Amarillo Fans Push Special Train For Vernon Game
The Am arills Vernon football clash for Conference A District No 1 honors prompts a fan and civic effort to finance a special train and band. Local committees from Kiwanians Rotarians and civic groups back the plan with 150 to 400 travelers priced between 8.45 and 65.85. Amarillo Public Schools may excuse students with parental consent to attend the Monday afternoon game in Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Development
Golden Sandstorm
Amarills-Vernon
Vernon
Amarillo
Hays
Sandies
Iocal
Kiwanians
Charles Austin
D. M. Warren
M. Rogers
D. M. Newby
W. F P. Martin
Lee R. Williams
George Lindsau
Jeff Blackburn
R. P. Parcells
There Here and Everywhere Miss Floy Gibbs Returns
Miss Floy Gibbs injured in an automobile crash last week has returned to her position at White and Kirks this morning. Amarillo Music Co. leased 113 West Seventh Street for storage and a piano show room to prepare for Christmas shipments. Br. Wray predicts the largest Christmas trade in history this year. Mrs Bertha McGregor and her mother have returned home after a three month visit in Chicago and Delavon Illinois. Mr and Mrs George M Herbert have returned from California to Amarillo as residents again. Mr Herbert is son of Mr and Mrs C A Sheriff of Lincoln Street. Santa Fe officials left to attend stockholders meeting at Spearman Texas to elect a board of directors. Mrs A M Howe returned from Canadian. FP J Anton headq in Slaton visited. roller skates noted at 113 W Seventh Street. L Z Burleson and Mrs Jack Clark hosted as delegates to the State Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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West Seventh
Amarillo Music Co
West Seventh Street
Br. Wray
Bertha McGregor
Arthur Stubbs
Harrison Street
Chicago
Delavon
Ill
George M. Herbert
California
Amarillo
Mr. Herbert
C. A. Sheriff
Lincoln Street
Floy Gibbs
White & Kirks
A. M. Howe
Canadian
FP. J. Anton
Santa Fe
Slaton
L. .Z. Burleson
Jack Clark
Lameza
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Jack Burgess
Trier Street
Coach Gil Dobie by Dick Dorgan
A profile of Cornell coach Gil Dobie nicknamed Gloomy Gil. The piece lauds his rivalrous crying pregame persona and credits his method of building a unified system from various coaches while noting his prior success at Annapolis and a strong early Cornell record.
Agronomist emphasizes sulphur as vital fertilizer
Houston agronomist C. C. Cunningham writes to President Coolidge and the agricultural committee, urging recognition of sulphur’s value in farming. He cites abundant Texas Louisiana deposits and argues sulphur can raise yields and feeding value while battling crop pests.
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Agronomist
Houston
Tex
C. C. Cunningham
Coolidge
Agricultural Investigating Committee
Cunningham
Texas
Louisiana
Corps
Wallet theft shocks New York hotel guest
A Tennessee salesman, Robert J. Fisher of Athens, loses a wallet containing $9,000 in jewelry after a crippled man pretends to groan and flees from a hotel washroom in New York. The incident highlights careless wallets and quick theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert J. Fisher
Athens
Tenn
Fisher
State calls thirty two witnesses in Meeks murder trial
District Attorney Lloyd Fletcher announces thirty two witnesses will testify for the state in the Billie Meek murder case involving the October 10 death of Mrs. Bessie Somers. The December 1 trial date may bring more than forty witnesses as the defense plans to summon several others, including some in California. A special venue of ninety jurors has been ordered by district court officials.
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Lloyd Fletcher
Billie Meek
Bessie Somers
California
E. W. Miller
Ruth Hobart
E. W. Hobart
Hobart
Bivins’ Stadium
Potter County
Weinert–Firpo clash ends in no decision in Newark
Luis Ansel Firpo’s ring comeback failed as Charlie Weinert dominated twelve rounds in Newark New Jersey. The local heavyweight outboxed the Argentine, keeping Firpo from his famed power and cutting Firpo’s face, while Firpo’s attempts to slug or box yielded little.
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Newark
N. J
Luis Ansel Firpo
Charlie Weinert
Dempsey
Weinert
Firpo
Glenwood Baptist revival draws strong crowds in East Side
The Glenwood Baptist revival began Sunday with strong attendance led by Rev. Hromer Stuart of Vega assisted by Glenwood pastor Rev. J. M. Jones. The Junior Sewing club of East Side pauses until school closes next spring. Miss Helen Morton remains hospitalized after a car collision and shows improvement. Paul King and daughter Sue depart for Shreveport to visit the Masonic hospital for medical care. Mrs. W. A. Marshall relocates to 400 North Johnson. Tom Torrance and wife travel to Lubbock for Tech College cornerstone ceremony.
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Glenwood
Hromer Stuart
Vega
J. M. Jones
Glenwood Church
East Side
Miers
Paul King
Sue
Houston Street
Shreveport
Daring Girl Tramp Held by Police in Hobart Trial
Jackie Boyd of Coldwater Kansas, 15, dressed as a boy, was found aboard a train and handed to juvenile authorities. She plans to seek cotton work in Oklahoma or on the South Plains after hospital treatment for dental issues. 94 witnesses were called in the murder case of E W Hobart’s widow, Ruth Hobart, with a special venue of 200 jurors for the December trial in Potter County.
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Hobart
Jackie
Dalhart
Dave O’bryant
Amarillo
Jessie N. Ross
Jack
Hear Coldwater
Oklahoma
Farwell
Boyd
Adventuress
South Plains
Woman jailed after bond surrender in auto theft case
Velma Barker is taken to Potter County jail from Wichita Falls after her bondsmen surrendered her bond. She was arrested in September for the theft of an automobile from W. M. Burnett, and her husband remains jailed in default of bond.
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Velma Barker
Potter County
Wichita Falls
Baltimore Rep John Philip Hill Acquitted On Home Wine Charge
Representative John Philip Hill of Baltimore was acquitted in a U S court of violating the Walstead law by making intoxicating wine and cider at his home The judge dismissed the fifth and sixth counts charging a common nuisance The decision held that home made wines and cider not over half a percent alcohol may be non intoxicating under the Volstead Act with the government bearing the burden to prove intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John Philip Hill
United States
Colonel Hill
Morris A. Soper
Soper
Loper
Lubbock Tech cornerstone event draws 20000 in Southwest
Col Ernest O Thompson hails the Lubbock Tech cornerstone exercises as a landmark for West Texas education. O V Vernon pledges support for a special Golden Sandstorm train. Less Whitaker notes nineteen inmates in Potter county jail. Dr J A Hill praises Buffalo football as the college’s finest squad.
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Ernest O. Thompson
J. A. Hill
Buffalo
Santa Fe Quintet Opens Season Against Amarillo College
The Santa Fe basketball team meets the Amarillo Business college quintet at the Dreamland Athletic club tonight in the season opener. After the game a dance with a nominal admission will run to midnight, featuring a special orchestra. The Dreamland club also promotes a wrestling match between Thor Jensen and John W. Smith on November 19.
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Santa Fe
Amarillo Business College
Dreamland Athletic Club
Dreamland Club
Thor Jensen
John W. Smith
Smith
Ted Beard
Amarillo
Dreamland
Business College
For Rent and Sale Notices in Local Classifieds
Classified items list multiple rental offers including two unfurnished rooms with bath and three room furnished apartments at 1800 Polk and 1195 W 13th with phone contacts. Also five room modern house, three houses with six rooms, and Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet for sale. Other entries include saddle horse or milk cow trade, Sorghum molasses sale, sewing and embroidery work, and truck hauling service.
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Bath
Towly
C. Stewart
Polk
N. C. Ferguson and Co
N. Taylor
Amarillo Seed Co
G. A. McKenzie
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W. 7Th
Amarillo Mossec Company
Weat Seventh Street
Wirh Wray
A. Lehman
I. L. Myers
F. J. MacKie
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway Company
Spearman
Henry Kaeee
Gil” Dobie
Dick Dorgan
Cornell
Gil
Columbian
Ithacans
Dobie
Annapolis
Army
Hix
Weeping Willow
Doble
Williams
Cornells
Gloom Gatherer
Globe
Meeks
Sheffield Lake Village
Newarker
East Side News
Helen Morton
East Fifth Street
W. A. Marshall
Tid Cleveland Street
North Johnson Street
Tom Torrance
Lubbock
Tech College
Jackie Boyd
Coldwater
Kan
Better Homes In America
Better Homes
Club Women of America
John D, Sherman
O. V. Vernon
College
Deuce
Dreamland To Frollow
Denver
Dallas
London
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