13 Jul 1926
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1926
Page
1
The passage notes ten Detroit high school youths selling sandwiches and soap save $600 each annually and plan to travel abroad. It contrasts this with past wages, highlighting broader economic gains and rising living standards across the United States.
A bootlegger told investigators he used portions of his own rum recipe in illicit batches. Authorities say the claim centers on a raid at a liquor house where illegal spirits were produced. Federal agents continue to review evidence and potential charges.
Fragmentary text provides no clear location or time. It lacks measurable conditions or forecast components.
Potter county's total assessed value rose to 24,970,385 for 1926 from 20,644,188 in 1925, a rise over 20 percent. Tax Assessor Will M. Benton filed the annual report with the state comptroller, estimating total property value at 31,265,765, with real estate gains centered in Amarillo area and oil boom effects less pronounced. Benton expects a larger 1927 assessment.
Residents in the Canadian river bottom faced a sudden rise after 2.22 inches of rain, with the river overflowing in lowlands. Several houses were in danger as city firemen prepared to remove debris from bridges and power outages affected multiple sections of the state due to lightning, wind, and water.
New York July 15 officials of the Inter borough Rapid Transit company report a revenue loss in the first week of the subway strike. The loss totals $239,399 after comparing past week revenue to the same period in a prior year.
A burglar attempting to chloroform Mr and Mrs W H Dockray at 1105 Fillmore pried the front door. Mrs Dockray woke, fired a pistol, and both fired again as the thief fled. The safe held several hundred dollars but nothing is known to have been taken. Police searched but found no trace.
Railroad officials report empty cars returning from the gulf coast and other points where wheat trains ran two weeks ago. Harvesting resumes after rain, and much wheat is piled at railroad stations, but the promise of enough cars should last only a few days.
Reports claim Lone Star Gas plans a 180 mile Wheeler county line with extensions to Dallas and Houston and a Denver corridor. Dallas manager R A Crawford says no action approved though a $6.5 million building program exists. Denver backed line and Kansas City Gas company rumors add to speculation.
Officials report 8,000 cars were assembled for the harvest opening and all but 900 have been loaded out. About 100 cars per day are shipped through Amarillo as part of the ongoing flow led by Santa Fe.
At the Amarillo hotel semi monthly chamber luncheon secretary C C Goodwin announced no guarantors would be called for underwriting pledges to the West Texas chamber convention. The fair exposition would open without bonds or contributions.
Amarillo residents celebrate a major building boom as skyscrapers rise. One citizen protests from an office in the Amarillo building. the sound of a concrete mixer on the second unit unsettles him as Col. Ernest Thompson jokes about suppressors.
The Kansas City Star and The Times will be sold for 11 million dollars to Irwin Kirkwood and associates, preserving control with the editor and Nelson heirs. Proceeds fund a Nelson art trust as part of the estate assets totaling about 20 million. The deal covers real estate, liabilities, and pending libel suits with structured payments.
damaged OCR text reports a tornado event near Weatherford with mentions of high winds and destruction across parts of the county. no clear victim or official statements are legible. readable fragments indicate severe weather and widespread damage.
Fragmentary text indicates Cal Coolidge will not take part in a political drive. No clear date or location is readable. Further specifics are not available in the readable OCR.
Linton Wells and Edward S. Evans land at North Platte Nebraska at 11 51 a m Central time completing a leg toward New York in a round world dash. They began June 16 in New York and aim to finish within twenty eight days, challenging the 1913 record of John Henry Mears.
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