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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
1
A fragment discusses Western interference in China and the shooting of Chinese by Europeans, then shifts to personal obituaries and romantic musings, referencing a New York widow, Paris, and a Parisian death wish. It also critiques war books and US wheat market manipulation and mentions Mexican questions affecting stock speculators.
Mobeetie Texas dated June 18 describes J J Long a 51 year resident recounting Fort Elliott history and Panhandle development as airplanes fly overhead the old fort site and a future 1975 scene is imagined. In New York Dorothy Perkins 17 convicted of manslaughter faces sentence after shooting a bachelor during a family dispute. Roald Amundsen expedition members allegedly returned safely to Spitzbergen from the North Pole flight.
The Amundsen Milsworth two aircraft expedition launched from King's Bay Spitsbergen on May 21 a daring Arctic attempt with Amundsen and Lincoln Kilsworth as navigators. In Washington Senator Robert M La Follette dies at 61 after bronchial asthma and heart failure, surrounded by family.
The Amarillo forecast calls for tonight and Friday to be partly cloudy. Hourly temperatures start at 72 degrees at 7 am rising to 93 by 1 pm and 95 at 2 pm, with highs and lows compared to last year’s 105 and 68 degrees. The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel promotes itself as Famous For Food.
The County Auditors association of Texas opens its annual convention in Fort Worth with Amarillo president H. G. Hamrick presiding. Amarillo has extended a formal invitation for next year’s meeting as other invitations are anticipated during the session. Charlie Hoover of International Life is mentioned in the report.
Panhandle frontiersmen gather in Mobeetie and Fort Elliott for a fiftieth anniversary celebration. Four thousand visitors attend events in Fort Elliott to mark pioneer history with barbecues, dances, baseball, and speeches by local officials and historians from Amarillo Pampa Canyon and other towns.
The Midwest Exploration company sets a location to offset Whittington Laycock well No. 3 in Wheeler county. Drilling will start promptly as timber and rig arrive. The site is in Section 12, Block 27, Wheeler county, 660 feet north of the Whittington Laycock well.
In Cleveland on June 18 1936 the planned conference of railroad labor leaders and railroad managers to discuss the labor situation was postponed from June 29 to a likely date in October or November announced by W G Lee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Saturday bargain day in The Globe want ads offers a free 18 by 36 inch linoleum rug to each advertiser who places a paid want ad between morning and 8 p m. Ads cost 1 cents per word with a 39 cent minimum, promising double value for your money.
Amarillo builder W M Rice long based in Dallas dies in Oklahoma City after living in Amarillo for years. He built notable Amarillo structures and headed a major Panhandle enterprise with sons Harold, 24, and Cland 19, both of Dallas, and wife surviving. Burial in Oklahoma City tomorrow at 2:50 PM.
Death to Senator da Follette announced after a hard fought struggle with complications following a cold. The legistative figure faced a prolonged illness before succumbing.
Robert Marion La Follette a powerful orator and controversial figure in U S politics for decades. He served in the Wisconsin House and as governor, was elected to the U S Senate four times, and ran as an independent for president in 1924. He faced fierce criticism during World War I era and divided opinion over his antiwar stance.
Reports from Shamrock indicate the Three-N oil well, already a good producer, is drilling deeper to reach the second pay sand. Observers say the well flowed well from the upper sand and may strike the "Dig pay" this afternoon, with about thirty barrels per hour suspected.
A wireless message from Chung Kiang reports a critical situation in Shanghai as the British consul is driven from his consulate and takes shelter in the Lingmen temple. British nationals are said to be stoned and assaulted in the streets amid tense unrest.
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