Desert Tragedy and Opinion on Royalty and Stock Warnings
A widow in Arizona killed her two children before taking her own life after a rattlesnake bite left her unable to seek help. The column notes opinions are irrelevant and discusses stock in newspapers, bonds, and a British strike with references to Vanderbilt, Bennett, and Churchill, amid reflections on republics and governance.
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London
London Stock Exchange
Lonlon
Inegland
Napoleon
Winston Churchill
Old Jerome
Wall Street
Jay. Gould
W. R. Travers
Newport
Amarillo Climbs to Seventh in Southern Building Permits
Survey by W. S. Straus & Company shows Amarillo Texas, population 28 000, rising to seventh in the South for April building permits. Houston led with 3,282,321, followed by Miami and Tampa. Amarillo jumped from 472,715 last April to 2,002,406 this April, second in Texas and among top Southern cities.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Houston
Miami
Tampa
Louisville
Birmingham
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Memphis
Tennessee
Atlanta
Richmond
San Antonio
Amabllo
S&s. W. Straus & Company
New York
America
Texas
Higustor
Enya Ewcd
Esa PR
Reresa Cie
Fragt
Eod
St. Petersburg
Skys
Pere Worthan
Wichita Falls
Rithgiond
Laughars
Orlando
Asheville
Coral Gables
Clearwater
Miami Beach
West Palm Beach
Roanoke
Plan for Amarillo jail and courthouse could reshape downtown
The Globe urges tearing down the old jail as antiquated and unsightly. It proposes placing a new jail on a courthouse block with a remodeled courthouse and a third or fourth floor addition, plus a downtown park, or else issue bonds for a modern combined jail and courthouse.
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Potter County
Commissioners Court
Amarillo
The
Globe
Court of Civil Appeals
Death of W. J. Tucker Swift & Co. manager at 80
William J. Tucker 80, local manager for Swift & Co., died at a local hospital after a brief illness. Survived by widow, two children Milford Wade and Mary Lee, his father J. J. Tucker of Canton, Oklahoma, and sisters. Services held at Griggs Funeral Chapel with Masonic pallbearers and Swift & Co. employees listed as honorary pallbearers. The body to be sent to Colorado Springs tonight with family escort.
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William J. Tucker
Swift & Co
Milford Wade
Mary Lee
J. J. Tucker
Canton
Oklahoma
Harry Linden
Earl Goode
Roy Bateman
Longdate
Okla
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
W.M. Lane
Caroline Hooten
Polk Street Methodist Church
H H. Armstrong
R. H. Scott
He C Sloan
S. C. Neely
GL. B. Hosek
FB. Pierce
W. J. Tinning
L. J. Jackson
V. Wolf
D. H. Lchaefer
O. F. Lovelady
A. C. Black
D. A Perkins
Hailstones baseballs smash Dallas causing heavy damage
Hailstorms in Dallas Saturday night caused at least a million dollars in direct losses with fifty injuries. Rain later soaked merchandise through broken windows and skylights, raising total losses to over 1.05 million. Cars, streetcars, and auto tops suffered extensive damage while emergency hospitals treated injured residents.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Plans for Jail Addition and Courthouse Wing
The commissioners court discussed plans to add to the county jail and build an east side courthouse wing for more space. Architects were instructed to draft plans and estimates, with Judge Sam Matlow urging emergency action due to congestion.
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Commissioners’ Court
Sam Matlow
Panhandle Hardware Convention Opens With Strong Turnout
About 100 delegates registered at Amarillo hotel for the Panhandle Hardware and Implement association’s seventeenth annual convention despite heavy rains. President O C Watson of Clarendon praised membership growth and urged attendance at Panhandle meetings, with exhibits and a national advertising boost from Rivers Peterson of Hardware Retailer.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association
Tate I*ry
Canyon
J. W. O'Malley
J. N. Riggs
Panhandle
J. Tr.ox
Dalhart
T. C. Thompson
Country Club
Rivers Peterson
Indianapolis
Rain and hail sweep North Plains area with scattered showers
A half inch general rainfall with hail occurred in the Van Horn and North Plains section overnight and into morning. Amarillo reported 0.47 inches at 1 am with hail around 9:30 pm and briefly for about five minutes. Fort Worth and Denver line saw similar rainfall to Amarillo from Textline to Childress.
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Vanhandle
North Plains
South Plains
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Paropa
Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Indian Kidnaps Girl Then Slays Brother and Uncle
Telluride Colorado May 10 Posses search forty miles for George Nelson a Navajo who kidnapped Leonore Wolfe and freed her after killing her brother John H Wolfe and her uncle John Wolfe at the Wolfe ranch. Nelson had traveled from Arizona and fled after the killings.
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Telluride
Colo
George Nelson
John H. Wolfe
John €. Wolfe
Leonore Wolfe
Miss Wolfe
Jose Wolfe
Upper Ranch House
Upper Ranch
John HL
Wolfe
Nelson
Wolfe Canel
Arizona
Ttex
Oil field hold up men routed after drug store shooting
In the Panhandle off section a Fort Worth area drug store proprietor grabbed a shotgun and fired on three intruders who beat two men and looted the cash register. Two Whitey Hughes and Bob Clark were wounded and a partner jailed. Four injured taken to emergency hospital. authorities mum on charges and names. Lines were down and details limited.
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Panhandle
Tpantex
Whitey Hughes
Bob Clark
Lorger
Byrd Firs To Perfor Daring North Pole Flight
News from New York May 10 reports Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd led an American three engine plane over the North Pole in 15 hours 30 minutes. The feat follows Peary as the second polar expedition to reach the pole and drew congratulations from President Coolidge and other leaders.
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Associated Prose
New York
North Pole
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Robert K. Peary
Byrd
Esqu'maux
Admiral Peary
Matt Henson
D Peary
Lloyd Bennett
Ratio and
Cable
New York Times
St. Louis Poste Dispatch
King's Bay
Spitzbereen
Civilization
Coolidge
Navy
Wibur
Davis
Frould Amundsen
Lincoln
Isworth
Norgets
King
Willjremur Stefansson
Amundsen
Pole
Ibyrd
Stefansson
Pearyland
Leigh Wade
London
Tokyo
George Wilkins
Detroit
Endicott Mountains
Dount Barrow
Alaska
Flaissen
Dre Hugo Beckener
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Rich- Mond
Pick
Baseball Postponed By Rain Across Cities
National games in Boston Cincinnati and Philadelphia Pittsburgh were postponed due to rain and cold conditions. No rescheduled dates announced.
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The
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Cnational
Pittsburgh
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Persia
Nolse
United States
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Amarillo Hotel
the Panhandle
E. v. Hubbard
Steinway Pianos
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Big New York Investment Company
W. J. Tucker
Swift & 69
Watson
Panhandle Association Opera
J. M. Wagan
J. C. Tolland
O. ©. Watson
P, HL
Dm. Hagan
J. C. Holland
Amarillo Country Club
Pantex
Amarillo Hota
Byrd Firs
U. S
Kings Bay
Northland
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