Airship Future Promises Fleet Growth and Prohibition Debate
A mishmash of Octavia era notes discusses a new airship vision with a German engineer and a counter propeller for naval use, calling for rapid production. It criticizes borrowing from France and US policy on postwar debt, questions air travel limits, and mentions Col Ned Green’s suspension amid prohibition debates. It ends with a Pearl Harbor lightning risk complaint and achaic political caricature.
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Arthur Brichane
Pearl Harbor
Casylight
Ster
Wagner
Fragmented Weather Note with Missing Details
A damaged weather fragment from an old paper shows garbled text and stray letters. no usable forecast or location can be determined from the readable portions.
Texas Voters Groggy After Monday Events
Texas voters faced confusion after rapid post primary developments. Gov. Miriam A Ferguson, defeated in the runoff, urged a special legislative session to validate 100,000,900 in district bond readings struck down by a Supreme Court test ruling. She also said she would resign as governor after adjournment, possibly by November 1. The session may address bond issues, investigations, and recess appointments including highway commissioners.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
U. S. Supreme Court
Ferguson
Dan Moody
Highway Commission
Russian Attacks U S Statue With Hammer in Paris
A Russian named Garomenko armed with a hammer smashed the statue in the Place des Etats Unis honoring American volunteers with French forces in 1914. He was arrested. The item ends noting an Amarillo coffee shop advertisement fragment.
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U. S
Paris
Associated Press
Garomenko
Place Des Etates Unis
Garamenkoe
Prairie Will Follow Gulf by Drilling in City Front Yard
A set of early 20th century items reports Gulf coast energy plans as prairie drilling in a city yard is proposed while hurricane news, religious tension in Mexico, and Catholic mass observances unfold. The gulf drilling note sits amid storm updates, ship reports, and Mexico's religious crackdown ahead of new law taking effect.
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Prairie
Gulf
City
Coolidge Defends Americans Abroad From Criticism
President Coolidge says Americans abroad will make allowances for conditions in foreign countries they visit and will refrain from unwarranted criticism or recriminations. The note appears in a July dispatch with references to Piatos and names like J. W Jenkins and Lone Mawr Co.
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Shylock
Europe
America
Swiries
Coolidge
K.P. Wubbard
Steinway
J. W Jenkins
Lone Mawr Co
Prairie Oil to Drill Test Well Northwest of Amarillo
Prairie Oil and Gas plans a test well twelve miles northwest of Amarillo in Potter County on the Fuqua land, Section 4 Block JAD. The Fuqua No. 1 well will be drilled as soon as arrangements and materials are ready. Gulf Oil’s Bush land well nearby remains at about 750 feet with casing issues in quicksand.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Block Jad
Fuqua
Gulf
Dempsey Tunney Title Fight Planned for Yankee Stadium
New York July 27 The State Athletic Commission approved by a 2 to 1 vote the staging of the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight championship at Yankee Stadium on September 16.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
New York
Miami
Gulf Refining Company
J. M. Guffey
Port Arthur
Texas
State Athletic Commission
Yankee Stadium
Skelly Boots Up Radio Broadcast Near Borger Field
Skelly Oil installs a 460 meter wavelength 1000 watt radio station near Phillips townsite to receive market reports and issue urgent orders. Mails are slow. evenings will feature broadcasts of concerts with plans to hire entertainers and an orchestra for oil field workers.
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Borger
Skelly Oil Company
Phillips
Skelly
Two Pistols Found After Chipps Slaying In Fort Worth
Fort Worth July 27 Two pistols a revolver and an automatic were found by officers at the scene after D B Chipps was fatally wounded by Rev Frank Norris. Nine witnesses testified this morning in the grand jury room. Officials declined to explain the pistol finding or its location. J J Mickle church public relations director was the last witness.
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Tne Associated Arena
Fort Worth
D. BE. Chipps
Frank Norris
Grand Jury
Chippe
J. J. Mickle
School bond issue eyed by board to fund high school expansion
The board plans to set a date tonight for a 250000 dollar bond issue to finish the senior high school and build a four room north Barnes Highlands building for students north of the city. The plan includes auditorium gymnasium cafeteria and new classrooms as part of a 500000 dollar project. New teacher appointments and a one room East Amarillo school addition contract are also on the agenda.
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Barnes Highlands
North Amarillo
W. A. McIntosh
East Amarillo
Municipal Band Rehearsal At City Hall Auditorium
Thirty five band members attended the rehearsal in the city hall auditorium. Director W. Wiley said the group is highly enthusiastic about perfecting the organization. Visiting musicians are invited to the regular meeting held on Monday and Thursday nights.
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Wiley
Divorce Granted in Philadelphia Court
It became known today that a divorce was granted in Philadelphia to Virginia Blair Thornton from her husband Henry W. Thornton, president of the Grand National Railways.
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Philadelphia
Philadetnnia Courte
Virginia Blair Thornton
Henry W. Thornton
Eradan National Railways
Moody poised to be Texas governor nominee after Ferguson withdrawal
Dallas July 27 Texas experts say Attorney General Dan Moody will win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination even without a majority. Ferguson's withdrawal from a runoff leaves Moody unopposed, with official returns showing Moody ahead but short of a majority by about 3,336 in a 758,005 vote total. The state executive committee meets August 9 to canvass and certify the results.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Dan Moody
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Moody
O. B Colquitt
Texas Election Bureau
State Executive Committee
Colquitt
Ferguson
Davidson
Election Bureau of Returns
Johnston
Wilmans
Zimmerman
Poincare Wins Confidence Vote For New Cabinet
Paris July 27 Premier Poincare's new government secured a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies after a ministerial policy reading. The debate centered on adjourning interpellations until the financial bill is discussed. The result was 147 for the government and 180 against.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
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