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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth market data show cattle and calves totaling 12 000 with various grades and prices from 2.50 to 9.50 per unit, hogs around 660 head trading higher to top near 10.19, and sheep at 600 with lambs and feeders listed. Kansas City figures list cattle 11 000, calves 2 500 steady, hogs 11 000 steady, and sheep 3 000 higher with multiple price ranges.
Hogs estimated at 32 000 with a steady market and top price of 9.85. Packing sows range 8.80 to 9.10, slaughter pigs 7.50 to 8.00, heavy hogs 9.66 to 9.85, mediums 9.35 to 9.85, and Neht 8.1 to 9.80. Cattle about 18 000 with virtually no activity.
4 Mahilio Cotton and Grain Exchange in Amarillo Texas lists C Higgins merchant Alex Hyman and Co New Orleans and a lay phone 8004 for routine market contact and trade inquiries.
Market notes show cattle bids uneven with steers and heavies varying around 212.50 and 10. Sheep active with natives 13.50 to 13.85 and fat lambs up to 14. Calves to 7.25 top. Hogs steady with bulk 9.20 to 9.50. Grain prices list wheat maize kaffir and barley with various prices per unit.
Hog receipts 1400 with prices 9.45 top and 9.15 to 9.40 bulk. Cattle receipts 2200 including 700 calves with steady butcher trade and softer stockers. Veal prices down 5 cents. two loads good butcher steer at 8.50. Let's go to The Fair.
A skilled group of artists delivers a polished program to close the evening. Their well crafted sequence promises a refined performance, maintaining audience interest through its careful pacing and notable execution.
A wartime Armistice day program featured a refined dinner, Tolzein’s orchestra, and vocal numbers by Mies Felice Stinnett and Mike Hollander. A one act skit "A. W. O. L." by Dr. R. P. Parcells, set in Brest France 1919, delighted attendees with performances by local members of the 40 and 8 society.
Complimentary to the Texas Federation of Women's clubs the peacock luncheon was held today at 1 o'clock at the Amarillo hotel. Mrs F S Newbold chaired all arrangements with long tables for 225 guests decorated with peacock plumage and each guest received a hand painted peacock. The Rev F W O Malley offered the invocation. Ross Rogers welcomed guests as president of the Board of City Development. Mrs H H Cooper spoke in response. Notes included greetings from Mrs Baer of the New Mexico Federation and Mrs McHarg of the Colorado Federation. A vocal solo by Mrs L B Newby and a peacock dance by Miss Zallee Williams accompanied by Mrs Leslie Williams. Judge E F Allen Frost of Chicago attended.
The Amarillo federation session featured Hill and Frost addressing women as Mrs. Robert Wilson led the opening, with a program noted for artistry by the fine arts department. More than 1,000 attended a stage decorated with palms ferns and an American flag in observance of Armistice Day.
Storage washing oil gas and tire repair services available overnight at Buick Cadillac Garage located at Polk and Third. The shop operates through the night offering car maintenance and related services.
In a brief interview, Mayor Blasdel says he will hunt deer in New Mexico and offers to provide a choice piece if he kills one. The source notes H. Westmoreland founded a wholesale auto parts firm and states Amarillo hosts the largest district in the nation without a wholesale auto parts company.
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