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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1926
Page
9
Advertisers claim Black and White Ointment and Soap reduce pimples blaches and rashes. They tout wide distribution and rapid sales due to low prices and dependable results, with the 50 cent size said to contain three times as much as the 25 cent size.
A 200 member Wichita Falls delegation led by Mayor R F Shepherd and Hubert M Harrison travels by special train to Amarillo to press for the 1927 West Texas convention. The group touts growth from 3000 to 55000, promises robust entertainment, and tours including Lake Kemp and irrigated valley trips.
A fair crowd attended the Fine Arts program at the municipal auditorium during the West Texas chamber of commerce convention. Mrs. I. D. Cole chaired the committee and led the event. Performers included the A. C. C. Cowboy band from Abilene, Mrs. Otis Trulove with piano, the Dalhart choral club, Mrs. E. R. Mayer with piano, the Memphis choral club, Mrs. Robert Wilson with piano, Katherine Pittman, and a musical reading by Mrs. Lucille Rutherford and cast from Quanah.
Corpus Christi June 21 The first direct intimation of a statement in the Dr. J A Ramsay disappearance case was given at the examining trial of H J Leahy charged with murder and conspiracy before Justice A J Custer at Linton Leahy asked me if I wanted to make some money that was the sole testimony offered by E M Dubose the first and only witness for the State Dudge is held on charges of conspiracy to murder and to swindle in connection with the same case
A. C. Easterling and Col. R. L. Penick head the Stamford delegation. Col. Penick is one of the pioneer merchants of West Texas. He says that the development has just started.
Work begins within days on a half million dollar five story Mayer Hotel at Fourth and Pierce by Ed R. Mayer. Architect E F Rittenberry has drawn plans. C G Mayer, his father, will manage. He brings 25 years in Denver and other cities to the project. The hotel will be reinforced concrete and steel. The Tourist Inn will continue operating during construction.
The plans call for side walls to the second floor in marble and stone, with mingled shade brick trimmed by stone above. The hotel houses 160 rooms and 160 baths plus ten three room six bath family suites. It will be fireproof and include two high speed elevators and a freight elevator. The first floor features a spacious lobby coffee shop dining room and seven rental stores. The second floor includes two large women guest lounges and each floor will have sample rooms with a bath and Murphy bed.
The owner will provide beautifully furnished rooms for display and a bedroom, with terrazza and marble floors and walls in the lobby. Billboards for the Comedie Francaise Temple and Sanctuary of French are mentioned.
Posters on the House of Moliere billboards show three modern repertoire titles. One reads What Do Young Girls Dream Of while the others announce The Kiss and Big Boy, signaling a shift from Classics to contemporary drama.
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