Plan expert urged for city favors zoning plan
Amarillo plan commission last night urged hiring a city plan expert to develop a comprehensive plan and immediate zoning. The group estimated costs at 10 000 to 15 000 with a two year development horizon and urged action to protect homes and stabilize real estate values.
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Amarillo
City Plan Commission
John §. McKnight
Plan Commission
J. 0. Gulerie
Guy A. Carlander
L. L. Ferree
Fred Bone
M. C. Blanchard
John G. McKenzie
Nurses Graduating Exercises on May 29
The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and the class of 1929 of St. Anthony's School of Nursing hold commencement on Wednesday evening May 29 at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Graduates include Miss Maria Mil ley Miss Helen Peters Miss Jewell Berry and Miss Grace Russell.
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Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
St. Anthony's School of Nursing
Maria Milley
Helen Peters
Jewell Berry
Grace Russell
Tying Asparagus Stalks For Easy Family Servings
Practical kitchen tip advises tying six to seven asparagus stalks into single servings before cooling. Keep scissors on the table to cut the strings for quick, orderly portions.
Castoria Baby Remedy Promised Safe Relief
Castoria is presented as a safe vegetable remedy for babies and older children. It claims to calm fretfulness, ease colic and constipation, and urges keeping an extra unopened bottle for emergencies with doctors endorsing its safety.
Amarillo Life Notes and Humorous Observations
A long dispatch from Amarillo shares wry anecdotes about local life, odd sightings, and community quirks. It mentions gas explosions prevention jokes, flies in bread wrapping, health inspector humor, and a Stinnett visitor praising modernity. It notes lost dogs, found pins, a missing police dog Tex, and questions water rate dissatisfaction among residents.
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Amarillo
Citizens urged to support fair governance and praise city officials
A columnist urges readers to thank the city commission for water rate actions and to avoid accusing officials of wrongdoing without proof. The writer commends Chief Gaither and notes internal disagreements over petitions to keep city employees in office, urging constructive support for responsible city government.
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City Commission
Gaither
Public Letters and Lectures on Social Morals
A reader urges restraint on public smoking by young women and cautions about public image. J C M praises mothers in a poem. Dr Atticus Webb of Dallas will speak at San Jacinto Methodist Church on May 19 about enforcing Texas dry laws and clarifying public thinking.
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Jack Pulliam
Stinnett
News-Globe
Erasmus Tack
Amarillo
Atticus Webb
Dallas
Anti-Saloon League of Texas
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Webb
Texas
Lost Irish Terrier Seeks Owner in Lefors Texas
Dear Tack asks readers to help locate the owner of a female Irish Terrier believed lost from a car. The tan and silver dog is around 12 years old, without a collar, shows watchdog traits, and is seen watching passing cars. Contact Mrs R F C Box 312 Lefors Texas.
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Tack
R. F. C. Box
Lefors
Texas
Bailey Rites Held Today at 2 30 O Clock
Funeral services for Roy F. Bailey 27 were conducted at the Central Presbyterian Church at 2 30 this afternoon with Rev R Thomson officiating He died in a local hospital Tuesday morning The body lay in state at Boxwell Brothers Funeral home until 1 this afternoon Burial took place at Memorial Park cemetery He worked in the parts department of the F and M Motor company Survived by father W E Bailey of 9600 Taylor street two brothers Earl and Wesley Amarillo and a sister Mrs Glen Wilson Duncan Okla
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Roy F. Bailey
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Bailey
F. and M. Motor Company
W. E. Bailey
Taylor Street
Earl and
Wesley
Amarillo
Glen Wilson
Duncan, Okla
Benefit Dance At Nat Hosted By JTL A Aux
A church benefit dance will be held tomorrow night at the Nat by the auxiliary of the J T L A to support dry laws. The notice cites broad moral support from church advocates and anti saloon league involvement, with Dr Webb delivering a principled civic message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat
The
Webb
Anti-Saloon League
T. L. McCoy
Laddie Again Missing Dog Seeks Help From Tack
Winston Brown reports his large gray and black dog Laddie is missing again since Sunday. He asks Tack to phone 2-2197 if anyone sees a stray dog or knows Laddie, offering a small reward and noting he lacks a phone.
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Tack
Laddie
Winston Brown
N. Mirror
Becky Rogers Trial May Be Transferred
Native of LaGrange laments slow progress in the Rebecca Bradley Rogers bank robbery case. A juror panel of 160 was exhausted and 50 more are to be summoned. if five remain unfound the trial may shift to another county. Judge Jeffrey warned Otis Rogers over questioning jurors about insanity.
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United Press
Lagrange
Tex
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Farmers State Bank
M. C. Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Rebecca
Otis Rogers
Clinic Blast Kills and Traps Patients in Inferno
Ambulances rush to nearby hospitals as fire engulfs the clinic building. Firemen fight through toxic gases and two blasts on the second floor rescue and carry unconscious patients from windows. Victims on the lawn appear dead as gas spreads over the block.
Sayers Rise From Soldier to Governor in Texas
Sayers joined as a private under Col Tom Green and earned a promotion for bravery at Fort Craig where he helped capture the Val Verde battery. Wounded, he continued duty, left the army as a major, returned to Bastrop, became lawyer, state senator in 1878, lieutenant governor in 1879, congressman, then governor elected in 1898 but took office after weeks of delay. He served two terms and resumed law practice, later serving on the Moody pardon board in 1927 while keeping regular office hours in Austin.
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Tom Green
Green
Fort Craig
Val Verde
Sayers
Bastrop
Congress
Washington
Moody
Pardon Board
Austin
Smart Set Minstrels To Furnish Fun
The Georgia Smart Set Minstrels, hailed as the Souths best, perform Monday night at the city auditorium with a noon parade on the streets. The balcony is reserved for negroes at 50 cents, front parquet and boxes at 1, rear parquet and logos at 75 cents, downstairs seats reserved.
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Georgia Smart Set Minstrels
South
City Auditorium
Orphans Birthday Club Honors President with Party
Members of the Orphans Birthday Club surprised their president Mrs. Phil Pressig with a party Monday night at the home of Mrs. H. S. Pierce then to the former's residence at 1000 Lincoln street. Guests included Mrs. Sid Jones Mrs. Ethel Davis Mrs. W. H. Ellis and others. cakes coffee and cocoa were served. Mrs. Pressig the only May birthday member received a gift and a handkerchief shower.
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Orphans Birthday Club
Phil Pressig
H. S. Pierce
Lincoln Street
Sid Jones
Ethel Davis
W. H. Ellis
Will Riley
Lloyd Eaton
Harold Pressig
W. ¥. Spencer
Cecil Eaton
Clinton Eaton
Bessie Dyer
Margaret Holmes
Lillian Roberson
Ed R. Cline
Willard Warren
Ivan Graham
Dick Wilkins
H. B. Martin
H. S. Taylor
A. B. Claflin
John Stidger
Pressig
British Politics and World News Reflected in Turbulent Times
The column surveys American social issues like childbirth mortality and prohibition, comments on the Jivaro shrunken heads exhibit, and critiques of Lloyd George's leadership and Britain’s labor politics. It contrasts U.S. and British crises with grim humor and wary optimism.
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Lloyd George
Baldwin
Britain
Great Britain
Klfer
The Banker Poem Turns On A Modern Banker
Edgar A. Guest observes a shift in banking style from stern loan denials to welcoming advertising. The speaker contrasts the banker of old who discouraged risk with the current practice where glossy messaging invites customers in. The verse critiques moral risk and rewards in lending through a reflective rhyme.
Market roundup of hogs cattle calves and sheep in multiple cities
Livestock results from Kansas City Fort Worth and Chicago show hogs mostly lower with tops around 10.70 and 11.80 depending on weight. cattle and calves steady to strong in Fort Worth and Chicago with good and choice weights reaching up to 15.15. lambs and sheep mainly steady to lower, with spring lambs around 15.00 to 16.50 and ewes down to about 5.75 to 7.25 in Chicago.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Chicago
The
Seeasers
East St. Louis Livestock Market Report May 15
East St. Louis market totals show hogs 14 000 head with 160 to 250 lb at 11.00 and sows at 9.50. cattle and calves 2 600 and 1 800 respectively with steer sales 11.75, cows 9.00, vealers 14.00. sheep 2 600 with various values for clipped and spring lambs. Widespread price movements across commodities include Chicago grain, New Orleans cotton, New York cotton, and poultry markets with fluctuating futures and spot quotes.
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East ST. Louis
Associated Press
Man Fails To Kill Self With Cannon
May 15 report from Clovis states man named Allard attempted suicide by firing a one pound trench cannon at his head. The cannon was kept as a war memento from World War I. The projectile grazed his cheek and doctors saved his life. He told reporters he would try again but not with a cannon.
Court of Civil Appeals Proceedings Summarized
Proceedings held in the Seventh District Court at Amarillo with motions overruled for Ward Byers v Parker and Long Bell Lumber Co. v Futch rehearings. several cases from Hutchinson Lubbock and other counties reversed remanded dismissed or set for submission on June 5 1929 with many named parties and appellants listed.
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Court of Civil Appeals For the Seventh District
Amarillo
Ward Byers
G. C. Parker
Long Bell Lumber Co
I. M. Futch
Grose R. Scruggs
Lizzie McCart
John R. Miller
C. Coffee
Hutchinson
J. S. Lancaster
Whaley Lumber Co
Lubbock
J. N. Johnson
Lawrence Ashby
Dallam
Duncan Hensley
Waco Drug Co
A. W. Jackson
M. C. Overton
Dallas
Mazie FP. Becker
C. L. Maillou
B. M. Shelton
Virgil Lock
Hemphill
Roy L. Harkey
W. H. Hindman
Dickens
Fidelity Union Fire Ins. Co
First National Bank of
Crosbyton
Crosby
McCarty Cash Register Co
Geo
Wheel Factory Moves Offices to Factory Site
The Tri-State Wheel Manufacturing Company moves from 409 Amarillo Building to 504-12 East Tenth Street for convenience. Futures quotes and foreign exchange rates are noted, with stock letters highlighting early gains in Commercial Solvents United Aircraft Sears Roebuck General Electric and Packard Motors as the market opens.
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Tri-State Wheel Manufacturing Company
Amarillo Building
East Tenth Street
New York
Associated Press
U. S
United Aircraft 2
Sears Roebuck
Wall Street
Packard Motors
General Electric
Johns Menville
Pittsburgh Coal
Engineers Public Service
Simmons
Snider Packing
United Aircraft
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Castoria
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R. R. Hamlin
Hereford
Pampa
Brindle
Sky
C. M. Hitchcock
M. L.ettkson
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Sybal Marie Lyles
Borger
Gray's County
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joseph Caladaptro
Florida Avenue
Amsterdam
N. Y
Becky Rogers
Wete
Hall of Fame
Hoover
America
Museum of the American Indian
France
Hjalmar Blomberg
Risjord
Wisconsin
Newton PD
Loop
Baker
Edgar A. Guest
Oklahoma
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Liverpool
Star Lumber Company
Italy
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Germany
Tokyo
Montreal
Majestic Radio
Panhandle Music’ Company
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