Market summary from Fort Worth and Chicago livestock
Market notes from Fort Worth and Chicago report cattle hogs and sheep prices. Hogs reach high values around 9.75 with calves 1300 head. cattle and beef stock show varied declines and steady to weak trends. Chicago livestock data show top hogs 10.65, cattle demand softer for fed steers and yearlings, lambs around 14.60, and grain prices easing with wheat and corn shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORT_WORTRee OREM
Chicago
Associated Pres
Ventere
Butter and Eggs and Stocks Rise in Opening Trade
Chicago markets show butter and eggs mixed with prices at small gains and firmer creamery extras. In New York, stock prices opened higher led by Atchison New Haven and Baldwin with gains over a point in several rails and utilities. Foreign exchange opens firm with sterling near 4.86 and francs around 3.91 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Atchison
New Haven
Baldwin
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk and Southern
Kansas City Southern
Louisville and Nashville
Northern Prcific
Erie and Southern Railway
General Railway
Houston Is
General Asphalt
A. M. Byers
Amarillo Police Hold Alleged Jumper of Heavy Bond
Amarillo police are holding Tex Cavens awaiting information from New Mexico officers. Cavens is alleged to have jumped a heavy bond at Estancia or Los Lunas in 1924 while awaiting trial on a burglary charge. He was arrested yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tex" Cavens
New Mexico
Cavens
Estancia
Los Lunas
Sheriffa
Arcoue
Dows
Court OF Inquiry
Meyers-Connell and Morris
Meyers
Kiwanians Form Aid Committee for Lieut Gray Flight
The Kiwanis club names G Hill, John Gilvin, and Albert S Brown to assist Lieut Robert H Gray in his Amarillo to Hawaii flight plan. A closed club meeting is set for next Monday to discuss matters of vital importance to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Hill
John Gilvin
Albert S. Brown
Kiwanis Club
Robert H. Gray
Amarillo
Hawaii
Two Oil Men Die in Highway Crash Near Laredo
A. C. Dauchy of Laredo and James Marshall of San Antonio were killed when a touring car overturned on the San Antonio highway near Encinas, thirty nine miles from Laredo. E. L. Maddox escaped with minor injuries while taking a party of farmers to Encinal to view land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Laredo
A. C. Dauchy
James Marshall
San Antonio
Encinas
E. L. Maddox
Maddox
C. C. Maddox
Marshall
Danchy
Encinal
Dauchy- Maddox Oil Company
Texans Registered at Waldorf Astoria in New York
In New York on July 13 guests include Mr and Mrs W H Fuqua and Miss Lena Kuykendall from Amarillo and Mr and Mrs Walter D Cline from Wichita Falls among Texans present at the Waldorf Astoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
W. H. Fuqua
Lena Kuykendall
Amarillo
Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
Amarillo Edgy Opinions Mix Law, Police and Morals
The writer laments police beatings of a lawyer and laments biased justice and past attorney privileges. He mocks due process delays, jokes about a race with police, and reflects on family morality with Biblical quotes and a farewell blessing.
Amarillo laborer asks Tack about housing and out-of-town workers
A letter from a longtime Amarillo resident details escalating housing costs and vacant local labor, blaming three city bodies and out-of-town contractors for job competition. He cites 75 percent of carpenters as outsiders, says many workers have families elsewhere, and urges local press action to address unfair conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
O. K
Bath
Nammely
Chamber of Commerce
Board of City Development
Wichita
Kansas
Dallas
Denver
Tack
Letter to Robert Blake Inspires with Faith in 1927 Amarillo
A 1927 Amarillo letter to Robert Blake praises his spirit and cites Psalms of David. The writer urges a victorious, Christ centered outlook, notes Satan’s trials, and recalls a mother who valued prison visits as a sign of grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
David
Mr. Blake
Christ
God
Satan
Hell
Death
St. John
Amarillo Letters Show Court, Subway and City Clash
Citizens discuss the Meyers Connell Morris inquiry delay, police conduct, and city planning. Letters praise Judge Sam Morrow while critiquing Judge Lindsay, urge action, and argue subway routing, street crossings, and North Buchanan feasibility over North Fillmore.
Much obliged Tack in Potter County Jail Letter
In a July 16 1927 jail letter inmates of Sheriff Wiley Pollard praise Tack for sending papers. They joke about an earlier shelling incident by a jailer named Hoot Minter and note the papers shorten long hours in the steel tanks while reflecting on outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dennis
Potter County Jail
Old Tank
Globe and News
Old Tack
Old Jack
Tack
Potter County
Wiley Pollard
Minter
Hoot
O. K
Let the World Know About It Amarillo Texas 1927
Editorial urges widespread dissemination of Panhandle agricultural growth data from 1920 to 1925. Argues Amarillo’s slump myth is false and stresses farming dairying and poultry progress as key to regional prosperity. Endorsed by Ernest C. Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
News-Globe
Texas
Ernest C. Thompson
Life and Love and Tears in Edgar A. Guest Poem
A 1927 poem by Edgar A. Guest reflects on life presenting love joy tears and grief to all. It emphasizes that wealth and fame fade while love endures and friends steady life through pain. The verse celebrates friendship faith and enduring support as essential gifts in living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith
Edgar A. Guest
Subway plan changes traffic safety on Amarillo streets
A reader argues against placing a subway on North Fillmore to avoid crossing busy Polk Street and North Buchanan. They claim a North Buchanan subway offers safer, signal-controlled access, lower costs, and less property damage than a viaduct, urging a citywide, low-cost solution benefiting east-side residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Amarillo
City Hall
South Side
North Fillmore
Fillmore
Buchanan East
Fort Worth
Rock Island
Harris
North Buchanan
North Buchanan Street
North Third
Ridgemere
North East Panhandle Highway
Denver
North
Fillmore Street
Buchanan Street
Polk Street
Amarillo
Filmore
Buchanan
San Jaginto
West Seventh Street
Services to Be Held Today for Mrs Chasteen
Funeral services were held at 3 o clock this afternoon for Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Chasteen 79 died at the home of her daughter Mrs E J Ware 1302 North Polk street She is survived by five sons and three daughters D C E John W N A of Amarillo J H Chasteen of Shawnee Oklahoma Mrs W M Elwell Mrs A J Ware of Amarillo and Mrs Ellen Patterson of Dexter Texas Burial in Liand cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Elizabeth Chasteen
E. J. Ware
North Polk Street
J. Ware
Amarillo
Ellen Patterson
Dexter
Texas
Butiak
Liand ‘Cemetery
Rebekah Lodge Special Meeting Tonight
Rebekah Lodge schedules a special meeting tonight with all members urged to attend. Sister Ada Ramsey of the Rebekah Assembly will attend and visitors are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Ada Ramsey
The
Rebekah Assembly
Flyers Parade in New York Honors Courageous Airmail Pioneers
The Macom fliers arrived amid a paper snowstorm as crowds gathered in lower Manhattan. Police struggled to maintain order for the Battery to City Hall procession in drizzle and rain. Commander Byrd spoke after medals were awarded for valor to the pilots and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham McNamee
National Broadcasting Company
New York
Manhattan
Battery
City Hall
McNamee
Byri
Financial District
Byrd
Old Tack's Program For a Bigger, Better Amarillo
Public plan outlines lower rates for newspapers water gas and electricity with aims to improve parks, sewers, and streets. Proposes municipal golf course viaducts new bus routes and stricter signal enforcement. Calls for industrial growth and fair treatment of workers and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Tack
Amarillo
Divine Lake
North Amarifie
Feres
San Jacinto
Family Night at Sant Jacinto Revival Meet
Tonight at the Sant Jacinto revival under Evangelist Arden P Blaylock a big tent service at Sixth and Carolina avenues invites Amarillo families and friends to attend. A prize will be awarded to the largest family present and the sermon will be Heaven and Home. An arranged quartet under George Reynolds will provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sant Jacinto
Arden P
Blaylock
Sixth
Carolina Avenues
George Reynolds
A. Cordial
Amarillo
Two Arraigned on Narcotic Charges
John Klantehnek and Albert Bond of Hutchinson county were arraigned before U S Commissioner Jewell Seales on Harrison anti narcotic act violations. Bond was held at $1000 in each case. They were arrested by the narcotic agents for this territory. They are accused of unlawful possession of cocaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Klantehnek
Albert Bond
Hutchinson County
U. S
Jewell Seales
Bond
Marines at Ocotal claim brief truce and fight
The report details a sixty minute truce request by Marines at Ocotal, Major Hatfield’s reply limiting the truce to the visible bearer of the white flag, and a cleanup of snipers as Ocotal remains a rebel center with arms hidden at homes. Sandino forces flee northeast as General Mariana falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocotal
Hatfield
Sandino
Bruce
Qcotal
Jose Maria Paguaga
Ramirez Abuanza
Mariana
Feland
Rowell
San Fernando
Majo Hatfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago Crain
I’ Revs
Lowe
Inter
Kansas City
Virginia Barre
Irth
Orm Carolan Barre
Missouri
James BE. Bennett & Co
Orleans
Lieut
Gray
Mamma
Peter
Mark
Acts
Ezek
Cal
Matt
Isa
Luke
Tim
Golgotha
Tace
O. W
Robert Blake
Blake
Amarilla
Ben Lindsay
Sam Morrow
United States
Lindsay
Motlow
B. W. Stratton
Heat
Chasteen
Rebekah ‘Lodge
Meet Here
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!