Will Settle College Plans At Meeting In Amarillo Tomorrow
A dawn meeting in Amarillo aims to decide future plans for establishing a Methodist college. Bishop John M. Moore leads the Northwest Texas Conference and a local committee to finance the college, with Rev. O P Clark and Dr. W M Pearce chairing Amarillo and conference commissions. No probable results are yet disclosed. The situation remains unchanged since a month ago when Amarillo committees discussed relocating the school north of the city from the initial three miles southwest site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Methodist College
John M. Moore
Northwest Texas Conference
O. P. Clark
Vernon
Conference Commission
W. M. Pearce
California Women Set High Mark For Average Weekly Work
California women prove strong in industry with rising pay scales and increased employment. Data from the State Industrial Welfare Commission shows more than 6,000 women earn $30 per week in mercantile laundry and manufacturing, up from 446 six years prior, and 9 percent earn $30 weekly compared with 6.2 percent in New York. The commission attributes gains to minimum wage effects and audits, noting $583,392.48 more earnings over four years. Payroll reports indicate over 130,000 women industrial workers and a doubling of firms employing women in six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
California
State Industrial Welfare Commission
Commission
New York
Young
Two Arrested as Police Dog Recovered in Theft Case
Tom Seely and Ray Brown were arrested today by motorcycle officers L. H. Miller and Stanley White in connection with the theft of a valuable police dog. The dog, taken last Thursday, belonged to a bakery proprietor in San Jacinto. The suspects were transferred to the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Seely
Ray Brown
L. H. Miller
Stanley White
San Jacinto
Theft of 100 White Leghorn Chickens From Boyd Adams
A theft reported early today took 100 White Leghorn chickens from Boyd Adams one mile east of the city on the Panhandle highway. The birds have identifying marks and were taken last night. Similar chicken thefts have been reported by suburban farmers near Amarelis. Also note: eggs in England are rising, prompting poultrymen to install artificial sunlight in coops to stimulate production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Adams
Panhandle
Adams
Amarelis
Fleetwood
Eng
Jane
England
Ponce
Amarillo Social News Roundup of Visits and Births
Mrs. Johnny Taylor moved from St. Anthony's sanitarium to her daughter’s home at 816 Travis and is improving. Denver visitors Mr. and Mrs. George Elkins and Mrs. Henry Wilson tour Panhandle oil fields with friends the Edwardses. Curtiss Boyd and Mr and Mrs T J Lovelady returned from Cleburne Old Settlers' Reunion. Mr and Mrs G A Shaw, married May 25 in Tulsa, stay at Blackstone. he is dispatcher for Fort Worth Denver. Harold Marshall heads to Wellington Kansas for summer with uncle W D Marshall. Mrs. W A Dale at Marizon on vacation possibly Wichita Falls. New Stewart of Shattuck visits grandmother E A Dawson. A baby girl Mary Lee Catherine born May 28 to A M Weisenman and wife. Mrs E E Coons of Texhoma returns from visit with mother Mrs E Bennett at 109 Carolina Ave. William Fehrenbach Jr and wife visit in Amarillo before returning to Joplin Missouri. A L Wiley and wife announce birth of Virginia Ruth weighing 8½ pounds on May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Taylor
St. Anthony's Sanitarium
Bill Leu
Travis
George Elkins
Henry Wilson
Denver
Colorado
Jack Edwards
Saline
Kansas
Panhandle
Curtiss Boyd
T. J. Lovelady
Cleburne
Old Settlers
G. A. Shaw
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Blackstone
Shaw
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
New Stewart
Shattuck
E. A. Dawson
A. M. Weisenman
Mary Lee Catherine
E. E. Coons
Texhoma
E. Bennett
Carolina Avenue
William Fehrenbach, Jr
Joplin
Missouri
William Fehrenbach
A. L. Wiley
Virginia Ruth
Babies Cry For Castoria Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a safe over thirty year remedy for infants. It claims Castoria is a pleasant harmless substitute for castor oil teething preparations and soothing syrups and notes that the genuine product bears its signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Ambassador Houghton Heads Home From London
Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton sails for home aboard the Leviathan and says his visit is purely personal. He is rumored to have a conference with President Coolidge before the President departs for a western summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alanson B. Houghton
London
President Coolidge
West
Venom Funded Cure Claims From Hindu Recipe
Sir Jacques Chanra Bose, president of the Indian Science Congress, says cobra venom mixed with salts from a 1000 year old Hindu recipe can revive dying humans or plants. Speaking at a Lahore congress, he cites plant heartbeat experiments and revival of cut roots with camphor stimulant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Jacques Chanra Bose
Indian Science Congress
Bose
Lahore
India
Japan advances vast railway electrification program
Japan plans extensive railway electrification within two years. The Ottsu Akashi line will cost about 6.5 million dollars to electrify starting in 1929 and finish within three years. Kozu Namadzu electrification also begins in 1929. Five power stations will serve Kwanto, including the Shim Nogawa station, now estimated at over 29 million dollars, up from 18 million. Electrification of other lines will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ottsu- Akashi
Kwanto
Shimanogawa
Breasted Expedition Probes Africa as Birthplace of Humanity
Prof James Henry Breasted returning from six months in the upper Nile valley says northern Africa may have been the cradle of human civilization. Stone tools found, no human remains yet. plan to search for buried bodies to link prehistoric times with later Egypt. Expedition backed by University of Chicago with headquarters in Luxor Egypt and plans for Asia survey to connect Euphrates valley peoples with Saharan inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Africa
James Henry Breasted
Upper
Nile Valley
Sahara Desert
Breasted
Prof. Breasted
Euphrates Valley
University of Chicago
Luxor
Egypt
Shorty Payne Trial Set for June 27 in assault case
The district court scheduled J. D. Shorty Payne for a June 27 aggravated assault trial after witnesses were absent. The special venire was excused until then. Venire members Lester Blakemore A C Bradley W F Fairs Homer Gwynn J B Hamilton Marvin H Jones E W Marding Jack Burgess Vernon Ballard and Leon Hale were fined $25 each for failure to answer when called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D
Shorty) Payne
Lester Blakemore
A. C. Bradley
W. F. Fairs
Homer R. Gwynn
J. B. Hamilton
Marvin H. Jones
E. W. Marding
Jack Burgess
Vernon E Ballard
Leon Hale
Cassowary height and salmon migration noted
The cassowary grows to six feet in New Guinea and can defend itself with powerful legs and sharp claws. Quinnat salmon travel about a thousand miles from the sea to spawn in Idaho’s Sawtooth rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Sawtooth Mountains
Idaho
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY Clem Whitaker
I. N.S
Alanson B
Houghton
Fred J. Walker
International News Service
Asia
Western
Amarillo Plate Glass and Mirror Company
Studebaker
Custom
F.0.b
McCarty Motor Co., Inc
Fillmore St
Shorty Payne
Fountain
Fountain’s Grocery & Market
West Seventh Street
Silver Grill
Colorado Mountain
East Third Street
Amarillo Dines
Narizon
Polk Street
Eugene
White & Kirk
Polk St
Lisk Imperial
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!