Woghan pays and pays and pays in oil age tale
A kaleidoscopic fragment recounts drilling in 1920 with 6400 holes costing 16 million dollars and a Amarillo cigarette binge of 26 478 791 smoked last year. It notes cigarette firms deploy press agents urging more female smoking stories and ends with a dented urban anecdote about truth in commerce and a lost hat box case from Tyler Street.
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Amarillo
Fourth Street
Polk Street
Tyler Street
The Caddies Tale Wig and a Woman Who wed
A fragmentary reminiscence in dialect narrates a wedding and the caddies tale about generosity and social roles. The speaker reflects on marriage, rent, and feeding mouths, acknowledging a practice of passing money to support dependents while noting the tale’s value may be inflated.
Flood Relief Races to Elba as Guardsmen Rescue 87
Alabama national guardsmen reported rescuing 87 people, mostly women and children, from flooded regions near Elba. The refugees were moved to safety six miles from Elba and were continuing toward the city in motor boats. Governor Bibb Graves received the update at 8:30 a.m. from the guardsmen at their Montgomery headquarters. The message marked the first direct word from the unit since departing.
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Tay
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama National Guardsmen
Elba
Bibb Graves
Enterprise
J. C. Johnson
Old Timers Dance Prizes Planned At Municipal Auditorium
Tri-State Fair Association stages an old time fiddlers program on March 27 with square dancing and waltzing. Wilbur C. Hawk says J. E. Ware and Fred Foster lead contests. prizes of 10 and 6 dollars for square sets and 5 and 2.5 dollars for old time waltzes. Ware handles music, Foster floor manages. After, dancing free. program features Tri-State contest winners in fiddly music. Popular prices apply. no broadcast.
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Municipal
Tri-State Fair Association
Wilbur C. Hawk
J. E. Ware
Fred Foster
River Road
Ware
Foster
Holding Buys Interest of Feierabend in Amarillo Leather Firm
Amarillo pioneer and businessman Holding acquires Feierabend's stake in West Texas Leather at 608 Taylor, taking full stock, accounts, and equipment. He assumes firm indebtedness and continues the leather operation with a complete line of novelty leather goods and custom orders, inviting patrons to support the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Holding
Amarillo
E. 0. Feierabend
West Texas Leather Company
Taylor Street
Feierabend
Mr. Holding
Holding
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Movietone Inauguration Scenes At Mission Theater
Movietone screens in Amarillo show Herbert Hoover’s inauguration with actual scenes, sound, and talk from the National Capital March. The feature includes Hoover being escorted to the Capitol by Taft, the oath, and the inaugural address, plus songs and films from the current program.
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Herbert Clark Hoover
United States
Mission Theater
Movietone
Amarillo
National Capital
Washington
Taft
Hoover
Wm. Haines
Jimmy Valentine
Fuzzy Knight
Jan Garber
Splendid Band
Frieze Bakery To Celebrate Second Anniversary Sale
The Frieze Bakery marks its second anniversary on Saturday with purchase gifts and baking specials. It has moved from Polk Street to 606 Taylor Street, inviting customers to celebrate at the new location.
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Polk Street
Taylor Street
Landergin heir may fund Amarillo Children's Home
A long obituary note celebrates Pat Landergin and predicts his will, estimated between 100000 and 150000 dollars for Amarillo's Children's Home. The writer reflects on Amarillo life, clerks, fashion, and local pride, interleaved with anecdotes about merchants, cowmen, and town manners.
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Pat Landergin
Mr. Landergin
Amarillo
Radio and commerce amid uprisings and emigration
A long collection of 1920s items notes radio's rise and vast impact, Opel Motors purchase by General Motors, immigration shifts favoring English and Italian workers, and German American figures. It mentions Trotzky criticism, freedom of speech under Soviet rule, and an Oxford village with 27 widows across three streets led by Mrs. Eliza Honour.
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Berlin
General Motors
Opel Motors
Trotzky
Russia
Oxford
Crowley
Oxfordshire Village
Eliza Honour
Flood Devastates Elba Alabama Strands 4000 Residents
Associated Press reports Elba Alabama faced dire conditions as White River Big Creek and Pea River floods trapped 4000 residents. Rescue teams halted by washed bridges while a L&N engineer died near Opp. Governor Graves urged statewide aid. Local communications cut, refugees conveyed by couriers and canoe.
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Associated Press
Troy
Ala
Elba
Here
White River
Big Creek
Pea River
Opera Offers Star Cast and Ballet on Colorful Stage
Mr Myers announced a metropolitan opera event featuring famed singers Mary Garden Mojica and Formichi, a top 65 piece symphony orchestra, and a stunning ballet with elaborate scenery and lighting. Prices are kept as low as possible, promising value well beyond the cost.
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Myers
Mary Garden
Mojica
Formichi
Cuban Rum Ship Returns to Havana
The Cuban schooner Tres Reyes with a cargo of pre prohibition American rye whiskey valued at 1 million dollars returned to Havana last night. The return enables a New York businessman to file a libel suit in Cuba over a swindle claim. Federal investigators tie the liquor to disputes over profits and to the slaying of Fatty Walsh in Coral Gables, Florida. An attorney asked the State Department to intercede with Cuba on behalf of his client.
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Washington
Havana
New York
Thomas
Fatty” Walsh
Arnold Rothstein
Coral Gables
Fla
State Department
Magician Ricado Delivers Blindfolded City Drive Tonight
Ricado the renowned magician and crystal reader drove blindfolded through Amarillo at noon to prove his powers. A motorcycle cop escorted the car and the Cullum Motor company lent the vehicle for the demonstration. Tonight at 8 15 in the auditorium he will perform crystal reading and expose the spirit cabinet illusion. Admission 35 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricado
Amarillo
Cullum Motor Company
Income Tax May Exceed Last Year Says Treasury
The treasury announced that by March 13 income taxes paid reached 7,513,639 dollars, up 315,940 from March 18 last year, while miscellaneous internal revenue taxes totaled 3,221,657 dollars on March 15, up from 1,337,000 on the same date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
The
Henshaw Faces Trial Over Oil Pipe Theft Charge
J H Henshaw, oil field pipe dealer, stands trial in district court for alleged theft of 139 joints of two inch pipe from a Hutchinson county lease last December 19. Prosecutors say he sold the pipe to Jas A Bush for a well northwest of Amarillo and threatened a company official if arrested. Defense contends he bought tubing for nine cents per foot and sought settlement, plus claims of being framed by company officials.
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J. H. Henshaw
Hutchinson County
District Criminal Court
Henshaw
Jas. A. Bush
Amarillo
Buster Brown and Tige to Attend Amarillo Matinee
The famous Buster Brown and his dog Tige visit the Fair theatre in Amarillo for a free children’s matinee at 9 o clock Saturday morning. Free tickets available by calling at The Leader Department Store, 711 714 Polk Street.
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Buster Brown
Tige
Amarillo
Panhandle
Fair Theatre
Leader Department Store
Polk Street
Mrs Stevenson Dies At Son's Home In Alvord TX Bound funeral
Myrtle M Stevenson 59 died at her son G M Stevenson’s home 1103 North Fillmore at 3 this morning. Services to be held at residence this afternoon with Rev Guy Shields officiating. Body to be sent to Alvord Texas for burial. N S Griggs Sons in charge of arrangements.
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Myrtle M. Stevenson
G. M. Stevenson
North Fillmore
Guy Shields
Alvord
Texas
Griggs & Sons
Rebel planes circle Almazan encampment as govt pilots seized
In HIPOLITO MEXICO on March 15 two rebel planes circled over Gen. J A Almazan's encampment but did not drop bombs. Almazan learned that government mail planes, seized at Saltillo, were flown by pilots under rebel guard with three rebel officers aboard each craft.
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Hipolito
Coad
Mexico
J. A. Almazan
Almazan
Saltillo
Livestock markets report from Kansas City and peers
Markets from Kansas City Fort Worth Chicago East St Louis and cotton markets in Liverpool New Orleans show hogs cattle calves and sheep trading higher or steady with top prices listed. Cotton futures and spot prices move amid steady to firmer tones and weather impacts.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Chicago
East ST. Louis
The
New York stocks and commodities mix up amid gains
Market opens with bullish tone as New York stock listings rise, led by rail and steel shares. Cotton and grain futures show early gains on Liverpool cables and southern rainfall, later easing due to profit-taking and steady demand. butter and eggs hold firm with mixed quotes.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
New York
Marc
U. S. Steel Common
du Pont
Studebaker
Inernational Combustion
Columbia Grapophone
Russia Insurance
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Beart
General Motors
Chrysler
Coty
Goodyear Rubber
Anaconda Copper
Bethlehem Steel
Battle of Naco 18 A awaited now
American correspondents report the anticipated clash at Naco Sonora as Gen Augustino Olachea commands 1200 Indian Federals fortified in the town and Gen Fausto Topete with 1000 rebels is said to be advancing from Nogales. In Agua Prieta General Yucupicio holds the town with 500 Mayo and Yaqui Indians whose status shifts between rebels and Federals.
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Associated Press
Naco
Sonora
Mexico
Augustino Olachea
Fausto Topete
Nogales
Manana
Agua Prieta
Yucupicio
Lives of Americans at Torreon Considered Comparatively Safe
The state department said American citizens and consular staff in Torreon are comparatively safe, based on a dispatch from Consul Power dated March 13. It marks Washington’s first admission that Americans may be endangered by Mexico’s revolutionary disturbances.
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United Tress
Washington
State Department
Torreon
Department
Mexico
Fate of Mazatlan Holds Rebel Center of Interest
Nogales, Ariz March 15 The fate of Mazatlan Sinaloa a key Gulf coast town defended by 2500 Federals and ringed by rebels drew attention at rebel headquarters in Nogales Sonora A U P dispatch says rebels are closing in and fear communications and water supply will be cut off Two columns of revolutionary troops have pressed the siege for a week and are ready to strike
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Mazatlan
iBy United Press
Nogales
Ariz
Sinaloa
Gulf of California
Nogaleg
Sonora
United Press
Escobar's Wife Arrives in Juarez With Gold for Rebels
Mrs J V Escobar the petite wife of the rebel commander arrived in Juarez with a quantity of gold to fund the revolutionary effort rebel officials announced today.
London to Cape Town to be longest air route
The plan proposes a record breaking air line between London and Cape Town over 8,000 miles. The path would depart London, branch at Cairo, then cross into India, creating one of the world’s longest commercial air routes.
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London
Cape Town
Cairo
India
AT&T Bell System 158th Dividend Declared for 1920
The regular quarterly dividend of $2.25 per share is payable on April 15, 1920 to stockholders of record at the close of business March 14, 1929. M. Blaushmith, Treasurer.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Bell System
M. Blausmith
Southwestern Bell Thirty-Fifth Dividend Approved
The regular quarterly dividend of 1.75 per share on Preferred Stock will be paid on Monday, April 1, 1929, to stockholders of record at the close of business Wednesday, March 20, 1929. R. A. Nickerson, Treasurer.
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R. A. Nickerson
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Edgar A. Guest
Mission
Frieze Bakery
Majestic Radio
Panhandle Music Company
SLI Polk
Amaril
Colches
Tack
Gnan
Big Bull
Henry
Johnny
Seotehme
Lenin
Lenin Shrine
Voltaire
Gutenberg
Alfred P. Sloan, Sr
Europe
Opel
Carl Schurz
Lindbergh
Phil Sheridan
Spey
Moncey
Will Reynolds
Louisville and Nashville
Opp
Alabama
Birmingham
KGW
KFI
KSTP
WMC
WIOD
WOR
WADC
WKRC
WGHP
WMAQ
WOWO
KMOX
KMBC
KOIL
WSPD
WHK
WISN
WOOD
WIBW
KTSA
KLZ
KDYL
KMTR
KYA
KJR
J. H. Decelles
Tulsa
Iverpool
Transit Grain & Commission Co
Fte
Orth Consignments
CHICAGO GRATN_ TABLE Co
James E. Bennett
James E. Bennett & Allied Chemical & Dye
Andes
A. M. Byers
American Locomotive
American Smetting & RB
American Tel & Tele
American Tobacco
American Woolen
Atchison, Topeka
8. F
Atlantic Ref. Co
Seaese Wees
Ajax Rubber
Baltimore & Ohio
Baldwin Locomotive
Barnsdall Corporation
Fiethelhem Steel
Briggs Body
Brooklyn Man, Transit
Burroughs
Bucryus Erie
Canadian Pacific Wees Cerre de Pasco Copper
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mil
Chile Copper
Chrysler .Co
Cities Service
Dee Cities Service
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Continental Motors
Continental
Deeeeee Seneeee Crucible Steel
Davidson Chemicals
Dupont de Nemours Easy Erie Railroad
Famous Players
Tear Il
Qi Fisk
Fleischmann
Ford
England
Fox Movies
Ween Ownens
General Electric
General Mills
Humble Oil Eeeee
Mack ‘Trucks
Missouri
Kaness & Tex
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Montgomery Ward
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
National Dairy Products
New York Central
Nevada
North American Cement
Northern Pacific
Pullman
Space Coves
Bot ‘Radio Corp
Amer
Ou Radio Corp
Reading Railway
Royal Dutch Siese
Sears, Roebuck & Uy
Seneca Copper
Shell Union OU
Shulte
Sage
Sinclair Cons
Skelly Oil
Pry
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Tewart Warner
Tudebaker
Texas Gulf
Texas Corporation
Goa
Texas & Pacific
Odennee
Pacifi Coal & Oil
Trans
Union Pacific
Union Carbide
United States Steel Tase
Vanadium Steel
Victor Tulkiez
Warner Brothers
Westinghouse
Elec
White Eagle
R. Bus
White Motors Fee Eeens Ae
Willy
Toreron
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Ames
Ales Cotton Nee Fos ‘ “A A Merkets
Jeres E. Bennett
Papvns & C
LaSalle
Beaver
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