Wild stock talk and tales of temperance and truth
The column surveys stock market fever and warns that fashionable buys may crash while noting gains in national wealth. It highlights Mrs. Sarah Smith nearing 108 and Ida Tarbell’s industrial insights, praises Judge Gary, and comments on American films shaping global appetite for US goods. It also recalls a New York tenement mercy case and ends with a vague reference to Colonel Mitchell and Chinese governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McGauley
New York
Swanson Returns From Paris Seeks No Marquis Title
Gloria Swanson declares she married for love not title while in Paris. Her husband’s aristocratic standing is questioned, yet he possesses documents proving his status. Light joke about Triple A Taxi finds mention with 25c or 50c fare and a local phone number 1521.
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John D. Rockefeller
The
Associated Press
New York
Gloria Swanson
Paris
McLean School Girl Abducted and Found on Prairie
Omalie Abbott, 13, a McLean pupil, was bound gagged and driven from near McLean. She escaped after hours on the prairie six miles away and was found wandering home. A Amarillo man was arrested but not the attacker. Police and sheriffs pursued leads across the Panhandle.
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Mclean
Gray County
Erick
Oklahoma
Omalie Abbott
Amarillo
Miss Abbott
KE. S. Graves
Gra County
J. W
Uassailant
Omalie
Mr. Abbott
Sheriff Graves
Marshal Andrews
Abbott
Panhandle
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Dentists Gather for Amarillo Three Day Meet
Two hundred dentists from West Texas eastern New Mexico and western Oklahoma travel to Amarillo for a three day meeting sponsored by the Amarillo Board of City Development. Registration starts at the Amarillo hotel with sessions at the Green building and lectures by noted speakers from Chicago St Louis and Oklahoma City. The dental banquet Saturday night at the Amarillo hotel will be presided over by Dr. R P Parcells.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Amarillo
W. B. Stevenson
Fronzwa
Chicago
Raber
St. Louis
Parkinson and
Herrig
Olahoma City
Amarillo Hotel
R. P. Parcells
Fair Directors Take Up Important Matters Today
Tri State fair directors meet at 2 30 this afternoon with several issues on the agenda. O V Vernon secretary says a proposal to add forty directors from the Panhandle may be decided. The banquet for Friday night and officers election may be affected. Future meetings and a possible charter change are expected to be announced.
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O. V. Vernon
Panhandle
Monte Owens
Amarillo Post Office Faces Need for Building Expansion
Irving P Porter reports only solution to lock box demand at Amarillo post office is enlarging the Federal building. He noted plans for a west addition with possible entrance on Seventh Street or the alley opposite Fly-Bottom drug store. City paving of the west alley is a precondition.
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Amarillo Post Office
Federal Building
Irving P Porter
Washington, D. C
Porter
Kenyon
Postoffice
Fisk
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Jones
Washington Architect
Sam Finley Geologist Dies After Heavy Meal in Car
Sam Finley a 50 year old oil geologist from Frederick Oklahoma died of acute indigestion while riding in a motor car near the Canadian River bridge north of Amarillo. Rowe of Plainview was in the car. they had been near Dumas examining a ranch. The Blackburn Funeral Home will send the body to Electra Texas and then to Frederick. family details were not confirmed.
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Sam Finley
Frederick
Oklahoma
Canadian River Bridge
Amarillo
Rowe
Plainview
Finley
Dumas
Miles Bivins
Mr. Finley
Blackburn Funeral Home
Electra
Texas
Rainstorm Deluges Beaumont With Citywide Disruptions
Beaumont reports 4.75 inches of rain between 11 AM and 1 PM marking the heaviest in two years. The downpour nearly cloudburst levels halted streetcar service and stalled hundreds of cars downtown. Water inundated Santa Fe tracks north of Kiroyville as traffic and travel slowed.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Santa Fe
Kiroyville
Tabasco Marriage Law for Priests Denounced by Archbishop
Mexico City November 5 Arch Bishop Mora del Rio condemned Tabasco's law forcing priests to marry to exercise their offices calling it monstrous and a threat to church freedom He said no Catholic bishop or priest will heed the absurd measure The Coffee Shop at the Amarillo Hotel is Famous For Food.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mora del Rio
Tabasco
Two New Amarillo Garages Planned Costing 55000
Two structures planned for Amarillo will cost about 55000. Thomas Turner to build a 11400 square foot garage on Tenth and Taylor with no columns and modern features. Williams-Orr Insurance to erect a two story brick building east of Green Bros. furniture, near the News building, with bidding underway.
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Turner
Williams-Orr Wii
Amarillo
Tenth and
Taylor Streets
Thomas Turner
Willys-Knight and Overland
Williams-Orr
Insurance
Green Bros. Furniture Store
Amarillo Daily News
Albert L. Randall
Turner Garage
Randall
Presbyterian Church
Arty
Taylor Street
Taylor and
Tenth Streets
Fifteenth
Madison Streets
Locks
Tenth Street
Negro Boys Try to Burn Schoolhouse in Amarillo
A group of black youths attempted to set fire to the First and Jackson street schoolhouse. Holes burned in the floor were put out by flames, and Patrolman McDowell arrested T. L. Brown, though Cleo Bird escaped. no charges filed. The note about the Amarillo Hotel appears as an unrelated line.
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Jackson Street
W. R. McDowell
T. L. Brown
Cleo Bird
Leys
Amarillo Debates City Water Plan and Bonds Vote
Amarillo weighs a bond issue for a municipal water plant and distribution system after voters approved 1.75 million dollars. City officials face pressure over a private water company proposal and the possibility of building an in house system. Weather notes report a drop from 68 to 41 degrees and the piece hints at ongoing water developments in the area.
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Amarillo
Lindsay Nuny
Globe
City of
Nunn-News
Bivins An
Fisk
Harris
City Commission
Bivins
Sea Aven
willage + trade
Commission
Moody Opens Highway Suit In Texas
Texas Attorney General Dan Moody filed suit seeking cancellation of all state highway contracts held by the American Road company. He seeks $650,000 in recouped funds and accuses the firm of profits totaling over a million dollars on resurfacing and maintenance work across several counties amid broader highway department scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
American Read Company
Dan Moody
Miriam
Ferguson
Highway Department
Moody
S. Heyser
W. K. Melliyar
Whitaker Brodnax
T. D. McGinnis
H. H. Cleave
H. L. Johnson
Commission
American Road Company
Parker County
Dallas
Tarrant
Tarrant County
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Sarah Smith
Brooklyn
Temperance Union
Baptist Church
Ida M. Tarbell
Judge H. Gray
United States Steel Corporation
Judge Gary
Imcttte Roberts
Tunis
Moving Picture
Maine
China
Mitchell
Pierce Company
American Warehouse Co
Essex
Prospect
U. S. Architect Reports
Beaumont Tanay
the Panhandle
Wichita Falls
All American Reed Company
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