Capitol Hotel in Amarillo Plans Revised to Seven Stories
Architect E. F. Rittenberry announced the Capitol hotel will rise seven stories at Fourth and Pierce in Amarillo. Ed Mayer, owner, plans to start construction within ten days after expanding the site, with work resumed after halting for changes. The hotel aims to rival the finest eastern properties with modern conveniences.
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Realtors to Learn of Wolflin Addition
Amarillo Real Estate board to discuss Wolflin Addition and its development at a noon meeting at the Amarillo hotel. The session, part of the Know Amarillo program, includes a highway committee report on paving a direct road from Amarillo to the oil fields. Dr Thomas Howe, former Butler College president, spent days with Horace M Russell of Russell and Cockrell printery.
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Butler College
Indianapolis
Indiana
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Russell and Cockrell Printery
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Zemo Promises Clear Smooth Skin For All
An advertising notice touts Zemo as a pleasant liquid for itching and blotches. It claims to banish blackheads ringworms and pimples and promotes use anytime. Available at druggists for 60 cents and a dollar.
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Negro performers captivate London as color craze grows
The AP reports in London that Negro singers and dancers are at a peak in popularity with The Blackbirds drawing crowds from Paris. The craze spreads to West End shops with black wax models and managers launch touring companies for suburbs and provinces. The Prince of Wales has heard The Blackbirds multiple times. Florence Mills and her group are highlighted as influential.
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London Daily News
Unde
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Florence Mills
Civil War Vet 85 Quits Third Wife to Reunite With First
Richard Bolton 85 wins in Circuit Court to annul his third marriage so he can resume life with his first wife from whom he has not officially divorced. Bolton, once married in 1903 to Mary Kahler, separated then remarried at Lakeview and later divorced. He wed Amanda Miller in Pellston before learning his first wife was alive. Mrs Bolton No 1 appeared in court with her octogenarian husband.
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International News Service
Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard Bolton
Mary Kahler
Bolton
Lakeview
Amanda Miller
Pellston
No Rheumatic Sufferer Can Afford To Miss This
Claiming rapid relief from pains and swelling Allenrhu is offered with a money back guarantee. The ad promises notable results in severe rheumatic cases and states Amarillo druggists authorize the guarantee.
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Amarillo
Spesker Eyes Rope Throwing Honor in Camp
Tampa March 15 Will Rogers may have a successor in rope throwing honors when Tris Spesker finishes playing baseball. Spesker brought a lariat from his Texas home to the Washington camp and practices daily. He has shown skill and can best Al Schacht the comedian coach on the third base coaching line with fair regularity.
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Will Rogers
Tris Spesker
Texas
Washington
al Schacht
Pioneer woman bandit Wanda Urbsytis returns after seven years
Wanda Urbsytis, once a lead figure in Toledo’s early postal holdups, comes back after seven years in a West Virginia reformatory. Her brother Joe Urbsytis serves 60 years in Atlanta federal prison for the same $1 million Toledo post office robbery. Wanda plans to settle in Detroit after visiting her mother.
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International News Service
Toledo
Wanda Urbsytis
Federal Reformatory For Women
Moundsville
West Virginia
Joe Urbsytis
Atlanta
Vanda
Chicago
Parachute Thrill Seeker Margaret Botteron Takes Seven Jumps
Margaret Botteron 19 of Kansas City Kansas has made seven airplane jumps for thrills at Pierce field. She says she does not know what attracts her to parachute jumping and began with little planning, simply deciding to jump.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kan
Margaret Botteron
Kansas
Pierce Field
Parachute Jump Fascinates Young Flyer This Summer
A man described as being there with a parachute on his back recounts his first stunt ride and desire to jump again. Margaret plans to take as many jumps as possible this summer when opportunities arise.
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