Ruth’s New York Homecoming Prompts Formal Reception
Babe Ruth arrives in New York amid a cool, formal welcome as Yankees guard a $100,000 salary stand. President Ruppert says Ruth must arrange his own meeting. Ruth refuses concession and plans retirement unless terms are met. He has earned over $150,000 through 1926 via baseball, vaudeville, films, and syndication.
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Associated Press
New York
Yankees
Babe Ruth
Hollywood
Yankee
Ruth
Jacob Ruppert
Sid Ruppert
Chicago
Artie McGovern
Chemistry Lab Blast Injures Denton Girls
Two North Texas State Teachers College students Miss Gladys Johnson and Miss Lena Mae Williamson sustained severe burns from hydrochloric acid after an explosion of gas from a leaking pipe under a chemistry lab table. The blast shattered windows and damaged the table as a gas jet flared. Mrs. Dowden of Plainview was in Amarillo that day.
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Associated Press
Denton
Texas
North Texas State Teachers College
Gladys Johnson
Nocona
Lena Mae Williamson
Idalou
Court of Civil Appeals Proceedings in Amarillo Panel
Proceedings list various motions and rehearings in cases from Lubbock, Hall, Archer, and Wichita districts. Includes affirmations with remittitur, reversals and remands, dismissals for want of jurisdiction, and submissions set for March 23 1927. Key parties include First National Bank in Lubbock Southern Aluminum & Stove Co Texas Employers Insurance Assn Cicero Smith Lumber Co and Magnolia Petroleum Co.
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Court OF Civil Appeals
Seventh District
Amarillo
G. W. Brunson
First National Bank
Lubbock
Southern Aluminum & Stove Co
J. M. DeBolt
W. F. West
H. V. Richards
J. C. Keyker
G. C. Watson
Texas Employers Insurance Assn
D. J. Owen
C. C. Shirley
M. T
Wichita
A W. D. McClure
C. H. Rubsam
Trudie A. Montgomery
Martha J. Dowling
W. D. Bolding
E. E. Camp
Tactless Texan defends police amid city uproar
The writer apologizes for jokes about Amarillo police and officials amid a bad press swirl. He defends the force's work against crime and notes recent highjacking talk, a stove bones mystery, and public need for protection while promising to publish a factual hold-up list.
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Wiley
Amarillo
Globe
United States
Texas
Tack
Chicago
Baseball's greatest salesman turns players into profits
Portland Beavers executive Tom Turner, hailed as baseball's top salesman, claims to have sold $1,250,000 in players. He lists stars such as Bill Hume, Micky Cochrane, and Cecil, notes 14 players promoted to the majors, and describes cash offers for talent as a key business strategy shaping the game.
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Portland
Ore
Portland Beavers
Philadelphia Athletics
Tom Turner
Turner
Bill Humefield
Micky Cochrane
Jimmy Poole
George “Rube” Walberg
Sammy Hale
Philadelphia
Tomalvo
Guy Cantrell
Brooklyn Dodgers
Des Moines
Cecil
Peckinpaugh
Bancroft
Chicago duo flee gunfire in Amarillo tale revisited
The Chicago story recalls Sam Johnson and Rastus Brown returning to Chicago from Amarillo after a daytime shooting incident. They fled toward the station amid gunfire as a Western sheik’s dispute erupted, mistaking bullets for horse flies in an overdressed comic misread.
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Borger
Chicago
Sam Johnson
Rastus Brown
Black Belt
West
Sam
Rastus
Texas
Amarillo
United States
Union Station
Politician Calls for Police Dialogue to Resolve Tensions
A public figure discusses easing friction with police and deputies, defending jokey remarks as harmless and urging better understanding. He proposes meetings with officers to reduce miscommunication and replace hostilities with diplomacy.
Residence Phone Change Noted For Dr Lanhan
The notice records a new contact line for Dr E F Lanhan at 2085 Wurhes with the residence phone listed as 2333 J, updating the public directory.
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E. F. Lanhan
Wurhes
Panhandle Livestock Meeting Hears From Felix Franklin
The Panhandle Livestock association junior headquarters at 1104 Van Buren house Felix Franklin a pioneer cattleman confined by a broken hip from a recent slip and fall. Cowboys note every visitor to the convention stopped to see him, and the gathering would not seem a success without a word with him.
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the Panhandle Livestock Association
van Buren
Felix Franklin
Franklin
Fire damages at St Charles Apartment cause $7000 loss
Fire last night at the St Charles Apartment on Seventh and Taylor streets caused about $7,000 in damage. Officials believe the blaze started from a gas stove left burning on the lower floor. Heavy water and smoke damage affected furnishings elsewhere. only a small portion is insured per owner J F Vincent. Buenos Aires builds North American style apartments with central heating facilities.
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St. Charles
Seventh
Taylor Streets
J. F. Vincent
Gordon's Cure Ad Promises Stomach Relief Miracle Claim
The ad touts Gordon's as a Dallas pharmacist developed medicine for stomach and bowel troubles. It claims thousands of users report relief from constipation gas hyperacidity heartburn and related symptoms. Priced at 1.60 for 64 doses with a money back guarantee if one bottle fails to help.
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Gordon
Dallas
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J. W. Hunter
Chicago Times
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E. R. Brame
San Felice Invincible
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Adams Automobile
Les Scoggins
Carolina San Jacinto
Kixport
Motor Savings Assn
Oliver Eakle
the Auto Store
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Aiuto Abressorion Mohawk Tiren & Tubes
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Federal Tires
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