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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1926
Page
8
Fifty Texas Tech boosters in cowboy outfits staged a colorful daytime procession through Amarillo's business district yesterday. The group included several Amarillo college students among the supporters.
The Rev Lewis Evans of West Graham Virginia, age over 80, extols Black Draught for biliary trouble. He suffered severe liver pain and headaches before using the remedy and says a dose now and then keeps him in good form, praising its natural herbal basis.
The report covers St. Louis Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets with bids on fed steers heifers and calves, plus warehoused hogs and sheep. Grain notes include Kansas City cash grain and wheat futures, while foreign exchange and bond rates move in New York market updates.
New York stocks opened with gains fading into losses as recent rallies paused. Du Pont General Motors U S Rubber led declines while Studebaker Pan American United Cigar stores eased. Rail issues gained slightly while Norfolk and Western fell. Foreign currencies firm with sterling at 3.55 dollars and Belgian francs around 5.10.
Visiting Panhandle Hardware convention guests were entertained by local wives with a theater party at the Pair to see Prone starring Colleen Moore. They then enjoyed a Palace of Streets meal, a Country Club dance with Volzion’s orchestra, and a luncheon at the Amarillo Country Club. An annual banquet at the Amarilo Hotel concludes tonight with Tolzien’s orchestra. Mrs. J. M. Hagan chairs the luncheon committee.
Prospects for obtaining 125 men sought to ride the On to Tulsa special train for the National Realtors Convention June 7 to 11 are good, says T. M. Bruner, chairman. The Kiwanis club pledged full cooperation to secure a large Amarillo showing, with over sixty reservations already made.
The notice invites readers to Moore-Poston’s at Seventh and Taylor to sample Maxwell House coffee. An expert demonstrator will brew and hand out a cup, drawing crowds already visiting for the demonstration.
The Daily Mail labels the general strike illegal and calls for dissolution of the trades union congress and deportation of 500 soviet agents in Britain. Strikers maintain discipline amid protests over police protection and convoy duties, while Manchester foresees trouble in flour mills and Smithfield meat trade. Justice Astbury rules the strike illegal and issues injunctions against sailors and firemen union leaders.
S H Morris 58 died at a local hospital at 6 this morning after pneumonia. He lived in Panhandle and was brought to Amarillo yesterday for treatment. Funeral will be at 3 Wednesday in Hereford from the First Christian church. Survived by a daughter at Fort Worth, a brother J Fr Morris of Gainesville, five sisters in Hereford Ardmore Oklahoma Coalgate Oklahoma and others. Body with Blackburn Funeral home and will be sent tonight over the Santa Fe to Hereford.
Tams Bixby Jr vice president of the Muskogee Phoenix and Muskogee Times-Democrat visits Amarillo. He tells a Globe reporter he came to rock the city and praises Amarillo’s development and the people.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and Real Estate Board promote a June seven to eleven publicity train to Tulsa. They urge at least 125 participants to pay 50 dollars for a round trip, including Pullman, with C P Atwood accepting checks for reservations.
Glenwood residents plan community activities as 701 Orange hosts a cash grocery opening. C. E. Painter attends the Southern Baptist convention in Houston. Mrs. O. W. Floyd goes to Northwest Texas hospital. Glenwood PTA invites families to inspect student work and compete for a trophy. Mrs. Albert Wyatt and baby return to Chicago after a visit. Baptist missionary circles meet at several local homes Thursday afternoon.
C C Goodwin secretary of the Amarillo Board of City Development was the principal speaker at a Crowell banquet honoring visitors for a regional West Texas chamber of commerce meeting. Secretaries from nearly every Panhandle city attended the event last night.
The incident at a drug store ended with two bandits looting the cash drawer while customers were held up. Henderson fired, wounding one assailant and enabling an escape. Hughes suffered the most serious injuries from a shotgun blast and a pistol shot during the confrontation as the bandits abducted him to a waiting car.
Martin Jarret of Jarret's Fashion Shop returned from New York with summer ready-to-wear and new creations. The purchases will be on display in Amarillo soon, signaling fresh summer and fall styles for customers.
J L B Cox received a building permit for a two story brick residence at 1006 Bowie Avenue in the Bivins addition, with G C Mathews awarded the contract for the project valued at $12,000.
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