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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1924
Page
8
Fort Worth market report lists cattle categories with price ranges for beeves stockers cows and calves. Hog and pig values show steady trends with various weight classes. Sheep and lambs quote ranges for lambs yearlings wethers ewes and feeder stock.
The Nat extends the essay contest deadline to July 1 under manager Walker. contestants under 21 write on the purification and filtration system used by the Nat with inquiries answered at the Natatorium office. Tickets to the Nat and a second prize of twenty four coupons accompany entries. Daisy Giove want ad.
An OCR fragment shows assorted poultry and egg prices including hens under and over 4 pounds, broilers, geese, turkeys by weight, roosters, and butter with mold-free notes, plus delivery and feed charges. Identifiable items include hens, turkeys, eggs, and general price points in cents per pound or item.
Amarillo market notice shows local growers paid by Great West Mill and Elevator. Wheat basis No 1 hard at $1.00 per bushel. Kaffir per 100 pounds. Oats per bushel. Milo per 100 pounds at $1.05. Barley per bushel at $1.00.
New Orleans cotton market opened higher and closed unchanged for July while October and December dipped. Government report shows May consumption at 413,649 bales, with May 81,157,778 bales held elsewhere. Weather notes report high temperatures, little rain, and drought impacts. Global and regional signals include weaker primary demand but retail gains, and varied sector hints from New York to London.
The Business Coupe is the latest production from Willys-Overland. Selling at 650 dollars f o b Toledo Ohio, the compact car targets traveling salesmen doctors small families and women for personal use. It features long grain Spanish upholstery and emphasizes generous leg and elbow room.
A collection of local visits and arrivals lists residents from Panhandle Canyon Shamrock and Claude visiting Amarillo yesterday. Mentions include Miss Leta Skaggs Mrs G F Parker Lucian Parker and Frank Davis with W H Parson. Also notes a birth at 2500 West North Fifteenth Street and a church visit by Secretary Joseph Keevil.
Carl Sullivan and his brother in law J M Davis caught thirty bass in one day in the Canyon. The largest weighed three and a half pounds. A grasshopper baited hook produced the catch after a plug and minnow failed. The bass stomachs were full of grasshoppers.
Lufkin Texas reports extensive improvements by Texas Power and Light company. The firm recently acquired the Lufkin and Crockett light plants and is building high pressure transmission lines between Corsicana and Tyler and Palestine.
Classified snippets list two bedroom rentals at 102 and 1003 Monroe listings plus a 3 room house at 510 Harrison and a 5 room cottage at 407 EB 5th. A coat mix up at Packing House dance requests a call to 1097. Musical instruments for sale and mules and horses taken up at 1512-J.
Mixed early 20th century classified fragments show sales rent and notice items. Entries include chicken hatchery assets, furnished rooms, rental duplexes, cotton land, housework help, and a found gas tank cap with contact details for Globe office.
A dressmaking and design school will open this week at 1503 Harrison street with Miss Grace Bird, of Pampa, in charge. The classes will be held at Miss Bird’s sister Mrs. L D Perry’s home, and she brings years of study and experience to teach several courses while in the city.
The new Martin Auto Supply house at Fifth and Tyler streets will have a formal opening next Saturday with customer favors. T. R. Martin, ex Amarillo High School science teacher, serves as proprietor. Also noted, F. A. Walker of Blackburn Funeral Home departed with Gen. F. A. Howell to join the Dalhart Canton corps for a trip to Las Vegas New Mexico for the eastern New Mexico Odd Fellows association meeting this week.
One line note indicates legal representation for Donald Maginnis of New Orleans by Prewitt and Sullivan with Bache Co of Chicago and a contact phone 3076 in December.
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