cents per pound. tomatoes up to 15 cents at most places. potatoes 4 1 2 cents. okra down 2 cents. roasting ears 7 1 2 cents. grapes 30 cents per 4 pounds. apricots 15 to 20 cents a dozen. tongue 25 cents per pound. hearts 15 cents. brains 25 cents. liver 20 cents. eggs and poultry unchanged. fish varieties available at usual prices.
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California
Pony Express Line Revived For President Coolidge
A Modern Pony Express relays inv its invitation to President Coolidge to visit Wyoming for Frontier Days or Yellowstone. Butch Bell starts from Cheyenne on Frank Emerson, with 27 riders along a 3800 mile route expected at the summer White House by tomorrow. The relay includes riders Francis E. Warren and others with horses named Emerson Roosevelt Norris Howell and Calvin Coolidge.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Rapid City
S. D
Pony Express
President Coolidge
Omaha
Pacific Coast
Butch Bell
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Frank Emerson
White House
Emerson
Yellowstone Park
Pony Chain
Francis E. Warren
Warren
Teddy Roosevelt
Norris and
Howell
Calvin Coolidge
Dakota Clyde Jones
Belle Fourche
Forestry Service
Game Lodge
Jones
Coolidge
Washington
Former Day officials pen accounts on prohibition experiences
Ex federal enforcers General Lincoln Andrews Major Walton Green and Col James C Waddell prepare books and articles to reveal behind the scenes enforcing the Volstead act. Green and Andrews promise sensational statements while Waddell outlines liquor diversions and brewery closures. About 100 radio stations are noted as broadcasting in the United States.
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General Lincoln
Andrews
Secretary of the Treasury
Walton Green
Dry “Secretary Service
Col
James C. Waddell
Alcohol and Brewery Inspection Service
Green
General Andrews
Waddell
United States
Liberty
Taxiplanes Cut Rates for British Air Taxis
In Brooklands England July 11 the Associated Press reports two seater taxiplanes cost a shilling per mile, matching the cheapest taxi cab. Lieut Colonel G P Henderson runs an air taxi garage and pilots may fly their own planes at the same rate. Earlier in 1920 air taxis used converted wartime aircraft at five shillings per mile.
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Associated Press
Brooklands
Eng
G. P. Henderson
Flashes of Life From Coast to Coast News
A string of brief items reports quirky incidents from across the U S. In Chicago brief notes mention trout diets and national figures. Florida stories recount a fisherman rescuing his son and a dog in a maritime incident. New Jersey notes a cat curfew push. Washington announces a propeller reversing device and a new U S air battleship with heavy armament and bomb capacity.
Stain Circles and Cleaning Steps
Instruction outlines how to prevent circles around cleansed spots by covering the stain with French chalk, then placing a towel over and under the fabric and applying clean ser while rubbing with the grain of the material.
Easy Street Found Hidden in Pittsfield Village
Portland report notes Easy Street located in the small village of Pittsfield Somerset county revealing a sparsely inhabited lane with only a few residents.
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Portland
Pittsfield
Somerset County
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Onte Squire
Pony Express Line
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International News Service
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Roy
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J. W. Clifton
J.L. Summers
Chicago
New Mexico
Ruskin
Fla
Daniel Holloway
Horace
Little
Manatee River
Ferandina
Prince
Walker
Perry
N. Y
Garhead Kennel Club
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Lindy
Spirit
St. Louis
Mitchell Field
Uncle Sam
Ordway-Saunders CO
E. Sixth St
Polk Street
U.S. Auto Supply Co
West 6Th Street
Rember
Earth
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Memphis
Rock Island Station
H. W. Clutter City
IsTirend Island
Polk ST
Dallas
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