Seventh District News Notes and Local Socials
Hale county cooperates with the Red Cross public health nurse through county federation. Club women join committees and assist school screenings as officials hope to maintain welfare work. New D A R chapter meeting features Dutch colonists and New Amsterdam papers. Harmony Club hosts social and supports theater funding at the Municipal auditorium. Upcoming Legion Auxiliary meeting plans district event in Amarillo. Local marriages, engagements, and travels of residents are reported along with illness and recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale County
Red Cross
Meade F. Griffin
Daughters of the American Revolution
Municipal Auditorium
Avery Turner
George S. Mc]ellan
James Bush
Ovur
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Amarillo
Social clubs schedule for Amarillo week
A list of meetings and social gatherings across churches and clubs. Notable events include the 1921 club at 1705 Polk street, Woman's Council business at Central Presbyterian, and missionary society Bible lessons at Polk Street Methodist and St. Andrews Episcopal homes. Civic and junior clubs meet around noon and evening, with hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Claude Curtis
Polk Street
Woman's Council
Central Presbyterian Church
Woman's Missionary Society
Polk Street Methodist Church
Epworth Hall
Stanley W. Hayne
Belle Bennett Missionary Society
H. A. Wellmaker
van Buren Street
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
W. K. Chandler
Harison Street
Methodist Missionary Society of
San Jacinto
Sunset Road
East Amarillo
Death Mystery Ties Roy Turner to Kansas City Case
Mrs Marie Husted Turner held in Kansas City tied to the Dora Gage death where strychnine was reported. Gage drowned years ago while canoeing with her husband, Turner. He claimed $17,000 life insurance and was believed beneficiary of a $5,000 policy. Turner found in Gage's hotel room at death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Husted Turner
Roy Turner
Kansas City
Dora Gage
Turner
Gage
Railroads Highlight Prosperity and Upgrades Across Networks
The piece touts growing prosperity from railroads, praising Santa Fe service and a new deluxe Chicago to California train. It notes Fort Worth and Denver South Plains survey corps advancing from Plainview, Lubbock, Petersburg, and Lockney, plus Denver main line work, plus Felt’s election as vice president of the railway engineering society. It also mentions Bessemer and Lake Erie track progress and Crater Lake leakage near the Moffatt tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Chicago
Amarillo
California
Fort Worth
Denver South Plains
Plainview
Lubbock
Petersburg
Lockney
Childress
Rail crashes, cattle ranch, and steel payrolls in a garbled page
A colliding passenger train on a Louisiana line causes many deaths due to a switch error. The King ranch in Texas spans seven counties, valued at about 50 million dollars, centered at Kingsville. Edison story, US Steel payroll leader at 442.7 million yearly, AT&T second, Pennsylvania and New York Central payrolls also listed. Edna Bond jailed for bootlegging. judge promises an example. Henry Ford buys 10600 tons of Belgian steel rails for a Michigan rail project. rail prices cited for Pittsburgh to Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis, Brownsville
Mexico
Henrietta King
Texas
Kingsville
Santa Gertrudis
America
United States Steel Corporation
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Henry Ford Haw
Belgium
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Antwerp
Detroit
United States Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Injustice and Progress Recounted in Roving Critique
A fragmented column railing against social norms cites Texas politics and justice, recalling past progress in electricity from P T Barnum era to modern South. It notes roosters and roosts as a metaphor for consequences, plus a reference to Africa’s durum flour as staple diet.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seventh District News
R. S. Thompson
Oliver Rae Eakle
Clyde Smith
Jean Smith
Monroe Street
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Baker-Williams
Dave Baker
Lincoln Street
Ruby Hope
Earl Williams
Panhandle
Baptist Parsonage
Whitedeer
Robert Pride
Wn Satterwhite-Sugg
Miss Mary Bess
Wellington
Austin
Sugg
Hereford
Jim Sanders
Sanders
Mrs. A. &. Meyer
Harrison Street
Meyer
Santa Fe Auditors
E. T. Dunaway
Ong Street
Temple
Dr. Dunaway
Scott and White
R. la Mitchell
Elizabeth Tolleson
G. C. Malone
Pampa
Mary Frances Akard
Taylor Street
Second Baptist Church
R. E. McGee
Queen Esther Club
Needle Club
Don Saunders
East Fountain Road
Country Club
Amarillo Sign CO
D. R. Sanders
Prop
6Th Street
Pilk and
Tyler
Spencer
J. F. Bromert
D.C
Western
By John Moore
Denver
C. F. W. Felt
American Railway Engineering Association
Chicaszo
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railway
Crater Lake
Continental Divide
Denver and Salt Lake Railway
John Moor
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
Edison
Mr. Edison
Edna Bond
West Virginia
G. W. Baker
P. T .Barnum
Circus
Africa
Dr. Caldwell
Caldwell
Gun
Guts Deve
Dr.caldwells
Truitrod
Feyay
Monticello
Taylor
Chickering Ivers & Pond Starr Story & Clark Hobart M. Cable Schiller
Jesse French Marshall & Wendell Remington Richmond
Amarillo 6 Music Co
O. V. Wray
the Music Man
Polk
Hupdredeh
Taxel Dogo Batchelor
Lyra Graham
Peter Griswold
Lyra
Hazel Devo Batchelor
the Globe
The
Supreme Auto Radiator Co
East 4Th Street
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