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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1924
Page
8
The Boy Scout movement is growing in the Panhandle with plans to organize twenty five counties into a reorganized council. A deputy field scout executive would work full time, as ten towns are urged to form the region council. Amarillo Claude and Panhandle have agreed to join.
The Central Labor Council will sponsor a dance at 707 Polk Street next Wednesday night with a special orchestra. Proceeds aim to fund Amarillo delegates to the State Federation of Labor convention set to occur soon in Port Arthur. If the convention comes to Amarillo in 1925 it would bring about 1,200 visitors for ten days. A separate Amarillo Scout Council finance committee meeting authorized the annual drive to fund the council, to begin officially on April 14.
A E Bell of 803 Taylor street is improving after undergoing an operation and will leave St. Anthony's hospital this week. He is the chief engineer of the Mistletoe creamery. Mrs. William Chae Beilfield of Lucerne apartments has returned from Oklahoma City where she was summoned due to her brother-in-law’s illness.
A Globe market roundup highlights flavored lip sticks as a new product and notes strong Panhandle egg and dairy markets. It mentions local residents Alec Tolson and T. J. Wagner and business moves by Armour and Company in Amarillo. The piece promotes paid classifieds with a pitcher giveaway during the March 22 edition.
A dapper man staying at an Amarillo hotel bought a suit at David Rubin's store for 50 dollars using a check drawn on a Nebraska bank. The check bounced, notifying Sheriff Whitaker, who found the man in room 201 with the old suit and traveling bag. Cheren, identified by the signature, left town before authorities arrived.
Amarillo Music Co at 702 Polk Street offers a baby grand piano for 595 dollars on terms. William Steuter, pioneer well digger, dies in Happy Texas, a commanding Plains figure who worked along ranches from Mobeetie to Lubbock and across the Panhandle.
A letter from Edna recounts spending on silk stockings at 3.50 per pair and a 30 mahjong set. The writer notes her friends have taken up mahjong and jokes about yacht racing, contrasting with prior bridge lessons during absence.
A Salina water works manager is a woman. Frank Hicks visits Amarillo. A horse named In Memori am prompts a quip. Dinner party customs noted. Worldwide alcohol mortality cited. Ruth Hawkins in Buchannan street has measles. Los Angeles tops Colorado Springs for tourists. A 72 year old Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine in use in Wellington. E W Ritchie of Dallas meets P F Collier & Sons in town. Ike Killough, longtime Spur ranch hand, died recently at Dixon Wyoming. Farmers eager to return to fields. Leila Day resigns Plainview teaching post for Hale county home demonstration. C F Merrick, pioneer, dies in Lockney. buried after arriving in West Texas in 1891. Williams Hardware expands floor space with a new balcony.
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