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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
6
In a Thursday market roundup cattle calves and hogs move variedly across Wichita Fort Worth Oklahoma City and Chicago with prices mixed. Feeder cattle and veal show stable or slightly higher values while hogs trade lower with top around 12.06 dollars. Sheep and lambs hold modest gains or steady bids as mixed lots of feeders and yearlings appear across regions.
Local market notes list Leghorn hens and turkeys for sale with prices and stock varieties. Buyers are advised to check availability and prices, including eggs and butter stock at the market.
Grain and livestock prices and futures notes across wheat corn oats and barley with regional prices from Amarillo New Orleans and Chicago. Mentions July September contracts and price shifts plus related cotton and financial quotes from the period.
Special to Tha Globe notes McLean and Wheeler area merchants boosting West Texas Chamber of Commerce membership with positive outlook for Panhandle agriculture. McLean, Shamrock and Wheeler report strong quotas and plans for a large Amarillo convention, while Bennett and Ansley aid farmers and regional development.
Mrs. Mary Louvine Dirrick a longtime Amarillo resident died yesterday afternoon at 4 at her daughter S H Doty 307 Arthur street Funeral services will be at 6 this evening from the daughter's home Rev Z B Pirtle officiating Burial will be in Tlano cemetery Blackburn Funeral Home in charge Surviving are one brother T J Nale of McKinney two sons Oscar Dirrick Tafayett Dirrick four daughters Mrs S H Doty Mrs Maude Riggs Mrs Nattie Hagee Mrs Mary Bartholomew and others in Denison Pine Bluff Oklahoma City and Amarillo
Ted Daniel of San Antonio and Walter Raymwona of Dallas were brought to Randall County jail by Sheriff John Fryar and Deputy P. D. Casey on burglary charges tied to the Palace hotel burglary in Canyon yesterday. Their car wreck near Canyon injuring one man is noted in official reports.
Amarillo items announce health, transit, and business notes including Ledbetter Drug contact, a pneumonia recovery, and a plea for public help with cleanup. Updates mention road paving toward Wildora and visitation at the fair, plus local dairy and poultry feed ads and a Chamber of Commerce appointee.
The Bishop of Winchester promotes a five child standard for British families arguing it would please old leaders, but mothers demand decent income and housing to support raising five. The column also touches on Lenin era plans, imagined insect-society civilization, and notes Hungary regent Orthy may have ordered editor murders, plus a stray aside about Mistletoe Icicles.
Classified autos offered by multiple sellers include a Paige truck overhaul tires asking 300 dollars, a Ford 4 door sedan 34 dollars? and 50 cash with balance monthly, an Olds model price 175 dollars, a Ford Coupe 1633 model in good condition, and various trade offers with terms and contact numbers.
Help wanted advertisement from The Globe circulations department seeks hustlers to sell papers on streets seeking young workers for field sales.
Help wanted for female workers. Good pay or good job. Phone or write The Ama Iflo Employment Agency. Day and night phones listed. J. D. Head man.
Numerous listings show items for sale or trade including a 04 Pierce car, dining room furniture, a white enamel child’s bed, a speed truck for wood tractor trade, sweet peas and garden seeds, six room house furniture, roll top desk, hamburger stand, a Fordson tractor with triple disc plow, 100 bushels Melborne cottonseed, a small cafe, complete cafe fixtures, a car trade offer, two small buildings and an oil engine. Contact details include 605 EB 4th, 112 1618 Pierce, 9041-FO2, 1004 Madison, 170 Monroe, 109 Millmore, 1077, 101 N Taylor, 205 East with St Paone A, 106 E Ith S81, 310 West Sixth, 1498 Watkins Products, 206 N Taylor, and 206 N Taylor.
A column of early 20th century ads lists services and job seeks including a stenographic position, bookkeeper, housekeeper, general help, washing delivered, sewing, and janitorial work. Individuals named with contact phones seek steady or permanent employment.
Multiple rental notices list furnished and unfurnished units. Four to five room apartments at various addresses including Taylor Polk Willmore and 11th Jackson appear with contact phones and move-in details. Some feature private baths, hot water, and janitor service.
Local ads offer painting and decorating services at reasonable costs with guarantees. Contractors handle carpentry leaks roofs and odd jobs. Contact numbers 312 1438 W 2711 R and 810 N Buchanan Street with Thursday February 6th street reference.
WANTED Men and Women to buy Watch Diamonds and Silverware on $1.00 weekly plan. PUBLIC AUCTIONEER Livestock and General farm auctioneer. GARDEN work of all kinds rich fertilizer and rich dirt for sale. If you don't want the best in sewing and decorating don’t phone me I only do first class work. For CORRECT TIME phone 21 Blackburns Funeral Home.
The page lists numerous beauty and hair services with prices and contact details. Includes hemstitching discounts, corset shop, dressmaking, marceling, manicuring, dyeing, and nail care. Local shops cited include Milady Beauty Shop, Elite Hairdressing, Gray Photo Shop, The Vanity Shoppe, and others with addresses on Jackson, Polk, Taylor, and Pierce streets.
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