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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
12
Amarillo officials announced storm sewer contracts will be awarded July 6 for a project near a half million dollars. The plan covers about three miles of sewer lines in sizes from 12 inches to 102 inches, with inquiries from representatives and contractors ongoing.
Fresh strawberries feature at one market with cantaloupe at 10 cents each and bananas at 10 to 11 cents a pound. Vegetables including tomatoes at 10 cents a pound and bell peppers as low as 15 cents. Meats listed. steak 27 to 37 cents, pork chops 30 to 33, bacon 40 to 55, whole hams 83 cents per pound. Channel cat 35 cents, red snappers 46 cents, and barbecued black cod debut in the fish market lineup.
A US tour shows Theodore Roosevelt III Quentin Grace and Edith Derby gazing from the America cabin while four smiles and teeth shine. In Newark Joseph Holland plans to salvage a submarine sold for 100 and sunk at sea. Cleveland reports impostors on Ohio tours as Lindbergh traffic nears Detroit warnings. New York covers a Hungarian novel hero inspired by Lindbergh and Michael Spellacy back from Bogota with 800 mile flight costs. London notes the Prince of Wales on his 33rd birthday at a fancy ball dressed as a schoolboy.
Walter T. Smith, town crier of Provincetown for twenty seven years, retires due to lameness at age seventy eight. He laments leaving the job while noting it requires strong lungs and legs. The Provincetown Advocate notes him as the last town crier in the United States.
Palo Duro lodge A F and A M will tonight install its new officers for the term. W R Patterson will serve as installing officer. Lewis C Conner to be worshipful master succeeding J G Short. Other officers named include A Peterson senior warden W M Curl junior warden Edgar Cobl treasurer G Short secretary B Bechtel senior deacon R D Chase junior deacon Chester B Floyd senior steward W C Young junior steward A W Root tiler. All Masons and families invited. entertainment and refreshments provided.
London June 24 William P Stewart head of the Coats cotton firm told Coats' shareholders that sewing is a lost art in England. He said demand for thread has declined and less household sewing is being done than ever before, signaling a shift in domestic textile use.
Exams for state certification college entrance or high school credits will be held July 1 and 2 in the offices of Miss Laura V Hamner. A dozen candidates took the tests last month.
A wiry French Algerian aviator Henri Garcia plans a solo Pittsburgh to Jerusalem voyage of about 6000 miles. He seeks a backer, proposes a monoplane and 1200 gallons of fuel for a 45 to 50 hour flight. Garcia, 183 pounds, has 20000 flying miles and past patrol duty in North Africa.
A fragment mentions Garcia arriving from New York and displaying his first American naturalization papers. The piece also notes a possible American credit if Garcia succeeds. Separate fashion blurb highlights gold and platinum anklets as a Paris trend likely to spread globally.
British swimmers recently played a series of water polo games in Europe. The visitors were members of the Penguin team of England with matches in Berlin, May jah and Hanover.
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