Big Parade Details Finalized for Amarillo Legion Event
American Legion plans a November 11 parade at 11 o clock in Amarillo with many floats and automobiles vying for cash prizes. Parade chairman John K Boyce and committee reviewed all details and routes from Fifth and Fillmore to surrounding streets with schools and civic groups to participate.
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The
American Legion
John K. Boyce
R. D. Field
W. L. Blake
Ira Barend
Harvey Crudgington
Bill Burger
Douglas Witt
Howard Blackburn
Amarillo
Fifth
Fillmore
Fifth Street
Grant
Derden
142Nd Infantry
Legion Deum
Bugle Corps
Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Salvation Army
Bittery B
Red Cross
Daughters of the American Revolution
Women's Women’s Federated Clubs
American Business Club
Automotive Association
Sixth Street
Pierce
Central Labor Union
Budh
Rotary and Realtors
Lincoln Junior
Johnson
Wolflin
Sanborn
McKinley
San Jacinto
Summitt
Glenwood
Lincoln
Dave Derden
Tyler Street
Wilson
Buchanan
River
Poll Tax Receipts Issued in Potter County
Potter County records show 294 poll tax receipts and 59 exemptions issued by County Tax Collector Bill Collins. Jarvin Jones is noted as Potter County's first voter to secure a poll tax receipt in 1928, with H. J. Hamrick serving as first exemption certificate recipient.
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Jarvin Jones
Potter County
H. J. Hamrick
Bill Collins
Texas
Mumblepeg Craze Sweeps UC Campus In 1920s Trend
At the University of California Berkeley students form groups across the campus lawns to play mumblepeg in lively contests. Both male and female students participate, drawing crowds of spectators amid campus chatter and campus life.
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International News Service
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Flashes of Life Highlights From A Busy Day In 1920s America
A collage of brief items from New York Camden San Antonio and Kansas City describes social life politics and business. Highlights include a no cigarettes no liquor dinner for women writers remarks by Fanny Ward on aging and youth a 65 year old flapper returning to shore a justice of the peace candidate Edward Rothman vowing to curb wife beating and liquor a Mexican border voyage by minor league players and National Air Transport moving offices by air between fields with no trucks.
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Associated Press
New York
Women’s Swimming Association
Fanny Ward
Camden
N. J
Edward Rothman
Rugged
Rotham
Court House
San Antonio
Mexico
Mexico City
Kansas City
National Air Transport, Inc
Richards Field
Fite Host Night Hawks Bridge Club at Summers Place
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Fite entertained the Night Hawks Bridge club at 806 South Carolina Avenue Summers Place. High score prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rhodes and consolation to F. W. Ansley and Mrs. L. C. Hewitt. A salad course followed for several couples including Captain and Mrs. Peter Salgado.
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Night Hawks Bridge Club
South Carolina Avenue
Summers Place
W. C. Rhodes
F. W. Ansley
L. C. Hewitt
T. E. Johnson
Amarillo Hotel Named Poppy Drive Headquarters
The Amarillo hotel serves as the official headquarters for the American Legion auxiliary Poppy Drive to be held on Armistice Day. Poppies will also be sold at Bridges Drug Store and Southwestern Public Service. Volunteers are asked to report to the Amarillo Hotel at 8 a m Friday Armistice Day.
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Amarillo Hotel
American Legion Auxiliary
Bridges’ Drug Store
Southwestern Public Service Company
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A lighthearted ad claims a plain white tablet named Pape's Cold Compound cures colds quickly and can clear throat or lung infections if taken early. It markets the product as affordable at 5 cents in drugstores and emphasizes rapid, reliable action.
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Pape
Amarillo Man Named Secretary of Scottish Class
J. B. Coe of Coe and Parks Lumber Company in Amarillo has been named secretary of the class of 128 candidates taking the Scottish Rite work at El Paso. Eighty members of the class come from the Panhandle Plains region of Texas, and interest in the class organization is high. Coe is a prominent Mason in Texas, and his appointment is described as an honor.
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J. B. Coe
Coe and Parks Lumber Company
el Paso
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Coe
Great Northern Valuation Fixed
A final valuation of the properties owned and used by Great Northern is announced in Washington with measures by the Associated Press. The report notes the appraisal amount and implications for the railroad’s operations and assets.
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Great Northern Valuation
The
Associated Press
Washington
Great Northern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Murder charge filed in fatal crash of auto
Martin Scroggin 23 son of a cotton dealer was arrested in Little Rock on a Texas warrant charging murder in the death of John Levinson in a two month old auto wreck near Corpus Christi. The case involves Scroggin as driver and the vehicle that killed Levinson and injured another. Extradition resisted. interstate issues noted.
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Little Rock
Ark
Martin Scroggin
O. O. Scroggin
Norrillton
Texas
Corpus Christi
John Levison
Scroggin
Levinson
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Mrs. L. S. Fite
Poppy Sale
Little Brown House
Amarillo Fish Market
Golden Peacock
Globe-News
Schilling Coffee
Schilling
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