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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1928
Page
2
Geo. W. M. Nutting writes from Amarillo praising the town’s recovery after a boom, noting improved business sentiment, water bills, and plans for new projects while inviting letters from readers and promising to publish community concerns. He mentions trips to Colorado and Canadian prairie chicken hunting and reflects on local amenities and civic life.
A letter from Kernel Erasmus Tack of Amarillo Texas questions whether Morris Gulledge deserves the Carnegie Medal for saving a girl at a gravel pit swimming hole, referencing a Globe news item about the heroic act and asking for consideration.
Readers urge residents to stop tossing advertising cards and dodgers onto streets and lawns. A letter recounts widespread litter from revival notices and argues for responsible disposal and city cleanliness by all ages.
Opal Phillips 18 wife of George Phillips remained alive in St Anthony's Hospital at noon with critical injuries from a 38 caliber gunshot to the left breast and right shoulder. Husband and Miss Grace Davis report the incident occurred when she playfully aimed and pulled the trigger as he tried to intervene.
The Alice Landergin school in the Eakle addition will open for public inspection August 1, with sidewalks nearly finished and plumbing and electrical fixtures being installed. Landscape work on both schools will begin this fall under city beautification plans.
C. B. Johnson comments on Amarillo pride in a brief item, highlighting local sentiment and civic spirit. The note emphasizes community identity and a positive outlook for the city.
All citizens who paid poll taxes elsewhere and have resided in Potter County six months and in the state 12 months must register on the qualified voters list at the county tax collector’s office by Tuesday July 24. Applicants must show poll tax receipt or exemption certificate or file an affidavit of loss, stating where taxes were paid.
J. D. Tucker owner of the Nat Dance palace escaped serious harm when his Nash sedan overturned four times on Seventh Street near the Northwest Texas hospital. The wrecked car and a slippery paving dip are blamed for the crash.
Hogs at Kansas City total 9 000 with top at 10 85 and medium to choice 10 15 to 10 85. Cattle calves and sheep listings show steady prices across categories including steers heifers and cows with various regional figures. East St Louis market reports hogs 9 500 higher up to 11 40 and cattle including native and western steers with values around 14 85 to 15 85 and vealers and cows in the 8 to 11 dollar range.
Hogs 32 000 head slow top 11 80 butchers medium to choice 10 15 11 10. Cattle 14 000 calves 3 000 slow steers good and choice 14 00 16 85 common medium 8 75 14 25 fed yearlings 14 25 16 75 heifers good choice 14 75 16 60 cows good choice 9 75 12 69 common medium 7 50 9 75 bulls good choice beef 9 40 10 75 Sheep 13 000 slow lambs good and
Kansas City cash grain reports list Wheat No 2 hard at 1.13 to 1.82 with No 2 red at 1.31 to 1.37 and July 1.17. Corn prices No 2 white and yellow around 0.95 to 1.01 with July and September futures quoted. Liverpool spot cotton shows fair demand with middling around 11.70 to 11.96 and futures steady. sales and receipts noted, with July to May futures listed.
West Texas rain relief spurs an early cotton drop with first trades down 14 to 17 points and October around 20.08 at New Orleans. Prices fluctuated through the morning as western weather and later rain reports influenced demand and led to brief recoveries before renewed selling.
Edgar A Guest reflects on personal creed shaping character and deeds. He urges for kindness truth and clean actions as universal signs of a good soul regardless of form.
New York stocks started trading in tight, irregular ranges as Kroger Stores jumped over 2 points to a fresh high near 1007, while Fox Film and Kennecott edged up slightly. Radio Sears Roebuck and others opened lower. selling pressure pushed Freeport Texas to a new low around 55 as many issues drifted with little fresh news.
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