24 Jun 1925
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1925
Page
1
A reader argues for a simple cheap adding device to help millions of wives tally bills without headache. If not available, someone should make it, as men are embarrassed by odd bill calculation methods. The piece then duels Dantean horror with crime and current events snapshots from Chicago prison to Paris fashion.
The forecast calls for tonight and Thursday partly cloudy and warmer. Last night's and early afternoon rainfall totaled 0.68 inch. Amarillo temperatures ranged from 64 to 79 degrees with a high near 99 and a low around 70.
Violence between Chinese agitators and residents in Shameen foreign concession escalates. Europeans killed and many wounded as civilians flee to ships in Hong Kong. British, American and Japanese consuls seek naval assistance amid fears of wider unrest.
The United States Army polo team defeated the British army team six to four at Hurlingham club to retain the International Military championship. This follows their eight to four win in the opening match last Saturday. the final game will be held at Hurlingham on Saturday.
Guy Saunders, a self described speed demon, drove from Amarillo to Fort Worth in a single day. He left at 6 AM, paused two hours in Wichita for a ball game, and arrived in time for dinner. The trip covered about 70 miles in an Luary, per Saunders letter to Tones Chisum.
Maurice During, a Harrington Park real estate dealer, is charged with murder after Mrs. Nihel Wheeler died in Englewood from a drug once called a love potion. Wheeler, 39, died after drinking laced liquor at a Coytesville roadhouse. During reportedly confessed and was beaten by Wheeler. Wheeler had warned against the friendship and sought to end it.
Bond buyers from big cities visit Mayor Lee Bivins ranch in Amarillo to view the LX Ranch and ride horses during a luncheon hosted by Mrs C C Darker. Key figures from banking and finance attend as officials plan bond sales for the city with bonds dated August 1 1925 bearing 4 percent interest.
James Manion of St. Louis, the defending champion, was defeated by Don Anderson of St. Louis at the Omaha Field Club in the first round of the Trans Miss golf championship. The match stayed even to the ninth and eighteenth holes, ending at the nineteenth with Manion's drive out of bounds.
Several hundred distressed investors force their way into the Reichstag demanding to see Nationalist leaders. They insist reimbursement of war loans and state securities if General Von Hindenburg is elected president.
E. F. Matheson, a student at West Texas Plate Teachers College in Canyon, returned from classes to his home and found his father James A. Matheson dead from heart trouble at 56. The body was held by Griggs Undertaking in Canyon and slated for shipment to Portales, N. M. for burial. One brother lived in White Deer.
The state Democratic executive committee met in Waco to formally accept WH A Berry of Houston as chairman. A Rodison of Hamilton was unanimously elected to the chair. The session focused on selecting a new leader while members praised the state administration and the dispatch of the thirty ninth legislature.
A human skull claimed to be that of Jack McCurdy from Comancha county, killed May 13, 1921, has been filed with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as an exhibit in the appeals of Ed Walker and Gibbs Howard, both sentenced to twenty five years for homicide.
Trenton reports the death at midnight of Jude Matt Marshal Neil former Tennessee chief justice after a lengthy illness. He was born in Fayetteville and is remembered for his long public service. The obituary notes his burial location and ties to local history.
Panhandle Motor company will display the new Chrysler Four tomorrow morning at 8 o clock in their case rooms. J N Riser called the event one of the greatest auto world advances in the past decade and praised the announcement while avoiding technical specifications. The display will run for a full week as part of Achievement Week by the Chrysler Motor company.
Brooklyn hosts New York in a first game from June 1924 rough box score shows Brooklyn 392 runs to New York 8 in a two-innings read with a 100010010 and 110033007 line. This fragmented score details a lopsided Brooklyn win with individual inning totals implied.
Dr William Curtis Parabeeo a noted scientist dies at his Washington Pennsylvania home after an extended illness. The obituary notes his prominence in science and his long career.
Mrs. B Van Martin and her child escaped serious injury when a windstorm lifted their small home off its foundation by forty feet and toppled it in a field. Mrs. Van Martin suffered a minor bruise and the baby was unscathed as the structure landed upside down.
Rain fell across the Panhandle yesterday with showers reported by the Santa Fe, Fort Worth and Denver City, and other lines. Totals ranged around an inch overall, aiding early raw crops and cotton. reports include Clovis to Hereford and Amarillo to Pampa, with several towns receiving heavier amounts. J O Curtis noted a good rain at his ranch near Tolar in Roosevelt County New Mexico.
Hereford and Deaf Smith County received the best general rain in a year with 1 to 5 inches falling overnight. The rainfall improved crop prospects, with the heaviest rain west of Hereford and the lightest about one inch to the east.
More than 4,000 realtors from across the United States gathered in Detroit for the eighteenth annual conventions of the National Association of Realtors boards. Sessions covered second mortgages, rental determination, home construction for resale, and salesmanship.
The fourth annual traveling salesmen's stag party and banquet will be held in Lubbock on July 11 with invitations sent to Panlandie officials. Amarillo will be represented by United Commercial Travelers officials and City Development Board members.
Ad offers car rental with self drive and a phone contact. Mentions a 115 FE fourth street location. Mentions a mission for pictures and the Coffes Shop at Amarillo Voel known for food.
William Scott Stewart argues Shepherd is either conspirator or victim of a vast plot. He claims Faiman lied and Tyler-based schemes frame Shepherd, while prosecutor Robert Crowe counters with evidence of indirect confessions and a calculated murder for Billy McClintock's $1,000,000 estate.
A dispatch to Hi Sol reports the sudden death of American Consul Henry T. Wilcox at Vega. The notice outlines Wilcox's status and location, noting the unexpected loss and prompting consular and local authorities to prepare handling of the incident.
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