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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1925
Page
2
Markets furnished by Alex Hyman and Co. show cattle and grain futures with May and July contracts noted. Prices fluctuate with open, high, low, and close figures across livestock and corn sectors, reflecting thin trading and mixed percentages.
Listing shows Hens Leghorn and Broilers at .27 cents, Turkeys Old Tom and general stock prices. Includes egg stock and packing butter at a per unit and case price with totals around 720 dollars.
Governor grants conditional pardons to J. Pruitt from Bosque county for two years and F. H. Woytek from McLennan County for liquor law violations. J. Wilson of Dallas county gets a 30 day furlough extension. Mrs. L. E. Lyles travels to San Francisco after brother Jack Ford’s death.
A scrambled OCR snippet shows grain prices for Amarillo including wheat, barley, oats, millet, and maize per 100 pounds. The data references bids and terms but is incomplete and partially illegible.
Amarillo Oil Company reports the Bivins B-2 in Cottle county delivering 24,000,000 more cubic feet. total gas flow reaches 182,000,000 feet. Drilling paused at 2070 feet to rework the new stratum with plans to resume soon. The well sits near Block 4h in Hutchinson county and may indicate gas bearing strata at about 300 feet.
President Coolidge was ill with a plain stomach ache and canceled morning engagements. He rested at the White House, attended by Maj. James W. Copeland and Cmdr. Jon Poone, and recovered enough to proceed with weekend plans aboard the Mayflower.
Haskell Texas May 2 More than 1000 witnesses have been subpoenaed for the trial of Mrs Frank Collier of Wichita Falls charged with murder in the death of her son in law Elaine Robertson. The slaying occurred on a Wichita Falls street as conflict over the marriage to a 19 year old. Collier, then mayor, was later sentenced to three years in prison.
Turner, a longtime railroad executive, began as a passenger train operator in Santa Fe in 1880. He later rose to trainmaster at La Junta and served as general manager and vice president for Pecos Valley lines, with later roles in Texas and federal railroad administration.
James Morris a ranchman was found dead from a gunshot on his ranch near here today. The body lay by a wire fence with a pistol nearby, indicating accidental death. Miss Mary Meador of Lubbock is visiting Howard Trigg and wife, joined later by Miss Alice Mary Johnson of Lubbock for several days.
Kid Vail and J C Leanon emerge as key Amarillo Panhandle labor figures with long连接 service. Vail joined Carpenters Union No 918 in Manhattan 1905 and moved to Amarillo in 1910 serving as secretary and business manager for local union 665. He has coordinated organizing drives for the American Federation of Labor and sat on the Texas State Council of Carpenters executive board. Leanon, secretary treasurer of Amarillo Central Labor, has been with Railway Carmen No 135 since 1920 and leads substantial activity for the Central Labor body. Both men are active in local labor circles ahead of the convention.
An unusual art display from St Mary's academy students is on view at Green Bros furniture store on Sixth and Taylor Streets. The collection includes sketches, fancy needlework, painted china, and a notable crayon drawing of cattle and a cowboy in a storm by Miss M Hartman, with other works by Mrs M O'Neil Walter Mitchell Frank Little and Ioy Williams. The exhibit highlights developing local talent and is well worth visiting.
The sixth week overview of the Wutter County district court lists jurors including Beh, Sattervyle, Odom, Blake, Jones, Hugman, Green, Donnidson, Klock, O Neill, Oliver, Gee, Wiiebt, Moore, Paschall, Campbell, Hud dell, Gibouns, O Brien, Johnson, Kidd en of Finkien, Shannon, Perkinson, Baker, Walker, Kuhiman, Sadier, Gordon, McGee, Price, Shero, Wheatley, Kurkendall. Sally June 22nd session with Colleen Moore and evening reading hours noted.
Deaf Smith county is poised to become a major beef cattle feeding hub following the Panhandle packing plant in Amarillo. County Agent R O Dunkle notes abundant grain sorghums and alfalfa exist for feed and that reduced shipping costs could boost local fattening and marketing viability.
Manager J Levy says performances run 2 PM and 7 15 PM Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at the Matt theater.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas will convene in Amarillo on Monday morning June 1 at 9 o'clock. Deputy clerk Miss Jewell Scales said the docket is light and session should run under three weeks. Grand and petit jurors from numerous towns including Vega Perryton Childress Hereford Plainview Canyon and Amarillo were drawn to serve.
A mixed page item notes a grandmother at 66 gaining health as she ages and reflects on years beyond fifty. It also reports Red Campbell facing a new liquor possession charge with Koh Bathoon and Roy Broaddus, bond set at 22 409 each, and alcohol evidence from Randall County. George Parr returns from a Crosbyton business trip.
The Rexall Agency plan was discontinued and the remaining stock on hand will be sold at half price.
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