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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1926
Page
7
At the theatres a mix of entertainment features bids crowds with Langdon's Tramp Tramp Tramp hailed as a scream and The Ace of Clubs with Hoerwie, plus Galloping Hoofs serials, The Mission and Rest Per Heaven melodrama starring Rath Miller. Liberty presents The Mollycoddle with Douglas Pairbanke in a lively, thrilling film.
Screen and Spotlight notes Harry Langdon the quiet comic of First National who has finished his feature length comedy Tramp Tramp Tramp. The film stars Joan Crawford Edwards Davis Carlton Griffin and Tom Murray with Harry Edwards directing. Opens today at the Fair.
Patsy Ruth Miller stars in Hell Bent For Heaven adapted from Hatcher Hughes play. John Harron Gardner James Gayne Whit man James Marcus Evelyn Selbie and Wilfred North appear in the cast. Opens at the Mission today with other features at Liberty and DeaInda theatres. Hollywood notes Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor referenced.
W. M. McGough state highway traffic officer under Potter county commissioners issued a last warning to license violators. Over 260 plates on record as exceeded and fine is 12.75 dollars plus purchase of a Texas plate. Visitors may have 30 days and must obtain a visitor license if staying longer. trucks are liable when brought into the state.
Anita Loos, author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, notes screen readers seek character over beauty. She outlines ideal traits for female stars: large eyes, perfect teeth, small mouth, straight nose, flawless skin. hair less crucial. For men: large head, rugged features, deep-set eyes, strong chin, jutting forehead, prominent nose, high cheekbones.
He cannot bring Estelle along to his fight camp in Colorado due to her film schedule. As consolation, he borrows Fox features starring Estelle and a projection setup to screen between practice bouts at the camp.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Amarillo Grain and barley with unclear terms and many misspellings. No coherent facts, dates, or names emerge beyond the broad reference to grain and placeholders.
Kansas City market notes cattle and calves around 11 000 head with strong demand for light weights. Top prices include light weight steers and yearlings near 9 55 to 9 75, veals up to 10 50, stockers steady, bulk weights around 96 00 to 13 50, and hogs receiving variable demand with best weights up to 14 35. Distinct entities include Oklahoma Texas packers and native buyers in Kansas City market activity.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses livestock pricing and show tests around four dollars. Several garbled phrases and missing context prevent clear details about animals, dates, or participants.
A jail blast causes mass panic near the facility with guards armed and police on alert. Fernekes, a prisoner linked to five slayings and a known dynamiter, is under intense questioning after a bomb incident inside the bombed chamber. Police report hidden dynamite materials found in his cell and question whether the blast was smuggled in during Sunday visits.
Funeral services for George W. Rainey 79 were held at 2 30 yesterday afternoon at Griges Funeral chapel with Rev G L Yates officiating. Burial followed in Llancetery. Rainey lived in Amarillo and Miami and for 15 years was a construction foreman for the McKnight company.
Large crowd of about four thousand watched John P. Dean of 210 North Fillmore Street receive a new Ford touring car. Dean’s short story on the Ridgemere Addition was judged best among hundreds submitted, drawing loud cheers when announced as the winner.
Kansas City grain prices July 19 show Wheat No 2 hard at 1.2967 with No 2 red 1.426. Corn No 2 white 1.441.86, No 2 yellow 1.6866, Oats No 2 white 0.4445, No 3 white 0.44. Market details reflect morning trading levels for KC futures.
Chicago cash grain quotes show No 2 yellow corn at 53 1/2 to 54 and No 2 oats at 23 1/2 to 24 1/4 with No 1 hard winter near 149 to 150 per bushel and No 2 white oats around 44.
Mary Florence Olver Brown wife of William H. Brown died Sunday at the family home 1406 Menroe Amarillo after months of illness. Born in Truro Cornwall England May 24 1860 she leaves sons Alfred Co Brown Meadow SD Albert W Brown Dumas and daughter Mrs Cornelia Florence Zimmer Stratford They were with her at death She was active in St Andrews Episcopal church and once associated with Queen’s court life in England Funeral Tuesday at 3 pm at St Andrews Church conducted by Rev Frank B Eteson with pallbearers A Taylor Harold V Knupp E A Baget J M Oakes Jean Lowndes and J O Gulerie Interment in Liano cemetery by N S Griggs and Sons
The body of Thomas Edward Robinson six month old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Robinson was sent Sunday afternoon to Peru Nebraska by N Griggs and Sons funeral directors. The baby died at the family home on West Sixth Street Saturday morning. He is survived by his parents two brothers and two sisters.
The governor described acting in a ministerial role as former Governor Ferguson pressed about signing minutes. Hatcher refused to sign until his recommendation was added. The board minutes note a 12 cent tax reduction on 83 percent of ad valorem taxes, with 1926-27 funds and balances totaling 2,237,216.80 to be raised by property taxes.
A fragmented page notes Jim Ferguson railing against evolutionists as dangerous to the country while defending creation beliefs. The tirade blends religious imagery with political rhetoric and amid scattered dialogue and names.
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