Palm Beach society and markets in a 1929 column
Arthur Brisbane reports on Palm Beach social antics from silk pajama beach strolls to a tacky party with clowns and a tiny pig show. He notes the era’s wealth, fashion, and the parody of upper class life, alongside Wall Street caution from banker figures and the Mellon influence.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Palm Beach
Spark Plug
Mary Garden Sings Thais in Amarillo Civic Opera
Crowds surge for the Chicago Civic Opera production of Thais at the Municipal Auditorium tonight. Mary Garden heads the cast with Jose Mojica and Cesare Formichi. 65 musicians under Roberto Moranzoni perform as Amarillo business leaders underwrite the show with expenses around 16000 dollars.
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Chicago Civic Opera Company
Amarillo College of Music
Municipal Auditorium
Music College
Polk Street
Auditorium
Mary Garden
Thais
Jose Mojica
Cesare Formichi
Santa Fe
Nicias
Athanael
Roberto Moranzoni
Amarillo
Chicago
Emil F. Myers
Lee Bivins
H. W. Blackburn
Toney Chisum
J. R. Cullum
Jury Questioned On Prohibition Law During Liquor Cases
District court faces a week of liquor cases with jurors voicing varied views on the prohibition law and its enforcement. The first juror called declared the law a mess but would punish violators like any other law. Dixie Greggs stands trial for possession and sale after a prior assault conviction. Boss Jackson and Ed Stalzer also face docketed liquor charges with a new trial and possession case.
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District Criminal Court
Dixie Greggs
Boss Jackson
Vega
Ed Stalzer
Car Hits Sand Pile Killing One In Waco
A car struck a sand pile near Koose in Waco Texas and overturned killing 19 year old Rex Sheppard of Thornton who was pinned under the wreckage. Three other passengers escaped injury. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon and was reported by United Press.
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United Press
Waco
Tex
Koose
Rex Sheppard
Thornton
Dynamite Used To Rout Rattlesnakes
In Cisco Texas a party of six men found a nest of 22 rattlesnakes on a farm and routed the reptiles with dynamite, killing them all. A prairie runner that had been living with the rattlers was also killed in the slaughter.
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Cisco
Tex
Two Student Pilots Die in Kansas Crash
In Coffeyville Kansas Eblon Amick age 15 and Charles Lyons student pilots were killed when their airplane crashed yesterday near the area authorities said.
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Kansas
Coffeyville, Kan
Mar
Eblon Amick
Charles Lyons
Ere
Flood Relief Advances as Disease Fears Linger
In Alabama Georgia and Florida relief work speeds up under fair weather. 25 000 homeless face precautions against disease while camps report measles and typhoid but fear remains low. The Elba sector evacuation ends easing fears though floods still drive thousands from homes across the region. Martial law holds at Elba and Geneva Alabama as looting reports reach National Guard heads.
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Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Elba
Selma
Ala
Geneva
National Guard
T A T Heads Here To Plan Route Lights
T A T engineers Sully and Berry of the Trancontinental Air Transport survey Amarillo for electric beacon placement on the Clovis New Mexico to Waynoka Oklahoma route. They plan a light on the Word ranch city section.
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T. E. Sully
P.T. Berry
Trancontinental Air Transport Company
Amarillo
Clovis
New Mexico
Waynoka
Oklahoma
Failure of Motors Blamed For Air Crash Near Newark
Newark report says the crash that killed 14 people near Newark involved a Colonial Airways sightseeing plane. Officials cited one or two failed motors and said pilot Lou Foote attempted a landing before the collision with a freight train. Survivor Foote remains severely injured as 13 others perished. another survivor died early today.
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Newark
N. J
Colonial Airways, Inc
Mont Parsons
Here
St. James Hospital
Parsons
Louw Foote
Foote
Globe Reporter Misses Interview With Mary Garden in Amarillo
Globe reporter recounts failed attempt to interview the renowned singer Mary Garden in Amarillo. He notes she arrived late did not meet staff and did not offer a kiss or liquor as rumored, leaving the writer with only a partial encounter at the Capitol hotel.
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Globe
Mary
Mary Garden
News-Globe
Amarillo
Miss Garden
Lut F. Myers
Capitol Hotel
Jurors Partly Deny Charges in Jackson Trial
Jurors HH Mauldin and G Gristy in the Boas Jackson case face potential contempt fines after a judge warned them to show cause in open court. Mauldin claims he voted guilty after a 10 to 2 split and Gristy says discussions about Jackson’s former sentence and parole were raised but denies introducing them. Judge Henry Bishop postponed ruling until Friday.
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HH. L. Mauldin
Gristy
Jackson
Bishop
Rebels Arm Against Planes and Advance on Torreon
Mexico City dispatch reports four federal columns marching on Torreon to seize the Coahuila city from rebels before nightfall. Rebels retreat northward. a bridge was destroyed to block their withdrawal as government reports claim victories at San Pedro De Las Colonias and Benavides. A U.S. cavalry platoon was ordered to Columbus New Mexico as border tensions rise.
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Mexico City
Presidencia
Torreon
Coahuila
Taewaan
San Pedro de Las Colonias
Benavides
J. Gonszales Escobar
Facobar
United Prete
Washington
United States Cavalry
Columbus
N. M
Fort Bliss
Tex
George Moneley
First Cavalry Division
el Paso
War Department
Moseley
Mexico
Rebels Mount Machine Guns Around Torreon
Rebel forces have mounted machine guns on the hills surrounding Torreon to return fire on federal bombing planes. Federal planes attacked Torreon yesterday circling the city multiple times and killing one noncombatant near the American consulate before being driven off. Gardenas was not believed to have damaged either plane.
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Jacques D'Armand
United Press
Revolutionary
Torreon
Mexico
Torredon
Gardenas
Eaker Expected to Arrive in Brownsville at 6 P.M.
Captain Ira C. Eaker, who left Panama for Brownsville at dawn, is due in Brownsville at 6 p.m. and will continue to San Antonio tonight. A telegram to Lieut. D. W. Gaffney confirms the plan as weather improves, with a light rain and overcast skies noted here. Citizens prepared a welcome for Baker and the Pan American despite Saturday’s incomplete flight.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Ira C. Eaker
Panama
San Antonio
D. W. Gaffney
Baker
Pan-American
Wilbur Names Ely Interior Assistant
Secretary Wilbur today appointed North Cutt Ely of New York as executive assistant to the secretary of the interior. John Maynard Lor. Co. 800 W. 5th. Washington. March 14. See John about building, Ph. 5284.
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Wilbur
ELY Interior
Washington
Northcutt Ely
New York
Secretary of the Interior
John
John Maynard Lor. Co
Dress Suit or Cowpuncher Boots at Opera Tonight
Amarillo manager Emil F. Myers explains the opera tonight welcomes all attire. The Thais performance is for everyone not a high society exclusive event. He notes cowpunchers may attend in boots and Stetsons without issue and reservations need not be canceled.
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Amarillo
Chicago
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