Panhandle wheat crop estimate and 1924 trade note
The Panhandle predicts a 3 to 4 million bushel wheat crop, about 300 per cent of normal in Panhandle counties with Groom Swisher reporting last year’s conditions similar and many areas abandoning acreage. Amarillo elected J. N. Beasley secretary treasurer and Jester Stone president. arbitration panel chosen. notes on fair rates for person to person calls and Helium trade mention.
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Panhandle Grain Dealers Association
J. N. Beasley
Groom
Swisher County
Jester Stone
Amarillo
Burton Thornton
Lockney
W. A Barlow
Ernest Schuman
Happy
A. P. Liske
Tom
Fuqua predicts sound business and Panhandle oil potential
W H Fuqua told the Panhandle Grain Dealers association that business will be quiet for four months but improve overall this year. He highlighted the Panhandle oil field with 33 producing wells averaging 8,588 barrels daily, 61 wells drilling, 377,429 barrels stored, and capacity to raise output if markets and pipelines allowed.
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W. HH. Fuqua
Panhandle Grain Dealers Association
Fuqua
Panhandle
Fuana
Weather forecast and temperatures for today and yesterday
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Today's temperature extremes reached 80 and 66 degrees, compared with 88 and 56 a year ago. E. P. Hubbard, Steinway Pianos, Rhodes Brothers Auto Top Shop.
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Rhodes Brothers Auto Top Shop
Jury declines to hold suspects in Dillon slaying
St Louis May 19 the coroner s jury in the reopened inquest into the slaying of Dr William A Dillon found there was insufficient evidence to hold anyone for the killing Coroner Bopp discharged all witnesses but said the investigation would continue
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Associated Press
St. Louis
William A. Dillon
Bopp
American Warehouse Company Merchandise Storage
Charlie Hoover of International Life asks “When and Where do we eat” at Mission Coffee Shop 315 Polk Street while discussing storage needs for merchandise.
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American Warehouse Company
Charlie Hoover
Polk Street
Vets in Dallas Mistaken Abe Lincoln Return
In Dallas Ed Phillips a plasterer impersonating Abe Lincoln walked past a veteran registration tent at Union Terminal. A Confederate veteran exclaimed that the man looked like Lincoln, and Phillips joked about forgetting the veterans’ day.
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Pines
Dallas
Abe Lincoln
Ed Phillips
Union Terminal Station
Abe
Lincoln
Another Real Oil Well For Wheeler
Shamrock May 19 Wheeler county reports a new oil well Whit tington No 3 by Williams and Laycock in Wheeler county nine miles northwest of Shamrock. The well at 2230 feet deep began production after nitroglycerin charge and yields 150 to 359 barrels daily. Tex Thornton of United States Torpedo Co discharged 150 quarts into the well yesterday. Leases and royalties are moving quickly as producers rejoice.
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Wheeler County
Whittington
Williams
Tex Thornton
United States Torpedo Company
290 Ships To Be Sold For Scrapping
The shipping board sub committee on scrapping tentatively agrees to sell 290 government vessels for scrapping as part of a broader program. The plan aims to reduce wartime fleet by disposing of older ships to recover value and streamline operations. May 19 report from Washington notes ongoing discussions and potential policy steps.
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Associated Preas
Washington
The
Shipping Board
City to let Word ranch option lapse over pricing
Amarillo officials will not exercise the Word ranch purchase option which expires tomorrow night. The city has paid 17 500 but will lose it unless an outside extension is granted by the owners. they oppose 20 an acre as excessive and may let the option lapse. Wynkoop Kiersted and an outside engineer will join discussions before the final water settlement. Mayor Bivins has toured the Word ranch area northwest of the city.
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Amarillo
Word Ranch
City Commission
Water Board
Heve
Wynkoop Kiersted
Bivins
Hereford
Panic injures many in New York subway rush
An estimated seventy five persons were hurt as a panic erupted on a crowded East Side subway train just before departure from Grand Central station. A blown fuse and electric bulb explosions were cited as the cause.
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Associated
Peggy the World War hero buried with full military honors
Peggy the World War hero dog was buried in a city park plot in Norfolk with full military honors. About 500 people including a Washington party attended, as her Canadian veteran owner Richard J. Jones received condolences from veterans. The ceremony, arranged by Norfolk Post 392 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, featured a horse-drawn hearse and a casket draped in Stars and Stripes, followed by four Boy Scouts bearing the casket to the plot.
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Associated Preaq
Norfolk
Richard J. Jones
Washington
Norfolk Post Wo
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Poy
Perea
Wilson
White House
Women of South Davis Goes or Have Their Day Stand Again
The United Confederate Veterans Texas division voted to consider supporting a Southern Memorial to the women of the Confederacy. The plan envisions a living monument through a higher learning institution funded for white men and women. General J C Foster led the session in Dallas with thousands of veterans in attendance.
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South Davis
Associated Press
Dallas
United Confederate Veterans
South
Texas
Union
J. C. Foster
Houston
Tolzien Music and Williams Sign Co. Brighten Amarillo
Historic Tolzien Music, serving since 1908, joins with Williams Sign Co. to promote The Panhandle's Meeting Place. Signs advertise Kimball pianos and the Famous For Food theme at the Amarillo hotel.
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Williams Sign Co
Amarillo Hotel
the Panhandle
A Grand Feeling Turns to Surprise Arrival Note
A wife writes a letter announcing she will arrive in the morning a week earlier than expected, prompting a dramatic shift in household plans and expectations. The message conveys excitement and a sudden schedule change.
Witness in Germ Gase Disappears Closes Key State Witness
Chicago May 15 A key state witness in the trial of Shepherd for the murder of orphan heir McClintock has vanished. Robert White, once a bodyguard for C. C. Farman and cited by the state as visiting the school, disappeared with his wife and two children. The disappearance prompted changes in the courtroom proceedings as veniremen were reduced and the trial moved forward with two jurors remaining.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert White
Dp Shepherd
W Aam McClintock
Georges
Ore
Tindy Kehnen
White
C. C. Farman
National University of Sciences
Shepherd
State
Shepherd Wee
An Rete Urors
Venremen
Shepherd Jurors Must Have Good Education
Jurors to try William Darling Shepherd for the typhoid murder of William Nelson McClintock must possess education enabling them to understand chemistry bacteria and poison. The state seeks impartial jurors not opposed to capital punishment who will ignore circumstantial evidence or an accomplice’s testimony. C. C. Farman the key witness confessed supplying germs and guidance for $100000. The opening session adjourned with about 150 veniremen awaiting call as jurors are selected.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
C. C. Farman
Shepherd
Strong Denial From Texas Utilities Head Over Merger Rumor
Mayor Lee Bivins received a twenty two page telegram from I R Kelso general manager of the Texas Utilities company denying any merger with City Light and Water. The telegram cites costs of day rate between 60 and 70 dollars and references Paul C Dodge and nine engineers in Amarillo amid reports of a planned purchase by Dodge.
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Lee Bivins
I. R. Kelso
Texas Utilities Company
City Light & Water Company
Globe
Paul C. Dodge
Coffee Shop at Amarillo Hotel Promoted for Food
An Amarillo hotel hosts The Coffee Shop famous for food while advertising Exide Battery service via 7 Prompt Battery Service. Exide Battery station at 276.
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Amarillo Hotel
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